One of the most common questions from students entering the IB Diploma. Here's what you actually need to know — from content depth and assessment structure to who each level really suits.
Analysis & Approaches or Applications & Interpretation? Understanding the fundamental difference between these two courses before you choose could save you two years of frustration.
Paper 3 is unlike any other IB exam. Here's everything you need to know — what it tests, why students struggle with it, and how to approach an investigation you've never seen before.
A straightforward comparison of the IB Diploma and A-Levels from someone who has taught and examined across both systems — what's actually different, and how to choose.
Understanding how IB examiners actually award marks — M marks, A marks, R marks, follow-through, and what "hence" really means — changes how you should write every answer.
After marking hundreds of exam scripts, the same mistakes appear again and again. They're almost never about not knowing the mathematics — and that means they're all fixable.
From 2026, the maximum UAS drops from 90 to 70 rank points and the calculation is restructured. A clear explanation of what's changing and what it means practically for your child.
Past papers are the most powerful revision tool in IB Mathematics — but only if you use them right. Here is a five-step process for turning past paper practice into genuine score improvement.
A structured four-week revision plan built around how IB Mathematics is actually examined — covering diagnosis, topic review, full papers, and final consolidation.
After marking hundreds of exam scripts, the pattern is clear: scoring 7 is almost never about raw ability. It is about a specific set of habits that anyone can learn and practise.
Section B questions are longer, higher-stakes, and connected across parts. Most students who lose marks there do so not because the maths is harder, but because they don't adjust their approach.
Getting stuck in an exam is normal. What separates students who recover and score marks from those who don't is having a clear strategy for exactly that moment — here it is.
The Internal Assessment is 20% of your final grade. Most students lose marks not because the mathematics is wrong, but because they misunderstand what the five criteria are actually measuring.
Choosing the wrong topic is the most common reason IB Math IA explorations score poorly. Here is how to choose a topic that gives you room to score full marks across all five criteria.
Your GDC is permitted in Papers 2 and 3, but most students use only a fraction of its capability. Here are the skills that consistently earn marks — and the ones students most often get wrong.