South Korea

Suneung Mathematics

Korean College Scholastic Ability Test mathematics section. Common questions on Mathematics I and II plus one elective: Probability and Statistics, Calculus, or Geometry.

Exam Format

Questions

30 questions: 22 common (Mathematics I and II, questions 1-22) + 8 from one elective (questions 23-30). Multiple choice: 1-15 and 23-28; short answer: 16-22 and 29-30.

Duration

100 minutes

Scoring

100 points: 74 from the common section, 26 from the elective. Raw scores convert to a standard score, a percentile, and a grade (1-9), with grade 1 the top 4% of test-takers.

Calculator

No calculator allowed.

Study Strategies

  • 1Bank the seventeen 2- and 3-point questions (1-8, 16-19, 23-27) in roughly the first 35 minutes; the hardest questions usually sit at 15, 22, 29, and 30, so leave them for last.
  • 2Prioritize the common section: it carries 74 of the 100 points, and the 4-point band from questions 9 to 22 is where grade boundaries are usually decided.
  • 3Train exact arithmetic: short answers take a whole number from 0 to 999 with no partial credit, so a slip in the last line of a correct method scores zero.
  • 4Choose your elective (Probability and Statistics, Calculus, or Geometry) early: most universities no longer require a specific one, and switching late costs common-section revision time.
  • 5Review past Suneung exams from 2022 onward systematically: the format is unchanged through the November 2026 exam, so every recent paper is a faithful rehearsal.

How Math Zen Helps

Math Zen covers the core topics tested on the Suneung, including functions, limits, derivatives, and integrals. As Suneung-specific templates are released, you will be able to practice the exact problem formats and difficulty levels that appear on the exam.

Topics Covered

Functions

5 subtopics, 10 templates

Domain & RangeCompositionInverse FunctionsExponential FunctionsPiecewise Functions

Logarithms

4 subtopics, 9 templates

Evaluating LogarithmsLogarithm PropertiesLogarithmic EquationsChange of Base

Trigonometry

5 subtopics, 12 templates

Basic RatiosIdentitiesEquationsInverse TrigLaw of Sines/Cosines

Sequences & Series

7 subtopics, 17 templates

Arithmetic SequencesGeometric SequencesSeries SumsConvergence TestsPower SeriesTaylor SeriesRecursive Sequences

Limits

6 subtopics, 12 templates

Basic LimitsL'Hopital's RuleSqueeze TheoremLimits at InfinityContinuityEpsilon-Delta

Derivatives

12 subtopics, 24 templates

Power RuleProduct RuleQuotient RuleChain RuleTrigonometricImplicit DifferentiationHigher-OrderLogarithmicRelated RatesOptimizationLinearizationMean Value Theorem

Integrals

19 subtopics, 22 templates

Power RuleDefinite IntegralsTrigonometricu-SubstitutionConstant RuleIntegration by PartsPartial FractionsArea Between CurvesVolume (Disk/Washer)Volume (Shell)Arc LengthTrig SubstitutionImproper IntegralsTrapezoidal RuleSimpson's RuleSurface AreaWork & ForceReduction FormulasAdvanced Rational

Probability

7 subtopics, 16 templates

Basic ProbabilityConditional ProbabilityBayes' TheoremCombinationsPermutationsDistributionsExpected Value

Statistics

8 subtopics, 16 templates

Descriptive StatisticsRegressionCorrelationConfidence IntervalsHypothesis TestingChi-Square TestsNormal DistributionSampling