Strands

The following list identifies strands of Free-standing Mathematics Qualifications that are likely to be useful to students following study programmes in particular areas.

Business and Finance

• Foundation: Managing money
• Intermediate: Calculating finances

Science, Technology, Engineering, Economics, Information Technology

• Foundation: Making sense of data
• Intermediate: Using algebra, functions and graphs
• Advanced: Working with algebraic and graphical techniques
• Advanced: Modelling with calculus

Social Sciences (especially Psychology), Humanities, Health and Social Care, Leisure and Tourism, Business and Economics, Sciences, Engineering and Technology

• Foundation: Making sense of data
• Intermediate: Handling and interpreting data
• Advanced: Using and applying statistics

Art and Design

• Foundation: Working in 2 and 3 dimensions