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A Level H2 Maths 2026 Solutions

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Preparing for Paper 2

Paper 2 has two sections: Section A is Pure Maths (40 marks, 4 to 5 questions) and Section B is Statistics (60 marks). The lists below are for Section A. It can test any Pure Maths topic, including the ones that came up in Paper 1, so use the lists to decide what to revise first, not what to skip.

Not tested in Paper 1

Sequences and series

  • Arithmetic progressions: nth term and sum
  • Finding un from Sn, using un = Sn − Sn−1
  • Sigma notation, including sum and difference of two series

Complex numbers

  • Complex roots of quadratic equations, conjugate roots of polynomial equations with real coefficients, modulus and argument, equating real and imaginary parts, the Argand diagram and the effects of conjugation, negation and multiplication by i (Q5 tested only the four operations)

Calculus

  • Implicit differentiation
  • Stationary points and their nature (first and second derivative tests)
  • Maxima and minima problems
  • Connected rates of change
  • Sketching the graph of y = f′(x) from the graph of y = f(x)
  • Graphical interpretation of f′(x) > 0, f′(x) = 0 and f′(x) < 0 (increasing, stationary, decreasing), and of f″(x) > 0 and f″(x) < 0 (concave upward, concave downward)
  • Integration techniques: integration by a given substitution, sin2 x, cos2 x and tan2 x, and the standard integrals in MF27 such as 1/(a2 + x2) and 1/√(a2 − x2)
  • Area: under a curve, below the x-axis, between two curves or a curve and a line
  • Volume of revolution about the x- or y-axis
  • Definite integral as the limit of a sum (Riemann sum)

Tested in Paper 1, but some parts not yet

Functions and graphs

  • Functions (Q10): graphs of f and f−1 (reflection in y = x), range of a composite function
  • Piecewise function, Periodic function (not tested)
  • Graphs and transformations (Q8, Q11): rational functions such as y = (ax + b)/(cx + d), and the transformations y = f(x + a) and y = f(ax)
  • Conics (not tested): parabola, circle and ellipse, hyperbola
  • Graphs of y = |f(x)|, y = f(|x|) and y = 1/f(x) from the graph of y = f(x) (not tested)
  • Parametric function (Q11 sketched one): Form cartesian equations
  • Equations and inequalities (Q1, Q6): modulus inequalities (|x − a| < b and |x − a| > b), and solving inequalities with a graph

Vectors (Q3 and Q12, 22 marks)

  • Basic properties (Q3): ratio theorem
  • Vector product (Q3): |a × n̂| as a perpendicular distance
  • Lines (not tested): vector and cartesian equations, foot of the perpendicular from a point, and angle between two lines; parallel, intersecting or skew
  • Planes (Q12): parametric form and converting between forms, foot of the perpendicular from a point to a plane (Q12(d) asked only for the distance)
  • A line and a plane (not tested): point of intersection, angle between them, a line parallel to or lying in a plane
  • Two planes (Q12(b) tested the angle): line of intersection

Calculus

  • Tangents and normals (Q11): normals, and curves defined implicitly
  • Maclaurin series (Q9): the standard series for (1 + x)n, ex, sin x, cos x and ln(1 + x) and combining them, the range of x for which a series converges, repeated implicit differentiation, and small angle approximations
  • Differential equations (Q4): particular solutions, and forming a differential equation from a real-world situation and interpreting its solution

Paper 1 Solutions

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Question 1 - System of linear equations and Recurrence relations (from Sequence & Series)

Question 2 - Sequences & series: Geometric progression

Question 3 - Vector algebra

Question 4 - Differential equation: Solve by substitution

Question 5 - Complex numbers: Solve simultaneous equations

Question 6 - Inequality

Question 7 - Differentiation and Integration (Antiderivative and Integration by parts)

Question 8 - Graphing techniques and Transformations

Question 9 - Maclaurin series

Question 10 - Functions

Question 11 - Parametric function and Applications of Differentiation

Question 12 - Vectors (Real-world context)

Paper 2 Solutions

Paper 2 is on 6 November 2026. Solutions will be added here after the paper.