Proportion (best value, recipes, exchange rates etc): GCSE Maths Specification and Awarding Body Information
Boring, but hopefully useful. Links to the relevant section of the GCSE Maths Specification, together with information and resources from each of the Awarding Bodies.
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GCSE Maths Specification keyboard_arrow_up
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An overview of the GCSE Maths learning objectives that relate to this particular topic area. The expectation is that:
- All students will develop confidence and competence with the content identified by standard type
- All students will be assessed on the content identified by the standard and the underlined type; more highly attaining students will develop confidence and competence with all of this content
- Only the more highly attaining students will be assessed on the content identified by bold type. The highest attaining students will develop confidence and competence with the bold content.
- R1
- Change freely between related standard units (eg time, length, area, volume / capacity, mass) and compound units (eg speed, rates of pay, prices, density, pressure) in numerical and algebraic contexts
- R2
- Use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps
- R4
- Use ratio notation, including reduction to simplest form
- R7
- Understand and use proportion as equality of ratios
AQA keyboard_arrow_up
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Taken from the AQA Teacher Guidance document, containing teacher guidance, notes and example questions for each of the GCSE Maths learning objectives. For more information please see the AQA GCSE Maths page.
AQA R1AQA R2
AQA R4
AQA R7
Edexcel keyboard_arrow_up
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Taken from the Edexcel 2 year GCSE Scheme of Work, containing prior knowledge, keywords, opportunities for problem solving and common misconceptions. For more information please see the Edexcel GCSE Maths page.
F11b ProportionH4b Ratio and Proportion
OCR keyboard_arrow_up
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Taken from the OCR Higher and Foundation planning documents, containing specification descriptions. Also included, where available, are the excellent OCR Check-in Tests. For more information please see OCR GCSE Maths page.
11. Ratio and Proportion (F)52. Ratio and Proportion (H)
Check-in Test 5.01 - calculations-with-ratio
JustMaths GCSE Questions keyboard_arrow_up
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The lovely Mel from JustMaths has put together themed collections of questions taken from the awarding bodies’ sample assessment materials and practise papers. These should give you a clearer idea of how content may be presented and the increased level of challenge. Where possible, answers are also provided.
Ratio – F – Proportional Reasoning v3Ratio – H & F – Proportional Reasoning v1
Ratio – F – Best Value v3
Ratio – F – Proportion – Recipes v3
Ratio – H & F – Proportion – Recipes v1
Ratio – F – Currency & Unit Conversion v3
Ratio – H & F – Currency & Unit Conversion v1
Ratio – H – Proportional Reasoning v2
Ratio – H – Proportion – Recipes v2
Ratio – H – Currency & Unit Conversion v2
Ratio – H – Best Value v2