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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A · Higher (Papers 1H and 2H) · Equations, formulae and identities

Quadratic equations

Marks, papers and a question to try for 4MA1 Higher quadratic equations.

All sittings since 2019

In the papers analysed (January 2019 to November 2025, 54 papers).

What the papers show

Share of marks
3.9% of the marks analysed
How often
On 42 of 54 papers analysed
Which papers
Paper 1H (calculator allowed), Paper 2H (calculator allowed)
Usual command words
solve, find, work out, show that, give
Difficulty
on the harder side (3.5 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
Last seen
November 2025

A question to try

One generated question on quadratic equations. Type your answer; you see the working after you have had a go.

Generated for 4MA1 Higher. A small sample: it does not measure your whole course.

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