Trigonometry: past paper questions
Real questions on trigonometry
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- 0607/21 · October/November 2025 · Q16b[4]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/31 · October/November 2025 · Q14[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/32 · October/November 2025 · Q14[4]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/33 · October/November 2025 · Q14c[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · October/November 2025 · Q14a[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · October/November 2025 · Q14b[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · October/November 2025 · Q14c[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · October/November 2025 · Q15[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · October/November 2025 · Q18[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/21 · May/June 2025 · Q20a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/21 · May/June 2025 · Q20b[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/31 · May/June 2025 · Q13a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/31 · May/June 2025 · Q13b[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/32 · May/June 2025 · Q7b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/41 · May/June 2025 · Q12a[4]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/42 · May/June 2025 · Q15a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/42 · May/June 2025 · Q15b[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/42 · May/June 2025 · Q15c[3]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/43 · May/June 2025 · Q15[4]
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See it on the paper → - 0607/22 · February/March 2025 · Q23b[3]
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What examiners said
The starting point for this question was knowing that tan 60 = 3 . Using knowledge of the tan graph, candidates should be expecting two solutions to the given equation. Whilst some candidates earned full marks for the two correct values and some earned one mark for 60, many gave multiple answers which came from tan x = 3 or from the wrong principal value such as 30 or 45. Some candidates were awar...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0607/21 Q20(a) (Cambridge)
Not all candidates knew how to use trigonometry to find the angle. Some appeared to have measured the angle with a protractor. Candidates should be reminded that angles will not be drawn accurately in this type of question. A few used the wrong trigonometric ratio.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0607/31 Q13(a) (Cambridge)
Candidates were better able to use Pythagoras’ theorem and there were a good number of correct answers. Some candidates, however, worked out the length incorrectly by adding the squares of the two sides given rather than subtracting them.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0607/31 Q13(b) (Cambridge)
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