National 4 Applications of Mathematics

This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

• N4 Applications of Mathematics Course Specification
  October 2017
  

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

Unit Specification for National 4 Numeracy.

• Applications of Mathematics: Managing Finance and Statistics (National 4) Unit Specification
  October 2017
  
• Applications of Mathematics: Geometry and Measures (National 4) Unit Specification
  October 2017
  

These define the mandatory requirements for the Added Value Unit, including the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

They also include the further mandatory information on Course coverage for the National 4 Course and include information on the assessment method to be used and the conditions of assessment.

• Applications of Mathematics (National 4) Added Value Unit Specification
  October 2017
  

These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.

• National 4 Lifeskills Mathematics Course and Unit Support Notes
  October 2017
  

These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.

Qualification Verification Summary Reports distil messages from verification activity from a given session. In 2020 not all planned activity took place, so reports have a more limited scope than in previous years.

• Mathematics Qualification Verification Summary Report Round 1 and 2 
  June 2023
• Applications of Mathematics Qualification Verification Summary Report
  June 2022
• Mathematics Verification Key Messages Round 1
  March 2017
• Mathematics Verification Key Messages Round 2
  June 2017
• Mathematics Qualification Verification Summary Report
  June 2020
• Applications of Mathematics Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2018

• Overview of unit assessment - presentation with audio (7.03 MB)

Examples of candidate evidence and commentaries for unit assessment can be found on the SQA Secure Site. You can access these through your SQA Coordinator.

Changes to understanding standards materials

• Changes to published Understanding Standards materials for all subjects

Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.