MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS

FORM I

Objectives of Teaching mathematics in Form 1

1. NUMBERS

1.1. Base ten numeration

1.2. Natural and whole numbers

1.3. Integers

2. FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES.

2.1. Fractions

2.2. Decimals

2.3. Percentage

3. UNITS

3.3. Length

3.4. Mass

3.5. Time

4. APPROXIMATIONS

4.1. Approximations

4.2. Significant figures

4.3. Decimal places

5. GEOMETRY

5.1.Points and lines

5.2. Angles

5.3. Polygons and Regions

 5.4. Circles

5.5. Three Dimensional figures

6. ALGEBRA

6.1.Algebraic operations

6.2. Equations in one unknown.

6.3. Equations in two unknowns

6.4. Inequalities

7. STATISTICS

7.1. Graphs pictogram , bar chart, line graphs, tables and pie charts

8. COORDINATE GEOMETRY

8.1. Coordinates of a point

8.2. Gradient (slope) of a line

8.3. Equation of a line

8.4. Graphical solutions of linear simultaneous

8.5. equations

9. RATIO PROFIT AND LOSS

9.1.Ratio

9.2.Profit and Loss

9.3. Simple Interest

10. REAL NUMBERS

10.1. Rational numbers

10.2. Irrational numbers

10.3. Real numbers

11. PERIMETERS AREAS

11.1.Perimeters of triangles and quadrilaterals

11.2.Circumference of a circle

11.3.Areas of triangles quadrilaterals and circles

11.4.Surface areas of circular cylinders, prisms, cones and spheres

12.VOLUMES

12.1.Volumes of cubes and cylinders

12.2. Volumes of pyramids cones and spheres

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FORM II

Objectives of Teaching Mathematics in Form II

1. ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS

1.1. Algebraic expressions
1.2. Algebraic Equations

2. EXPONENTS AND RADICALS

2.1. Exponents
2.2. radicals
2.3. Transportation of formula

3. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
3.1. Quadratic expressions
3.2. Quadratic Equations
3.3. Simultaneous equations
3.4. Graphical solution of a quadratic equation

4. LOGARITHMS
4.1. Standard Form
4.2. Laws of logarithms
4.3. Tables of Logarithms

5. CONGRUENCE AND SIMILARITY

5.1. Postulates and Theorems
5.2. Congruence
5.3. Similarity

6. TRANSFORMATIONS
6.1. Reflection
6.2. Rotations
6.3. Translation
6.4. Enlargement

7. PYTHAGORAS THEOREM

8. TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS
8.1. Sine, Cosine and tangent
8.2. Depression and Elevation

9. SETS
9.1 .Description of a set
9.2. Types of sets
9.3. Subsets
9.4. Operations with sets
9.5. Venn diagrams

10. STATISTICS
10.1. Frequency distributions
10.2. Frequency Polygon
10.3. Cumulative frequency curve
10.4. Histogram
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FORM III

Objectives of Teaching Mathematics in Form III

1. RELATIONS

1.1. Relations

1.2. Graph of a relation

1.3. Domain and Range of a Relation

1.4. Inverse of a relation

2. FUNCTIONS

2.1. Representation of functions

2.2. Domain and Range

2.3. Graphing functions

2.4. Inverse of a function

3. RATE AND VARIATION

3.1. Rate

3.2. Variations

4. STATISTICS

4.1. Mean

4.2. Median

4.4. Mode
5. KINEMATICS

5.1. Time, distance, velocity and acceleration

5.2. Distance time, velocity time and acceleration time graphs

6. SEQUENCE AND SERIES

6.1. Sequences

6.2. Series

6.3. Arithmetic Progression

6.4. Geometric Progression

6.5. Arithmetic Mean and Geometric Mean

6.6. Compound interest

7. CIRCLES

7.1. The length of an arc and central angle

7.2. Angle Properties

7.3. Chord Properties of a circle

7.4. Tangent Properties

8. THE EARTH AS A SPHERE

8.1. Location of places

8.2. Distances along great circles

8.3. Distances along small circles

MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS

FORM IV

Objectives of Teaching Mathematics in Form IV

1. COORDINATE GEOMETRY

1.1. The equation of a line

1.2. Midpoint of a line segment

1.3. Distance between two points

1.4. Parallel and perpendicular lines

2. AREAS AND VOLUMES

2.1. Areas

2.2. Volumes

3. PROBABILITY

3.1. Probability of an event

3.2. Combination of probabilities

3.3. Mutually exclusive events

3.4. Independent events

4. TRIGONOMETRY

4.1. Trigonometry ratios

4.2. sine, cosine and tangent functions

4.3. sine and cosine rules

5. VECTORS

5.1. Displacement and position vectors

5.2. Magnitude and direction of a vector

5.3. Sum and difference of vectors

5.4. Multiplication of a vector by a scalar

5.5. Application of vectors

6. THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

6.1. Drawings

6.2. Angle between a line and a plane

6.3. Angles between two planes

7. MATRICES AND TRANSFORMATIONS

7.1. Operations on Matrices

7.2. Inverse of a matrix

7.3. Matrices and Transformations

8. LINEAR PROGRAMMING

8.1. Simultaneous equations

8.2. Inequalities

8.3. The objective function

8.4. Maximum and minimum values.