Questions by topic

Every Edexcel AS and A-level past-paper question since June 2018, sorted into 47 topics. Each page shows which papers the topic appears in, what the formula booklet gives you, and every question with its mark scheme, the examiner's comment and the common mistakes.

Pure

• Proof, including contradictionPure 41 parts
• Indices and surdsPure 89 parts
• Quadratics and the discriminantPure 145 parts
• Simultaneous equationsPure 48 parts
• InequalitiesPure 40 parts
• Algebraic methods: polynomials, factor theorem and divisionPure 106 parts
• Graphs and transformationsPure 68 parts
• Functions, composite and inverse functions, modulusPure 81 parts
• Partial fractionsPure 17 parts
• Straight linesPure 57 parts
• CirclesPure 35 parts
• Parametric equationsPure 14 parts
• Binomial expansionPure 33 parts
• Sequences and seriesPure 49 parts
• Trigonometric ratios, graphs, radians and the sine and cosine rulesPure 112 parts
• Small-angle approximationsPure 9 parts
• Reciprocal and inverse trigonometric functionsPure 12 parts
• Trigonometric identities and proofsPure 40 parts
• Solving trigonometric equationsPure 37 parts
• Addition and double-angle formulae, harmonic formPure 32 parts
• Trigonometric modellingPure 14 parts
• Exponentials and logarithmsPure 121 parts
• Exponential growth, decay and modellingPure 76 parts
• Differentiation: first principles, gradients, stationary pointsPure 140 parts
• Chain, product and quotient rules; connected rates of changePure 36 parts
• Implicit and parametric differentiationPure 17 parts
• Differential equationsPure 33 parts
• Integration: standard integrals, definite integrals and areasPure 77 parts
• Integration by parts and by substitutionPure 21 parts
• Numerical methods: roots, iteration and Newton–RaphsonPure 21 parts
• Trapezium rulePure 10 parts
• VectorsPure 85 parts

Statistics

• SamplingStatistics 14 parts
• Data presentation: histograms, box plots, measures and outliersStatistics 73 parts
• Correlation and regressionStatistics 40 parts
• Probability, including conditional probabilityStatistics 71 parts
• Discrete distributions and the binomial distributionStatistics 72 parts
• Normal distributionStatistics 38 parts
• Hypothesis testingStatistics 43 parts
• The large data setStatistics 32 parts

Mechanics

• Kinematics: language and graphsMechanics 51 parts
• Constant acceleration (SUVAT)Mechanics 59 parts
• Variable accelerationMechanics 37 parts
• ProjectilesMechanics 29 parts
• Forces, Newton's laws and connected particlesMechanics 98 parts
• Friction, resultant forces and motion in a planeMechanics 33 parts
• MomentsMechanics 20 parts