CHANGES TO SYLLABUS (2025 SYLLABUS)
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE MATHEMATICS 0580 / (9-1) 0980



CONTENT ADDED TO CORE SUBJECT:
  • Inequalities
  • Recall of certain squares, cubes and roots

CONTENT REMOVED FROM CORE SUBJECT:
  • Adding and subtracting vectors
  • Multiplying a vector by a scalar
  • Data collection

CONTENT ADDED TO EXTENDED SUBJECT:
  • Recall of certain squares, cubes and roots
  • Surds
  • Graphs of functions in the form axn now include values of n values of -\(\frac{1}{2}\) and \(\frac{1}{2}\)
  • Domain and range
  • Exact trigonometric values

CONTENT REMOVED FROM EXTENDED SUBJECT:
  • Proper subsets
  • Linear programming
  • Congruence criteria
  • Data collection
  • Box-and-whisker plots

MORE CHANGES:
  • The teaching time has not changed
  • The Details of the assessment section includes:
    • The List of formulas that is provided in the examinations
    • Mathematical conventions
  • The marks, durations and weightings are the same for both papers in a tier
  • All examination papers will:
    • Include the List of formulas on page 2
    • Include a mixture of structured and unstructured questions

CHANGES TO PAPER 1 (CORE): NON-CALCULATOR
  • This is now a non-calculator paper, calculators are not allowed in the exam
  • Number of marks increased to 80 marks
  • Duration has changed to 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Weighting has changed to 50%

CHANGES TO PAPER 2 (EXTENDED): NON-CALCULATOR
  • This is now a non-calculator paper, calculators are not allowed in the exam
  • Number of marks increased to 100 marks
  • Duration has changed to 2 hours
  • Weighting has changed to 50%

CHANGES TO PAPER 3 (CORE): CALCULATOR
  • Number of marks decreased to 80 marks
  • Duration has changed to 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Weighting has changed to 50%
  • Calculators are still allowed in Paper 3

CHANGES TO PAPER 4 (EXTENDED): CALCULATOR
  • Number of marks decreased to 100 marks
  • Duration has changed to 2 hours
  • Weighting has changed to 50%
  • Calculators are still allowed in Paper 4