Biology for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook with Digital Access (2 Years)

Skills focussed, endorsed series for examination from 2023; inspired by teachers, for teachers.

Gemma Young (Author)

9781108947527, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 3 March 2022

154 pages
27.1 x 22 x 1 cm, 0.43 kg

Skills focussed, endorsed series for examination from 2023; inspired by teachers, for teachers. The maths skills workbook with digital access helps learners to develop their maths skills in the context of the Cambridge IGCSE™ Biology syllabus, based on research carried out by the Nuffield Foundation and the Association for Science Education. Practice exercises, which increase in complexity, provide opportunities for learners to practise each maths skill. Worked examples help learners develop their thinking processes and include further help with 'Key questions to ask yourself'. The 'Look out' feature makes students aware of common misconceptions. Practice and exam-style questions help students improve their fluency and confidence in answering questions. The answers can be found online at www.cambridge.org/go

How to use this series
How to use this book
Introduction
Skills grid
1. Representing values
Maths focus 1: Using units
Maths skill 1: Choosing the correct unit
Maths skill 2: Using unit symbols
Maths skill 3: Using derived units
Maths focus 2: Representing very large and very small numbers
Maths skill 1: Writing very large numbers in standard form
Maths skill 2: Writing very small numbers in standard form
Maths focus 3: Using unit prefixes and converting units
Maths skill 1: Using powers of ten
Maths skill 2: Using negative powers of ten
Maths skill 3: Using unit prefixes
Maths skill 4: Converting units
Exam-style questions
2. Working with data
Maths focus 1: Naming types of data
Maths skill 1: Identifying independent and dependent variables
Maths skill 2: Identifying types of data
Maths focus 2: Collecting data
Maths skill 1: Choosing a suitable measuring instrument
Maths skill 2: Reading the correct value on measuring instruments
Maths skill 3: Using the correct number of significant figures
Maths focus 3: Recording and processing data
Maths skill 1: Designing a suitable results table
Maths skill 2: Calculating the mean
Exam-style questions
3. Drawing graphs and charts
Maths focus 1: Drawing bar charts
Maths skill 1: Choosing a suitable scale for the y-axis
Maths focus 2: Drawing histograms
Maths skill 1: Putting the data into classes
Maths focus 3: Drawing line graphs
Maths skill 1: Drawing the axes
Maths skill 2: Plotting the data points
Maths skill 3: Drawing the line or curve of best fit
Exam-style questions
4. Interpreting data
Maths focus 1: Interpreting bar charts, histograms and pie charts
Maths skills 1 and 2: Identify the categories and describe what the data show
Maths focus 2: Interpreting relationships in graphs
Maths skill 1: Interpreting straight-line graphs
Maths skill 2: Interpreting more complex line graphs
Maths skill 3: Interpreting scatter graphs
Maths focus 3: Reading values from a line graph
Maths skill 1: Interpolation
Maths skill 2: Extrapolation
Exam-style questions
5. Doing calculations
Maths focus 1: Calculating percentages
Maths skill 1: Calculating percentages
Maths skill 2: Calculating percentage change
Maths focus 2: Using scale drawings and magnification
Maths skill 1: Interpreting scale drawings
Maths skill 2: Using the magnification formula
Maths focus 3: Understanding ratio and probability
Maths skill 1: Calculating ratio
Maths skill 2: Calculating probability
Exam-style questions
6. Working with shape
Maths focus: Calculating area
Maths skill 1: Calculating the surface area of a cube and a rectangular block
Maths skill 2: Calculating the area of a circle
Exam-style questions
Additional questions involving several maths skills
Glossary
Acknowledgements

Subject Areas: Educational: Biology [YQSB], Educational: Sciences, general science [YQS], Teaching of a specific subject [JNU]