Maths AS Pure

AS Pure Mathematics Course.


You will need:

-A4 Small Squared (5mm) Paper or an A4 Small Squared Paper Exercise Book

-0.7mm Mechanical Pencil and/or Multi-coloured pen.

-Rubber, highlighters, ruler, protractor, compass, A-level permitted calculator

You will also need the EDEXCEL Pure mathematics AS textbook, but speak to me first before you buy.


Useful Websites:

-Equation Solver- to confirm your working out. For powers, use the ^ key.

- Graphing Tool - to confirm your diagrams


The Course:

AS Textbook PDF


The Videos:

AS Ch1 Completed

Ch1_1: Algebraic Expressions | Solutions

Ch1_2: Expanding Brackets | Solutions

Ch1_3: Factorising | Solutions

Ch1_4: Negative & Fractional Indices | Solutions

Ch1_5: Surds | Solutions

Ch1_6: Rationalising Denominators | Solutions

Ch1: Mixed Exercise | Solutions

Musical Interlude #1 - Hiromi Uhehara


AS Ch2 Completed

Ch2_1: Solving Quadratic Equations: Factorising & The Quadratic Equation | 2A Solutions | 2B Solutions

Ch2_2: Solving Quadratic Equations: Completing The Square | Solutions

Ch2_3: Functions | Solutions

Ch2_4: Quadratic Graphs | Solutions

Ch2_5: The Discriminant | Solutions

Ch2_6: Modelling with Quadratics | Solutions

Ch2: Mixed Exercise | Solutions

Musical Interlude #2 - Jeff Goldblum


AS Ch3 Completed

Ch3_1: Linear Simultaneous Equations

Ch3_2: Quadratic Simultaneous Equations

Ch3_3: Simultaneous Equations on Graphs

Ch3_4: Linear Inequalities

Ch3_5: Quadratic Inequalities

Ch3_6: Inequalities on Graphs

Ch3_7: Regions

Ch3: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #3 - Vulfpeck


AS Ch4 Completed

Ch4_1: Cubic Graphs

Ch4_2: Quartic Graphs

Ch4_3: Reciprocal Graphs

Ch4_4: Points of Intersection

Ch4_5: Translating Graphs

Ch4_6: Stretching and Reflecting Graphs

Ch4_7: Transforming Functions

Ch4: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #4 - Renee Fleming


Review Exercise 1 Completed | Review Exercise 1 Walkthrough

Musical Interlude #5 - Suede


AS Ch5 Completed

Ch5_1: y = mx + c

Ch5_2: Equations of Straight Line Graphs

Ch5_3: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Ch5_4: Length and Area

Ch5_5: Modelling With Straight Line Graphs

Ch5: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #6 - Leo P


AS Ch6 Completed

Ch6_1: Midpoints and Perpendicular Bisectors

Ch6_2: Equation of a Circle

Ch6_3: Intersections of Straight Lines and Graphs

Ch6_4: Tangent and Chord Properties

Ch6_5: Circles and Triangles

Ch6: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #7 Dragonforce


AS Ch7 Completed

Ch7_1: Algebraic Fractions

Ch7_2: Dividing Polynomials

Ch7_3: The Factor Theorem

Ch7_4: Mathematical Proof

Ch7_5: Methods of Proof

Ch7: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #8 - Dadi Freyr


AS Ch8 Completed

Ch8_1: Pascal's Triangle

     *Ch8: Factorial and nCr Buttons

Ch8_2: Factorial Notation

Ch8_3: The Binomial Expansion

Ch8_4: Solving Binomial Problems

Ch8_5: Binomial Estimation

Ch8: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #9 - Perpetuum Jazzile


AS Ch9 Completed

Ch9_1: The Cosine Rule

Ch9_2: The Sine Rule

Ch9_3: Areas of Triangles

Ch9_4: Solving Triangle Problems

Ch9_5: Graphs of Sine, Cosine and Tangent

Ch9_6: Transforming Trigonometric Graphs

Ch9: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #10 - Radiohead


AS Ch10 Completed

Ch10_1: Angles In All Four Quadrants

Ch10_2: Exact Values of Trigonometric Ratios

Ch10_3: Trigonometric Identities

Ch10_4: Simple Trigonometric Equations

Ch10_5: Harder Trigonometric Equations

Ch10_6: Equations and Identities

Ch10: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #11 - Nightwish


Review Exercise 2

Musical Interlude #12

AS Ch11 Complete

Ch11_1: Vectors

Ch11_2: Representing Vectors

Ch11_3: Magnitude and Direction

Ch11_4: Position Vectors

Ch11_5: Solving Geometric Problems

Ch11_6: Modelling With Vectors

Ch11: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #13 - Heilung


AS Ch12 Completed

Ch12_1: Gradients of Curves

Ch12_2: Finding The Derivative

Ch12_3: Differentiating x^n

Ch12_4: Differentiating Quadratics

Ch12_5: Differentiating Functions With Two or More Terms

     *Desmos Tangent & Normal Grapher

Ch12_6: Gradients, Tangents and Normals

Ch12_7: Increasing and Decreasing Functions

Ch12_8: Second Order Derivatives

Ch12_9: Stationary Points

Ch12_10: Sketching Gradient Functions

Ch12_11: Modelling With Differentiation

Ch12 Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #14 - Epica


AS Ch13 Completed

Ch13_1: Integrating x^n

Ch13_2: Indefinite Integrals

Ch13_3: Finding Functions

Ch13_4: Definite Integrals

Ch13_5: Areas Under Curves

Ch13_6: Areas Under the x-Axis

Ch13_7: Areas Between Curves and Lines

Ch13: Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #15 - Kate Bush


AS Ch14 Completed

     *Ch14: RobRoss Style Logs

Ch14_1: Exponential Functions

Ch14_2: y=e^x

Ch14_3: Exponential Modelling

Ch14_4: Logarithms

Ch14_5: Laws of Logarithms

Ch14_6: Solving Equations With Logarithms

Ch14_7: Working With Natural Logarithms

Ch14_8: Logarithms and Non-Linear Data

Ch14 Mixed Exercise

Musical Interlude #16 - Dadi Freyr


Review Exercise 3

Musical Interlude #17 - Carl Orff


Exam-Style Practice Paper 1 | Solutions | Walkthrough


Additional Resources and Videos


Past Papers

Sam1 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough

2017 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough

2018 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough

2019 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough

2020 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough

2022 AS Pure Qus | Mark Scheme & Solutions | Walkthrough


External Websites:

Jethwa Maths