A level Mathematics Syllabus revision guide

General Certificate of Education (International)
Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level

Syllabus

MATHEMATICS 9709
For examination in June and November 2009

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GCE Advanced Subsidiary and
GCE Advanced Level 9709

CONTENTS
Page

INTRODUCTION

1

AIMS

2

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

2

ASSESSMENT

3

CURRICULUM CONTENT

5

RESOURCE LIST

16

LIST OF FORMULAE AND TABLES OF THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

18

MATHEMATICAL NOTATION

23

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INTRODUCTION
The syllabus has been designed to allow Centres flexibility to construct Mathematics courses appropriate to their candidates, in terms of both the content studied and the depth of study. Thus the syllabus enables shorter courses to be constructed leading to the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) qualification and longer courses to be constructed leading to the
Advanced Level qualification.
Syllabus content is broadly based on previous syllabuses but has been revised to update the syllabus and give coherence. The AS Mathematics syllabus has been designed to be suitable for candidates who would formerly have studied for
Additional or Subsidiary Mathematics.
The syllabus is intended to provide continuity from O Level or IGCSE Mathematics courses.
The content has been divided into two roughly equal halves with candidates taking two papers for AS Mathematics and four papers for the Advanced Level qualification.
Candidates for A Level Mathematics take four papers of which two may have been taken at an earlier examination session for an AS Mathematics qualification. Alternatively, candidates may take all four papers for an Advanced Level qualification at the same session.
Candidates may take the AS Mathematics qualification only.
The syllabus allows