IB Math RevisionIB Maths syllabus checklists: AA and AI, SL and HL
The IB Diploma has two maths courses, Analysis and Approaches (AA) and Applications and Interpretation (AI), each at Standard (SL) or Higher Level (HL). Both are built on the same five topics. Pick your course for every point in plain English, linked to free practice, with a printable checklist.
Choose your course
IB Maths AA SL
Syllabus checklist, topics 1 to 5.
Open the checklist →IB Maths AI SL
Syllabus checklist, topics 1 to 5.
Open the checklist →IB Maths AA HL
Syllabus checklist, topics 1 to 5, HL-only points marked.
Open the checklist →IB Maths AI HL
Syllabus checklist, topics 1 to 5, HL-only points marked.
Open the checklist →The five topics: 1 Number and algebra · 2 Functions · 3 Geometry and trigonometry · 4 Statistics and probability · 5 Calculus.
The exams
SL students sit Paper 1 and Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes each, 40% each). HL students sit Paper 1 and Paper 2 (2 hours each, 30% each) and Paper 3 (1 hour 15 minutes, 20%). The exploration (internal assessment) is worth 20% at both levels.
Technology means a graphic display calculator (GDC). In AA, Paper 1 is no technology allowed; Paper 2 and HL Paper 3 are technology allowed. In AI, every paper is technology allowed, including Paper 1. A copy of the formula booklet is provided in every paper.
Sources: the IB subject briefs for analysis and approaches and applications and interpretation (weightings and technology) and the IB's November 2026 exam schedule (times).
These checklists cover the current courses (first assessed 2021, last assessed November 2028). A new IB Maths curriculum starts teaching in 2027: what changes in the new syllabus.
Prefer one interactive list for every course, with red, amber and green ratings? Use the interactive IB Maths checklist.
For teachers
Free schemes of work, week by week, with a sample lesson: AA SL · AI SL · AA HL · AI HL.