Mathematics

Assessment

Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 Each paper is: 2-hour written examination 33.33% of the qualification 100 marks ● Topic 1 – Proof ● Topic 2 – Algebra and functions ● Topic 3 – Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane ● Topic 4 – Sequences and series ● Topic 5 – Trigonometry ● Topic 6 – Exponentials and logarithms ● Topic 7 – Differentiation ● Topic 8 – Integration ● Topic 9 – Numerical methods ● Topic 10 – Vectors ● Paper 1 and Paper 2 may contain questions on any topics from the Pure Mathematics content. ● Students must answer all questions. ● Calculators can be used in the assessment Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics 2-hour written examination 33.33% of the qualification 100 marks Section A: Statistics ● Topic 1 – Statistical sampling ● Topic 2 – Data presentation and interpretation ● Topic 3 – Probability ● Topic 4 – Statistical distributions ● Topic 5 – Statistical hypothesis testing Section B: Mechanics ● Topic 6 – Quantities and units in mechanics ● Topic 7 – Kinematics ● Topic 8 – Forces and Newton’s laws ● Topic 9 – Moments ● Paper 3 will contain questions on topics from the Statistics content in Section A and Mechanics content in Section B. ● Students must answer all questions. ● Calculators can be used in the assessment.