We counted every question in our own AS & A Level Mathematics 9709 question bank — 501 questions worth 3,525 marks, 2020 to 2026 — and sorted them into the 9 chapters of the syllabus. Integration carries the most marks.
Every chapter, heaviest first
| Chapter | Questions | Marks | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integration | 66 | 536 | 15.2% | |
| Differentiation | 68 | 501 | 14.2% | |
| Complex Numbers | 76 | 472 | 13.4% | |
| Vectors | 47 | 450 | 12.8% | |
| Differential Equations | 47 | 406 | 11.5% | |
| Algebra | 69 | 390 | 11.1% | |
| Trigonometry | 44 | 292 | 8.3% | |
| Numerical Solution of Equations | 34 | 268 | 7.6% | |
| Logarithmic and Exponential Functions | 50 | 210 | 6.0% |
The top 4 of 9 chapters hold half the marks in the bank. The three heaviest are Integration, Differentiation, Complex Numbers. The lightest is Logarithmic and Exponential Functions, at 6.0% of the marks.
Inside the chapters
| Sub-topic | Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loci in the Argand diagram | Complex Numbers | 31 | 183 |
| Separating the variables | Differential Equations | 21 | 164 |
| Integration by parts | Integration | 20 | 143 |
| Sketching graphs to locate a root | Numerical Solution of Equations | 18 | 131 |
| Integration by substitution | Integration | 15 | 130 |
| Partial fractions and binomial expansion | Algebra | 13 | 127 |
| Partial fractions and integration | Integration | 13 | 124 |
| Parametric differentiation | Differentiation | 18 | 121 |
| Implicit differentiation | Differentiation | 16 | 112 |
| Stationary points of products and quotients | Differentiation | 16 | 110 |
How to use this
Revise the heaviest chapters first. A chapter worth 15% of the marks deserves more than one worth 6.0%.
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.