In this post we’re aiming to revise Edexcel Maths GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3. This is the final paper in the exam and is worth 80 marks. It’s fairly similar to paper 2 and the questions follow the same format.
Here’s a link to download the question paper: Edexcel Maths GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3
Here’s my solutions:
Here’s a copy of the mark scheme: Edexcel GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3 MARK SCHEME
Watch on YouTube
Edexcel GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3 Questions 1 – 7
Edexcel GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3 Questions 8 – 15
Edexcel GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3 Questions 16 – 20
The whole idea is to download the Edexcel Maths GCSE Higher Paper 2017 – Paper 3, try the questions, and then compare your solutions. That should give you around an hour’s worth of focussed revision on the following topics:
– venn diagrams
– simultaneous equations
– median
– fractions
– angles in a polygon
– density
– SohcahToa
– Pythagoras
– box plots
– compound interest
– counting strategies
– ratio
– inequalities on a graph
– algebra fractions
– area of a triangle
– iteration
– bounds
– circle theorems
– quadratic inequalities
– equation of a circle
If you’d like more information on these topics, here’s a link to the Ultimate Guide to Maths. In the meantime I’ll keep updating the site to add more content, and please do use the search to find existing posts. There’s been quite a few (over 200) during the past few years and I hope that they are useful 🙂 . Please do add any suggestions to the comments below.
I hope the videos and maths papers walkthroughs help and all very best with your GCSE’s. If you have been helped I’d be very grateful if you could add a comment either to the end of this post, or on the YouTube channel. Every comment helps to keep the site near the top of the search results …. although, more importantly, your comment might encourage other students.