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INTRODUCTION
AIMS
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT
USE OF CALCULATORS
SUBJECT CONTENT
MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE
MATHEMATICAL NOTATION
INTRODUCTION
The syllabus prepares students adequately for A Level H2 Mathematics, where a strong foundation in
algebraic manipulation skills and mathematical reasoning skills are required. The content is organised into
three strands, namely, Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry, and Calculus. Besides conceptual understanding
and skill proficiency explicated in the content strand, the development of process skills, namely, reasoning,
communication and connections, thinking skills and heuristics, and applications and modelling are also
emphasised. The O Level Additional Mathematics syllabus assumes knowledge of O Level Mathematics.
AIMS
The O Level Additional Mathematics syllabus aims to enable students who have an aptitude and interest in
mathematics to:
acquire mathematical concepts and skills for higher studies in mathematics and to support learning in
the other subjects, in particular, the sciences
develop thinking, reasoning and metacognitive skills through a mathematical approach to problemsolving
connect ideas within mathematics and between mathematics and the sciences through applications of
mathematics
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
The assessment will test candidates' abilities to:
AO1 understand and apply mathematical concepts and skills in a variety of contexts
AO2 analyse information; formulate and solve problems, including those in real-world contexts, by selecting
and applying appropriate techniques of solution; interpret mathematical results
AO3 solve higher order thinking problems; make inferences; reason and communicate mathematically
through writing mathematical explanation, arguments and proofs.
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT
Paper
Paper 1
Duration
2h
Description
There will be 1113 questions of varying marks and
lengths.
Marks
Weighting
80
44%
100
56%
Paper 2
1
h
2
NOTES
1.
2.
Some questions may integrate ideas from more than one topic of the syllabus where applicable.
3.
4.
Unless stated otherwise within a question, three-figure accuracy will be required for answers. Angles in
degrees should be given to one decimal place.
5.
6.
Candidates are expected to be familiar with the solidus notation for the expression of compound units,
e.g. 5 m/s for 5 metres per second.
7.
Unless the question requires the answer in terms of , the calculator value for or = 3.142 should
be used.
USE OF CALCULATORS
An approved calculator may be used in both Paper 1 and Paper 2.
SUBJECT CONTENT
Knowledge of the content of O Level Mathematics syllabus is assumed in the syllabus below and will not be
tested directly, but it may be required indirectly in response to questions on other topics.
Topic/Sub-topics
Content
ALGEBRA
A1
Equations and
inequalities
A2
A3
Polynomials and
Partial Fractions
A4
Binomial
expansions
Topic/Sub-topics
A5
Power,
Exponential,
Logarithmic, and
Modulus functions
Content
laws of logarithms
equivalence of y = ax and x = logay
change of base of logarithms
Trigonometric
functions,
identities and
equations
x
b
x
b
sin A
cos A
= tan A,
= cot A, sin2 A + cos 2 A = 1, sec 2 A = 1 + tan 2 A,
cos A
sin A
cosec 2 A = 1 + cot 2 A
Topic/Sub-topics
G2
G3
Coordinate
geometry in two
dimensions
Proofs in plane
geometry
Content
(x a)2 + (y b)2 = r2
Use of:
Calculus
C1
Differentiation
and integration
Derivatives of xn, for any rational n, sin x, cos x, tan x, ex, and ln x, together
with constant multiples, sums and differences
Integration of xn, for any rational n, sin x, cos x, sec2 x and ex, together with
constant multiples, sums and differences
Integration of (ax + b)n, for any rational n, sin(ax + b), cos(ax + b), and eax+b
dy d2 y
,
dx dx 2
d dy
=
dx dx
MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE
1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation
For the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
x=
b b 2 4ac
2a
Binomial expansion
(a + b )n
n
n
n
n
= a n + a n 1b + a n 2 b 2 + ... + a n r b r + ... + b n ,
1
2
r
n!
=
where n is a positive integer and =
r r!(n r )!
2.
n(n 1) ... (n r + 1)
r!
TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
sec2 A = 1 + tan2 A
cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A
sin(A B) = sin A cos B cos A sin B
cos(A B) = cos A cos B sin A sin B
tan( A B) =
tan A tan B
1 m tan A tan B
2tan A
1 tan 2 A
a
b
c
=
=
sin A sin B sin C
a 2 = b 2 + c 2 2bc cos A
1
= bc sin A
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=
is equal to
is not equal to
is identical to or is congruent to
is approximately equal to
is proportional to
<
is less than
Y;
>
is greater than
[;
infinity
3. Operations
a+b
a plus b
ab
a minus b
a b, ab, a.b
a multiplied by b
a b,
a
b
, a/b
a divided by b
the ratio of a to b
a:b
n
a
i =1
a1 + a2 + ... + an
the positive square root of the real number a
n!
n
r
n!
, for n, r + U {0}, 0 Y r Y n
r! (n r )!
n(n 1)...(n r + 1)
, for n , r +U {0}
r!
4. Functions
f
function f
f(x)
f: A B
f: x y
f 1
g o f, gf
lim f(x)
x a
x ;
dy
an increment of x
the derivative of y with respect to x
dx
dn y
dx n
ydx
b
a
ydx
x& , &x& ,
e , exp x
exponential function of x
log a x
ln x
natural logarithm of x
lg x
logarithm of x to base 10
10
7. Complex Numbers
i
square root of 1
a complex number,
= x + iy
= r(cos + i sin ), r 0+
= rei, r 0+
Re z
Im z
arg z
z*
8. Matrices
M
a matrix M
det M
9. Vectors
a
the vector a
AB
the vector represented in magnitude and direction by the directed line segment AB
i, j, k
AB
the magnitude of a
the magnitude of AB
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AB
AB
P(A)
A'
P(A | B)
X, Y, R, etc.
random variables
x, y, r, etc.
x1 , x2 ,
observations
f1 , f 2 ,
p(x)
p1 , p 2
f(x), g(x)
the value of the probability density function of the continuous random variable X
F(x), G(x)
the value of the (cumulative) distribution function P(X Y x) of the random variable X
E(X)
E[g(X)]
expectation of g(X)
Var(X)
B(n, p)
Po()
N(, )
population mean
population variance
sample mean
s2
1
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n 1
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