Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WFM01 · Coordinate systems
Topic Questions: 4.3 The focus-directrix property of the parabola. — WFM01 Coordinate systems
68 WFM01 Coordinate systems topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 27 papers (2014–2026). 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 Coordinate systems syllabus point appears in 27 WFM01 papers across 2014–2026, contributing 68 topic questions and 234 marks. The most recent appearance is WFM01/01 January 2026. That equals 57.6% of the 118 topic questions and 55.6% of the 421 marks tagged to Coordinate systems. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WFM01/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2026 Q4 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 8 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Coordinate Systems (Hyperbola) - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2026 Q9 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((a), (d)) | 6 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Intersections on Rectangular Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2026 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 5 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Properties of Parabola Tangents - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2026 Q8 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Coordinate Systems: Rectangular Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 2025 Q4 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 6 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Coordinate Systems: Parabola Geometry - Edexcel IAL FP1 2025 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Coordinate Systems: Rectangular Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 2025 Jan Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Coordinate Systems: Parabola Tangents - Edexcel IAL FP1 2025 Jan Q9 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 8 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Conic Sections and Normal Equations - Edexcel IAL FP1 2024 Jun Q9 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 9 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 2024 Jan Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 2024 Jan Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2023 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Parabola Properties & Tangents - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2023 Q8 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 5 of 13 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Coordinate Systems on Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 2023 Jan Q6 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 5 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Geometry of Parabolas - Edexcel IAL FP1 2023 Jan Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Parabola and Normals - Edexcel FP1 June 2022 Q6 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 7 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Parabolas and Coordinate Geometry - Edexcel IAL FP1 2022 Jan Q3 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 5 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Parabola Tangents and Geometry - Edexcel F1 Oct 2021 Q8 |
FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (c), (d)) | 9 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Rectangular Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2021 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Parabola Normals - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2021 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 5 of 16 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Coordinate Systems on Curves - Edexcel IAL F1 Jan 2021 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 2020 Oct Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Hyperbolas, Tangents and Normals - Edexcel IAL FP1 2020 Jan Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 5 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Coordinate Systems: Parabola & Normal - Edexcel IAL FP1 2019 Jun Q9 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 9 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Parabola and focus-directrix properties - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2019 Q1 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 6 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Parabola Focus and Coordinates - Edexcel IAL FP1 2018 Jun Q3 |
FRQ | 3 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 5 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Coordinate Systems - Parabola and Rectangular Hyperbola - Edexcel IAL FP1 2018 Jan Q6 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((a), (b)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2017 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 5 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 June 2017 Q8 |
FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b), (d)) | 8 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel FP1 Jan 2017 Q8 |
FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 10 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Parabola Focus and Area - Edexcel FP1 June 2016 Q2 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 5 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Rectangular Hyperbola Normal - Edexcel FP1 June 2016 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 1 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Coordinate Systems - Edexcel IAL FP1 2016 Jan Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 5 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Coordinate Systems (Parabola) - Edexcel IAL FP1 2016 Jan Q8 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 8 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Coordinate systems: parabola properties - Edexcel June 2015 FP1 Q4 |
FRQ | 3 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 6 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Coordinate systems: rectangular hyperbola - Edexcel June 2015 FP1 Q6 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Parabola Coordinate Geometry - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2015 Q4 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 9 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01June 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Hyperbola and Parabola Geometry - Edexcel FP1 June 2014 Q8 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 9 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WFM01/01January 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Coordinate Systems (Parabola) - Edexcel IAL FP1 Jan 2014 Q8 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 39 question stems cover this subtopic across 27 papers, but only 68 tagged parts and 234 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 2014–2026. 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.