O Level Mathematics 4024, topic 4.5
Symmetry: past paper questions
7 Cambridge O Level Mathematics 4024 questions on Symmetry (4.5) from 7 papers, 2023 to 2025. Open the paper or try a question free.
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- Questions
- 7
- Papers
- 7
- Years
- 2023 to 2025
- Total marks
- 15
- Average per question
- 2.1 marks
- Largest question
- 3 marks
By type: Structured 7
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply5
- Analyse0
- Not banded2
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- completeApply3 questions
- write downRecall2 questions
give an answer without significant working
- drawApply1 question
- findApply1 question
- work outApply1 question
calculate from given facts, figures or information with or without the use of a calculator
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20252
- 20243
- 20232
By session
- May/June5
- Oct/Nov2
By paper
- Paper 15
- Paper 22
Questions on this topic
Showing 5 of 7, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 21Structured3 marks
In this question, all lengths are in centimetres. The diagram shows the net of a cuboid. Find the total surface area of the cuboid.
- Try this questionQuestion 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marksHas a diagram
Shade one more small square so the diagram has one line of symmetry.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks
Complete the pattern so that is the only line of symmetry.
- Try this questionQuestion 1May/June 2025, paper 22Structured1 mark
The diagram shows part of a pattern with rotational symmetry of order 4. Complete the diagram.
- Try this questionQuestion 9May/June 2023, paper 12Structured3 marksHas a diagram
The diagram shows a triangular prism. The cross-section is a right-angled isosceles triangle. Write down the number of planes of symmetry of the prism.






