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O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D) 4024 · Recognise equivalence and convert between Includes converting between recurring decimals · 2.5

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70 real questionsasked in 8 of the last 10 exam series2019–2025usually: Find, Solve, Show, Write, Use

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  1. 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q7[3]

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  2. 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q19[3]

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  3. 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q21b[2]

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  4. 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q24b[4]

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  5. 4024/22 · October/November 2025 · Q16a[3]

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  6. 4024/22 · October/November 2025 · Q16b[3]

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  7. 4024/22 · October/November 2025 · Q21[6]

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  8. 4024/22 · May/June 2025 · Q15b(i)[2]

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  9. 4024/22 · May/June 2025 · Q15b(ii)[2]

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  10. 4024/22 · May/June 2025 · Q15c[2]

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  11. 4024/11 · May/June 2024 · Q19c[3]

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  12. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q12b[2]

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  13. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q20a[3]

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  14. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q20b[2]

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  15. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q22b[3]

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  16. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q23a[2]

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  17. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q23b[2]

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  18. 4024/12 · May/June 2024 · Q24[4]

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  19. 4024/22 · May/June 2024 · Q11a[3]

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  20. 4024/11 · October/November 2023 · Q6a[1]

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What examiners said

This part was answered correctly by the large majority of candidates.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q6(a) (Cambridge)

This part was also answered correctly by the large majority of candidates. The common error was to have the answers to (a) and (b) reversed.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q6(b) (Cambridge)

Candidates who equated coefficients were more likely to solve these equations correctly than those who used a substitution method. The most common error in the substitution method was to forget to multiply every term when eliminating the denominator in the rearranged equation. Those equating coefficients usually eliminated y, but some subtracted the two equations rather than adding them. Very few...

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/12 Q12 (Cambridge)

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