Foundation tier
Formulae included in the GCSE Mathematics subject content. Students are expected to know these formulae; they must not be given in the assessment.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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B3f | In order to carry out stratification, calculating the percentage or proportion of an amount: |
C1a, C1b | Calculating the angle for a sector in a pie chart: |
C2 | Frequency density for a histogram: |
D1a | Calculation of arithmetic mean: |
D3a | Range = highest value – lowest value |
D3a | Interquartile range (IQR) = upper quartile – lower quartile |
D7 | |
Formula included in the GCSE Statistics subject content. Students are expected to know these formulae; they must not be given in the assessment.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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D4 | 4 point moving average = |
D5 | Calculate double mean point ( ): |
E4a | Formulae for independent events: P(A and B) = P(A) P(B) P(A | B) = P(A) P(B | A) =P(B) |
E4b | Formula for conditional probability |
E7c | |
Formula that students should be able to use, but need not memorise. These can be given in the assessment, either in the appropriate question, or in a list from which students select
and apply as appropriate.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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E7b | Rates of change (eg ) |
Higher Tier
Formula included in the GCSE Mathematics subject content. Students are expected to know these formulae; they must not be given in the assessment.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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B3f | In order to carry out stratification, calculating the percentage or proportion of an amount: |
C1a, C1b | Calculating the angle for a sector in a pie chart: |
C2 | Frequency density for a histogram: |
D1a | Calculation of arithmetic mean: |
D3a | Range = highest value – lowest value |
D3a | Interquartile range (IQR) = upper quartile – lower quartile |
D7 | |
Formulae included in the GCSE Statistics subject content. Students are expected to know these formulae; they must not be given in the assessment.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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C1b | Calculating the radius of a circle for a proportional pie chart: |
D1a | Calculation of weighted mean: |
D1a | |
D3a | Interpercentile range and interdecile range as appropriate: percentile 1 – percentile 2 (calculation of a percentage needed as in B3 above) |
D3b | Identification of an outlier: Small outlier is < LQ – 1.5IQR Large outlier is > UQ + 1.5IQR Outlier is also outside |
D4 | Moving averages (m.a.) n point moving average: |
D5 | Calculate double mean point : , |
E4a | Formulae for independent events: P(A and B) = P(A) × P(B) P(A | B) = P(A) P(B | A) = P(B) |
E4b | Formula for conditional probability |
E7c | |
E7c | |
E12d | Petersen capture recapture formula: |
Formulae that students should be able to use, but need not memorise. These can be given in the assessment, either in the appropriate question, or in a list from which students select and apply as appropriate.
Specification reference | Formula required |
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D2 | |
D3a | alternative formula |
D6 | Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient |
E7b | Rates of change (eg ) |