OCR
OCR GCSE Maths revision.
Ilmino organises GCSE Maths around the OCR GCSE Maths J560 specification, so every topic, every command word and every mark scheme a student sees belongs to the board they are actually sitting.
The exam, in short
How OCR examines GCSE Maths.
- Specification
- GCSE Mathematics (J560)
- Papers
- Three papers, each 1 hour 30 minutes. One is sat without a calculator and two with one.
- Tiers
- Foundation and Higher. A student is entered for one tier, and the same tier is sat for every paper in the subject.
- First exam series
- Summer 2017
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.
Number
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Standard form
- Ratio and proportion
- Surds and indices
Algebra
- Expanding, factorising and solving equations
- Straight line and quadratic graphs
- Simultaneous equations
- Sequences
Ratio, proportion and rates of change
- Compound measures and speed
- Direct and inverse proportion
- Growth and decay
Geometry and measures
- Angles and polygons
- Area, perimeter and volume
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Circle theorems
- Transformations and vectors
Probability
- Probability of single and combined events
- Tree diagrams
- Venn diagrams and set notation
Statistics
- Averages and spread
- Charts, tables and scatter graphs
- Cumulative frequency and box plots
- Sampling
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 GCSE Maths
Sitting a different board? The whole bank switches with your choice, and progress carries across because it is stored by skill.
OCR in other subjects
Questions
OCR GCSE Maths on Ilmino
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