The Separator Archive

VCE Mathematics · 2006–2026 · every VCAA paper with a published result

2,334

questions where half the state or fewer earned full marks. 5,111 were sat and graded; VCAA counted every one. Each cell below is a question, in the order it was asked; each column is a paper. The darker the cell, the fewer got it right.

General Mathematics921 of 2,179 · 2006–2025

Mathematical Methods779 of 1,504 · 2006–2025

Specialist Mathematics634 of 1,428 · 2006–2025

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The hardest questions ever set

across all three subjects · by the share of the state that earned full marks
  1. N°00012011 Exam 2 Section B Q4f1%Methods · Calculus · 2 marks
  2. N°00012017 Exam 2 Section B Q4f1%Specialist · Algebra, number and structure · 1 mark
  3. N°00022019 Exam 1 Q8c1%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 2 marks
  4. N°00022019 Exam 2 Section B Q2d1%Specialist · Algebra, number and structure · 2 marks
  5. N°00032021 Exam 1 Q9ci1%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 2 marks
  6. N°00042013 Exam 2 Section B Q4diii2%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 2 marks
  7. N°00052016 Exam 2 Section B Q4fii2%Methods · Algebra, number and structure · 2 marks
  8. N°00062017 Exam 2 Section B Q2h2%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 2 marks
  9. N°00072017 Exam 2 Section B Q4h2%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 2 marks
  10. N°00082017 Exam 2 Section B Q4iii2%Methods · Functions, relations and graphs · 1 mark
  11. N°00012018 Exam 2 Q3e2%General · Data analysis · 2 marks
  12. N°00032018 Exam 1 Q102%Specialist · Space and measurement · 5 marks