Edexcel GCSE Mathematics

Use and apply standard techniques. Students should be able to: accurately recall facts, terminology and definitions; use and interpret notation correctly; accurately carry out routine procedures or set tasks requiring multi-step solutions.

Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically. Students should be able to: make deductions, inferences and draw conclusions from mathematical information; construct chains of reasoning to achieve a given result; interpret and communicate information accurately; present arguments and proofs; assess the validity of an argument and critically evaluate a given way of presenting information. Where problems require students to use and apply standard techniques or independently solve problems, a proportion of those marks is attributed to the corresponding assessment objective.

Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts. Students should be able to: translate problems in mathematical or non-mathematical contexts into a process or a series of mathematical processes; make and use connections between different parts of mathematics; interpret results in the context of the given problem; evaluate methods used and results obtained; evaluate solutions to identify how they may have been affected by assumptions made. Where problems require students to use and apply standard techniques or to reason, interpret and communicate mathematically, a proportion of those marks is attributed to the corresponding assessment objective.