Paper 1
Non-calculator
- Time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Marks
- 80
- Weight
- 50%
Syllabus and practice guide
A clear map of what the course covers, how it is assessed, and where real archive practice fits.
The short version
The course moves from number and algebra into geometry, mensuration, trigonometry, transformations, probability, and statistics. The useful revision question is not whether you have seen a chapter, but whether you can recognise and combine its methods without a topic heading.
Assessment at a glance
Core and Extended candidates each take one non-calculator paper and one calculator paper. The pair is equally weighted within the chosen route.
Core students take these two papers, then choose one practical-skills paper below.
Non-calculator
Calculator
Extended students take these two papers, then choose one practical-skills paper below.
Non-calculator
Calculator
Older archive papers can follow earlier calculator and paper structures. Check the year before using a historical paper as a current-format mock.
Historical topic frequency
Bar length compares topic-tag counts across the covered years. The longest bar is the most frequently tagged topic in this archive.
This is observed historical frequency: the strongest archive-backed estimate of relative topic prevalence, not an official syllabus weighting or a guarantee of what appears next. A question can carry more than one topic label, so counts can overlap.
Paper practice
Each page explains the archive slice, then opens the same bank explorer with the exact paper filter applied.