Edexcel GCSE Maths · 1MA1

Algebra

Expressions, equations, graphs, sequences and functions. 20 topics, 395 exam questions.

Algebra is one of the six areas of Pearson Edexcel GCSE Maths (exam code 1MA1). On the 72 real exam papers on this site (not counting the specimen papers), algebra questions carry about 20% of the marks on Foundation and 29% on Higher. The topics asked most often are Coordinates and straight-line graphs (43 questions), Sequences and the nth term (36 questions) and Expanding brackets and simplifying (33 questions).

Each topic below has a revision guide with worked examples, then every past-paper question on it, easiest first, with answers and worked solutions.

Algebra topics for Foundation and Higher

Algebraic notation, vocabulary and substitution

30 exam questions with answers

Algebra

Algebra topics for Foundation and Higher

Algebraic notation, vocabulary and substitution

Expanding brackets and simplifying

Factorising

Formulae and changing the subject

Identities and algebraic proof

Functions

Coordinates and straight-line graphs

Quadratic graphs

Cubic, reciprocal, exponential and trig graphs

Real-life graphs and areas under graphs

Forming and solving linear equations

Solving quadratics

Simultaneous equations

Inequalities

Sequences and the nth term

Higher only algebra topics

Algebraic fractions

Completing the square

Graph transformations

Equation of a circle

Iteration

Other areas of GCSE Maths