Teaching resources & guidance
Complex Numbers
Preliminary Questions 𝅛 Teaching Notes 𝅛 Teaching Materials 𝅛 Focused Assessments 𝅛 Quizzes & Tests ⭕ Learning Objectives HL students only: • calculating in Cartesian form • converting between...
Teaching resources & guidance
Course planning
Teaching mathematics in any curriculum system with external exams demands not only a certain level of mathematical knowledge and effective teaching methods, but also requires the teacher to make a significant...
External assessment
Paper 2 exam (SL & HL)
Paper 2 is the technology-required examination for Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches. Students must have access to an IB-permitted graphic display calculator (GDC), although not every question requires...
External assessment
Overview & key information
This page gives teachers an overview of the external assessment for IB Mathematics: Analysis & Approaches. At both SL and HL, the examination papers are externally set and marked and together account...
Assessment
Paper 2 exam (SL & HL)
Learning Focus 𝅛 Choosing a Method 𝅛 Graphs and Domains 𝅛 Angle Settings 𝅛 Exact or Approximate? 𝅛 Numerical Calculus 𝅛 Exam Checklist ⭕ Learning Focus • choosing a calculator method from...
Assessment
Overview and key information
Your final Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches grade is based on two types of assessment: written examinations completed at the end of the course (external assessment) and an individual mathematical...
External assessment
Paper 3 exam (HL only)
Paper 3 is the HL-only problem-solving examination for Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches. It consists of two extended questions each of which asks students to investigate a sustained problem, often...
DP essentials
Extended essay
Student Introduction to a Mathematics Extended Essay The Extended Essay (EE) is a required component of the Diploma Programme (DP) core, along with Theory of Knowledge (ToK) and Creativity–Action–Service...
Assessment
Paper 3 exam (HL only)
Five HL Paper 3 sample questions on Sample Paper 3 HL Qs page. When the teaching of the IB maths courses Analysis & Approaches (AA) and Applications & Interpretation (AI) began in 2019, perhaps the most...
Assessment
Paper 1 exam (SL & HL)
Paper 1 is the non-calculator examination. It tests whether you can recognise mathematical structure, choose an analytical method, carry it out accurately and communicate a convincing solution. You will...