June 2011 Unit 2 Higher (43602H)
Try out this June's 43602H exam with this new style, online Past Paper Quiz (PPQ). More than just a mark scheme. As well as marking your answers it gives feedback with explanations/solutions. It is sensible to try out your answers first on paper before answering online. If you need a copy of the paper you can purchase from the AQA shop.

Two alternatives:

• a Preview quiz that contains the first six exam questions to try. You can log in with a visitor account.
• The full New Style quiz (fifteen questions). It takes at least one hour to complete but you can do just a few questions and return later. This feature requires that you log in with a personal username.

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June 11 Unit 2 Higher PPQ (43602H)

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June 11 Unit 2 Higher PPQ (43602H)

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June 11 Unit 2 Higher PPQ (43602H)

You can complete a New Style quiz over several sessions. To continue from a previous session, make a new quiz attempt. The answers from your previous attempt are preserved and so you can continue where you left off. You can modify the existing answers and complete any questions you left previously unanswered.

Past Papers and Revision
Doing past papers is an important part of revision. The past paper quizzes recognise that you may need prompts and hints on how to get started and how to structure your answer. You are not told precisely how to answer a question, but the quizzes provide sufficient guidance so that you can make a reasonable attempt if you are not clear how to proceed.

The guidance in a quiz question may give the impression that there is only one way to tackle a question. You are recommended to attempt each question on paper first, so that you do not feel that you have to answer in a particular way. If you have not got the time, at least sketch out an answer on paper before entering the answer online. If necessary, you can revise your written answer when you work through the quiz question.

Online Revision Tests
Online tests are ideal for revision - you can focus on specific topics and they are marked instantly.

Many online tests use multiple choice questions - popular with students and good if the exam is also multi-choice. Most exam papers use short-answer questions and so it would be a mistake just to practise multi-choice.

This site has two, mainly short answer, online Higher tier Statistics tests, on frequency diagrams and probability. Also one Number test, covering multiplication and division, exchange rate, percentages, ratio, mean, standard form and surds. The tests are suitable revision for AQA Higher Units 1 and 2 and 4307 Module 3.

The same online marking system is available for use with AQA past papers and currently covers Statistics, Number and Algebra - suitable practice for the new Unit 1 and Unit 2 papers and 43053 Module 3. You could first answer the questions on paper. Then use the Past Paper Quiz (PPQ) for marking. You can try the system with the AQA Module 1 (Data Handling) and Module 3 (Number) papers from Nov 07 and the June 2011 Unit 2 paper. See Online Past Paper Marking.

For more information about the PPQ quizzes click What Are PPQs?
and for links to all the available online tests go to the online tests page.

BBC Bitesize has many multiple choice online tests that are broken down into topics, such as Percentages, Decimals and so on and there are revision activities with clear explanations.

Worked examples - Histograms and Frequency Polygons for Higher Tier
The study booklet on Histograms contains example questions and solutions, including samples from past papers. To download the booklet go to the resources page.

Which Specification?
Are you completing AQA GCSE Maths this November? Then you are taking papers from either specification 4306 (Linear) or 4307 (Modular).
More Info Past papers from specifications 4306, 4307 and the slightly older 4301 (Linear) and 4302 (Modular) papers are suitable for revision.

If you are completing on or after summer 2012 you are following the new specification - either 4360 or 4365 (Linear).
More Info Currently, there is only a limited choice of past papers for the new specifications (4360 and 4365) but there are four sets of practice papers. If you require more choice you are advised to use papers from the older specifications.

Ideally, you should practise using past papers relevant to you - the same tier (either foundation or higher) and the same specification.
More Info Are you taking the linear (non-modular) papers? When you revise Statistics (Handling Data) why not test yourself using a modular statistics paper - Module 1 and Unit 1 in AQA? The same with Number, use the Module 3 and Unit 2 papers to test your Number revision. That way you can focus on relevant questions.

Printing Your Past Paper
Once you've downloaded a paper, will it print? A reliable way to start printing a PDF is the keyboard short cut Ctrl+P, which means click inside the PDF document, hold down the Ctrl key and press P.
More Info If you prefer to 'click' to start the print and you cannot see a Print button, there should be a Print option on the PDF context menu. Right-click on the content of the PDF document to display the context menu. Then click the Print option. If there is no option to print, use Ctrl+P.

After doing Ctrl+P, the Print Dialog box will open. Because you are printing a PDF, you should see the Preview picture of the PDF on the right-hand of the box.

If you have a problem printing a PDF with Google Chrome, you may need to disable its PDF Viewer plug-in and enable the Adobe Reader plug-in. For details on that and PDF documents in browsers, go to the home page.

2-Tier and Old 3-Tier GCSE Maths
The AQA 3-tier specification (3300) for GCSE Maths ended with the November 07 exams. However, you may still wish to use 3-tier past papers questions for revision.