Best secondary Maths assessment books for Sec 1 to 4 and A-Maths

Secondary Maths books come in five types. The first two are for learning topics. The last three are for exam practice once the topics are known.

We name only books whose title, publisher and price we read on the publisher's own page in November 2026. Parents ask about other well-known series too. Leaving a series out says nothing about its quality. It means we could not check its details that day. We are not linked to these publishers, and prices can change, so check the publisher's page before you buy.

The Ten-Year Series is the name families use for books of past national exam papers. It is sold in two forms. The topical form sorts past questions by chapter. The yearly form prints each year's papers whole.

Use the topical form first. In Secondary 3 and early Secondary 4, after a chapter is taught and practised, do the past exam questions for that chapter. Use the yearly form last, from about the middle of Secondary 4, as full papers against the clock.

Doing yearly papers too early wastes them. A child who has not finished the syllabus cannot attempt a whole paper, and each paper can only be sat fresh once.

The Shing Lee online bookshop has a section named "O Level & N Level Ten-Year Series". Its product pages did not open for us when checked in November 2026, so we list no titles or prices here.

The Singapore Syllabus does not publish a Ten-Year Series. A TSS book is what a student uses before it, to learn and practise each chapter.

A guidebook is mostly notes and worked examples, with fewer questions. It helps a student who missed lessons or whose own notes are thin. It does not replace practice.

Before buying one, check what the practice book already has. A topical book with notes in every chapter, such as the EPH Topical Maths titles above or a TSS book, already does the job of a guidebook.