This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.
This A-level qualification builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding set out in the whole GCSE (9–1) subject content for mathematics and the subject content for AS and A-level mathematics.
2.1 Subject content
All students must study this core content.
Students must study two of these options.2.2 Assessments
| Paper 1 |
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What's assessed May assess content from the following sections: - A: Proof
- B: Complex numbers
- C: Matrices
- D: Further algebra and functions
- E: Further calculus
- F: Further vectors
- G: Polar coordinates
- H: Hyperbolic functions
- I: Differential equations
- J: Numerical methods
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How it's assessed - Written exam: 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 33⅓ % of A-level
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Questions A mix of question styles, from short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems. |
| Paper 2 |
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What's assessed May assess content from the following sections: - A: Proof
- B: Complex numbers
- C: Matrices
- D: Further algebra and functions
- E: Further calculus
- F: Further vectors
- G: Polar coordinates
- H: Hyperbolic functions
- I: Differential equations
- J: Numerical methods
|
How it's assessed - Written exam: 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 33⅓ % of A-level
|
Questions A mix of question styles, from short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems. |
| Paper 3 |
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What's assessed One question paper answer booklet on Discrete and one question paper answer booklet on Statistics. |
How it's assessed - Written exam: 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 33⅓ % of A-level
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Questions A mix of question styles, from short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems. |
OR
| Paper 3 |
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What's assessed One question paper answer booklet on Statistics and one question paper answer booklet on Mechanics. |
How it's assessed - Written exam: 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 33⅓ % of A-level
|
Questions A mix of question styles, from short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems. |
OR
| Paper 3 |
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What's assessed One question paper answer booklet on Mechanics and one question paper answer booklet on Discrete. |
How it's assessed - Written exam: 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 33⅓ % of A-level
|
Questions A mix of question styles, from short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems. |
