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The document lists edits across Papers 1 and 2 (Pure Mathematics) and Paper 3 (Statistics and Mechanics), including wording clarifications in guidance, symbol and formatting adjustments, corrected typos, rearranged paragraphs to remove repetition, and updated assessment-related descriptions and ranges for assessment objectives. Page locations accompany each change entry.","A Level  \nMathematics  \nSpecification  \n| Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Mathematics (9MA0) |\n| --- |\n| First teaching from September 2017 |\n\nFirst certification from 2018  \nIssue 4  \nSummary of Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCEin Mathematics Specification Issue 4 changes  \n\n| Summary of changes made between previous issue and this current issue | Page number |\n| --- | --- |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 1.1 – Example of proof by exhaustion in guidance replaced with better example . | 11 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 1.1 – Square root symbol changed to include bar over 2. | 11 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.3 – Text in guidance changed from‘use of a calculator and completing the square’ to‘use of calculator or completing the square’ to clarify wording. | 12 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.4 – Text in guidance changed from‘The quadratic may involve powers of 2. . .’ to‘This may involve powers of 2. . .’ for clarity. | 12 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.5 – Three inequality symbols in guidance changed to not bold. | 13 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.6 – Text in the guidance changed to clarify that roots can be fractional. | 13 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.7 –‘graphs’ changed to‘graph’. | 14 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 2.7 – Text ‘Direct proportion between two variables’ removed from guidance to avoid misinterpretation that it suggests only direct proportion is included. | 14 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 3.3 – Fixed typo – deleted‘5’before‘describes’. | 17 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 4.2 – Bracket in equation changed from italic to roman. | 18 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 5.3 – π / 2 removed from list of exact values required for tan, to match DfE content. | 19 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 5.5 – Inserted space before‘and’. | 20 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 6.4 – Plus sign made not subscript. | 21 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 6.4 – Fixed typo – deleted inequality symbol from‘k ≤logax’. | 21 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 6.7 – Deleted‘second’ from‘Consideration of a second improved model may be required’ to make expectation clearer. | 22 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 7.1 – First sentence of guidance made bold. | 23 |\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 7.3 – Line removed from content and guidance column. | 23 |\n\n\n| Paper 1 and Paper 2: Pure Mathematics, Section 7.6 – Text ‘which may include direct proportion’ deleted from guidance . 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