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O-Level Principles of Accounts help and practice
Secondary school, working toward the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level. Rae explains, marks and drills Principles of Accounts with your level in mind. Free to try, no install.
What Rae does for Principles of Accounts
- Double-entry workings checked: debits equal credits, every time.
- Check how your answer fits the accounting equation.
- Journals, ledgers and statements laid out properly.
- Snap a photo of the problem, send a voice note, or attach the file.
- Revisit topics with Rae’s notes and practice tools.
Tell Rae your O-Level subject and syllabus, then check the explanation against your course materials.
Topics
Roles of accounting and of accountants
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Stakeholders and what they need in order to decide
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Judging profitability
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Judging liquidity
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Judging efficiency of inventory and trade receivables management
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Kinds of business
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Forms of business ownership
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Elements of the financial statements
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The accounting equation
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The Statement of Financial Position
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The Statement of Financial Performance
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Revenue and other income
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Cost of sales and other expenses
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Cash in hand and cash at bank
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Inventories
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Trade receivables
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Non-current assets
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Trade payables
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Long-term borrowings
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Capital and share capital
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Drawings
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Transferring profit or loss for the year and retained earnings
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Correcting errors
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Accounting theories
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The accounting information system and the accounting cycle
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The double-entry recording system
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Internal controls
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How the exam is structured
Paper 1
- Structured questions (40 marks): Three to four compulsory structured questions.
Paper 2
- Structured questions (60 marks): Four compulsory structured questions. One (worth 20 marks) asks candidates to prepare a full set of financial statements for a single financial year. A 7-mark scenario-based decision task is embedded within one of the other three questions.
What the exam rewards
- AO1 Knowledge and Comprehension: recall and understand the accounting content within the scope of the syllabus. (25% of the marks)
- AO2 Application: pick out the right accounting knowledge and put it to use across a range of situations. (25% of the marks)
- AO3 Analysis and Synthesis: break down, interpret, arrange and pull together accounting information into a coherent whole. (30% of the marks)
- AO4 Evaluation: read and weigh up accounting information in order to form judgements and give recommendations. (20% of the marks)
How it works
Open Rae on the web or in Telegram. Ask a question, attach your working or use voice. Read the explanation, try a follow-up question and use the notes and practice tools to revisit what you learned. AI feedback can make mistakes; check it against your syllabus and your teacher’s guidance.