The four operations Notes and examples: past paper questions
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- 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q4a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q4b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q6[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q9[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q14a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q14b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q23b[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q24a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q24c[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q24d[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q25[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q26a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2025 · Q10[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2025 · Q15a[1]
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What examiners said
Many candidates gave the correct answer. Many others were awarded the partial mark for reaching the answer 52. A few were awarded the method mark followed by an incorrect evaluation. Some evaluated 53 = 125 but dealt with 5–1 as multiplying 125 by –5 then giving the answer as 625 or –625. The weakest candidates did not seem to know how to do this question.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q11(b) (Cambridge)
This question was answered very well and a large majority of candidates gave the correct answer. A few found factors of 36 or made an error in their factor tree/ladder method.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q14(a) (Cambridge)
The majority of candidates answered this question well. Many were able to score a method mark for using their incorrect value for k correctly in k × √25; for example, a few reached 2 = 4k then slipped up and wrote k = 2. A common error was to forget to square root 25 and evaluate their k × 25. Other errors were made by those who did not set up the correct statement for the proportionality, often j...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q17 (Cambridge)
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