KSSM · Code 3472
SPM Additional Mathematics Syllabus
The SPM Additional Mathematics syllabus has 18 chapters across two years, 10 in Form 4 and 8 in Form 5. Below is every chapter, each with notes, worked examples and practice traced to the official KSSM DSKP.
Form 4, 10 chapters
Functions
3 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Quadratic Functions
3 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Systems of Equations
2 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Indices, Surds and Logarithms
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Progressions
2 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Linear Law
3 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Coordinate Geometry
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Vectors
3 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Solution of Triangles
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Index Numbers
2 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Form 5, 8 chapters
Circular Measure
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Differentiation
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Integration
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Permutation and Combination
2 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Probability Distribution
3 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Trigonometric Functions
6 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Linear Programming
2 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→Kinematics of Linear Motion
4 content standards · notes, worked examples & practice
→How to work through it
Add Math rewards students who follow the syllabus in order rather than jumping to whatever looks hardest, because almost every chapter leans on the ones before it. The Form 4 algebra spine, functions, quadratic functions, indices and logarithms, coordinate geometry, is worth getting genuinely solid first, since the Form 5 calculus and the harder problem-solving quietly assume it.
For each chapter, the reliable pattern is the same: understand the idea, learn the method, then practise full written solutions until the working is automatic and you can reproduce it without notes. Every chapter page below gives you notes, worked examples, common mistakes, a Paper 2 answering guide and key terms, so you can revise a topic from several angles rather than reading it once.
If a chapter feels stuck, it is usually one specific missing idea, often from an earlier chapter, rather than the whole topic, which is exactly the kind of gap a one-to-one lesson finds quickly.
How the syllabus is examined
SPM Additional Mathematics (code 3472) is assessed by two written papers, Paper 1 (2 hours, 80 marks) and Paper 2 (2 hours 30 minutes, 100 marks). There is no Paper 3.
Every chapter below can appear in either paper. You may use a non-programmable scientific calculator, and marking is analytic, you earn marks for correct method and working, not only for the final answer.
Good to know
Because marking is analytic, showing clear working protects your marks even when a final answer slips, a habit our teachers build from Chapter 1.
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How many chapters are in SPM Add Math?
There are 18 chapters, 10 in Form 4 and 8 in Form 5, under the KSSM syllabus (code 3472).
Is there a Paper 3 for Add Math?
No. SPM Add Math has two papers only: Paper 1 and Paper 2.
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