IGCSE Additional Mathematics 0606 · 2025 / 2026 / 2027 Syllabus

The full syllabus, mapped.

All 14 topics of Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics 0606 in syllabus order. Both papers cover the whole syllabus; Paper 1 is non-calculator, so every worked example shows the exact working. Lessons are arriving topic by topic, starting with Functions.

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Paper 1 Non-calculator · 2h · 80 marks
Paper 2 Calculator · 2h · 80 marks
TOPIC 01

Functions.

Domain and range, function notation, the modulus of a function, inverse and composite functions, and the graph of a function against its inverse.

1.1Function vocabulary
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1.3Function notation
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1.4The modulus of a function
1.5Functions with no inverse
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1.6Finding an inverse
1.7Composite functions
1.8A function and its inverse on a graph
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TOPIC 02

Quadratic functions.

Completing the square for the maximum or minimum, sketching and range, the discriminant for roots and for lines meeting curves, equations and inequalities.

2.2Sketching a quadratic and its range
2.3The discriminant, lines and curves
2.4Solving quadratic equations
2.5Quadratic inequalities
TOPIC 03

Factors of polynomials.

The remainder and factor theorems, factorising cubics and solving cubic equations.

3.1Remainder and factor theorems
3.2Factorising polynomials
3.3Solving cubic equations
TOPIC 04

Equations, inequalities and graphs.

Modulus equations and inequalities, equations in quadratic form, and cubic graphs, their moduli and cubic inequalities.

4.1Modulus equations
4.2Modulus inequalities
4.3Equations in quadratic form
4.4Cubic graphs and their moduli
4.5Cubic inequalities
TOPIC 05

Simultaneous equations.

Solving a linear and a non-linear equation together by substitution or elimination.

TOPIC 06

Logarithmic and exponential functions.

The graphs of e^x and ln x and their asymptotes, the laws of logarithms with change of base, and solving a^x = b.

TOPIC 07

Straight-line graphs.

Equations of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, midpoints, lengths and perpendicular bisectors, and reducing a relationship to straight-line form.

7.2Parallel and perpendicular lines
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7.3Midpoint, length and perpendicular bisector
7.4Reducing to straight-line form
TOPIC 08

Coordinate geometry of the circle.

The equation of a circle in either form, a circle meeting a line, tangents, and two circles.

8.1The equation of a circle
8.2A circle and a straight line
8.3Tangents to a circle
TOPIC 09

Circular measure.

Radians, arc length and sector area, including compound shapes.

TOPIC 10

Trigonometry.

All six trigonometric functions, amplitude and period, graphs of a sin bx + c and its family, the Pythagorean identities, equations and proofs.

10.1The six trigonometric functions
10.2Amplitude and period
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10.3Graphs of a sin bx + c, a cos bx + c, a tan bx + c
10.4Pythagorean identities
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TOPIC 11

Permutations and combinations.

Telling arrangements from selections, n!, nPr and nCr, and arrangement and selection problems.

11.1Permutation or combination?
11.2n!, permutations and combinations
11.3Arrangement and selection problems
TOPIC 12

Series.

The binomial theorem and its general term, arithmetic and geometric progressions, and the sum to infinity.

12.2The general term
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12.3Arithmetic and geometric progressions
12.4nth term and sum of n terms
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TOPIC 13

Vectors in two dimensions.

Vector notation, position and unit vectors, magnitude and vector arithmetic, and velocities, including particles that collide.

13.2Position vectors and unit vectors
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TOPIC 14

Calculus.

Derivatives of standard functions with the chain, product and quotient rules, tangents, stationary points, rates of change, integration, areas and kinematics.

14.1The derived function
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14.2Notation
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14.3Standard derivatives and the chain rule
14.4Product and quotient rules
14.5Tangents and normals
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14.7Connected rates of change and small increments
14.8Maxima and minima problems
14.9First and second derivative tests
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14.10Integration as reverse differentiation
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14.11Integrating powers of x
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14.12Integrating standard functions
14.13Definite integrals and areas
14.14Kinematics with calculus
14.15Motion graphs
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