Indices I Notes and examples: past paper questions
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- 4024/21 · October/November 2025 · Q2a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2023 · Q3c[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · May/June 2023 · Q14b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2022 · Q6a[1]
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What examiners said
Many candidates found the cube root correctly. Answers of 43 or 4 × 4 × 4 are not acceptable in place of 4. A small number of candidates attempted to cube 64 or to find the square root of 64.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/12 Q3(c) (Cambridge)
This was a challenging question, with only a minority reaching the correct answer. Some responses identified y² as a component of the highest common factor, but few found the x component correctly as xn–1. The most common partially correct answer was xⁿy². A small number of candidates found the lowest common multiple of P and Q.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 4024/12 Q14(b) (Cambridge)
Many candidates expanded the brackets correctly and simplified the result to give the correct 3- term expression. Most were able to gain partial credit for getting at least 3 terms correct in their expansion of the brackets. Care needs to be taken to include all necessary powers, to multiply terms correctly and to pay attention to signs when collecting terms. Final answers involving x in place of...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 4024/12 Q20(a) (Cambridge)
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