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AS & A Level Mathematics (9709)

Quadratics Banker

15 questions · about 2% of the marks we indexed · examined in 8 of 9 sessions.

Questions by year

2026

  • 2026 May/June · Paper 12 · Q13 marksDisguised quadratic
  • 2026 May/June · Paper 12 · Q10 (a)3 marksDiscriminant / tangency

2025

  • 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q1 (a, b, c)5 marksCompleting the square · Discriminant / tangency · Disguised quadratic
  • 2025 May/June · Paper 12 · Q24 marksLine-curve intersection
  • 2025 May/June · Paper 12 · Q11 (a)2 marksCompleting the square

2024

  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q7 (a)3 marksCompleting the square
  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q9 (a, b)10 marksDiscriminant / tangency · Line-curve intersection

2023

  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q6 (a)2 marksCompleting the square
  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q9 (a)4 marksDisguised quadratic
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 12 · Q3 (a, b)3 marksCompleting the square · Discriminant / tangency
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 12 · Q43 marksDisguised quadratic

2022

  • 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q3 (a)2 marksDiscriminant / tangency
  • 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q6 (a, b, c)9 marksCompleting the square · Sketching quadratics
  • 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q11 (a)3 marksCompleting the square
  • 2022 May/June · Paper 12 · Q5 (a, b)9 marksDiscriminant / tangency · Line-curve intersection

Find the full paper on the official Cambridge past-papers page or ask your school. “Paper 42” means Paper 4, variant 2.

Similar questions

Questions that test the same subtopic in different years. Practise them together to master one skill.

Completing the square 7 questions · 6/9 sessions
Line-curve intersection 3 questions · 3/9 sessions
Discriminant / tangency 6 questions · 6/9 sessions
Disguised quadratic 4 questions · 4/9 sessions

Subtopics

SubtopicMarks indexedSessions
Completing the square 206/9
Line-curve intersection 153/9
Discriminant / tangency 156/9
Disguised quadratic 124/9
Sketching quadratics Rare31/9

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