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HSC Mathematics Advanced past exams 2020–2025, by year and topic

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ATARMAxxing indexes 6 official NESA Mathematics Advanced papers from 2020 to 2025, with 30 questions mapped to 7 topics. Every paper opens on the NESA website.

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Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) · 2020–2026Mathematics Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024) — new course · 2027–2027

HSC Mathematics Advanced exams by year: official papers & marking guidance

Past exams indexed: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. Open the official NESA papers, with marking guidance where available.

YearStudy designOfficial paper(s)Marking guidance
2025 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017)Exam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗
2024 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017)Exam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗
2023 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017)Exam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗
2022 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017)Exam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗
2021 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017)Exam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗
2020 HSC Mathematics Advanced examSD 2017–2026 (Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus 2017) — first HSC cohort examined under this syllabusExam paper ↗Marking guidance ↗

6 official papers across 6 years (2020–2025), 6 with marking guidance, published by NESA. These span more than one study design; the most recent is Mathematics Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024) — new course. Earlier papers may cover material that has since changed.

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Functions · 2 mapped questions

Graphing techniques

Also in this topic: Graphing techniques (transformations, odd/even functions, sums/products of functions) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Trigonometric Functions · 3 mapped questions

Trigonometric functions and graphs

Also in this topic: Trigonometric functions and graphs (radians, graphing trig functions, trig equations) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Calculus · 11 mapped questions

Integral calculus

Differential calculus

The second derivative

Also in this topic: Differential calculus (composite, product, quotient rules) · The second derivative (concavity, points of inflection, curve sketching) · Integral calculus (indefinite/definite integrals, areas, integration techniques) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions · 2 mapped questions

Applications of exponential and logarithmic functions

Also in this topic: Applications of exponential and logarithmic functions (growth and decay models, rates of change) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Financial Mathematics · 3 mapped questions

Modelling financial situations

Also in this topic: Modelling financial situations (compound interest, annuities, arithmetic/geometric sequences and series applied to finance) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Statistical Analysis · 5 mapped questions

Random variables

Descriptive statistics and bivariate data analysis

The normal distribution

Also in this topic: Descriptive statistics and bivariate data analysis (correlation, least-squares regression, box plots, standard deviation) · Random variables (discrete and continuous probability distributions, expected value) · The normal distribution (z-scores, standardisation, empirical rule) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Probability · 2 mapped questions

Conditional probability and independence

Also in this topic: Conditional probability and independence (tree diagrams, multi-stage events) — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Sequences and series · 2 mapped questions

Modelling financial situations

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