OCR
OCR A level Maths revision.
Ilmino organises A level Maths around the OCR A level Maths H240 specification, so every topic, every command word and every mark scheme a student sees belongs to the board they are actually sitting.
OCR publishes two A level Maths specifications. Ilmino follows Mathematics A (H240); the alternative is MEI Mathematics B (H640), which shares the same pure content.
The exam, in short
How OCR examines A level Maths.
- Specification
- A level Mathematics A (H240)
- Papers
- Three papers, each 2 hours, covering pure maths together with statistics and mechanics.
- Tiers
- Single tier. There is no Foundation or Higher entry at A level.
- First exam series
- Summer 2018
Spec aligned
Every topic on the OCR specification.
The question bank is grouped by this board's specification, not by a generic topic list, so a student works through the same headings their teacher and their revision guide use.
Algebra and functions
- Surds, indices and polynomials
- Simultaneous equations and inequalities
- Graphs of functions and transformations
- The modulus function
Coordinate geometry
- Straight lines
- Circles
- Parametric equations
Sequences and series
- Arithmetic and geometric sequences
- The binomial expansion
- Sigma notation
Trigonometry
- Sine and cosine rules
- Trigonometric identities and equations
- Radians and small angle approximations
Exponentials and logarithms
- Exponential growth and decay
- Laws of logarithms
- Modelling with exponentials
Differentiation and integration
- Differentiation from first principles
- Chain, product and quotient rules
- Integration by substitution and parts
- Differential equations
Statistics
- Data presentation and correlation
- Probability and the binomial distribution
- The normal distribution
- Hypothesis testing
Mechanics
- Kinematics and constant acceleration
- Forces and Newton's laws
- Moments
- Projectiles
Marking
How marking follows OCR.
Ilmino stores an examiner-style mark scheme for every question, written per board. An answer is marked against the wording OCR credits, not against a general idea of what is right.
- Each mark is awarded or withheld on its own, with the mark-scheme point it maps to shown beside the answer.
- Command words are read the way OCR uses them, so describe, explain, evaluate and calculate are each held to their own standard.
- The phrase an examiner is looking for has to appear. A right idea in the wrong words loses the mark here, exactly as it would in the exam.
- Handwritten working is photographed and marked line by line, so method marks survive an arithmetic slip.
- When a mark is lost, Lumi explains which mark-scheme point was missed and what would have earned it.
Other boards for A level Maths
Sitting a different board? The whole bank switches with your choice, and progress carries across because it is stored by skill.
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Questions
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