STEP 2015 Question Papers (I/II/III)

As a thank you for all the help I've gained from TSR, I've attached the STEP 2015 Question Papers - I/II are attached, III is to come (have to wait 24 hours till after the exam). [continued in next post]

Sorry about the quality, but hopefully the questions are just about readible. Enjoy, and to those who took it, best of luck!

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Reply 1

Omghacklol

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Reply 2

Gawain

Until you get an unblemished copy of III here's mine from the exam:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljag5a221el8wsh/step%20iii%202015.pdf?dl=0

Reply 3

Omghacklol

Original post by Gawain

Until you get an unblemished copy of III here's mine from the exam:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljag5a221el8wsh/step%20iii%202015.pdf?dl=0

Awesome, that's the lot then. How did you find it?

Reply 4

Gawain

Original post by Omghacklol

Awesome, that's the lot then. How did you find it?

I managed to take it home with me. :smile:

Reply 5

Omghacklol

Original post by Gawain

I managed to take it home with me. :smile:

Ah, as in how you found the exam I meant haha :smile:

Reply 6

Gawain

Original post by Omghacklol

Ah, as in how you found the exam I meant haha :smile:

Oh lol.

I thought it was a very reasonable paper. Mechanics slightly more involved than normal but quite a few easy pure's (1,2,5,8).

Original post by Omghacklol

As a thank you for all the help I've gained from TSR, I've attached the STEP 2015 Question Papers - I/II are attached, III is to come (have to wait 24 hours till after the exam).

Sorry about the quality, but hopefully the questions are just about readible. Enjoy, and to those who took it, best of luck!

Brilliant.

But is it possible to rescan STEP 1 (3) i.e. Q7 & Q8 - it's quite tricky to read. :wink:

Reply 9

Jai Sandhu

I still cannot believe for STEP 1 question 7 I managed to misread -1/3≤x≤1 as 1/3≤x≤1 lol, shouldnt be many marks lost though (hopefully).

Reply 10

Krollo

Thanks! I might have a go at the questions I didn't try on STEP 1.

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Reply 11

shamika

In case you've missed this.

Although the picture format is crap for the iPad. Can someone do me a massive favour and PDF them?

Reply 12

DFranklin

Original post by shamika

In case you've missed this.

Although the picture format is crap for the iPad. Can someone do me a massive favour and PDF them?

Also, I really don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but please, please, please, when people upload things, can they make sure they have the correct orientation? It's a real pain when they come in sideways for me...

Reply 13

Doones

Original post by shamika

In case you've missed this.

Although the picture format is crap for the iPad. Can someone do me a massive favour and PDF them?

Original post by DFranklin

I've loaded and re-orientated the JPGs into PDFs.
You should be able to get STEP I, II and III from my Google Drive here:

Edit: re-linked and tidied up (also removed notations from STEP III)
http://bit.ly/2015-STEP-papers

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Reply 14

trist876

What will be the grade boundaries for STEP 1 this year? Personally I found this year harder than 2014.

Reply 15

newblood

Original post by Omghacklol

Wheres step ii applied?

Reply 16

Omghacklol

Original post by newblood

Wheres step ii applied?

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Reply 17

AndrewTom

Hi. Questions 7 and 8 on the STEP 1 paper are too blurred to read. Could someone post a clear copy of the page with these questions on it? Thanks.

Reply 18

DFranklin

Original post by AndrewTom

Hi. Questions 7 and 8 on the STEP 1 paper are too blurred to read. Could someone post a clear copy of the page with these questions on it? Thanks.

I am fairly sure these two questions read:

Q7: Let

f(x) = 3ax^2 - 6x^3

, and for each real number a, let M(a) be the maximum of f(x) in the range

-\frac{1}{3} \leq x \leq 1

.

Determine M(a) for a >=0. (The formula for M(a) is different in different ranges of a, you will need to identify these ranges).

Q8: Show that:

(i) 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = n(n+1)/2
(ii) If N is a positive integer, m is a non-negative integer and k is a positive odd integer, then