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Paper 2 is the one that decides your grade

Paper 2 is non-calculator — 2 hours, 100 marks, and half of your final grade. Every Paper 2 below is written so it can be done entirely by hand: answers in terms of π, exact surds, and trigonometry only at 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°. Put the calculator in another room before you start one.

Paper 4 allows a calculator, so those papers use realistic, awkward numbers on purpose.

These are topic papers, not full 100-mark exams — 40 marks in 45 minutes (Paper 2) or 50 marks in 55 minutes (Paper 4), so one fits inside a study evening. Seven are a little shorter: their questions on box plots and loci were taken out because those are no longer on the syllabus. They are written papers with mark schemes, not multiple choice: you write your answer, then mark yourself against Cambridge-style M (method), A (answer) and B marks. Award yourself the method mark even when the final answer came out wrong — that is exactly what the real examiner does.

Unit Assessment (21–30 Sep)
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Unit Challenge — Money & Finance · Sets · Time
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Unit mock 1not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · sets with a blank outside region, form-and-solve Venn, reverse % on a decrease, bus→train connection, best buy with a free pack
Unit mock 2not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · set-builder listing, three-set Venn with x and 2x, average speed with a stop, 11:40 pm across midnight, service charge shared six ways
Unit mock 3not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · overlap-only Venn, eight lettered regions, delay as a % of a journey, ferry deadline, standing-charge bill, overtime
Unit mock 4not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · centre-only Venn with a table of givens, timetable with a dash, tiered taxi tariff, two-stage reverse discount
Unit mock 5not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · inclusion–exclusion Venn, set notation writing, reverse compound depreciation, count-back from 20:05, hire purchase
Unit mock 6not attempted
40 marks · 45 min · non-calculator · the real test length · the hardest: blank three-set Venn in words, alloy mixture %, night shift across midnight, 12-hour timetable, profit on selling price
Unit Exam 1not attempted
65 marks · 90 min · Section A non-calculator (40) + Section B calculator (25) · currency & commission, reverse percentages, simple & compound interest, three-set Venn, timetables & time zones
Unit Exam 2not attempted
65 marks · 90 min · Section A non-calculator (40) + Section B calculator (25) · all-new questions, same scope and difficulty as Unit Exam 1
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