Chemistry 9701 · 3 Chemical bonding
3.5 Shapes of molecules
Predict and explain molecular shapes and bond angles using VSEPR theory.
- Questions
- 87
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 66
- Written answer
- 21
- Average marks
- 4.1
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Where this subtopic appears
- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 13, 1466
- Paper 2variants 21, 22, 23, 2412
- Paper 4variants 41, 42, 439
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| 2026 | – | 8 | – | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 2015 | – | 5 | – | 5 |
