Topic % Appearance
GCSE Maths - AQA
How often each topic appeared in exam papers from June 2017 to June 2025 (15 exam series), counted from every question in the Questions Database. A topic only counts where it's what a question tests, not where it's a step along the way (like solving an equation inside a Pythagoras question). 100% means it appeared in at least one paper in every series, NOT every paper. A series is all the papers from one sitting, e.g. June 2025 (Papers 1, 2 and 3). A group, like Probability, counts any of its topics. Click one to open it.
Note: these percentages show how often topics have come up in past papers. They don't predict what will be on the next exam, so revise every topic.
| Topic | Appearance |
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| Circle Theorems | 100% |
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| Direct and Inverse Proportion | 100% |
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93% | |
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| Histograms | 93% |
93% | |
93% | |
93% | |
93% | |
93% | |
93% | |
87% | |
| Box Plots | 87% |
| Equation of a Circle | 87% |
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| Changing the Subject of a Formula | 80% |
| Completing the Square | 80% |
| Cumulative Frequency | 80% |
80% | |
80% | |
| Coordinates | 73% |
| Identities | 73% |
73% | |
| Substitution | 73% |
| Iterative Processes | 67% |
67% | |
| Congruent Triangles | 53% |
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| Number properties | 53% |
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53% | |
47% | |
| Scale Drawings | 47% |
| Forming Expressions | 40% |
| Midpoint of a Line | 40% |
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40% | |
| Equation of a Tangent to a Circle | 33% |
| Plans and Elevations | 33% |
| Best Value | 27% |
| Money Questions | 27% |
| Sampling | 27% |
| Time Calculations | 27% |
| Calculator Use | 13% |
| Function Machines | 13% |
| Measuring and Drawing Lines | 7% |
| Place Value | 7% |
| Proportion (scaling) | 7% |
| Types of Data | 7% |
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