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Paper 1 exam (SL & HL)

Paper 1 is the non-calculator examination. It tests whether you can recognise mathematical structure, choose an analytical method, carry it out accurately and communicate a convincing solution. You will not be asked to complete deliberately horrible arithmetic, but you do need to be confident working with fractions, surds, exact trigonometric values, logarithms and algebra without relying on your calculator. The...

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