DSE Maths Study Plan Generator
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Grade 5: attack high-frequency topics with low territory-wide correct rates — where marks are won.
Mark-yield priority for grade 5
Computed from 2012–2024 question frequency × official HKEAA correct rates. Topics that appear most and where Hong Kong loses the most marks rank first — that is where your gains are largest.
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22 priority topics (ranked by yield)
- 1Rectangular coordinate systemJuniorfrequent × costly
Focus: Slope, distance, mid/section points, line–circle positions
12.5 questions/year on average43.6% territory-wide correct - 2TrigonometryJuniorfrequent × costly
Focus: Trig ratios, sine/cosine rule, bearings, area of triangle
6.2 questions/year on average43.8% territory-wide correct - 3FormulasJuniorhigh frequency
Focus: Substitution, changing the subject, forming formulae
6.5 questions/year on average63.2% territory-wide correct - 4IdentitiesJuniorhigh frequency
Focus: Factorisation, polynomial identities, undetermined coefficients
5.2 questions/year on average62.5% territory-wide correct - 5Laws of integer indicesJuniorfoundation
Focus: Index laws, negative/zero indices, scientific notation
4.5 questions/year on average53.7% territory-wide correct - 6ProbabilityJuniorfoundation
Focus: Tree diagrams, addition/multiplication rules, expectation
4.2 questions/year on average53.1% territory-wide correct - 7Angles and parallel linesJuniorfrequent × costly
Focus: Corresponding/alternate angles, polygon angles, angle chasing
3.8 questions/year on average48% territory-wide correct - 8Measures of central tendencyJuniorfoundation
Focus: Mean/median/mode, grouped data, weighted mean
4.2 questions/year on average66.4% territory-wide correct - 9QuadrilateralsJuniorfoundation
Focus: Parallelogram/trapezium properties, area, diagonals
3.6 questions/year on average56.7% territory-wide correct - 10PercentagesJuniorfoundation
Focus: Percentage change, interest, profit/loss, successive change
3.2 questions/year on average66.4% territory-wide correct - 11Equation of a circleSenioreasily lost
Focus: General/standard form, centre & radius, tangents to a circle
2.5 questions/year on average45.6% territory-wide correct - 12Congruent trianglesJunioreasily lost
Focus: Congruence conditions and writing a valid proof
2.5 questions/year on average49.4% territory-wide correct - 13MensurationJuniorfoundation
Focus: Surface area/volume, sector arc/area, similar-solid ratios
2.5 questions/year on average55.2% territory-wide correct - 14Quadratic equations in one unknownSenioreasily lost
Focus: Discriminant, quadratic formula, sum/product of roots
2.2 questions/year on average46.8% territory-wide correct - 15Equation of a straight lineSenioreasily lost
Focus: Slope-intercept/point-slope form, parallel/perpendicular, locus
1.9 questions/year on average41.4% territory-wide correct - 16Measures of dispersionSeniorfoundation
Focus: Standard deviation, variance, IQR, standard score
2.4 questions/year on average65% territory-wide correct - 17More about trigonometrySenioreasily lost
Focus: Trig identities, general solutions, graph transformations
1.7 questions/year on average43% territory-wide correct - 18More about equationsSenioreasily lost
Focus: Exponential/log equations, fractional & simultaneous equations
1.5 questions/year on average49.5% territory-wide correct - 19More about polynomialsSeniorfoundation
Focus: Remainder/factor theorem, long division, H.C.F./L.C.M.
1.7 questions/year on average64.3% territory-wide correct - 20Exponential and logarithmic functionsSenioreasily lost
Focus: Laws of logarithms, exp/log graphs and equations
1.2 questions/year on average38% territory-wide correct - 21Inequalities and linear programmingSeniorfoundation
Focus: Quadratic inequalities, linear programming, feasible region
1.4 questions/year on average51% territory-wide correct - 22Functions and graphsSeniorfoundation
Focus: Vertex/discriminant of quadratics, graph transformations
1.3 questions/year on average67% territory-wide correct
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Try ScoreCoach freePriority is ordered by 2012–2024 DSE Maths question frequency and official HKEAA correct rates (Paper 2). Correct rates are territory-wide population data; all figures are statistics and contain no question text.