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Mathematics (advanced syllabus) — matriculation exam: what is assessed
Advanced mathematics solutions justified in words and assessed step by step: choice of method, intermediate steps and justifications.
V1: solutions are written as text and justified in words (e.g. x^2, sqrt). There is no formula editor or graph drawing yet — the emphasis is on assessing method and reasoning.
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What the exam assesses
The assessment engine is instructed to grade like a matriculation censor: stricter than school, and weighted towards the evidence the subject expects. In this subject that evidence is: Visible intermediate steps, naming the method or formula used, justification of why the method fits, and checking or sanity-checking the answer.
Grade boundaries
Indicative boundaries as a percentage of the exam maximum, from recent sittings.
| Grade | At least |
|---|---|
| L | 84 % |
| E | 69 % |
| M | 50 % |
| C | 35 % |
The Matriculation Examination Board sets the real boundaries separately for every sitting. These are a reference point for practice, not a promise.
What to revise
Every module has its own revision page: the core content, and how it turns into points.
- MAY1Numbers and equations
- MAA2Functions and equations 1
- MAA3Geometry
- MAA4Analytic geometry and vectors
- MAA5Functions and equations 2
- MAA6The derivative
- MAA7Integral calculus
- MAA8Statistics and probability
- MAA9Financial mathematics
- MAA10elective3D geometry
- MAA11electiveAlgorithms and number theory
- MAA12electiveAnalysis and the continuous distribution
Practise like it is the exam
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Frequently asked
- How should I prepare for the Mathematics (advanced syllabus) exam?
- Write real exam tasks and see how many points your answer would score. Then revise the modules where you lost the most points — the estimate tells you where they went.
- What is assessed in the Mathematics (advanced syllabus) exam?
- Visible intermediate steps, naming the method or formula used, justification of why the method fits, and checking or sanity-checking the answer.
- What are the grade boundaries in the Mathematics (advanced syllabus) exam?
- Indicatively, at recent sittings: L ≥ 84 %, E ≥ 69 %, M ≥ 50 %, C ≥ 35 % of the exam maximum. The Matriculation Examination Board confirms the boundaries separately for each sitting.
- Can the points of an exam answer be estimated in advance?
- The exact score cannot be known in advance, but an estimate can. Abiboost assesses the answer against the same criteria as a censor and gives a point range plus what would raise it. The final score always comes from the censor.