WACE Mathematics Applications Past Papers (Mathematics)
WACE Mathematics Applications is examined in two written sections - Calculator-free and Calculator-assumed - worth 50% of your final result, set and marked by SCSA.
SCSA keeps a rolling window of recent past ATAR exams online - roughly the six most recent years - so there's a compact set to work through, and each one is worth sitting to time.
Official Mathematics Applications ATAR exam papers & marking keys (2020–2025)
SCSA publishes the past ATAR course exams, the marking keys and the summary examination reports for Mathematics Applications on its own site. They are the real exam questions - sit them under timed conditions, then mark with the marking key.
What's on the Mathematics Applications exam?
The course covers bivariate data, growth and decay in sequences, time series, loans and annuities, and networks and decision mathematics. The Calculator-free section tests technique without technology; the Calculator-assumed section applies it to longer problems.
Marks are awarded for method and working, not just the final answer, so the past papers are the best way to see how the marking key credits each step.
How to use the past papers
Sit each Mathematics Applications paper under exam timing, closed-book, then mark it against SCSA's marking key for that year - the key shows exactly how marks are allocated, which is where the improvement comes from.
Finish with the summary examination report for that year: it's SCSA's examiner feedback on what the state cohort did well and badly. The paper, the marking key and the report all download from the official SCSA page linked above.
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Mathematics Applications past papers FAQ
Source: SCSA's official Mathematics Applications past ATAR course exams. SCSA materials are © School Curriculum and Standards Authority - free to copy for non-commercial educational use. Polarbear links to the official papers rather than rehosting them, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by SCSA.