We counted every question in our own AS & A Level Mathematics 9709 question bank — 523 questions worth 3,600 marks, 2020 to 2026 — and sorted them into the 8 chapters of the syllabus. Series carries the most marks.
Every chapter, heaviest first
| Chapter | Questions | Marks | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | 107 | 641 | 17.8% | |
| Functions | 76 | 552 | 15.3% | |
| Integration | 71 | 531 | 14.8% | |
| Differentiation | 67 | 521 | 14.5% | |
| Coordinate Geometry | 49 | 418 | 11.6% | |
| Trigonometry | 58 | 339 | 9.4% | |
| Circular Measure | 45 | 333 | 9.2% | |
| Quadratics | 50 | 265 | 7.4% |
The top 4 of 8 chapters hold half the marks in the bank. The three heaviest are Series, Functions, Integration. The lightest is Quadratics, at 7.4% of the marks.
Inside the chapters
| Sub-topic | Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter and area of a region | Circular Measure | 25 | 189 |
| Proving an identity then solving | Trigonometry | 21 | 146 |
| Composite and inverse functions | Functions | 16 | 139 |
| Area between curve and line | Integration | 15 | 135 |
| Stationary points and their nature | Differentiation | 14 | 118 |
| Tangent to a circle | Coordinate Geometry | 12 | 105 |
| Line meeting a circle | Coordinate Geometry | 12 | 102 |
| Equations using trig identities | Trigonometry | 15 | 95 |
| Connected rates of change | Differentiation | 15 | 90 |
| Finding a constant from coefficients | Series | 17 | 84 |
How to use this
Revise the heaviest chapters first. A chapter worth 18% of the marks deserves more than one worth 7.4%.
Use it to decide what to practise, not what to skip. A light chapter can still be the difference between two grades, and Cambridge can set anything on the syllabus.
Check yourself chapter by chapter rather than by whole papers, so a weak topic shows up while there is still time to fix it.
These are ExamYard’s own figures: the questions in our AS & A Level Mathematics 9709 question bank, grouped into the chapter of the syllabus each one tests, and added up by the marks each carries. No question text, mark scheme or examiner report is reproduced on this page. The printed book and the online bank are counted separately, so the totals on this page need not match the book’s own page.