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A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 3
Thursday 19 June 2025 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
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Instructions
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⚫ Use black ink or black ball‑point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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⚫ Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
⚫ Answer all questions.
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⚫ 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 8
of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 9
⚫ Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 10
⚫ Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 11
⚫ Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not 12
want to be marked 13
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Information
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⚫ The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
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⚫ The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
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Advice 18
⚫ Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from 19
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Section A
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1 A student states that the product of two irrational numbers is always irrational.
One of the options is a counter example that shows the student’s statement
is incorrect.
Identify the counter example.
Circle your answer.
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e×0=0 ×π=1 × √6 = √3 2 × √3 = √6
π √2
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2 The diagram shows the graph of y = arctan x
y
a
O x
–a
The graph has horizontal asymptotes at y = – a and y = a
State the value of a
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
π 1 π π
4 2
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Turn over U
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3 The function f is defined by
f (x) = e x for x ℝ
Identify which one of the following statements describes the function f
Tick (🗸) one box.
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Decreasing and concave
Decreasing and convex
Increasing and concave
Increasing and convex
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