Weekly Starter Tasks

3 recall questions per week · 40 weeks over 3 terms · UK A-Level (Y1 & Y2) and Edexcel International A-Level (Y1 & Y2). Free for everyone: every week, with the answers and mark schemes.

Free for teachers and students, no sign-in needed: pick a track and week, show the answers, project it or print it. Want the questions as a list to read through? See the starter questions by week.

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What the A Level Maths starters cover

Three questions a week for 40 teaching weeks on 4 tracks: UK A Level Year 1 and Year 2, and Edexcel International A Level Year 1 and Year 2. They follow our schemes of work, and each answer is checked. The first topics each term:

UK A-Level · Year 1 (AS). Term 1 (weeks 1–13): Laws of indices, Expanding & factorising polynomials, Surds: simplifying & rationalising, Solving quadratics & the discriminant; Term 2 (weeks 14–26): Position vectors & geometry problems, Vector arithmetic & scalar multiples, Differentiation from first principles, Differentiating powers of x; Term 3 (weeks 27–40): SI units & quantities in mechanics, Displacement-time & velocity-time graphs, Constant acceleration formulae (suvat), Vertical motion under gravity.

UK A-Level · Year 2. Term 1 (weeks 1–13): Partial fractions, Algebraic division & the factor theorem, Proof by contradiction, The modulus function & modulus equations; Term 2 (weeks 14–26): Locating roots by change of sign, Iteration x = g(x), The Newton-Raphson method, Integrating e^x, 1/x and trig functions; Term 3 (weeks 27–40): Friction & the coefficient of friction, Equilibrium of rigid bodies, Resolving forces in 2D, Connected particles (strings & pulleys).

Edexcel IAL · Year 1 (AS: P1 + P2 + one of M1 / S1 / D1). Term 1 (weeks 1–13): Algebraic expressions & indices, Surds, Quadratic functions & graphs, The discriminant; Term 2 (weeks 14–26): Mathematical proof, Coordinate geometry: circles, Exponentials & logarithms, Laws of logarithms & solving equations; Term 3 (weeks 27–40): Conditional probability, Correlation & regression, Discrete random variables, The normal distribution.

Edexcel IAL · Year 2 (P3 + P4 + second applied unit). Term 1 (weeks 1–13): Simplifying rational expressions, Composite & inverse functions, The modulus function, Reciprocal & inverse trig functions; Term 2 (weeks 14–26): Binomial expansion (general index), Parametric differentiation, Implicit differentiation, Connected rates of change; Term 3 (weeks 27–40): Friction & inclined planes, Moments & equilibrium, Statics of a particle, Momentum & impulse.

Weeks after a year's teaching weeks are mixed review. Put the week's questions on the board as students arrive, then show the answers and mark scheme lines. To practise a topic further: UK A Level topics · IAL P1 · P2 · P3 · P4 · S1 · M1.

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Weekly Starter Tasks

What the A Level Maths starters cover