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QCE General Mathematics past exams 2020–2025, by year and topic

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ATARMAxxing indexes 17 official QCAA General Mathematics papers from 2020 to 2025, across 4 topics. Every paper opens on the QCAA website.

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General Mathematics 2019 syllabus · 2020–2025General Mathematics 2025 syllabus (v1.3) · 2026–present

QCE General Mathematics exams by year: official papers & marking guidance

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

YearStudy designOfficial paper(s)Marking guidance
2025 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusPaper 1 — Question and response book ↗ · Paper 2 — Question and response book ↗ · External Assessment 2025 – Paper 1 Multiple Choice question book ↗ · Marking guide ↗Marking guidance ↗
2024 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusExternal Assessment 2024 – Paper 1 Multiple Choice question book ↗ · External Assessment 2024 – Paper 1 Question and response book (57 marks) ↗ · External Assessment 2024 – Paper 2 Question and response book (38 marks) ↗Marking guidance ↗
2023 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusExternal Assessment 2023 – Paper 1 Multiple Choice question book ↗ · External Assessment 2023 – Paper 1 Question and response book ↗ · External Assessment 2023 – Paper 2 Question and response book ↗Marking guidance ↗
2022 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusExternal Assessment 2022 – Paper 1 Question and response book (digital format) ↗ · External Assessment 2022 – Paper 2 Question and response book ↗Marking guidance ↗
2021 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusExternal Assessment 2021 – Paper 1 Question and response book ↗ · External Assessment 2021 – Paper 2 Question and response book ↗Marking guidance ↗
2020 QCE General Mathematics examGeneral Mathematics 2019 syllabusExternal Assessment 2020 – Paper 1 Multiple Choice question book ↗ · External Assessment 2020 – Paper 1 Question and response book ↗ · External Assessment 2020 – Paper 2 Question and response book ↗Marking guidance ↗

17 official papers across 6 years (2020–2025), 6 with marking guidance, published by QCAA. These span more than one study design; the most recent is General Mathematics 2025 syllabus (v1.3). Earlier papers may cover material that has since changed.

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  • Unit 1: Money, measurement, algebra and linear equations (school-based, not EA-examinable) — Consumer arithmetic · Shape and measurement · Similarity and scale · Algebra · Linear equations and their graphs
  • Unit 2: Applications of linear equations and trigonometry, matrices and univariate data analysis (school-based, not EA-examinable) — Applications of linear equations and their graphs · Applications of trigonometry · Matrices · Univariate data analysis 1 · Univariate data analysis 2
  • Unit 3: Bivariate data and time series analysis, sequences and Earth geometry (EA-examinable) — Bivariate data analysis 1 · Bivariate data analysis 2 · Time series analysis · Growth and decay in sequences · Earth geometry and time zones · 2026 scope: calculate r and r squared using technology
  • Unit 4: Investing and networking (EA-examinable) — Loans, investments and annuities 1 · Loans, investments and annuities 2 · Graphs and networks · Networks and decision mathematics 1 · Networks and decision mathematics 2 · 2026 scope: activity-on-arc critical path analysis; Hungarian minimisation and maximisation up to5 by5 square matrices

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