Cambridge A Level Mathematics

Component-based qualification

* Candidates sit one of the components marked with an asterisk, not all of them.

Source: official Cambridge specification, verified 2026-08-27. A genuinely route-based specification, per the official PDF's "Structure of AS Level and A Level Mathematics" table (Syllabus overview, pp.14-16). Full A Level is always Paper 1 + Paper 3 (both compulsory, 30%+30%=60%) + Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1 (compulsory, 20%) + EITHER Paper 4 Mechanics OR Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 2 (each 20%, mutually exclusive -- Paper 6 cannot be combined with Paper 4 because it depends on Paper 5 content) -- modeled here via alternativeGroup so the total is exactly 100%. Paper 2 Pure Mathematics 2 does NOT count toward the A Level at all (weightingPercent 0 here) -- it exists only for the separate standalone "AS Level, Pure Mathematics only" route (Paper 1 + Paper 2, weighted 60%/40% of THAT AS Level, which the syllabus states explicitly cannot be carried forward into the full A Level). AS Level (the staged first half) is instead Paper 1 + ONE of {Paper 2, Paper 4, Paper 5}, each weighted 60% (Paper 1) / 40% (the second paper) of the AS Level -- not separately modeled as distinct AS-only weightings here; see the PDF's own table for the exact AS-route figures. Durations/marks per paper (all externally assessed written exams): Paper 1 1h50/75 marks, Paper 2 1h15/50 marks, Paper 3 1h50/75 marks, Papers 4-6 each 1h15/50 marks. Examination-series window 2026-2027 (June, November, and March-in-India series); no separate first-teaching date published.