For students who finished AS and are moving into Year 13. Pure-3 is the grade-defining paper for the full A Level. Take the optional you didn't take in AS — Mechanics if you took Statistics, Statistics if you took Mechanics.
Built for students aiming at A*. Pure-3 is where A* is won or lost — the depth of calculus, the complex numbers, the rigour of vectors. We cover all 11 chapters with examiner-led technique, focused on the marks that separate A from A*.
The grade-defining paper for full A Level. Covers chapters 1–11 of the Cambridge syllabus. This is where most students lose A* marks — and where we put the most teaching depth.
| # | Chapter | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algebra | 2 |
| 2 | Logarithms and Exponential Functions | 2 |
| 3 | Trigonometry | 2 |
| 4 | Differentiation | 2 |
| 5 | Integration | 2 |
| 6 | Numerical Solutions | 1 |
| 7 | Further Algebra | 2 |
| 8 | Further Calculus | 2 |
| 9 | Vectors | 2 |
| 10 | Differential Equations | 1 |
| 11 | Complex Numbers | 2 |
| 12 | Past Paper Solving & Discussion | 2 |
| Total | 22 |
Same chapter list as the AS Mechanics page. Take this if you took Statistics-1 in AS Level.
See full Mechanics chapter breakdown →Same chapter list as the AS Statistics-1 page. Take this if you took Mechanics in AS Level.
See full Statistics-1 chapter breakdown →Cambridge requires the opposite optional from your AS choice — if you took Mechanics in AS, you take Statistics-1 in A Level, and vice versa.
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