HSC Maths Advanced Scaling 2026

Your HSC Maths Advanced mark (out of 100)

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Estimated scaled mark

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Scales up vs other subjects

Subject median: 33.2/50

Estimate based on UAC's 2025 percentiles for Maths Advanced. Your official scaled mark is set by UAC and released with your ATAR in December.

Quick answers

How is HSC Maths Advanced scaled?

UAC scales your raw Maths Advanced mark against how the whole Maths Advanced cohort performs across all of their subjects. A strong cohort lifts a subject; a broader one lowers it. Maths Advanced's average scaled mark is about 31.9/50 per unit versus roughly 25 across all subjects, so it scales up.

Does Maths Advanced scale up or down?

Relative to other subjects, Maths Advanced scales up. Its cohort's average scaled mark is about 31.9/50 per unit, against about 25 across the whole state. HSC marks are reported high. Most students sit in Bands 4 to 6. So scaled marks come out lower than HSC marks in almost every subject. What matters is how a subject's scaled marks compare with others. The raw drop in the number is not the point.

What's a good HSC Maths Advanced mark?

The median student scores about 80, which scales to roughly 33.2/50. Beat that and you're in the top half of the cohort; a mark in the top 10% sits near 94.

What raw mark do I need for a Band 6 in Maths Advanced?

A Band 6 is an HSC (aligned) mark of 90–100 out of 100. It's set each year when NESA aligns raw marks to standards, so the exact raw mark moves year to year. This tool estimates your scaled mark, which is what actually feeds your ATAR.

Reference

HSC Maths Advanced scaling table (2025 data)

Approximate scaled mark and percentile for a given HSC Maths Advanced mark, from UAC's 2025 report. Scaled marks are shown per unit (out of 50).

HSC mark (/100)	Scaled mark (/50)	Percentile
50	18.0 /50	18th
60	21.6 /50	21th
70	25.2 /50	24th
80	33.2 /50	50th
90	39.7 /50	78th
100	50.0 /50	99th+

Source: UAC — Preliminary Report on the Scaling of the 2025 NSW HSC, Table A3. Updated February 2026.

How it works

From raw mark to scaled mark

STEP 1

Enter your mark

Type your raw or predicted HSC Maths Advanced mark out of 100. Predicted is fine before results day.

STEP 2

UAC scaling applied

Your mark is mapped onto UAC's 2025 scaling curve for Maths Advanced, drawn from the official percentiles.

STEP 3

See your scaled mark

Get your estimated scaled mark out of 50, your percentile, and how Maths Advanced scales versus other subjects.

About this HSC Maths Advanced scaling calculator

This tool estimates the scaled mark you'd receive in HSC Maths Advanced from your raw HSC mark, using UAC's Preliminary Report on the Scaling of the 2025 NSW HSC — the most recent official scaling data. It's the same source behind our NSW ATAR calculator, so your Maths Advanced scaled mark here lines up with your full ATAR estimate there.

In 2025, Maths Advanced scales up relative to other subjects: its average scaled mark was about 31.9/50 per unit, versus roughly 25 across the whole state — above the state average. HSC marks are reported high. Most students sit in Bands 4 to 6. So scaled marks come out lower than HSC marks in almost every subject. What matters is how a subject's scaled marks compare with others. The raw drop in the number is not the point. Scaling isn't a measure of how “hard” the subject is; it reflects how the Maths Advanced cohort performs across all of their subjects. So two students with the same scaled mark would rank equally. That holds even across different subjects. It assumes every student had sat both.

One point to be clear about. UAC says there is no single scaled mark for a given HSC mark. Each HSC mark can come from a small range of raw marks. So read this as a close estimate for planning, not an exact figure. To see how Maths Advanced combines with your other subjects, use the NSW ATAR calculator; to compare subjects, browse all HSC scaling calculators or read our methodology.

HSC Maths Advanced scaling — common questions

I got 90 in HSC Maths Advanced — what scaled mark is that?

A raw HSC mark of 90 in Maths Advanced scales to roughly 40 out of 50 (a per-unit scaled mark). For comparison, a raw 80 scales to about 33, and a raw 95 to about 44. These are estimates from the latest UAC scaling pattern — the exact figure shifts a little each year with the cohort.

Does HSC Maths Advanced scale up or down?

Maths Advanced is one of the stronger-scaling HSC subjects. Its median student's scaled mark is about 33/50, well above the roughly 25/50 state average, because the Maths Advanced cohort is academically strong. In absolute terms a scaled mark still sits below the raw HSC mark through the middle of the range — as it does in almost every subject — but Maths Advanced loses far less than weaker-scaling subjects, which is what people mean when they say it 'scales up'.

Why is my scaled mark lower than my HSC mark in Maths Advanced?

Because the two numbers measure different things. Your raw HSC mark (out of 100) is aligned to performance bands; your scaled mark (out of 50 per unit) places you against every student in the state on one common scale, adjusted for how strong the Maths Advanced cohort is. A raw 90 in Maths Advanced, for instance, becomes about 40/50. Scaled marks sitting below raw HSC marks in the middle of the range is normal and happens in nearly every subject.

What raw mark do I need in Maths Advanced for a scaled mark of 40?

A scaled mark of about 40/50 is a strong contribution to your ATAR aggregate. In Maths Advanced, reaching it takes a raw HSC mark of roughly 90 out of 100. Lifting your raw mark above that pushes your scaled mark higher still, up to about 50/50 at the very top.

Is HSC Maths Advanced worth taking for a high ATAR?

From a pure scaling view, yes — Maths Advanced is among the better-scaling subjects. But the catch matters: scaling rewards the subject only if you actually perform well in it. A middling mark in Maths Advanced scales worse than a high mark in a 'weaker' subject. Choose it if it's a genuine strength, not just for the scaling.

What scaled mark is a Band 6 in Maths Advanced?

A Band 6 in Maths Advanced starts at a raw HSC mark of 90, which scales to about 40/50. The very top of the band (a raw 100) scales to roughly 50/50. So even within Band 6 there's a real scaled-mark gap between a 90 and a 100.

What HSC mark puts me in the top 10% of Maths Advanced?

Roughly the top 10% of Maths Advanced students score a raw HSC mark of about 94 or higher. Your position within the cohort is what drives your scaled mark — the stronger your rank, the higher your scaled result.

How is HSC Maths Advanced scaled for the ATAR?

UAC scales your Maths Advanced marks (exam plus moderated assessment) so they compare fairly with every other subject. The scaling reflects how academically strong the Maths Advanced cohort is — the stronger the field, the higher the subject scales. It's your scaled marks, not your raw HSC marks, that feed into your ATAR aggregate.

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