Mathematics
ZIMSEC O-Level Additional Mathematics
Syllabus topics
85 topics and subtopics in the 2015-2022 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2018.
About this syllabus
The ZIMSEC O-Level Additional Mathematics syllabus (Forms 3-4) extends O-Level Mathematics for able learners. Form 3 covers Pure Mathematics: indices and surds, polynomials, identities, equations and inequalities, sequences and series, coordinate geometry, functions, quadratic functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometry, differentiation and integration. Form 4 covers Probability and Statistics (probability, data collection and presentation, averages and dispersion, discrete and continuous distributions, the normal distribution, sampling and estimation) and Mechanics (kinematics in a straight line, forces and equilibrium, Newton's laws of motion, and energy, work and power).
How you are assessed
Continuous assessment (topic tasks, tests and a project, Forms 3-4) carries 30%. The examination carries 70% in two papers of 2 hours 30 minutes and 100 marks each: Paper 1 Pure Mathematics (Section A compulsory short structured questions, 52 marks; Section B four of six long structured questions, 48 marks) and Paper 2 Mechanics and Statistics (Section A four compulsory questions, 40 marks; then any five of fourteen 12-mark questions from Section B, Mechanics, and Section C, Probability and Statistics).
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