AQA A LEVEL (7357/3) MATHEMATICS PAPER 3 QUESTION
PAPER+MARK SCHEME JUNE 2024
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A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 3
Thursday 20 June 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑ level Mathematics booklet.
Question Mark
You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification. 1
2
Instructions 3
Use black ink or black ball‑ point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 4
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 5
Answer all questions.
6
You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
7
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 8
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 9
Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 10
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want 11
to be marked 12
13
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
14
The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 15
16
Advice 17
Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from
18
the booklet.
19
You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided.
TOTAL
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, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
Section A
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1 Each of the series below shows the first four terms of a geometric series.
Identify the only one of these geometric series that is convergent.
[1 mark]
Tick (🗸) one box.
0.1 + 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.8 + …
1–1+1–1+…
128 – 64 + 32 – 16 + …
1+2+4+8+…
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, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
2 The quadratic equation
4x2 + bx + 9 = 0
has one repeated real root.
Find b
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
b=0 b = ±12 b = ±13 b = ±36
Turn over for the next question
Turn over U
G/Jun24/7357/3
PAPER+MARK SCHEME JUNE 2024
Please writeclearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 3
Thursday 20 June 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑ level Mathematics booklet.
Question Mark
You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification. 1
2
Instructions 3
Use black ink or black ball‑ point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 4
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 5
Answer all questions.
6
You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
7
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 8
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 9
Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 10
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want 11
to be marked 12
13
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
14
The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 15
16
Advice 17
Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from
18
the booklet.
19
You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided.
TOTAL
,G/LM/Jun24/G4005/E6 7357/3
, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
Section A
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1 Each of the series below shows the first four terms of a geometric series.
Identify the only one of these geometric series that is convergent.
[1 mark]
Tick (🗸) one box.
0.1 + 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.8 + …
1–1+1–1+…
128 – 64 + 32 – 16 + …
1+2+4+8+…
G/Jun24/7357/3
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
2 The quadratic equation
4x2 + bx + 9 = 0
has one repeated real root.
Find b
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
b=0 b = ±12 b = ±13 b = ±36
Turn over for the next question
Turn over U
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