CIE IAL · Mathematics · 9709 P1 · Trigonometry
Topic Questions: • find all the solutions of simple trigonometrical equations lying in a specified interval (general forms of solution are not included) — 9709 P1 Trigonometry
61 9709 P1 Trigonometry topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 43 papers (2020–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.
Core finding
This Trigonometry syllabus point appears in 43 9709 P1 papers across 2020–2026, contributing 61 topic questions and 211 marks. The most recent appearance is 9709/11 May/June 2026. That equals 39.6% of the 154 topic questions and 44.8% of the 471 marks tagged to Trigonometry. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history.
Topic questions by session
Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use Go to Practice Hub to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub.
| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9709/11May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Equation in Sine and Cosine - CIE Mathematics 2026 Jun Paper 11 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 part | 5 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q6 Inverse Trigonometric Equation - CIE A-Level Maths 2026 Jun Paper 12 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q3 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2026 Jun Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/15May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity Proof and Solving - CIE Pure Mathematics 2026 Jun Paper 15 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q2 Geometric Progression Trigonometric Ratio - CIE Pure Mathematics Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Identity Proof and Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q6 Trigonometric Graph and Equations - CIE A-Level Maths 2025 Nov Paper 12 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 5 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q2 Trigonometric Equations - CIE A-Level Maths 2025 Q2 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 6 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/15October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q6 Trigonometric Proof and Equation Solving - CIE Mathematics 2025 Nov Paper 15 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q1 Trigonometric Quadratic Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 11 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE 9709 Pure Mathematics 1 2025 Jun Paper 12 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q2 Geometric Progression with Sine Terms - CIE 9709 2025 Jun Paper 13 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Equation with Multiple Ratios - CIE 9709 2025 Jun Paper 13 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 part | 6 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/15May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q3 Completing Square and Trigonometric Substitution - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 15 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/15May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q9 Trigonometric Function Transformations and Composites - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 15 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 4 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q8 Trigonometric Identity Expression and Equation Solving - CIE Mathematics 2024 Nov Paper 11 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q2 Trigonometric Equation with Tan - CIE Pure Mathematics 2024 Nov Paper 13 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 2 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q4 Quartic Trigonometric Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2024 Nov Paper 13 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Identity and Solving - CIE Pure Mathematics 1 2024 Jun Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q3 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE P1 2024 Jun Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q2 Trigonometric Graph Features - CIE 9709 s24 qp 13 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q3 Sector Perimeter and Area - CIE 9709 s24 qp 13 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE 9709 s24 qp 13 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12March 2024 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 1 2024 March Paper 12 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Equation - CIE Mathematics 2023 Nov Paper 11 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q2 Inverse Trigonometrical Equation - CIE 9709 P12 2023 Nov Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 2 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Geometric Progression - CIE 9709 P12 2023 Nov Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identities and Equation - CIE 9709 P12 2023 Nov Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q3 Trigonometric Equation in Cosine - CIE A-Level Maths 2023 Nov Paper 13 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q1 Trigonometric Equation with Sine and Tangent - CIE 9709 Pure Mathematics June 2023 Paper 11 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 part | 3 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity and Equations - CIE Math 2023 Jun Paper 12 Q7 |
FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a)(i), (a)(ii), (c)) | 8 of 11 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 1 2023 Jun Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q3 Quadratic Roots and Trigonometric Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2022 Nov Paper 12 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity Proof and Solving - CIE Pure Mathematics 2022 Nov Paper 12 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q1 Solving Quadratic Trigonometric Equation - CIE A-Level Maths 2022 Nov Paper 13 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 part | 3 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Identity Proof and Equation - CIE 9709 s22 qp 11 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q8 Trigonometric Transformations and Exact Solutions - CIE 9709 s22 qp 11 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q11 Trigonometric Quadratic Quartic Analysis - CIE P1 2022 Jun Q11 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q5 Equations Quadratic in Function of Variable - CIE Pure Mathematics 2022 Jun Paper 13 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12March 2022 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity Proof and Equation - CIE 9709 Pure Mathematics 1 March 2022 Paper 12 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q3 Factorising Trigonometric Equation - CIE 9709 Pure Mathematics 2021 Nov Paper 11 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q1 Trigonometric Equation with Cosine - CIE Pure Mathematics 2021 Nov Paper 12 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Arithmetic Progression - CIE Pure Mathematics 2021 Nov Paper 12 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q7 Circular Sector and Triangle Shaded Area - CIE Pure Mathematics 2021 Nov Paper 12 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity and Quadratic Equation - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2021 Nov Paper 13 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity Proof - CIE 9709 P1 2021 Jun Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q10 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE A-Level Maths 2021 Jun P12 Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q4 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE P1 2021 Jun Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12March 2021 · CIE IAL | Q3 Trigonometric Ratio Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2021 Mar Paper 12 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q6 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE 9709 Nov 2020 Paper 12 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q3 Solving Trigonometric Equation Quadratic in Tan - CIE 9709 Nov 2020 P13 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 part | 5 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/11May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identity and Equation - CIE Pure Mathematics 2020 Jun Paper 11 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q2 Trigonometric Quadratic Equation - CIE P1 2020 Jun Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/13May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q7 Trigonometric Identities and Equations - CIE Pure Mathematics 2020 June Paper 13 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12March 2020 · CIE IAL | Q5 Trigonometric Equation with Tan and Sin - CIE A-Level Maths 2020 Mar Paper 12 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 part | 5 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/12March 2020 · CIE IAL | Q11 Quadratic Equation in Tan x - CIE A-Level Maths 2020 Mar Paper 12 Q11 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 7 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 56 question stems cover this subtopic across 43 papers, but only 61 tagged parts and 211 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
- Which papers include this subtopic?
- The table lists every matching session from 2020–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
- Why can one question appear under several subtopics?
- The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement.
- Can I practise these questions with AI marking?
- Yes. Open a paper from the table and use the Interactive Practice Hub entry point. The page itself is static HTML so search engines and retrieval agents can read the full question list without executing JavaScript.