Useful Gcse Questions From Linked Duo Papers

If you lot attended whatsoever preparation on the novel GCSE final summertime too thus you lot may hit got been advised to await through Linked Pair papers for questions on novel GCSE topics. It's a prissy idea, simply what instructor has fourth dimension to trawl through by seek out papers?

H5N1 twelvemonth later, I've forthwith taught Linked Pair (for the kickoff too final time) thus I hit got a amend persuasion of whether the Linked Pair papers are genuinely helpful. Before you lot start searching through papers, hither are a few caveats:

• There are loads of topics inwards Linked Pair (spreadsheets, flowcharts, AER, linear programming, moving averages etc) that are not in the novel GCSE.
• There are around novel GCSE topics that are not inwards Linked Pair such as functions, iteration too quadratic inequalities.
• There are a few topics inwards Linked Pair that are in the novel ix - 1 GCSE - thus this is where the papers are helpful (ie Venn diagrams, quadratic sequences, slope of a bend too expanse nether a graph). 
• There are also around lovely challenging questions inwards Linked Pair papers - on familiar topics such equally bounds, angles too forming equations - which mightiness locomote helpful inwards lessons. I've shared around examples below. 

The easiest agency to access by seek out questions - rather than trawling through papers - is to utilisation a seek out edifice tool (AQA's Exampro, Edexcel's ExamWizard, OCR's ExamCreator or Eduqas's Question Bank). I mean value these tools are genuinely useful for creating resources such equally homeworks too terminate of twelvemonth exams, thus a worthwhile investment for a maths department.

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Density
The theme 'compound measures' has grown inwards the novel GCSE. It tin locomote difficult to discovery resources for pedagogy density thus you'll locomote pleased to listen that at that spot are around proficient questions inwards Linked Pair exams. There's a prissy instance below. I've lay a worksheet on TES containing this inquiry too similar density questions.

Applications 2 Higher, Edexcel, June 2015, Question 16

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Bounds
Compound measures links genuinely nicely alongside bounds - it's proficient to come across an seek out inquiry that combines these 2 topics.

Applications 2 Higher, Edexcel, June 2013, Question 17

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Forming expressions

Linked Pair GCSE papers comprise a lot of questions inwards which students hit got to shape expressions. This inquiry takes around thinking - it genuinely stumped around of my students:

Applications 1 Higher, Edexcel, June 2014, Question 20

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Angles

This inquiry tests agreement of angles inwards polygons:

Methods 2 Higher, Edexcel, Specimen Paper, Question 7

My course of report struggled alongside this angles inquiry inwards their mock seek out this year:

Applications 1 Higher, Edexcel, Nov 2015, Question 2

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Probability

Did you lot similar Hannah's sweets? Try this one!

Methods 1 Higher, Edexcel, Nov 2015, Question 24

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Percentages and Ratios

The Applications module inwards Linked Pair contains quite a lot of wordy questions that EAL students may combat with. Here are a couplet of examples. These mightiness locomote worth trying alongside novel GCSE classes.

Applications 1 Higher, Edexcel, Specimen Paper, Question 15

Applications 2 Higher, Edexcel, Specimen Paper, Question 7

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I hit got loads to a greater extent than examples of interesting Linked Pair questions, simply inwards guild to proceed this postal service to a manageable length I'll learn out it there!

What are your favourite GCSE questions? I'd dear to come across them.