CHANGES TO SYLLABUS (2025 SYLLABUS)
CAMBRIDGE O LEVEL MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS D) 4024



NEW TOPICS ADDED:
  • Exponential growth and decay
  • Surds

TOPICS REMOVED:
  • Loci
  • Matrices

NEW CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN EXISTING TOPICS:
  • Reciprocals
  • Recurring decimals
  • Expanding algebraic expressions with products of more than two brackets
  • Factorising expressions in the form ax3 + bx2 + cx
  • Conventions for representing inequalities on a number line and graphically
  • Interpreting the gradients of curves
  • Graphs of functions in the form axn now include n values of -1/2 and 1/2
  • Graphs of functions in the form abx now include a constant, c, i.e. abx + c
  • Drawing and interpreting graphs representing exponential growth and decay problems
  • Recognising, sketching and interpreting graphs of specified functions, including knowledge of turning points, asymptotes and symmetry where applicable
  • Domain and range
  • Composite functions
  • Terms frustum, hemisphere, radii, semicircle, major and minor
  • Alternate segment theorem
  • Calculating the angle between a line and a plane

CONTENT REMOVED FROM EXISTING TOPICS:
  • Proper subsets
  • Increasing and decreasing a quantity by a given ratio
  • Reading dials
  • Use of maps to notation, e.g. f:x ↦ y
  • Constructing simple geometric shapes that cannot be formed only from triangles
  • Constructing perpendicular bisectors
  • Constructing angle bisectors
  • Showing that two triangles are congruent
  • The hat notation over angles has been removed

MORE CHANGES:
  • The teaching time has not changed.
  • Mathematical notation is now included within the subject content.
  • The learning outcomes in the subject content have been numbered, rather than listed by bullet points.
  • The Details of the assessment section now includes:
    • The List of formulas that are provided in the examinations
    • Mathematical conventions
  • The examination papers have been rebalanced to provide improved accessibility and a better candidate experience.
  • Both examination papers will include a List of formulas on page 2.
  • Mark schemes have been updated to award more marks for working where appropriate, in alignment with other Cambridge Mathematics qualifications.

CHANGES TO PAPER 1: NON-CALCULATOR
  • Number of marks increased to 100 marks
  • Includes a mixture of structured and unstructured questions
  • The duration of Paper 1 has not changed, it is still 2 hours

CHANGES TO PAPER 2: CALCULATOR
  • Duration decreased to 2 hours
  • Includes a mixture of structured and unstructured questions
  • The number of marks in Paper 2 has not changed, it is still 100 marks