National 5 / GCSE Problem Solving #3 - Rocket Science

A problem solving scenario to combine skills, useful for revision and group work.
The skills tested here are:

• Parabolas (completing square, turning points, sketching, factorising)
• Rounding to significant figures
• Bearings
• Area of sector and arc length
• Area of triangle, sine rule, cosine rule
• SOH CAH TOA
• Pythagoras
• Vectors
• Lines
• Percentages

Pupils will also need good communication skills and teamwork (if working in groups).

Provided with teacher notes and full worked solutions.