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General Notes 

About the TMUA paper (2 pages; 18/9/24) 

TMUA - Exam Technique (10 pages; 17/9/25)

TMUA - Useful material outside syllabus (2 pages; 6/10/24)

TMUA - Index of Questions (20 pages; 14/12/24)

TMUA Topics (5 pages; 14/12/24)

Important Ideas (17 pages; 28/9/21)

Basic Ideas & Exs (20 pages; 18/11/24)

TMUA Methods - Ideas & Exs (51 pages; 10/1/25)

TMUA & MAT Recommended Q'ns (with sol'ns)(50 pages; 10/1/25)

 

[Links for the following items appear in the password protected pages]

 

Topics

 

Algebra: Ideas & Exs (12 pages; 21/12/24)

 

  Suggested eq'ns:

 

  2023/P2/Q6 (q'n & sol'n) (eq'ns)

 

  2023/P2/Q12 (q'n & sol'n) (number of sol'ns of eq'n)

 

  2021/P2/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (sol'n of eq'n)

 

  2018/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (spurious solutions)

 

Counting Exs (20 pages; 5/11/22)

 

Cubics (5 pages; 5/6/23)

 

   Cubics Exs [3 pages, 29/7/16] Sol'ns (10 pages, 29/7/16) 

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2023/P1/Q14 (q'n & sol'n) (cubic)

 

  2020/P1/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (cubic)

 

  2020/P2/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (cubic)

 

  Spec/P2/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (cubic)

 

Curve Sketching (5 pages; 6/10/24)

 

Curve Sketching Ideas & Exs (23 pages; 22/12/24)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2022/P1/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (curve sketching)

 

  2018/P2/Q15 (q'n & sol'n) (curve sketching)

 

Differentiation Exs (2 pages; 5/11/22)

 

  Turning points & Points of inflexion (FM) (7 pages; 5/6/23)

 

Functions

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2023/P1/Q2 (q'n & sol'n) (intersection of curves)

 

  2023/P1/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (functions)

 

  2023/P2/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (functions)

 

  2023/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (functions; integral)

 

  2022/P2/Q14 (q'n & sol'n) (modulus function; inequalities)

 

  2021/P1/Q12 (q'n & sol'n) (functions)

 

  2021/P1/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (rotation of curve)

 

  2018/P2/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (convex function)

 

Geometry Exs (2 pages; 5/11/22)

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2023/P1/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (right-angled triangle)

 

  2023/P2/Q9 (q'n & sol'n) (pentagon)

 

  2023/P2/Q14 (q'n & sol'n) (parallel & perp. lines)

 

  2022/P2/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (polygon)

 

  2021/P1/Q1 (q'n & sol'n) (circles)

 

  2021/P1/Q8 (q'n & sol'n) (geometry)

 

  2021/P1/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (geometry)

 

  2021/P2/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (geometry)

 

  2021/P2/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (geometry)

 

  2020/P1/Q16  (q'n & sol'n) (geometry)

 

  2022/P1/Q17  (q'n & sol'n) (triangle)

 

  2022/P1/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (circles)

 

  Practice(aka 2016)/P1/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (pyramid)

 

Inequalities

 

   Inequalities - Notes (3 pages; 29/12/24)

 

   Inequalities - Ideas & Exs (20 pages; 29/12/24) 

 

   Inequalities: Further Exs (8 pages; 22/4/25)

 

Integers Exs (10 pages; 10/10/24)

 

Integration Exs (2 pages; 5/11/22)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2021/P1/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (integration)

 

  2021/P1/Q15 (q'n & sol'n) (integration)

 

  2020/P2/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus)

 

Logarithms: Ideas & Exs (10 pages; 14/12/24)

 

Logic

 

  True or False problems: Ideas & Exs (6 pages; 17/12/24)  

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2018/P2/Q12** (q'n & sol'n) (negation)

 

  2016/P2/Q4 (q'n & sol'n) (true or false; urns)

 

  2022/P2/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (true or false; sequence)

 

  2020/P2/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (true or false)

 

  2020/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (true or false)

 

  Spec/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (true or false)  

 

Polynomials Exs (8 pages; 3/9/24)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2022/P1/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (intersection of polynomial functions)  

 

Probability

 

  Probability Methods (17 pages; 17/12/25)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  Practice(aka 2016)/P1/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (conditional probability)

 

Proof

 

  Necessary & sufficient conditions: Ideas & Exs (12 pages; 24/12/24)

 

  Errors in reasoning - common q'n types (10 pages; 27/12/24)

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2016/P2/Q10 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions)

 

  2023/P2/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions)

 

  2023/P2/Q9 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions)

 

  2022/P2/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (error in proof)

 

  2021/P2/Q6 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions)

 

  2021/P2/Q8 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions) 

 

  2021/P2/Q15 (q'n & sol'n) (necessary & sufficient conditions) 

 

Quadratics (4 pages; 10/10/24)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2020/P1/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (quadratic)

 

Recurrence relations Exs (10 pages; 5/11/22)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2023/P2/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (recurrence relation)

 

  2021/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n) (recurrence relation)

 

Sequences 

 

Suggested q'n:

 

  2018/P2/Q7 (q'n & sol'n) (sequences)

 

Series: Ideas & Exs (3 pages; 27/12/24)

 

Statistics

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2020/P2/Q17 (q'n & sol'n) (mean & median)

 

  Spec/P2/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (mean & median)

 

  2018/P2/Q16 (q'n & sol'n) (median)

 

Transformations of Functions: Ideas & Exs (8 pages; 28/12/24)

 

Transformations of Functions: Further Exs (10 pages; 28/12/24)

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  Practice(aka 2016)/P1/Q9 (q'n & sol'n) (transformations)

 

Trigonometry: Ideas & Exs (15 pages; 11/10/24)

 

Trigonometry: Further Exs (10 pages; 11/10/24)

 

  Suggested q'ns:

 

  2023/P1/Q9 (q'n & sol'n) (Trig.)

 

  2023/P1/Q12 (q'n & sol'n) (Trig.)

 

  2022/P2/Q18 (q'n & sol'n) (Trig.)

 

  2021/P1/Q19 (q'n & sol'n) (Trig.)

 

  Practice(aka 2016)/P1/Q8 (q'n & sol'n) (Trig.)

 

Miscellaneous

 

  Suggested q'n:

 

  2022/P2/Q8 (q'n & sol'n) (arithmetic sequence)

 

  2018/P2/Q3 (q'n & sol'n) (average speed)

 

 

 

 

Question Types

 

Case by case

 

  2021/P2/Q20 (q'n & sol'n)

 

Matching graphs to function

 

  2021/P1/Q17 (q'n & sol'n)

 

Number of solutions

 

  2021/P1/Q14 (q'n & sol'n)

 

  2020/P1/Q12 (q'n & sol'n)

 

 

 

 

Past Papers & Official Solutions etc

 

Specimen P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

Practice (aka 2016) P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2017 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2018 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2019 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2020 (same as computer-based demo) P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2021 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2022 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

2023 P1 Solns; P2 Solns; Answers (P1&P2)

 

 

 

 

My solutions for Past Papers (with qns)

 

Specimen P1  P2

 

Practice (aka 2016) P1 

 

2018 P2

 

2020 [also used for Computer-based Demo] P1  P2

 

2021 P1  P2 

 

2022 P1  P2 

 

2023 P1  P2 

 

(2024 not available)

 

 

 

 

(See also MAT Multiple Choice Q'ns for further practice.)