What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can sketch the graphs of y = sin x, y = cos x and y = tan x
- I can use the graphs to solve equations with sin, cos and tan in a given range
Practise this topic
4 resourcesExact Trig Values
sin, cos and tan of 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°, then obtuse, reflex and angles over 360°, considering the graphs. Levels 5 and 6: given one ratio (e.g. sin x = 3/5) and the range of x, find another. Six levels, timed, click to…
⬢ BlockbustersExact Trig Values Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Exact Trig Values worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple…
🔤 Fill the GapsFill the Gaps: Maths Vocabulary
A sentence explaining one of the unit’s key words, with gaps. Pick the right word for each gap from the words scattered round it: the right ones and plenty of wrong ones. A deck for every unit.
🧮 ToolGraph Plotter
A graphing calculator: type y = f(x), x = g(y), implicit relations such as x² + y² = 25, inequalities (shaded, dashed for < and solid for ≤), parametric and polar curves, points and tables, functions f(x) = … with f′(x), and…
These are the pages for Trigonometric Graphs in the GCSE + AQA Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Higher (1MA1), plus AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics (8365). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.