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The newest 20 of 66 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 4037/11 · May/June 2025 · Q11a[2]
2-mark “Write” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/11 · May/June 2025 · Q11b[7]
7-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/21 · May/June 2025 · Q11a[7]
7-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/21 · May/June 2025 · Q11b[1]
1-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/22 · May/June 2025 · Q7a[6]
6-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/22 · May/June 2025 · Q7b[3]
3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2024 · Q6a[3]
3-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2024 · Q6b[2]
2-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2024 · Q10a[5]
5-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2024 · Q10b[6]
6-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/23 · October/November 2024 · Q7a[3]
3-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/23 · October/November 2024 · Q7b(i)[2]
2-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/23 · October/November 2024 · Q7b(ii)[2]
2-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/23 · October/November 2024 · Q10a[4]
4-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/11 · May/June 2024 · Q4a[5]
5-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/11 · May/June 2024 · Q4b[2]
2-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2023 · Q4a[5]
5-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/12 · October/November 2023 · Q4b[2]
2-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/13 · October/November 2023 · Q8[6]
6-mark “Find” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4037/22 · October/November 2023 · Q3[4]
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What examiners said
The formula for the volume of a cylinder is assumed knowledge for this syllabus. It was evident that many candidates did not know this formula. Candidates were not permitted to use a calculator in this question. It was essential that candidates showed sufficient detail in their method to demonstrate that a calculator had not been used. A good number of candidates did this and offered fully correct...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4037/22 Q3 (Cambridge)
Some complete responses to this question were seen. However, some were unable to work with the natural logs. For those who correctly found the common difference of 3lnq, not all managed to eliminate natural logs and leave a straightforward quadratic to solve, in order to find n.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 4037/11 Q9(a) (Cambridge)
Many correct solutions were seen, showing a good understanding of the need to consider permutations.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 4037/12 Q7(b)(i) (Cambridge)
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