Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WMA11 · Differentiation
Topic Questions: 4.3 Applications of differentiation to gradients, tangents and normals. — WMA11 Differentiation
51 WMA11 Differentiation topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 25 papers (2019–2026). 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 Differentiation syllabus point appears in 25 WMA11 papers across 2019–2026, contributing 51 topic questions and 181 marks. The most recent appearance is WMA11/01 January 2026. That equals 54.8% of the 93 topic questions and 58.8% of the 308 marks tagged to Differentiation. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMA11/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Stationary Gradients and Tangent of Cubic Curves |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Tangents, Normals and Indefinite Integration |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 8 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Differentiation and Tangents - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2026 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Integration and Normals - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2026 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Differentiation and Tangent Equation |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Tangent and Normal to a Curve |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Cubic Curve Normal and Tangents |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 | Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Differentiation and Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 October 2025 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Differentiation and Tangents - Edexcel P1 2025 Jun Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Differentiation and Integration with Tangent Conditions - Edexcel P1 2025 Jun Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)(i)) | 2 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/02June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Tangents, Normals and Integration - Edexcel P1 Summer 2025 Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Differentiation and Tangents - Edexcel IAL P1 January 2025 Q5 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((b), (c)) | 6 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Integration and Curve Transformations - Edexcel IAL P1 January 2025 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Indefinite Integration and Normals - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2024 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Polynomial Differentiation and Transformations - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2024 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((c)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Indefinite Integration and Normals - Edexcel IAL P1 2024 Jun Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/02June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Differentiation: Tangents and Parallel Lines - Edexcel IAL P1 May 2024 Q10 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 10 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Differentiation and Tangent Equation - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2024 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Differentiation and Integration Applications - Edexcel IAL P1 October 2023 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)(ii)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Tangent of Curve and Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2023 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Differentiation and Tangent Gradient - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2023 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Polynomial Expansion and Tangent Intersection - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2023 Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q11 Double Integration and Normal Line - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2023 Q11 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Differentiation and Tangent - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2022 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Curve Integration and Normal Line - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2022 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Quadratic Functions and Normal Line Inequalities - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2022 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((c)(i)) | 4 of 14 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Coordinate Geometry and Calculus - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2022 Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 4 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Differentiation and Integration - Edexcel IAL Pure Mathematics P1 January 2022 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Differentiation - Edexcel P1 October 2021 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 5 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Curve Sketching and Tangents - Edexcel P1 October 2021 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Curve Differentiation and Normal Equation - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2021 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Tangent Equation and Indefinite Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2021 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Curve Differentiation & Normal Equation - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2021 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Differentiation and Parallel Tangents - Edexcel IAL P1 October 2020 Q8 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((b), (c)) | 7 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Differentiation from First Principles - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2020 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q9 Stationary Points and Differentiation - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2020 Q9 |
FRQ | 1 part | 6 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q11 Second Derivative and Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2020 Q11 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Curve Differentiation and Normal Equation - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2019 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Hyperbolic Curve Sketching and Tangent Intersections - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2019 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Gradient of Tangent and Cord - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2019 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q11 Double Integration and Tangent Equation - Edexcel IAL P1 Oct 2019 Q11 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Curve Differentiation and Tangents - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2019 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Equation of Normal and Indefinite Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2019 Q8 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Curve Graph Analysis and Tangents - Edexcel IAL P1 June 2019 Q10 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WMA11/01January 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q12 Gradients, Tangents and Integration - Edexcel IAL P1 Jan 2019 Q12 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
Related topic questions in Differentiation
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 45 question stems cover this subtopic across 25 papers, but only 51 tagged parts and 181 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
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- The table lists every matching session from 2019–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
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