O Level · SYLLABUS 4049
O Level A Math past papers, marked the way the exam marks it.
THE SYLLABUS
What the 4049 syllabus examines
The 2026 O Level A Math syllabus (4049) has 10 topics. This is the syllabus's own list, in its own order.
- Quadratic functions
- Equations and inequalities
- Surds
- Polynomials and partial fractions
- Binomial expansions
- Exponential and logarithmic functions
- Trigonometric functions, identities and equations
- Coordinate geometry in two dimensions
- Proofs in plane geometry
- Differentiation and integration
How it is examined. Every candidate sits 2 papers in the 2026 examination.
- Paper 1 · Written2 h 15 min · 90 marks · 50% of the final grade. 12 to 14 questions, all to be answered.
- Paper 2 · Written2 h 15 min · 90 marks · 50% of the final grade. 9 to 11 questions, all to be answered.
These facts are from the syllabus documents SEAB publishes for the 2026 examination. Check there for the year you sit the paper.
THE BANK
Every chapter, with real papers behind it
FullMarks holds 1,003 O Level A Math questions, 1,003 of them carrying a full marking scheme, so a written answer can be marked against the same points an examiner would use. The chapters with the most practice behind them:
- Trigonometric Functions and Identities
- Differentiation
- Coordinate Geometry
- Polynomials and Partial Fractions
- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Differentiation and Integration
- Quadratic Functions
- Binomial Theorem
- Integration Techniques
- Surds and Indices
- Geometry and Properties of Circles
- Equations and Inequalities
- Proofs in Plane Geometry
- Definite Integrals
- Algebraic Expressions and Formulae
HOW MARKING WORKS
Where the marks actually go
Mathematics is marked in method marks and accuracy marks. Method marks survive an arithmetic slip: if the approach is right, the working shows it, and a wrong number is then carried forward correctly, those marks still stand. Working that exists only in a calculator cannot be awarded at all, which is why a correct final answer with no working can score less than a wrong one with full working.
Handwriting-quality English is not what is being marked. An answer written in short, ungrammatical fragments can score full marks if every required statement is present. But naming the keywords is not enough either. Where the scheme asks you to connect two ideas, listing both without joining them earns nothing for that point. Padding an answer with extra terms in the hope that one of them lands does not work, and can cost you marks a shorter answer would have won.
WHAT YOU GET
Write it as you would in the paper
You practise real O Level mathematics questions and answer them the way you will on the day. Type them, photograph your handwritten working, or draw straight onto the screen. It comes back marked immediately, point by point. Where you lose a mark you are told exactly what was missing, rather than being shown a model answer and left to spot the difference yourself. If an explanation does not land, you can ask for the same thing again in plain words.
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