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Surds past paper questions

O Level Mathematics 4024 · Number. 1 Understand and use surds, including simplifying expressions. 2 Rationalise the denominator. Examples include: 20 2 5 = 200 32 6 2 − = . Examples include: 5 10 2 5 = 1 3 1 1 3 −+ = + 2 .

It came up in 3 of 46 papers, for about 4 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in October/November 2025.

3 questions, newest first

1. 4024/11/O/N/25 Question 23 · 5 marks
2. 4024/12/O/N/25 Question 16 · 4 marks
3. 4024/12/M/J/25 Question 15 · 3 marks

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