Mathematics 9709 · 1 Pure Mathematics 1 (for Paper 1)
1.6 Series
Use binomial expansion for positive integer $n$; solve arithmetic and geometric progression problems, including sum to infinity for convergent geometric series.
- Questions
- 145
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 0
- Written answer
- 145
- Average marks
- 6.4
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- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 13, 15128
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Questions by year
| Year | Feb/March | May/June | Oct/Nov | Total |
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| 2026 | – | 9 | – | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022 | – | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 2019 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 2018 | – | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | – | 6 | 6 | 12 |
