IB Math AA SL · 2019 to 2025
IB Math AA SL past papers
1,167 past paper questions from 40 papers across 11 exam sessions. See what repeats, then practise the same skills with AI marking.
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SL archive · 2019 to 2026
IB Math AA SL past papers
Latest exam session: May 2026
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Units in Math AA SL
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of the marks each one carries.
Unit 1
Number & Algebra
16% of marks518 of the 3142 marks across the 40 Math AA SL papers analysed (16%) were on this unit. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 185 questions
- DueGrowth & decay
- RisingSum of n terms
Unit 2
Functions
17% of marks532 of the 3142 marks across the 40 Math AA SL papers analysed (17%) were on this unit. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 225 questions
- DueStretches & reflections
- RisingRational functions
Unit 3
Geometry & Trigonometry
20% of marks632 of the 3142 marks across the 40 Math AA SL papers analysed (20%) were on this unit. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 221 questions
- RisingElevation & depression
- RisingPythagorean identity
Unit 4
Statistics & Probability
24% of marks756 of the 3142 marks across the 40 Math AA SL papers analysed (24%) were on this unit. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 307 questions
- DueTree diagrams
- DueFrequency & histograms
Unit 5
Calculus
22% of marks704 of the 3142 marks across the 40 Math AA SL papers analysed (22%) were on this unit. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 229 questions
- RisingAntidifferentiation
- RisingTangents
Papers in Math AA SL
Each paper across every sitting. The ring is the share of the marks it carries.
20 sittings · no calculator
Paper 1
50% of marks1580 of the 3142 marks in the Math AA SL archive were set in Paper 1, across 20 sittings. · 560 questions
Most tested Solving trig equations
20 sittings · calculator
Paper 2
50% of marks1562 of the 3142 marks in the Math AA SL archive were set in Paper 2, across 20 sittings. · 607 questions
Most tested Binomial probabilities
Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
Does it repeat?
Top 4 of 111 micro-topics for the next sitting. Numbers are questions per year.
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| Micro-topic | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.9.1Kinematics | 2Kinematics, 2019: 2 questions | 5Kinematics, 2021: 5 questions | 8Kinematics, 2022: 8 questions | 7Kinematics, 2023: 7 questions | 5Kinematics, 2024: 5 questions | 10Kinematics, 2025: 10 questions | 3Kinematics, 2026: 3 questions |
4.7.1Distributions & E(X) | ·Distributions & E(X), 2019: 0 questions | 8Distributions & E(X), 2021: 8 questions | 7Distributions & E(X), 2022: 7 questions | 5Distributions & E(X), 2023: 5 questions | 6Distributions & E(X), 2024: 6 questions | 6Distributions & E(X), 2025: 6 questions | 5Distributions & E(X), 2026: 5 questions |
4.11.1Conditional probability | 2Conditional probability, 2019: 2 questions | 7Conditional probability, 2021: 7 questions | 4Conditional probability, 2022: 4 questions | 4Conditional probability, 2023: 4 questions | 5Conditional probability, 2024: 5 questions | 3Conditional probability, 2025: 3 questions | 1Conditional probability, 2026: 1 question |
| ·Exponential & log equations, 2019: 0 questions | 5Exponential & log equations, 2021: 5 questions | 1Exponential & log equations, 2022: 1 question | 3Exponential & log equations, 2023: 3 questions | 5Exponential & log equations, 2024: 5 questions | 2Exponential & log equations, 2025: 2 questions | 4Exponential & log equations, 2026: 4 questions |
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- DueTree diagrams· last May 24 P1 TZ2
- Dueusually examined, but missing from the last two exam sessions
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Every Math AA SL exam session
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November 2024
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November 2021
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May 2021
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Which Math AA SL exam sessions are covered?
11 exam sessions from 2019 to 2026, the latest May 2026. Every Paper 1 and 2 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 40 papers in this archive.
Which IB Math AA SL topic comes up most?
Kinematics (5.9.1): in 43% of papers, last seen May 26 P2 TZC. Usually "find / solve", worth about 5.9 marks in a paper that includes it.
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What do "banker", "due" and "rising" mean?
Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.
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