IB Math RevisionIB Maths AI HL: final exam countdown
A 12-day checklist for the run-up to the exams: the topics Examiner Insights ranks highest, the most common mistakes, then a full timed paper. Tick each day off; your ticks are saved in this browser only.
Paper 1: confirmed dates
| Date | Session | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 9 November 2026 | November 2026 | IB HLAI Paper 1 (source) |
IB had not published the May 2027 timetable when we last checked (5 October 2026). Check your board’s timetable: IB timetable · our exam dates page.
Your 12-day checklist
- Day 1
Statistics: hypothesis tests and combined distributions
Revise
Notes · Practise Unit 4: Statistics and probability · What the examiners say
- Day 2
Calculus: differential equations, volumes, rates in context
Revise
- Day 3
Graph theory and vectors
Revise
Notes · Practise Unit 3: Geometry and trigonometry · What the examiners say
- Day 4
Markov chains, finance, complex numbers and matrices
Revise
Notes · Practise Unit 1: Number and algebra · What the examiners say
- Day 6
Accuracy: premature rounding, 2 s.f. answers and ignored instructions
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 7
Hypothesis tests: hypotheses in words, the wrong test, and conclusions that don't follow
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 8
HL algebra: product rule, brackets, logs and exact solutions
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Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 9
IB notation: AB as a length, vectors in columns, f⁻¹ vs f′, the variables asked for
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Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 10
Finance on the GDC: signs, months vs years, P/Y and C/Y, and the rounding asked for
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 11
Sit a past or specimen paper under timed conditions
Full paper
Prediction Papers (with an IB plan or the free 7-day trial), or the free 20-question sample (PDF). Or a paper from the past papers.
- Day 12
Formula sheet, equipment and an early night
Last day
Read the formula sheet once, pack your equipment, and stop revising early.
More for the final weeks
Other plans for IB Maths AI HL: Mock prep · Back to school · Results day · 30-day challenge · IA rescue week · all exam-season plans