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The syllabus is intended to provide students with the fundamental mathematical knowledge and skills. The
content is organised into three strands namely, Number and Algebra, Geometry and Measurement, and
Statistics and Probability. Besides conceptual understanding and skills proficiency explicated in the content
strands, development of process skills that are involved in the process of acquiring and applying mathematical
knowledge is also emphasised. These include reasoning, communication and connections, thinking skills
and heuristics, and application and modelling.

The O-Level Mathematics syllabus aims to enable all students to:

(a) acquire mathematical concepts and skills for continuous learning in mathematics and to support learning in other subjects

(b) develop thinking, reasoning, communication, application and metacognitive skills through a mathematical approach to problem-solving

(c) connect ideas within mathematics and between mathematics and other subjects through applications of mathematics

(d) build confidence and foster interest in mathematics.



The topics include:

Numbers and their operations

Ratio and proportion

Percentage

Rate and speed

Algebraic expressions and formulae

Functions and graphs

Equations and Inequalities

Set language and notation

Matrices

Problems in real-world context

Angles, triangles and polygons

Congruence and similarity

Properties of circles

Pythagoras theorem and trigonometry

Mensuration

Coordinate geometry

Vectors in two dimensions

Data analysis

Probability