Frequently Asked Questions

Which exam board are your papers from?

All the exam boards (OCR, Edexcel , AQA, Cambridge (CIE), etc) must test the same National Curriculum (2007/8 - National and International GCSE). So, broadly speaking, a trigonometry question on an OCR Higher paper must match the same level of difficulty as a trigonometry question on an Edexcel Higher paper. This is because trigonometry, to a certain clearly defined level, is a part of the National & International GCSE Curriculum. Consequently, there is a huge overlap between the exam syllabus of one exam board with the exam syllabus of another. I have chosen to use the Edexcel syllabus because it is the one most widely used, the one most popular with students and teachers, and because after 20 + years of teaching each syllabus, I feel it is the best. The law on copyright does not allow me to use their papers word-for-word. So I have slightly re-written each question in each paper in order to make a 'replica' question as close as possible to the original. For example, suppose Question 4 in the real Paper 5 begins....

'John rolls a fair six-sided dice twice......';

my replica Question 4 will begin...

'Jane spins a fair six-sided spinner twice.....'

When re-writing the Questions I have made absolutely sure that the topic being tested and the level of difficulty match exactly those of the original Questions. This means that if you can understand my Model Answers to the replica Questions you should have no trouble with the real Questions because they are virtually identical.

Do you cover IGCSE Past Papers?

Yes - see our IGCSE section.

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