Students react after A-level Maths Paper 1 on 4 June 2025

hand drawing of maths teacher taking a class

Summing it all up

Off we go with A-level Maths then, and you might have had a good one today if your integration game is strong.

On The Student Room, 25% of Edexcel students and 21% of AQA students gave the paper a negative rating, with 39% and 43% going the opposite way and saying it was great.

Scroll on down to see how the wider internet reacted, with our round-up from across TikTok and X. And don't forget you can tap the links below to check the exam chat right here on The Student Room.

A-level Maths exam discussion on The Student Room


All that revision...but sometimes everything just falls out of your head at the worst time


And then there’s just not enough time on the clock...

@imz__06 Bro 2hrs felt like 30minutes🥀🥀 Questions were so easy and doable it’s the time man 😭😭😭 REF DONT BLOW I love this game #alevel #alevelmaths #fyp #alevels2025 #edexcel #maths #ref ♬ original sound - Sacred LIVE
@cheersbutno Edexcel were trolling😂. #edexcel #maths #mathsalevel #alevels2025 #paper1 ♬ original sound - ミ★ 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 | 🏳️‍⚧️

...and the questions are trying too hard to be clever

@notevannotdando spent more time on part a looking for the mistake than i did on part b😭 #maths #alevelmaths #alevels #alevels2025 ♬ original sound - Evan

(And you know that feeling when...)


So that's Paper 1 out. Time to play 'guess the grade boundaries'

@natkapatka

I ran out of time bruv didn’t get to the last question 7%gone

♬ gucci gang x you deserve this - ooslo
@uuysv I definitely did not find that easy💔 #alevels #maths #pure #paper1 #edexcel #fyp ♬ original sound - chappell roan
@ginormo #skyrocket #fyp #famous ♬ Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time) - Remastered - Elton John

What people are saying about A-level Maths Paper 1 on The Student Room

That paper was way too easy compared to previous years, worried that the boundaries will be high

Edexcel A-level Maths Paper 1

SdgeXhgfws

all the other students were smiling from cheek to cheek when they were leaving. it must have been way more easy than it was for me. i might actually be cooked.

Edexcel A-level Maths Paper 1

shamefulpast

I thought the last 2 were horrible. The integration question I finally managed to get as I realised that when you substituted e + 1 back in the 1 would just be absorbed into the constant (right)? The differential equation I managed to get to tan y but had no idea about why the ln was a fraction

AQA A-level Maths Paper 1

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