The specification grid is based on the curriculum. It contains the number of items, questions, area, total working hours, question pattern, and level of questions. There are four levels of questions: knowledge (16%), understanding (24%), application (40%), and higher ability (20%). There are 12 questions and 33 items in classes 6 and 8. The curriculum for mathematics is also based on a specification grid. There are 8 items with 8 marks for knowledge questions, 8 items with 12 marks for understanding, 10 items with 20 marks for application, and 7 items with 10 marks for higher ability. Sets, algebra, arithmetic, geometry, mensuration, and statistics are six areas in mathematics. The new question focus starts with context, if possible. From the set and statistics, there are 5 items with 2 questions for a total of 6 marks, from arithmetic, 10 items, 3 questions with 14 marks, from mensuration, 4 items with 1 question with 5 marks, from algebra, 6 items 3 questions with 10 marks, similarly from the geometry area 8 items, 3 items with 15 marks.
