AQA GCSE Maths June/November 2021 Higher Paper 1 (Non Calculator) Walkthrough

Correction: Q13 answer should be 0.83 recurring not 6.83 recurring. There really shouldn’t be an answer line as it says “show” it’s a recurring decimal so you need to use division (converting fractions to decimals) technique.

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Question/Topic Breakdown

1) Indices
2) Fractions Decimal Conversions
3) Shape Properties
4) Graph Shapes
5) Prime Decomposition
6) Time/Fractions
7) Estimation
8) Inequality Equations and Number Lines
9) Coordinates
10) Standard Form
11) Speed/Time/Distance and Equations
12) Trigonometry
13) Recurring Decimals
14) Algebraic Fractions (Simplifying)
15) Comparing Coefficients
16) Cumulative Frequency and Box Plots
17) Vectors
18) Triangle Properties/Sine Rule
19) Probability Trees
20) Density
21) Quadratic Sequences
22) Indices (negative/fractional)
23) Rearranging Formulae
24) Functions
25) Surds
26) Ratio to Equations
27) Area of Sector/Area of Triangle (Sine)
28) Graph Transformation
29) Transformations

Grade Boundaries (out of 80)
9 = 64 (80%)
8 = 51 (64%)
7 = 39 (49%)
6 = 30 (38%)
5 = 21 (27%)
4= 12 (15%)
3= 7 (9%)