TMUA

TMUA preparation

Ten sets of original TMUA mock papers with full solutions, most of them harder than the real thing. Sit them under exam conditions, then use the tools below to turn mistakes into marks.

How to use these papers

A good routine: sit a paper timed in Drill, mark it, and log your score on Results. Every question you miss goes into Review mistakes, which brings it back after 1, 3 and 7 days. Use the Technique index to drill the methods you keep missing. Not sure which set to start with? See where to start.

Newest sets: L and K

Set L is the hardest set so far: both papers rate higher than any earlier paper, with the longest computations in the collection. Set K puts heavy computation next to short questions that turn on a single idea, with olympiad techniques hidden inside AS content. Both sets are locked: how unlocking works. Every set, newest first, is listed under All mock sets.

All mock sets

Newest first. Sets A to D are free for everyone; Sets E onwards unlock with a code or with coins. Every paper is original, and solutions are separate downloads, so each paper can be sat cold. The numbers are difficulty ratings on the 4.5 to 9.0 scale.

Set L

The hardest set so far: both papers rate higher than any earlier paper, with the longest computations in the collection.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 4,000 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 4,000 coins in the Shop

Set K

Heavy computation next to short questions that turn on a single idea, with olympiad techniques hidden inside AS content.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 3,500 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 3,500 coins in the Shop

Set J

Keeps to the official TMUA specification and the style of the 2022 and 2023 papers. Its difficulty comes from parameters, casework and structure, not content beyond the syllabus.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code from an Instagram challenge (codes only)
Paper 2UnlockWith a code from an Instagram challenge (codes only)

Set I

Trades competition tricks for variables and casework.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 3,000 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 3,000 coins in the Shop

Set H

Both papers rate in the severe band.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 2,500 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 2,500 coins in the Shop

Set G

One of the two hardest sets, with both papers in the severe band.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 2,500 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 2,500 coins in the Shop

Set F

Close to Set E in difficulty, and the natural set to sit after it.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 1,500 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 1,500 coins in the Shop

Set E

The gentlest locked set: the natural next step once you have worked through the free Sets A to D.

Paper 1UnlockWith a code, or 1,500 coins in the Shop
Paper 2UnlockWith a code, or 1,500 coins in the Shop

Set D

The gentlest rated free set, and the one to sit straight after Set A. Both papers are in the hard band.

Set A

FreeUnrated: the gentlest set

A gentler entry point, with questions and worked solutions in one document.

Practice tools

Have a code for a locked paper? Redeem it here.