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These are real published questions, rendered live from the bank with freshly generated numbers — not screenshots. Every one is playable: press Try it live on any card to answer it and see the marking.

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published questions
140
GCSE skills covered
786
coded wrong answers
271
with worked solutions
67
with diagrams
44
multi-part
46
multi-skill synthesis
Targeted misconception feedbackAnswers that are not just a numberDiagram questionsMulti-part questions with a shared stemDrawing on a gridFilling in a diagram or tableMulti-skill synthesis

Targeted misconception feedback

Wrong answers are anticipated at authoring time, one written response each, so a student is told which mistake they made rather than just that they were wrong. These are per-question — 650+ of them coded across the bank.

AlgebraExpanding Double Brackets★★☆☆☆
4 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Four coded wrong answers. Drop the sign on the second bracket and it says so; forget the middle terms entirely and it says that instead.

Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x − 2)

If a student writes it differently
✓
x^2+2x-8 — the power typed with a ^ instead of a superscript
Correct!
✗
x2+2x-8 — the power typed without a ^ at all
Did you mean x^2+2x-8? Use the ^ symbol for powers — hold Shift and press 6. Without it, “x2+2x-8” reads as a multiplication rather than a power.
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Shape and SpacePythagoras' Theorem★★★☆☆
3 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Adding the two shorter sides instead of squaring them is the classic Pythagoras error — and it gets its own response.

Find the length of the side marked ?. Give your answer in cm.

9 cm 12 cm ?
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Answers that are not just a number

Expressions, fractions, ratios, coordinates, sets and index notation are each graded on their own terms. This half is NOT authored per question: accepting an uncancelled fraction, or the brackets of a factorisation in either order, is the grader's job and applies to every question of that type. The strips below are live verdicts from it, not claims.

AlgebraDifference of Two Squares★★☆☆☆
3 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Graded as an expression, not as a string — so the order the student writes the brackets in is their business, not the marker’s.

Factorise x² − 36

If a student writes it differently
✓
(x − 6)(x + 6) — the two brackets the other way round
Correct!
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NumberPrime Factor Decomposition★★☆☆☆
2 coded wrong answersWorked solutionNon-calculator

Index notation. Superscripts and carets are the same answer; writing the multiplication out longhand is not, because that is not what was asked for.

Write 18 as a product of its prime factors. Give your answer using index notation.

If a student writes it differently
✓
2 × 3^2 — the power typed with a ^ instead of a superscript
Correct!
✗
2 × 3 × 3 — the multiplication written out longhand
Almost — now write repeated prime factors using index notation. For example, 2 × 2 should be written as 2².
✗
2 × 32 — the power typed without a ^ at all
Did you mean 2 × 3²? Use the ^ symbol for powers — hold Shift and press 6. Without it, “2 × 32” reads as a multiplication rather than a power.
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Diagram questions

Geometry is drawn, not described. The diagram is generated from the same parameters as the question, so every re-roll produces a correctly labelled figure.

Shape and SpaceTrigonometry (Missing Sides)★★★☆☆
2 coded wrong answersWorked solutionCalculator required

The triangle is redrawn for whichever angle and side are generated — and the answer is marked to the accuracy the question asked for.

Not drawn accurately

In the right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 11 cm and the angle shown is 65°.

Work out the length of the side marked x. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

If a student writes it differently
✓
9.9712 cm — the full calculator value, not rounded
Correct — but remember to round your answer to 2 decimal places.
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9.98 cm — one out in the last decimal place
Not quite — your answer is one out in the last decimal place. Check which way you rounded.
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Shape and SpaceCircle Theorem: Cyclic Quadrilateral + Solving Linear Equations★★★★★
Synthesis · positive-only3 coded wrong answersWorked solutionNon-calculator

A cyclic quadrilateral with the angles marked algebraically — the figure carries the information the question needs.

Not drawn accurately

ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle A = (2x + 31)° and angle C = (3x + 19)°.

Work out the size of the larger of angles A and C.

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Multi-part questions with a shared stem

Exam-style (a)/(b)/(c) built on one piece of information, each part carrying its own marks and its own skill — so a student who reads the graph correctly but slips on the final total is credited for what they got right.

AlgebraKinematic Graphs★★★☆☆
7 marks4 coded wrong answersWorked solution

One velocity–time graph, three parts, 2 + 2 + 3 marks. Part (c) depends on (a) and (b) but is graded on its own.

The velocity–time graph shows a car accelerating from rest, travelling at a constant velocity, then decelerating back to rest.

Use the graph to answer the questions.

(A)2 marks

(a) Work out the distance travelled while the car is accelerating (from 0 to 2 s).

(B)2 marks

(b) Work out the distance travelled while the car is at a constant velocity (from 2 s to 7 s).

(C)3 marks

(c) Work out the TOTAL distance travelled by the car.

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Probability and DataTree Diagrams★★★★☆
7 marks6 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Without replacement, three fraction answers — each part attributed to tree diagrams separately.

A bag contains 4 red and 5 blue counters. A counter is taken at random and NOT replaced. A second counter is then taken.

(A)2 marks · Fraction

(a) Given that the first counter is red, write down the probability that the second counter is also red.

(B)2 marks · Fraction

(b) Work out the probability that BOTH counters are red.

(C)3 marks · Fraction

(c) Work out the probability that AT LEAST ONE of the two counters is red.

If a student writes it differently
✓
6/16 — the same fraction, not cancelled down
Correct! Remember to simplify your answer fully — you may lose marks in an exam for leaving it unsimplified.
✓
0.375 — written as a decimal
Correct!
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Drawing on a grid

Reflections, enlargements, plotting lines, completing histograms — marked on the placement, not on a typed answer. This is the part of the paper most online practice quietly skips.

Shape and SpaceReflections★★☆☆☆
3 marksWorked solution

Tap the grid to place the reflected triangle. Marked per vertex, with feedback for reflecting in the wrong line. The mirror line moves with the parameters.

(A)3 marks · Grid drawing

On the grid, reflect the shaded triangle in the mirror line x = 5.

Place the corners of the reflected triangle.

012345678910012345678xy
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Probability and DataHistograms★★★★★
4 marksWorked solutionCalculator required

A histogram with unequal class widths — the student draws the bars and the widths are part of the mark.

The table shows the times taken by 85 runners to finish a race.

Time, t (minutes)Frequency
0 < t ≤ 1015
10 < t ≤ 2020
20 < t ≤ 4030
40 < t ≤ 6020
(A)4 marks · Grid drawing

Draw a histogram for this data.

Draw each bar with two taps: one top corner, then its other edge.

010203040506000.511.522.53Time (minutes)Frequency density
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Filling in a diagram or table

Frequency trees, Venn diagrams and two-way tables with several labelled blanks, graded independently and banded the way a real mark scheme bands them.

Probability and DataFrequency Trees★★☆☆☆
3 marks6 coded wrong answersWorked solution

A frequency tree with several blanks. Each is graded independently, and later branches follow through from earlier ones.

52 students were asked how they travel to school.

21 students walk; the rest come by bus.

6 of the walkers were late. 13 of the bus students were late.

(A)3 marks · Multi-blank

Complete the frequency tree by writing down the values of A, B and C.

A ▢B ▢C ▢
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Probability and DataVenn Diagrams★★☆☆☆
2 marks3 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Venn diagram regions, filled in against the SVG rather than typed as a list.

31 students each study French, Spanish, both or neither.

12 study French. 14 study Spanish. 1 study both.

(A)2 marks · Multi-blank

Complete the Venn diagram by writing down the values of A, B and C.

A ▢B ▢C ▢
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Multi-skill synthesis

Questions that need two independent skills in one answer. These are marked positive-only: getting one right proves synthesis, getting it wrong routes to revision rather than penalising either underlying skill.

Ratio and ProportionRatio + Coordinates★★★★★
Synthesis · positive-only5 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Ratio and coordinates in one answer — neither is a prerequisite of the other, so the question genuinely tests putting them together.

A is the point (3, -4).

B is the point (15, 8).

P lies on the straight line AB so that AP : PB = 1 : 2.

Work out the coordinates of P.

If a student writes it differently
✓
7, 0 — typed without the brackets
Correct!
✓
x = 7, y = 0 — written as x = …, y = …
Correct!
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NumberExpanding and Rationalising Surds + Areas of Squares and Rectangles★★★★★
Synthesis · positive-only3 coded wrong answersWorked solution

Rationalising a surd inside an area problem. Higher tier, five stars.

A rectangle has area (19 + 11√3) cm² and width (2 + √3) cm.

Work out the length of the rectangle.

Give your answer in the form p + q√3, where p and q are integers.

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