OCR A-level Maths past papers

OCR A-level Maths June 2025 Paper 3

  • H240/03
  • Pure mathematics and mechanics
  • 2 hours
  • 100 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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  • Integration by substitution
  • Projectiles: components, trajectories and height
  • Friction: equilibrium, limiting cases and sliding
  • Quadratics: square form, discriminants and roots
  • Derivatives from first principles
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What it tested

  • Pure50 marks
  • Mechanics50 marks
  1. Q1Quadratics: square form, discriminants and rootsTangents, normals and increasing/decreasing intervals5 marks
  2. Q2Shifts, stretches and reflections4 marks
  3. Q3Modulus graphs, equations and inequalitiesLogarithms and exponential equations7 marks
  4. Q4Quadratics: square form, discriminants and rootsComposite/inverse functions and domain/range8 marks
  5. Q5Integration by substitutionFixed-point iteration and staircase/cobweb diagrams14 marks
  6. Q6Derivatives from first principlesAddition, double-angle and half-angle identities12 marks
  7. Q7Resolving forces, resultants and inclined planesTwo-dimensional motion with vectors and calculus5 marks
  8. Q8Connected particles and smooth pulleysNewton's second law in one dimension4 marks
4 more questions
  1. Q9Variable-acceleration motion in one dimension6 marks
  2. Q10Moments and rigid-body equilibriumLadders, rods and connected-system models8 marks
  3. Q11Projectiles: components, trajectories and heightMagnitude, direction and vector geometry14 marks
  4. Q12Friction: equilibrium, limiting cases and slidingResolving forces, resultants and inclined planes13 marks

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