Application and Interpretation 

( HL and SL) Syllabus 

Overview 
Time Allocations:

Applications and Interpretations Teaching

Syllabus Component Hours

SL HL

1. Number & Algebra 16 29

2. Functions 31 42
3. Geometry & Trigonometry 18 46
4. Statistics & Probability 36 52
5. Calculus 19 41
TOOLKIT :
Mathematical Exploration
(Investigative, Problem Solving and
modelling skills development leading 30 30
to an individual exploration is a piece
of written work that involves
investigating an area of mathematics)

Total 150 240

 Topic 1: Number & Algebra

Topics Time (Hrs) Total Time

Operations with Numbers in Standard Form

Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series

Applications of Arithmetic and Geometric

​Core sequences and series including Compound
Interest and Annual Depreciation

Simplifying Numerical expressions with Integer

Exponents

Introduction to Logarithms and Natural Logarithms

Approximation, Upper and Lower Bounds,

Percentage Errors

AI Financial Applications of Geometric Series :

Amortization and Annuities
(SL)
Solving System of Linear and Polynomial
Equations

Laws of Logarithms

Expressions with Rational Exponents

Sum of Infinite Geometric Sequences

Complex Numbers- Cartesian, Modulus -

Argument and Euler Form
AI
Phase Shift and Voltage as Complex Quantities
(HL)
Matrices : Algebra and Properties

Matrices: Applications to solving system of linear

equations, and coding and decoding messages

Eigen values and Eigen Vectors

 ​Topic 2: Functions

Topics Time (Hrs) Total Time

Different forms of equations of straight lines,

including Parallel and Perpendicular lines

Functions and Inverse Functions

Core
Graphing skills determining key features of graphs
including horizontal and vertical asymptotes

Finding the Point of Intersection of lines and

curves using Technology

Modelling skills and the Modelling Process

AI Modelling in contexts with linear, quadratic,

exponential, growth and decay, direct and inverse
(SL) variation, cubic and sinusoidal behaviours

Composite function used in context

Inverse function with domain restrictions

Transformations of Functions
​ AI Modelling with Exponential models with half life,
(HL) complex sinusoidal models, logistic models and
piecewise models

Linearizing data

Log-log and Log-Linear Graphs

 Topic 3: Geometry & Trigonometry

Topics Time (Hrs) Total Time

Distance between points in 2D and 3D space

Midpoints of two points in 2D and 3D space

​ Core Volume, surface area and angles in 3D solids

Non right-angled trigonometry, including area of

triangle, angles of elevation and depression

Three figure bearings

The Circle - Length of arc and area of sector

Equations of Perpendicular Bisectors

AI
(SL) Voronoi Diagrams - Nearest neighbour
interpolation and toxic waste dump problems

Radian Measure

The Unit Circle and Pythagorean Identity

Solve Trigonometric Equations

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Geometric Transformation in 2D using matrices

Vectors - Geometric approaches, Dot and Cross

​ AI Products, Angle between two vectors
(HL)
Vector equation of a line in 2D and 3D space

Angle between two lines

Vector applications in Kinematics, Linear Motion

with constant and variable velocity

Graph Theory

Adjacency and Transition Matrices

Tree and Cycle Algorithms including kruskal’s and

Prim’s Chinese Postman and Travelling Salesman
 Topic 4: Statistics & Probability

Topics Time (Hrs) Total Time

Concept of Population, Sample, Outliers, Discrete

and Continuous data

Reliability of Data Resources

Interpretation of Outliers

Sampling Techniques - Simple random,

Convenience, Systematic, Quota and Stratified
Sampling Methods

Presentation of Discrete and Continuous data in

frequency tables, histograms, cumulative
frequency graphs and box plots

Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion for

​ Core discrete and continuous data including the effect of
multiplication by or addition of a constant

Linear Correlation - Equation of Regression line ‘y’

on ‘x’ including piecewise linear models, Pearson’s
product-moment correlation coefficient

Introduction to Probability - Independent Events,

Mutually exclusive events, combined events,
conditional probabilities and probabilities with and
without replacement

Use of Venn Diagrams, Tree Diagrams, Sample

Space diagrams and tables of outcomes

Probability distributions of discrete random

variables, expected values and applications

The Normal Distribution - Properties,

Diagrammatic Representation, Expected Values,
Probability and inverse normal calculations

The Binomial Distribution

 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient

Appropriateness and limitations of different

correlation coefficients

Hypothesis Testing
AI Significance Levels
(SL)
Chi Squared test for independence and goodness
of fit

T - Test

One-tailed and Two-tailed Testing

Data Collection Techniques, Surveys and

Questionnaire design

Reliability and Validity tests

Non-linear Sum of Squares , R​2

Interpolation and Extrapolation

Linear Transformation of a single random variable,

expectation and variance
​ AI Unbiased estimate and estimators
(HL)
Sample means and central limit theorem

Confidence Intervals

Testing for population mean for Normal and

Poisson Distributions, Proportion for Binomial
Distribution

Critical Regions and values

Type I and II errors

Poisson Distribution

Transition matrices including regular Markov

Chains
 Topic 5: Calculus

Topics Time (Hrs) Total Time

Introduction to limits , Rate of Change and

Gradient

Increasing and Decreasing functions and the

graphical Interpretation of the gradient

Differentiation of Polynomials
​ Core Equations of Tangents and Normals at a given
point

Integration as anti-differentiation of polynomials

Definite integrals using technology to find area

under curves

Anti Differentiation with a boundary condition to

determine the constant term

Local Maximum and Minimum Points

Optimisation Problems
AI
(SL) Numerical Integration - Trapezoidal Rule

Derivatives of Sin​x,​ Cos​x,​ Tan​x,​ e​x​, ln, x , x​n

Chain, Product and Quotient Rules

Related rates of change

Second Derivative testing for concavity

Integration of Sin​x,​ Cos​x,​ sec​2​x, e​x

​ AI
(HL) Integration by Inspection and Substitution

Volumes of revolution about ​x​ and ​y​ axes

Kinematics - Displacement, Distance, Velocity and

Acceleration

Setting up and solving first order Differential

Equations
 Slope Fields

Euler’s method for first and second order

differential equations

Phase Portraits