Subject Overview

The general aims of mathematics education apply.

Content

The entire course content is given below. Those parts given in italics are for Higher level only. The Higher level course includes the Ordinary level course treated in greater depth.

Motion: displacement, velocity, relative velocity
Newton's laws of motion; acceleration
Straight line motion; inclined plane; connected particles
Equilibrium under concurrent forces
Centre of gravity
Pressure in liquids; Archimedes' principle
Projectiles; projectiles on inclined plane
Angular velocity; uniform circular motion
Conservation of momentum; direct collisions; oblique collisions
Simple harmonic motion
Rigid body motion; moments of inertia; angular momentum
Differential equations: (a) first order, variable separable; (b) second order reducing to type (a).