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AQA A Level Maths Past Papers, Mark Schemes and Written Solutions

Welcome to a page of hand-written solutions to AQA past paper A Level exams. There may well be a few mistakes in there, so you have been warned! If in doubt, check the mark scheme. Huge thanks to the maths department of Thorneligh Salesian College for putting the hours in the create these.

Also on this page are resources we used for Easter School Revision Sessions for Core 2, Statistics 1 and Decision 1.

Please note: I do not host any of the exam papers on my site, I just link to them on the AQA website (apart from the 2005 series as I can no longer find these on the AQA site). To find out more about this qualification, please visit the AQA page.

Convert your mark for each paper (out of 75) into a UMS score (out of 100) using the AQA Convertor

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Core 2 Easter School

The following selection of timed questions and written solutions were used during our Easter School. You might find them useful for topic specific revision
1. Indices and Logarithms
2. Sequences and Series
3. Trapezium Rule and Transformation of Functions
4. Trigonometric Equations
5. Trigonometry - Triangles and Sectors
6. Differentiation and Integration


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Statistics 1 Easter School

Here are some timed questions, with mark schemes and written solutions, on some of the key areas of Statistics 1. I have tried to pick an easy, difficult, and twist questions for each topic area.
1. Numerical Measures
1. Numerical Measures (written solutions)
2. Probability
2. Probability (written solutions)
3. Binomial Distribution
3. Binomial Distribution (written solutions)
4. Normal Distribution
4. Normal Distribution (written solutions)
5. Estimation
5. Estimation (written solutions)

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Decision 1 Easter School

Here are some exam questions on key Decision 1 topics, together with written solutions. The questions have been chosen to reflect easy, medium and difficult challenges in each topic area.
1. Number Sorts
1. Number Sorts (written solutions)
2. Bipartite Graphs
2. Bipartite Graphs (written solutions)
3. Dijkstra's Algorithm
3. Dijkstra's Algorithm (written solutions)
4. Chinese Postman
4. Chinese Postman (written solutions)
5. Nearest Neighbour and Lower Bounds
5. Nearest Neighbour and Lower Bounds (written solutions)
6. Linear Programming
6. Linear Programming (written solutions)

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