Edexcel IAL Maths question types

All 1,624 original, past-paper-style questions sorted by the skill each one practises, topic by topic: 180 question types in total. Pick a type to open the topic with only those questions shown, each with its full mark scheme.

The skills

Understanding concepts and notationDefinitions, properties, notation and vocabulary.

Applying standard methodsOne well-known method, carried out accurately.

Manipulating and solving algebraicallyRearrange, simplify, factorise and solve exactly.

Working with graphs and diagramsSketch, read, transform and interpret graphs and diagrams.

Solving multi-step problemsPlan a route through several techniques.

Modelling real-world contextsBuild or use a model of a real situation and answer in context.

Proving and showing resultsShow that, prove and verify: a complete, logical argument.

Interpreting and justifyingExplain what a result means, justify it and comment on validity.

Exam tip: a topic can feel secure while one skill in it is weak. If you can do the calculations but lose marks on explanations or graphs, practise that question type on its own.

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D1.1 Algorithms: sorting, searching and packing (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
D1.2 Graphs, minimum spanning trees and Dijkstra (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
D1.3 Route inspection and the travelling salesperson (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
D1.4 Critical path analysis (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
D1.5 Linear programming (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.1 Modelling and vectors in mechanics (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.2 Kinematics in a straight line (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.3 Dynamics: Newton's laws, connected particles and friction (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.4 Momentum and impulse (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.5 Statics of a particle (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M1.6 Moments (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.1 Projectiles (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.2 Variable acceleration and vectors with calculus (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.3 Centres of mass (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.4 Work, energy and power (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.5 Collisions and restitution (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
M2.6 Statics of rigid bodies (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.1 Indices, surds and quadratics (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.2 Simultaneous equations and inequalities (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.3 Polynomials, curve sketching and transformations (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.4 Straight-line graphs (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.5 Trigonometry: triangles, radians and graphs (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.6 Differentiation (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P1.7 Integration (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.1 Proof and algebraic division (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.2 Coordinate geometry of circles (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.3 Sequences and series (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.4 The binomial expansion (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.5 Exponentials and logarithms (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.6 Trigonometric identities and equations (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.7 Stationary points and optimisation (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P2.8 Definite integration, areas and the trapezium rule (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.1 Algebraic fractions and functions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.2 Modulus and transformations of graphs (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.3 Reciprocal and inverse trigonometric functions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.4 Compound angles, double angles and R-form (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.5 Exponential and logarithmic functions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.6 Differentiation: chain, product and quotient rules (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.7 Integration of standard functions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P3.8 Numerical methods (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.1 Proof by contradiction and partial fractions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.2 Parametric equations (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.3 The binomial series (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.4 Implicit differentiation and rates of change (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.5 Integration by substitution, by parts and with partial fractions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.6 Volumes of revolution (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.7 Differential equations (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
P4.8 Vectors in two and three dimensions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.1 Representing data (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.2 Measures of location and dispersion (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.3 Probability (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.4 Correlation and regression (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.5 Discrete random variables (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S1.6 The Normal distribution (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S2.1 Binomial and Poisson distributions (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S2.2 Continuous random variables (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S2.3 Continuous uniform distribution and Normal approximations (IAL Maths (Edexcel))
S2.4 Sampling and hypothesis testing (IAL Maths (Edexcel))

IAL Maths (Edexcel)

1,624 questions. By skill: Understanding concepts and notation 8, Applying standard methods 286, Manipulating and solving algebraically 42, Working with graphs and diagrams 34, Solving multi-step problems 1147, Modelling real-world contexts 56, Proving and showing results 43, Interpreting and justifying 8.

IAL Maths (Edexcel) · Topic D1.1