Aim High - GCSE & UK Curriculum Maths Academy

May 2026 GCSE AQA (Maths Foundation Tier Paper 3, calculator) 📄

✍🏻 Working notes by Mrs. Chen

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Can you find the area of the yellow shaded region? 🟨

📏 The square has a side length of 14 cm.
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Difference between AQA, Edexcel, OCR questions

1. Structure and Presentation
AQA: Questions slowly build your confidence. They often use handy answer lines or multiple-choice boxes, which makes it easy to see where to show your work

Edexcel: Edexcel papers have a reputation for being mathematically demanding. They feature lengthy real-world problems (e.g., population growth or physics scenarios) and provide open space rather than structured lines

OCR: OCR papers differ in scoring. While AQA and Edexcel exams are worth 80 marks each, OCR papers are worth 100 marks. This means OCR can offer more method marks for smaller, correct steps.

2. Question Styles (Higher Tier focus)
Proof-based questions: OCR often requires the most precise mathematical language and notation on "show that" and proof questions. AQA occasionally gives a flawed proof and asks you to spot the mistake. Edexcel asks you to build a complete proof from scratch

Applied math & stats: AQA asks more non-mathematical statistics questions, such as evaluating sampling methods. Edexcel mechanics and statistics questions are highly predictable and formulaic.

Two triangles and a trapezium are located inside a rectangle. The areas of the two triangles are given. Then what is the area of the Grey coloured portion i.e. the trapezium ?