O-Level & SEC, Asia
Additional Mathematics: the topics students find hardest
Trigonometric identities, logarithms and calculus cause most lost marks. Here’s how to practise each.
A-Math, step by step
Additional Mathematics in Singapore secondary schools moves fast. With exams moving from the O-Level to the new SEC from 2027, the core skills stay the same.
Trigonometric identities
Keep a single sheet of identities and prove each one yourself at least once. You’ll recognise them faster under pressure.
When stuck on a proof, rewrite everything in sin and cos. It works more often than not.Margin note from Daniel
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Calculus applications
Rates of change and stationary points appear every year. Practise reading the question carefully to see what is being asked.
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