Cambridge O Level · 4024 · Data 2020–2025
Most-tested topics in O-Level Mathematics (Syllabus D)
Just 3 chapters — Algebra and graphs, Number, Geometry — carry about 67% of all the marks. Revise those first.
Based on 48 real Cambridge past papers and 8,420 tagged marks, 2020–2025. Ranked by marks, not guesswork.
Historical counts from past papers — not an exam prediction. Download the data (CSV)
Revise these first
The topics that carry the most marks, highest first. Each opens the free past-paper questions.
- 1Practise →20 Solutions of equations and inequalities10% of marksAlgebra and graphsEvery year
- 2Practise →35 Mensuration8% of marksMensurationEvery year
- 3Practise →18 Algebraic manipulation6% of marksAlgebra and graphsEvery year
- 4Practise →11 Ratio, proportion, rate6% of marksNumberEvery year
- 5Practise →32 Angles5% of marksGeometryEvery year
- 6Practise →41 Categorical, numerical and grouped data5% of marksStatisticsEvery year
- 7Practise →36 Trigonometry5% of marksTrigonometryEvery year
- 8Practise →17 Algebraic representation and formulae4% of marksAlgebra and graphsEvery year
See the full breakdown — all 42 topics across 9 chapters
Algebra and graphs
30% of marks- 20 Solutions of equations and inequalitiesEvery year832 marks · 112 qs
- 18 Algebraic manipulationEvery year505 marks · 96 qs
- 17 Algebraic representation and formulaeEvery year370 marks · 49 qs
- 25 Graphs of functionsEvery year257 marks · 29 qs
- 22 SequencesEvery year134 marks · 25 qs
- 26 Function notationEvery year122 marks · 21 qs
- 24 Graphs in practical situationsEvery year106 marks · 20 qs
- 23 VariationEvery year67 marks · 18 qs
- 19 IndicesEvery year56 marks · 15 qs
- 21 Graphical representation of inequalitiesEvery year55 marks · 15 qs
Number
26% of marks- 11 Ratio, proportion, rateEvery year485 marks · 82 qs
- 12 PercentagesEvery year284 marks · 40 qs
- 8 The four operationsEvery year201 marks · 57 qs
- 10 Limits of accuracyEvery year190 marks · 33 qs
- 16 Personal and small business financeEvery year170 marks · 24 qs
- 5 Vulgar and decimal fractions and percentagesEvery year155 marks · 46 qs
- 14 TimeEvery year141 marks · 17 qs
- 7 Standard formEvery year124 marks · 26 qs
- 2 Set language and notationEvery year105 marks · 22 qs
- 15 MoneyEvery year81 marks · 11 qs
- 1 NumberEvery year74 marks · 21 qs
- 9 EstimationEvery year54 marks · 22 qs
- 3 Squares, square roots, cubes and cube rootsEvery year47 marks · 14 qs
- 6 OrderingEvery year41 marks · 17 qs
- 4 Directed numbersEvery year25 marks · 12 qs
- 13 Use of an electronic calculatorRecurring6 marks · 2 qs
Geometry
11% of marks- 32 AnglesEvery year442 marks · 79 qs
- 30 Similarity and congruenceEvery year225 marks · 32 qs
- 29 Geometrical constructionsEvery year116 marks · 21 qs
- 28 Geometrical termsRecurring70 marks · 16 qs
- 33 LociRecurring68 marks · 15 qs
- 31 SymmetryEvery year46 marks · 18 qs
Statistics
9% of marks- 41 Categorical, numerical and grouped dataEvery year395 marks · 63 qs
- 42 Statistical diagramsEvery year331 marks · 52 qs
Mensuration
8% of marks- 35 MensurationEvery year633 marks · 85 qs
- 34 MeasuresEvery year32 marks · 10 qs
Vectors, matrices and transformations
5% of marks- 37 Vectors in two dimensionsEvery year179 marks · 29 qs
- 39 TransformationsEvery year145 marks · 24 qs
- 38 MatricesRecurring97 marks · 21 qs
Trigonometry
5% of marks- 36 TrigonometryEvery year382 marks · 40 qs
Coordinate geometry
4% of marks- 27 Coordinate geometryEvery year321 marks · 47 qs
Probability
3% of marks- 40 ProbabilityEvery year251 marks · 40 qs
Turn the data into practice
Every topic above is drawn from real Cambridge O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D) papers, tagged to the syllabus. Students can drill the high-frequency topics in the free bank; teachers can turn any of them into a ready-to-print worksheet in seconds. Or explore the full six-year trends in the interactive records.