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Exam Papers and Published Answers for New Zealand NZQA Level 1 Maths – and solutions from me and ChatGPT, sometimes with comments on what I think of the questions.
NZQA 2023-25
NZQA 2023-25
From 2023 there are four standards in Level 1:
91944 (AS 1.1) – Explore data (Internal)
91945 (AS 1.2) – Mathematical Methods (Internal)
91946 (AS 1.3) – Mathematical and Statistical Interpretation (External)
91947 (AS 1.4) – Mathematical Reasoning (External)
Most of the exam focus is on 91947 Mathematical Reasoning, so that’s mainly what’s on this webpage.
Scroll further down for some good non-NZQA material, and for NZQA material before 2023.
91946 Mathematical and Statistical Interpretion
91946 Mathematical and Statistical Interpretion
Nothing here yet
91947 Mathematical Reasoning
91947 Mathematical Reasoning
2025
91947-exm-2025 (My Answers).pdf
91947-exm-2025 (AI Answers).pdf
2024
91947-exm-2024 (My Answers).pdf
91947-exm-2024 (AI Answers).pdf
2023
91947-exm-2023 (My Answers).pdf
91947-exm-2023 (AI Answers).pdf
The 2023 paper was set up as a ‘pilot’ paper for the new syllabus, and this shows. Don’t try it until you’ve done everything else you can find, including what’s listed below.
Everything else
Everything else
Practice tests in the published textbooks – e.g. Walkermaths usually offers 6 tests for each standard, and other textbooks do similarly.
Jamie Seddon (Snedmaths) has a very nice set of questions including 5 mock exams for 1.4 Mathematical Reasoning.
Dr Frost has lots of good material, though it’s organised by topic not standard and it’s bit of a paper-chase to find what you want. (Schools might offer a quick link to what’s relevant.)
Older NZQA exam papers are also available but they might not cover quite the right syllabus, so they should be used with caution.
NZQA 2013-23
NZQA 2013-23
In 2013-23 there were 8 standards and the focus was more clearly on ‘the core maths’ than on ‘the stories around the maths’. There were also some slight differences in the overall content.
Internals (coursework)
91026 (Number)
91030 (Measurement)
91035 (Statistics – multivariate)
91036 (Statistics – bivariate)
Externals (exams)
91027 (Algebra)
91028 (Tables / Graphs)
91031 (Geometry)
91037 (Statistics / Probability)
Question papers to follow, but for the moment here’s a useful website…
https://sites.google.com/view/mrbowmansmaths/home
NZQA 2003-13
And before 2013 things were different again:
90147 Algebra (External)
90148 Graphs (External)
90149 Measurement (Internal)
90150 Geometric Patterns (Internal)
90151 Number Problems (External)
90152 Right-Angled Triangles (External)
90153 Geometry (External)
90193 Statistical Methods (Internal)
90194 Probabilities (External)
90194 Probabilities (External)
90799 Algebraic Methods (External)
90800 Features of Graphs (External)
Usually more than one paper was set on a particular day, with each one expected to take 1/2 an hour to answer. It must have been a nightmare to organise.
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