Description
Book SynopsisThis book will help your students develop a thorough understanding of the essential mathematical skills required in A Level Biology. / Supports the core mathematical skills that have an increased relevance and importance in A Level Biology specifications. / Reassuring support for students who do not have a strong maths background. / Clearly explains how numerical, geometrical and statistical concepts are used in A Level Biology and post-16 biology courses and how students should approach these concepts when taking these courses and sitting their exams. / Explains each mathematical concept using plenty of relevant worked examples, with advice on how to avoid common misunderstandings when making calculations. / Helps students decode examination questions to find the biological question being asked and put the problem into a mathematical form to find an answer. / The material has been mapped against the new mathematical requirements for the A Level Biology courses from AQA, Pearson, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, the International Baccalaureate and the Cambridge Pre-U.
Table of Contents1. Numbers (new section on using logarithms); 2. Processed numbers (new sections on per cent increase and decrease; percentage error; Heterozygosity index; joints as levers and unfamiliar mathematical expressions). 3. Graphs (extra sections on substrate concentration and rate of reaction and compensation point); 4. Scale; 5. Ratios and their use in genetics; 6. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; 7. Statistics (new section on percentiles and quartiles); Quickfire answers; Test yourself answers; Glossary; Specification Map; Index.
