FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR FURTHER MATHEMATICS SS3

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Further Mathematics Scheme of work for SS3 First Term

First-term SS3 Further Mathematics Scheme of work for Lagos State

1.               REVISION

2.               PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

• Binomial Probability Distribution

• Poisson Probability Distribution

3.               PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION (CONTINUATION)

•  Normal Distribution
• Properties and Area
• z – Scores Application.              

4.               STATICS

• Definition of Concepts
• Resultant of Two Forces
• Components Resolution of Forces

5.               STATICS – CONTINUATION

• Definition of Equilibrium and Condition of Equilibrium of Rigid Body
• Application of the Condition to Solve Problems
• Lami’sTheorem and Application

6.               REVIEW OF WEEK 1 – 5

7.               STATICS – CONTINUATION.

• Definition of Moment of a Force
• Principles of Moments
• Application of the Principle in Solving Problems

8.               FRICTION.

• Basic Concept
• Coefficient of Friction
• Forces Acting on a body.

9 – 12. Revision and Examination

FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1

Review of SS2 examination questions. Quadratic inequalities and inequalities in two dimensions.

Week 2

Matrices and Determinants (2×2, 3×3):

• basic definitions
• Matrices as linear transformations.
• determinants
• Solution of 2×3 simultaneous equations.

Week 3

Partial fractions:

1. Basic definitions
2. Proper and rational functions with denominators as linear functions (distinct and repeated) and others.

Week 4

Integration:

1. Understand integration as the reverse of process of differentiation.
2. Integration of algebraic polynomials including ¹/x, logarithmic functions
3. Definite integrals and application to kinematics, velocity- time and speed-time graph
4. Area under the curve, trapezoidal rule, volume of solids of revolution

Week 5

Conic sections

1. Equations of parabola, hyperbola, ellipse in rectangular Cartesian coordinates
2. Parametric equations

Week 6 -Correlation:

1. Concept of correlation as measure of relationships
2. Scatter diagrams
3. Rank correlation
4. Tied ranks

Week 7 – Mid-term test

Week 8 – Probability distributions and approximations

1. Binomial distribution
2. Poisson distribution
3. Normal distribution
4. Binomial approximations by Poisson distribution

Week 9 – Probability distribution and variance

1. Normal approximations by binomial distribution
2. Mean
3. Variance
4. Coefficient of variance of binomial, Poisson and normal.

Week 10 – Static forces

1. Forces in equilibrium
2. Resultant of parallel forces (in the same direction and inopposite direction) acting on a rigid body

Week 11. Revision

week 12.Examination