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Final exam countdown

IAL Maths: final exam countdown

A 14-day checklist for the run-up to the exams: the topics Examiner Insights ranks highest, the most common mistakes, then a full timed paper. Tick each day off; your ticks are saved in this browser only.

Start day 1

P1 (WMA11): confirmed dates

DateSessionPaper
Friday 8 January 2027January 2027Pearson Edexcel WMA11/01 (source)
Thursday 6 May 2027June 2027Pearson Edexcel WMA11/01 (source)

Your 14-day checklist

  1. Day 1

    Indices, surds and hidden quadratics without a calculator

    Revise

    Notes · Practise algebra · What the examiners say

  2. Day 2

    Factor and remainder theorems, and proof

    Revise

    Notes · Practise factor and remainder theorems · What the examiners say

  3. Day 3

    Functions: inverse, composite, range and modulus

    Revise

    Notes · Practise functions and the modulus function · What the examiners say

  4. Day 4

    Integration: substitution, parts and volumes

    Revise

    Notes · Practise integration · What the examiners say

  5. Day 5

    Probability: Venn, trees, independence

    Revise

    Notes · Practise probability · What the examiners say

  6. Day 6

    Vectors in mechanics

    Revise

    Notes · Practise vectors in mechanics · What the examiners say

  7. Day 7

    Tangents and normals, including fractional powers

    Revise

    Notes · Practise differentiation · What the examiners say

  8. Day 8

    Calculator warning ignored: surds and fractions done on the calculator

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  9. Day 9

    Logarithms: log laws not shown, and roots not rejected

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  10. Day 10

    Functions: the domain of an inverse (again), fg versus gf, range

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  11. Day 11

    Differential equations: the constant added too late

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  12. Day 12

    Standardisation not shown when the question requires it

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  13. Day 13

    Sit a past paper for the unit you sit first under timed conditions

    Full paper

    Prediction Papers (the first 5 questions of each are open to everyone; the full mark scheme comes with a paid plan). Or a paper from the past papers.

  14. Day 14

    Formula sheet, equipment and an early night

    Last day

    Read the formula sheet once, pack your equipment, and stop revising early.

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