What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can simplify algebraic fractions by cancelling common factors
- I can divide a polynomial by a linear expression
- I can use the factor theorem to factorise a cubic
- I can write a clear algebraic proof
- I can prove a statement by exhaustion and disprove one with a counter-example
Practise this topic
4 resourcesAlgebraic Methods: Spot the Mistake
A student’s working with a mistake a real student would make (or, about 1 in 8 times, no mistake at all): tap the line you think is wrong, or No mistake, then reveal it, the corrected working and why. One level for each part of…
📋 Unit reviewAlgebraic Methods: Exam Questions
Exam-style questions on the whole Algebraic Methods chapter, researched from real papers, with mark schemes in the examination’s notation (M, A, B, dM, ft, cso and the AO codes): algebraic fractions, algebraic division, the…
⬢ BlockbustersAlgebraic Methods: Spot the Mistake Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Algebraic Methods: Spot the Mistake worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer…
🧮 ToolVisual Proofs
Animated visual proofs of Pythagoras’ theorem, of the sums of integers, odd numbers, squares and cubes, and of key results in algebra, geometric series, trigonometry and inequalities. They play like Shape Formulas: drag the bar…
These are the pages for Algebraic methods in the A Level Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel A Level Mathematics (9MA0). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.