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AS & A Level Further Mathematics 9231 · Further Pure Mathematics 2 (for Paper 2) · 2.1

Hyperbolic functions: past paper questions

56 real questionsasked in 9 of the last 10 exam series2020–2025usually: Show, Find, Sketch, Use

Real questions on hyperbolic functions

The newest 20 of 56 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.

  1. 9231/21 · May/June 2025 · Q6a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  2. 9231/21 · May/June 2025 · Q6b[4]

    4-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  3. 9231/21 · May/June 2025 · Q6c[4]

    4-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  4. 9231/21 · May/June 2025 · Q6d[4]

    4-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  5. 9231/22 · May/June 2025 · Q6a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  6. 9231/23 · May/June 2025 · Q2a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  7. 9231/42 · October/November 2024 · Q3a[1]

    1-mark “Use” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  8. 9231/21 · May/June 2024 · Q4a[5]

    5-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  9. 9231/21 · May/June 2024 · Q6a[2]

    2-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  10. 9231/22 · May/June 2024 · Q6a[2]

    2-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  11. 9231/21 · October/November 2023 · Q6a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  12. 9231/21 · October/November 2023 · Q6b[4]

    4-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  13. 9231/22 · October/November 2023 · Q7a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  14. 9231/23 · October/November 2023 · Q6a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  15. 9231/23 · October/November 2023 · Q6b[4]

    4-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  16. 9231/21 · May/June 2023 · Q8a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  17. 9231/21 · May/June 2023 · Q8c[6]

    6-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  18. 9231/22 · May/June 2023 · Q8a[3]

    3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  19. 9231/22 · May/June 2023 · Q8b[5]

    5-mark “Show” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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  20. 9231/22 · May/June 2023 · Q8c[6]

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What examiners said

Almost all worked from one side of the equation to the other, after writing cosh and sinh in terms of exponentials, to fully justify the given identity.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9231/21 Q6(a) (Cambridge)

Almost all used the given substitution with the identity from part (a) and integrated to get 4 4 sinh3 x + sinh5 x + C , although it was common to see the arbitrary constant omitted. 3 5

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9231/21 Q6(b) (Cambridge)

The majority of candidates presented the proof of the identity clearly, working from one side to the other and labelling the variable consistently.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9231/22 Q7(a) (Cambridge)

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