Exam Papers and Published Answers for New Zealand NZQA Level 1 Maths – and local solutions from me and ChatGPT, sometimes with comments on what I think of the questions.
NZQA 2023 – 25
From 2023 there are four standards in Level 1:
- 91944 (AS 1.1) – Explore data (Internal)
- 91945 (AS 1.2) – Mathematical Methods (Internal)
- 91946 (AS 1.3) – Mathematical and Statistical Interpretation (External)
- 91947 (AS 1.4) – Mathematical Reasoning (External)
Most of the exam focus is on 91947 Mathematical Reasoning, so that’s mainly what’s on this webpage.
Scroll further down for some good non-NZQA material, and for NZQA material before 2023.
2025
91947 Mathematical Reasoning
2024
91947 Mathematical Reasoning
2023
91947 Mathematical Reasoning
The 2023 paper was set up as a ‘pilot’ paper for the new syllabus, and this shows. Don’t try it until you’ve done everything else you can find, including what’s listed below.
Everything else
- Practice tests in the published textbooks – e.g. Walkermaths usually offers 6 tests for each standard, and other textbooks do similarly.
- Jamie Seddon (Snedmaths) has a very nice set of questions including 5 mock exams for 1.4 Mathematical Reasoning.
- Dr Frost has lots of good material, though it’s organised by topic not standard and it’s bit of a paper-chase to find what you want. (Schools might offer a quick link to what’s relevant.)
- Older NZQA exam papers are also available but they might not cover quite the right syllabus, so they should be used with caution.
NZQA 2013-23
Internals (coursework)
- 91026 (Number)
- 91030 (Measurement)
- 91035 (Statistics – multivariate)
- 91036 (Statistics – bivariate)
Externals (exams)
- 91027 (Algebra)
- 91028 (Tables / Graphs)
- 91031 (Geometry)
- 91037 (Statistics / Probability)
Before the 2024 exams there were 8 standards instead of the current 4 standards, and the focus was more on ‘the core maths’ than on ‘the stories around the maths’. There were alsosome slight differences in the overall content.
Question papers to follow, but for the moment here’s a useful website…
https://sites.google.com/view/mrbowmansmaths/home
NZQA 2003-13
And before 2013 things were different again.