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Level 2 Further Maths - Post some hard questions (Includes unofficial practice paper)

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This is a thread to share some of the hard AQA Level 2 Further maths questions that you've seen or create some of your own. Then others can attempt them to prepare for the exam.

A lot of these questions are harder than real exam questions but none of them go beyond the spec.

Questions posted so far (you can also find solutions if you search through the thread)

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Reply 1
Original post by notnek
Hi!

This is a thread to share some of the hard AQA Level 2 Further maths questions that you've seen. Then others can attempt them to prepare for the exam. I will be creating a few of my own questions between now and Paper 2 and maybe some other users will create some too.


Here are some of the general things to show up each year:

Quadratic Nth Term
Simultaneous Equations Using Matrices
Representing Ratios (2 markers)
Algebraic Fractions
At least 1 or 2 3D Trig
Representing a Certain Siny or cos or tan value in terms of another sin or cos or tan value. (i:e if siny = 5/3 whats cosy)
Trigonometry Identities
Solving Trig Identities Questions
Reply 2
Here's my first one. There's a very tricky part in this question that you need to watch out for (most A Level students would miss it) but apart from that it's good practice for Level 2 FM.


Solve the equation


sinθcosθ+1+cosθsinθ+1=1\displaystyle \frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta + 1} + \frac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta + 1} = 1


for 0oθ360o0^o \leq \theta \leq 360^o .
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Original post by notnek
Here's my first one. There's a very tricky part in this question that you need to watch out for (most A Level students would miss it) but apart from that it's good practice for Level 2 FM.


Solve the equation


sinθcosθ+1+cosθsinθ+1=1\displaystyle \frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta + 1} + \frac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta + 1} = 1


for 0oθ360o0^o \leq \theta \leq 360^o .


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it was good one lol
Would a quadratic in trigonometric functions be outside the realms of FM?

Solve 17=4cos2θ+17sinθ\displaystyle 17= 4\cos^2\theta + 17\sin\theta where 0<θ<3600^{\circ}< \theta < 360^{\circ}.
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Original post by _gcx
Would a quadratic in trigonometric functions be outside the realms of FM?

Solve 17=4cos2θ+17sinθ\displaystyle 17= 4\cos^2\theta + 17\sin\theta where 360<θ<360-360^{\circ}< \theta < 360^{\circ}.

That looks about the right level for FM but the angle range would be 0-360.
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Original post by _gcx
Would a quadratic in trigonometric functions be outside the realms of FM?

Solve 17=4cos2θ+17sinθ\displaystyle 17= 4\cos^2\theta + 17\sin\theta where 0<θ<3600^{\circ}< \theta < 360^{\circ}.

Here's the spec if you decide to make another question :smile:
Original post by notnek
Here's the spec if you decide to make another question :smile:


Cheers :smile: I'll take a look.
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Sequences. It's definitely grade A^ and I've seen a question like this but easier in textbooks but not in an exam (yet).

Here are the first five terms of a sequence:

33,2015,4935,9063,14399\displaystyle \frac{3}{3},\frac{20}{15}, \frac{49}{35}, \frac{90}{63}, \frac{143}{99}

The nnth term of the sequence is unu_n. Find the limiting value of unu_n as nn\rightarrow \infty.
Original post by notnek
Sequences. It's definitely grade A^ and I've seen a question like this but easier in textbooks but not in an exam (yet).

Here are the first five terms of a sequence:

33,2015,4935,9063,14399\displaystyle \frac{3}{3},\frac{20}{15}, \frac{49}{35}, \frac{90}{63}, \frac{143}{99}

The nnth term of the sequence is unu_n. Find the limiting value of unu_n as nn\rightarrow \infty.

is the answer?

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Original post by Pretish
is the answer?

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Yes that's correct.
Original post by notnek
Yes that's correct.


could you work out the answer to what GCX posted? I want to see if i got it right.

i got 90 but not sure.
UPDATE: Don't 90 isn't the answer. I did a minor error.
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Original post by Pretish
could you work out the answer to what GCX posted? I want to see if i got it right.

i got 90 but not sure.

If @_gcx hasn't replied later then I'll take a look.

Hopefully some other students can join in with the thread. I'll continue to post questions if it's just you answering since I think this thread could be useful for future years.
Original post by notnek
If @_gcx hasn't replied later then I'll take a look.

Hopefully some other students can join in with the thread. I'll continue to post questions if it's just you answering since I think this thread could be useful for future years.


yes thank you! Non-calcultor questions would be preferable Btw considering the first paper is non-calc tommorow morning

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