Mathematics HL baseline test Syllabus

Number

• Number systems and

notation (set of positive
integers and zero (N),
integers (Z), rational
numbers (Q), irrational
numbers (Q’), and real
numbers (R))

• Lower and upper bounds

• Absolute values

• Representing and solving

Inequalities, including
compound and double
inequalities

• Number sequences
(prediction, description)

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Mathematics guide (for use from September 2020/January 2021)
Written and taught curriculum
• Prime numbers and factors,
including greatest common
factor and least common
multiple
• Squares and square roots
• Exponents
• Ratios
Algebra
• Find and verify rules for
sequences
• Forming equations
• Surds, roots and radicals • Logarithms, including laws
including simplifying of logarithms and use of
technology to nd values
• Laws of exponents including • Laws of exponents,
integer and negative including fractional/rational
exponents exponents
• Standard form (scientic
notation)
• Direct and inverse
proportion
• Find, justify and prove • Using notation and
general rules/formulae for formula for arithmetic and
sequences geometric sequences to
continue a sequence, nd
specic terms and the
progression
• Solving simultaneous
equations, including
algebraically and
graphically.
(See also ''Thinking with
models'')
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 • Factorizing quadratic
expressions

• Solving quadratic equations

using factorization, the
quadratic formula and
graphically

• Rearranging formulae

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 • Mapping • Domain and Range

• Function notation

• Linear functions of the form • Rational functions of the

form
(see also ''Spatial
reasoning'')

• Parallel and perpendicular

lines
(see also ''Spatial
reasoning'')

• Systems of equations/ • Linear programming,

simultaneous equations including inequalities
including solving
algebraically and graphically
(see also 'Numerical and
abstract reasoning'')

• Quadratic functions in the • Transformation of quadratic

form: functions, including
translation, reection and
dilation

including the signicance of

their parameters

• Representation and shape • Representation and

of exponential functions shape of cubic, rational,

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 and their horizontal trigonometric and
asymptotes logarithmic functions and
their asymptotes

• Algorithms (analyzing • Networks, including edges

and using well-dened and arcs, nodes/vertices,
procedures for solving paths
complex problems) • Calculating network
pathways
• Weighted networks

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Geometry

• Metric conversions

• Circle geometry and

theorems, including angles,
radius, diameter, arc, sector,
chord, segment and tangent

• Perimeter (circumference)
and area of plane gures
including triangles, circles,
parallelograms, rhombuses,
rectangles, squares, kites,
trapezoids and compound
shapes

• Volume, surface area and • Volume, surface area and • Capacity

nets of cubes, cuboids, nets of pyramids, cones
cylinders and prisms and compound three-
dimensional shapes

• , gradients and
intercepts
(see also ''Thinking with
models'')

• •

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 Gradients of parallel lines Relationship between
gradients of perpendicular
lines

• Coordinate geometry,
including distance,
midpoint and gradient
formulae

• Symmetry and reection • Rotation around a given • Enlargement around a given

point
• Similarity and congruence,
including proving similar
and congruent triangles
• Movement on a plane—
isometric transformations,
enlargements and
tessellations
point
• Enlargement by a rational
factor
• Identical representation of
transformations

Trigonometry

• Triangle properties

• Bearings

• Pythagoras’ theorem • Converse of Pythagoras’

theorem

• Trigonometric ratios in • Sine rule and cosine rule,

right-angled triangles including applications
(link to trigonometric
functions)

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Statistics and Probability

• Sampling techniques and

response rates

• Data manipulation and

misinterpretation

• Graphical representations, • Histograms for continuous

including bivariate graphs, xed interval groups
scatter graphs, box-and-
whisker plots, cumulative
frequency graphs

• Lines of best t

• Data processing, including

mean, median (measure
of central tendency) and
mode, for continuous
data, and quartiles and
percentiles for discrete and
continuous data

• Measures of dispersion, • Measure of dispersion,

including interquartile including standard

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 range (including application
and relationship with the
median)
• Describing correlation,
including positive, negative,
none, strong and weak
• Sets, including notation and
operations up to three sets
• Probability calculations
with Venn Diagrams, tree
diagrams and sample space
• Mutually exclusive events
• Combined events
• Relative frequency
deviation (including
application and relationship
with the mean)
• Use of technology to nd
the numerical value for
correlation and its meaning
• Probability calculations
for dependent and
independent events
(using the addition and
multiplication rules)
including conditional
probability