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2026 Methods Exam 1.

The 2026 Mathematical Methods Examination 1 as a clean copy, and the same paper with worked solutions on the answer lines, typed or handwritten. Free with a VCE Hub account.

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This isn't the official VCAA paper. It's our best attempt at a clean copy: the text and diagrams were recreated as faithfully as we could. Both sets of solutions are ours.

A page of the exam: the graph of y = 3√(x + 4) − 4 on a gridThe same page in the solutions, with the inverse drawn and the working on the lines
  1. Differentiation: a product, and a quotient split into terms3 marks
  2. An antiderivative from f′(x) and one value of f2 marks
  3. A cubic's factors, then an equation in 5ˣ4 marks
  4. A linear system with infinitely many solutions3 marks
  5. A square-root function, its inverse and an area5 marks
  6. A sine equation, a transformed graph and a shift6 marks
  7. A right-angled triangle under y = 12 − x²8 marks
  8. The sample proportion of red crabs4 marks
  9. A composite of a log and a quadratic5 marks