Math Ten Year Series (TYS) for O-Level and A-Level

Q: What does Math Ten Year Series (TYS) for O-Level and A-Level cover?
A: How Singapore's Ten Year Series past-paper books support IP students—what each edition covers, when to slot drills into the school year, and how to pair the books with tuition feedback loops.

TL;DR
Ten Year Series books bundle the latest 10 years of O-Level or A-Level papers with official answers.
They sharpen exam-craft, reveal trending question types and double as a diagnostic syllabus map.
For IP students who skip the O-Levels, working O-Level TYS builds algebra fluency and timed-paper stamina before the Y3 "acceleration cliff".
This guide shows parents and students exactly which TYS to buy, when to use it and how to pair it with IP-specialist tuition.

1 | What Exactly Is the TYS?

The Ten Year Series is a set of licensed reprints of the Singapore-Cambridge examination papers from the most recent decade, sold by publishers such as SAP, Marshall Cavendish and Educational Publishing House.
MOE first approved the compilation in the 1970s; today every Popular bookstore has a dedicated TYS aisle, and digital PDFs circulate on sites like SmileTutor's free paper bank.

Each book contains:

• Full question papers for Mathematics (E-Math, A-Math, H1, H2).
• Official answer keys and marking schemes.
• Occasionally, "common error" annotations or QR-linked video solutions (newer A-Level editions).

2 | Why TYS Still Matters for IP Maths & Physics

2.1 Exam-craft Under Time Pressure

Research on testing effect and retrieval practice shows that past-paper drills outperform rereading for long-term retention.
IP students, who face only one Weighted Assessment per term, often lack full-paper rehearsal; a TYS restores that missing workout.

2.2 Trend Spotting

Track the question mix manually as you mark: note whether topics like proof-by-induction, Newton-Raphson, or modelling questions reappear year-on-year, then adjust the upcoming lesson queue accordingly.

2.3 Bridging O->A

O-Level TYS algebra (factorisation, inequalities) feeds directly into Y3 binomial and Y4 calculus, while A-Level Paper 1 TYS MCQs rehearse vectors, complex numbers and differentiation that dominate H2 Paper 2.

3 | Choosing the Right Edition