Challenging Questions Archive

A growing collection of difficult GCSE and A Level Maths questions submitted by tutors.

This space was created for tutors who come across questions that are:

• difficult to solve
• challenging to explain
• poorly worded
• confusing for students
• unclear in mark schemes or methods

Explore worked solutions, alternative approaches, teaching explanations, and common misconceptions shared by other maths tutors.

You can also contribute your own questions to help build a useful resource for the tutoring community.

Questions are organised by:

• Topic
• Level
• Exam Board
• Difficulty

Whether you are stuck on a question or looking for better ways to explain difficult concepts, this archive is designed to support collaborative learning amongst maths tutors.

Come across a question you found difficult to solve or teach?

Submit it to the archive along with:

• • the question image,
  • topic,
  • level,
  • exam board (if known)
  • your attempted solution or explanation (optional).

This is not just a solutions archive.

It is a growing collection of teaching insight, tutor discussion, and mathematical problem-solving designed to support tutors working with GCSE and A Level students across the UK curriculum.