IB Maths AI HL Mock Paper 1
A full AI HL Paper 1 in the format of the current IB guide: 2 hours, 110 marks, calculator. Our own questions across the course, with a full markscheme (M, A and R marks). Sit it timed and it is marked for you.
By Pete Bromfield, former Head of Maths with IB examining experience (independent)
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AI HL Mock Paper 1
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What is on it
2 hours, 110 marks, calculator. 18 questions.
| Question | Topic | Syllabus | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper and lower bounds; percentage error | SL 1.6 | 5 |
| 2 | Annuities: withdrawals from a fund (TVM) | SL 1.7 | 6 |
| 3 | Logarithmic scales: pH | SL 1.5, AHL 2.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Matrices: inverse and decoding | AHL 1.14 | 6 |
| 5 | Complex numbers: impedances in parallel | AHL 1.12, AHL 1.13 | 6 |
| 6 | Travelling salesman problem: upper and lower bounds | AHL 3.16 | 7 |
| 7 | Vectors: velocity of a boat in a current | AHL 3.12, AHL 3.13 | 6 |
| 8 | Poisson distribution | AHL 4.17 | 6 |
| 9 | Linear combinations of normal random variables | AHL 4.14 | 6 |
| 10 | Confidence interval for a mean using the t-distribution | AHL 4.16 | 6 |
| 11 | Euler's method | AHL 5.16 | 6 |
| 12 | Volumes of revolution about the x- and y-axes | AHL 5.12 | 6 |
| 13 | Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and powers of a matrix | AHL 1.15 | 7 |
| 14 | Exponential decay and half-life | SL 2.5, SL 2.6 | 6 |
| 15 | Related rates: a sliding ladder | AHL 5.9 | 6 |
| 16 | Voronoi diagrams: the toxic waste dump problem | SL 3.6 | 6 |
| 17 | Hypothesis test for correlation | AHL 4.10, SL 4.4 | 6 |
| 18 | Markov chains: states after two steps and the steady state | AHL 4.19 | 8 |
How it is marked
- Step 1
Sit it in Exam mode
A timer runs for 2 hours and nothing is checked until you finish. Have the formula booklet and your calculator ready.
- Step 2
Mark it
The answers it can read are marked for you. For the rest, tick the method marks you earned against our markscheme, or get a photo of your working marked by AI.
- Step 3
Fix what it shows
Your score for each question is saved to your account, and the questions you dropped marks on go to My mistakes. Then follow the plan in the AI HL mock exam guide.
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Common questions
How long is the AI HL Mock Paper 1?
2 hours for 110 marks, with a graphic display calculator, as in the real AI HL Paper 1. Use the formula booklet and nothing else.
Who can open it?
Anyone with a free account (no card) can open the whole paper with its markscheme and sit it timed. Without an account you can try its first section.
How is it marked?
Sit it in the paper walkthrough in Exam mode: a timer runs and nothing is checked until you finish. Then the answers it can read are marked for you, you tick the method marks you earned against our markscheme, and your score for each question is saved to your account.
Is this a real IB paper?
No. It is an original paper written by us in the IB format. It contains no IB questions, it is not a prediction of the real paper, and the IB does not endorse it.
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