Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Extended Mathematics Certificate
7M20 · Level 2 · Issue 3, July 2026
Not a GCSE or an AQA 8365 clone. At least 50% algebra; Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction*.
Current official specification · Checked 2026-10-07
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| Topic | Strand and clause | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Surds and rationalising denominators | core · N1.2 | No questions yet |
| Domain and range | core · A2.3 | No questions yet |
| Composite functions | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| Inverse functions | core · A2.3 | No questions yet |
| Expanding and simplifying | core · A2.1 | No questions yet |
| Factorising expressions | core · A2.1 | No questions yet |
| Algebraic fractions | core · A2.1 | No questions yet |
| Factor theorem | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Completing the square | core · A2.5 | No questions yet |
| Graphs and piecewise functions | core · A2.6 | No questions yet |
| Linear and quadratic equations | core · A2.12 | Practice questions |
| Two simultaneous equations | core · A2.13 | No questions yet |
| Linear and quadratic inequalities | core · A2.14 | No questions yet |
| Fractional and negative indices | core · N1.1 | No questions yet |
| Algebraic proof | core · A2.2 | No questions yet |
| Distance between points | core · G4.6 | No questions yet |
| Midpoints and section ratios | core · G4.6 | No questions yet |
| Straight line equations | core · A2.4 | No questions yet |
| General circle equations | core · A2.10 | No questions yet |
| Tangents to circles | core · A2.10 | No questions yet |
| Geometric proof | core · G4.1 | No questions yet |
| Sine rule, cosine rule and triangle area | core · G4.4 | No questions yet |
| Exact trigonometric values | core · G4.3 | No questions yet |
| Solving linear equations | core · A2.11 | Practice questions |
| Two simultaneous linear equations | core · A2.13 | Practice questions |
| Binomial coefficients for integer powers | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Inverting a linear function | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| Inverting a restricted quadratic | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| Polynomial division | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| A linear and nonlinear simultaneous pair | core · A2.13 core · A2.13 | Practice questions |
| Trigonometric solutions in an interval | core · A2.11–A2.12 | Practice questions |
| Exact distance between two points | core · G4.6 | Practice questions |
| Internal division of a line segment | core · G4.6 | Practice questions |
| A line through two points | core · A2.4 | Practice questions |
| Centre and radius from a circle equation | core · A2.10 core · A2.10 | Practice questions |
| A tangent at a specified circle point | core · A2.10 core · A2.10 | Practice questions |
| An angle in a cyclic quadrilateral | core · G4.1 | Practice questions |
| A cuboid space diagonal | core · G4.2 | Practice questions |
| Triangle area from two sides and the included angle | core · G4.4 core · G4.5 | Practice questions |
| An exact cosine-rule side calculation | core · G4.4 core · G4.4 | Practice questions |
| An exact sine-rule side calculation | core · G4.4 core · G4.4 | Practice questions |
| Coefficients in completed square form | core · A2.5 | Practice questions |
| Rationalise a conjugate denominator | core · N1.2 | Practice questions |
| A linear and quadratic pair with all solutions | core · A2.13 | Practice questions |
| Estimate an area using the trapezium rule | core · A2.9 | Area estimates using the trapezium rule |
| Optimise over a feasible region | core · A2.4, A2.11, A2.14 | Linear programming on a feasible region |
| A fractional or negative index equation | core · N1.1 | Practice questions |
| Range of a shifted trigonometric graph | core · A2.6–A2.7 | Practice questions |
| Squared exact trigonometric values | core · G4.3 | Practice questions |
| Endpoints of an explicitly stated quadratic inequality interval | core · A2.14 | Practice questions |
| A polynomial quotient supporting a divisibility argument | core · A2.2 | Practice questions |
| Range of a quadratic on a restricted interval | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| Evaluate a quadratic inverse on one stated branch | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| A symbolic quadratic inverse formula on a stated branch | core · A2.3 | Practice questions |
| Exact operations on surds | core · N1.2 | Practice questions |
| Exact rationalisation with denominator restrictions | core · N1.2 | Practice questions |
| Add rational expressions with original exclusions | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Subtract rational expressions with original exclusions | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Multiply rational expressions with original exclusions | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Divide rational expressions and exclude a zero divisor | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |
| Solve a linear inequality as an interval | core · A2.14 | Practice questions |
| Solve a quadratic inequality as a union of intervals | core · A2.14 | Practice questions |
| An exact coordinate distance with an irrational result | core · G4.6 | Practice questions |
| Equivalent equations including horizontal and vertical lines | core · A2.4 | Practice questions |
| Exact special-angle values with quadrant signs | core · G4.3 | Practice questions |
| A cubic with a rational root and complete equivalent product | core · A2.1 | Practice questions |