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Taster lessons to give you a flavour of studying maths beyond GCSE

On this page you will find six taster lessons. The lessons provide an
opportunity for you to try out some of the topics you will meet on a
level 3 maths course, and will help you to get a feel for the type of
maths that each level 3 maths qualification involves.

There are two lessons for each qualification: A level Mathematics, A
level Further Mathematics, and Core Maths. Each lesson has a short
introductory video followed by an interactive Desmos activity that you
can complete at home or in school.

Editable versions for teacher use can be found in this Level 3 Maths Taster sessions collection on Desmos. The videos are embedded within the teacher versions and they are fully editable for you to use as you wish.

Hopefully you will find these lessons interesting and fun, as well as
noticing that they build on and extend areas of maths that you are
already familiar with. You can try out as many of the lessons as you
like in order to help you decide which course is right for you to study
after your GCSEs.

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    Core Maths: Finance - video

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    Core Maths: Finance - activity

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    Core Maths: Fermi estimation - video

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    Core Maths: Fermi estimation - activity

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    A level Mathematics: Infinite series - video

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    A level Mathematics: Infinite series - activity

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    A level Mathematics: Logarithms - video

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    A level Mathematics: Logarithms - activity

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    A level Further Mathematics: Complex numbers - video

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    A level Further Mathematics: Complex numbers - activity

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    A level Further Mathematics: Matrices - video

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    A level Further Mathematics: Matrices - activity

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