Content Added in IGCSE Mathematics 0980 [Core Subject]
- Inequalities
- Recall of certain squares, cubes and roots
Content Removed from IGCSE Mathematics 0980 [Core Subject]
- Adding and subtracting vectors
- Multiplying a vector by a scalar
- Data collection
Content Added in IGCSE Mathematics 0980 [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 IGCSE Mathematics 0980 [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
