Topics: marks and papers

Every part of the syllabus, with the share of marks it carried and how often it appeared in past papers. Choose one to see its papers and try a question.

All sittings since 2019

In the papers analysed (January 2019 to November 2025, 54 papers).

Numbers and the number system 1

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Integers 1.1	0.1%	3 of 54
Fractions 1.2	1.4%	23 of 54
Decimals 1.3	0.6%	16 of 54
Powers and roots 1.4	3.7%	48 of 54
Set language and notation 1.5	2.3%	34 of 54
Percentages 1.6	5.4%	50 of 54
Ratio and proportion 1.7	1.7%	27 of 54
Degree of accuracy 1.8	1.9%	33 of 54
Standard form 1.9	1.9%	33 of 54
Applying number 1.10	0.2%	5 of 54

Equations, formulae and identities 2

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Use of symbols 2.1	3.5%	49 of 54
Algebraic manipulation 2.2	7.2%	53 of 54
Expressions and formulae 2.3	1.5%	23 of 54
Linear equations 2.4	2.6%	38 of 54
Proportion 2.5	1.4%	18 of 54
Simultaneous linear equations 2.6	1.6%	25 of 54
Quadratic equations 2.7	3.9%	42 of 54
Inequalities 2.8	3.0%	40 of 54

Sequences, functions and graphs 3

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Sequences 3.1	2.3%	28 of 54
Function notation 3.2	2.9%	27 of 54
Graphs 3.3	7.1%	51 of 54
Calculus 3.4	2.5%	31 of 54

Geometry and trigonometry 4

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Angles, lines and triangles 4.1	0.4%	7 of 54
Polygons 4.2	1.4%	19 of 54
Measures 4.4	2.3%	37 of 54
Construction 4.5	0.3%	9 of 54
Circle properties 4.6	2.1%	30 of 54
Geometrical reasoning 4.7	0.1%	3 of 54
Trigonometry and Pythagoras’ theorem 4.8	7.9%	53 of 54
Mensuration 4.9	3.8%	45 of 54
3D shapes and volume 4.10	3.0%	39 of 54
Similarity 4.11	2.0%	27 of 54

Vectors and transformation geometry 5

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Vectors 5.1	2.4%	29 of 54
Transformation geometry 5.2	0.9%	12 of 54

Statistics and probability 6

Topic	Share of marks	On papers
Graphical representation of data 6.1	3.1%	44 of 54
Statistical measures 6.2	5.3%	49 of 54
Probability 6.3	6.2%	51 of 54

In the papers analysed: marks count labelled parts only (most, not all, of each paper), a part's marks split over its subtopics; shares describe past papers, not a forecast. stats.current = the syllabus now examined; stats.all = every sitting analysed