JHS Mathematics – Year 2

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About Course

This JHS2/Basic 8 Mathematics course helps learners strengthen their number, algebra, geometry, measurement, data and probability skills.

It uses simple explanations, worked examples, diagrams and practical activities to make challenging ideas easier to understand. Learners will develop problem-solving, reasoning and calculation skills while preparing confidently for classroom assessments and the BECE.

What Will You Learn?

  • Use standard form, significant figures, square roots and sets
  • Apply the laws of indices and solve simple exponential equations
  • Solve problems with fractions, percentages, speed, distance and time
  • Draw and interpret travel graphs and straight-line graphs (y = mx + c)
  • Expand brackets, simplify expressions and factorise
  • Solve linear inequalities and show them on a number line
  • Construct angles, triangles, loci and a regular hexagon
  • Use Pythagoras' theorem, sine, cosine and tangent
  • Add and subtract vectors, and rotate shapes on a grid
  • Present data in charts and plots, and calculate combined probabilities

Course Content

Unit 1: Large Numbers, Approximation and Sets

  • Lesson 1: Reading and Writing Very Large Numbers
  • Lesson 2: Comparing and Ordering Large Numbers
  • Lesson 3: Standard Form
  • Lesson 4. Decimal Places and Significant Figures
  • Lesson 5: Approximation in Everyday Problems
  • Lesson 6: Perfect Squares and Square Roots
  • Lesson 7: Sets, Factors and Multiples
  • Lesson 8: Union and Intersection of Sets

Unit 2: Number Operations and Indices

Unit 3: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Unit 4: Ratio, Rate and Proportion

Unit 5: Patterns, Relations and Linear Graphs

Unit 6: Algebraic Expressions and Factorisation

Unit 7: Linear Inequalities

Unit 8: Angles, Polygons and Geometric Constructions

Unit 9: Circles, Pythagoras and Trigonometry

Unit 10: Vectors, Rotation and Congruence

Unit 11: Data Handling and Probability