Changes in the new Syllabus for
2008 “O Level ” Mathematics
(4016)
(1) No change in examination
format and allocation of marks
(2) Calculator
can be used in both papers
(3) New
Additions
(a) Very Large
Numbers and Very Small Numbers eg micro,
nano,
pico, mega, giga, tera
(b) Use of a
calculator for the four operations of
numbers,
fractions and
decimals, conversion among fraction,
decimal and percentage
(c) Calculation
of Compound Interest with a Formula
(d)
Sets
(e)
Matrices
(f) Use of
radian in angle measure, arc length and area of a
sector
(g) Sketch of
graphs of the form
(i) y = +- (x-p)^2 +
q
(ii) y = +-
(x-a)(x-b)
(h) Standard
deviation for ungrouped and grouped data
(i) Box and
Whisker plot
(4) Residual
Topic
(a) Enlargement
and Reduction with scale factor
(5) Deletions
(a)
Locus
(b)
Transformation
(c) Percentage
Profit and Loss
(d) Mid-point
Formula, Conditions for Parallel and
Perpendicular lines
(e) Solving
vector equations with two unknowns
(f) Histogram
with unequal interval
(g) Alternate
Segment Theorem
PS : For students who are still taking the old syllabus, you can
buy Hillview TYS 2004 to 2008 as it still includes the 2008 E.Maths
4017 examination questions. ShingLee, Dyna and SAP TYS no longer
includes the 2008 E.Maths 4017 examination questions.