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STEP Support Programme

Assignments 1, 2 & 3 - Supportive "Follow up" files

Hope everyone has had a great summer!

There are now "Follow up" files available for assignments 1, 2 and 3. These give suggested ways you could tackle the question, discussion of similar types of question and alerts to common pitfalls to avoid.

You should read through these (after having worked through the assignment(s)!), even if you think you got everything correct! If you found some questions difficult you can try them again using the "Follow up" to help you. What we are not going to give you is full worked solutions, as it is more beneficial to your problem solving skills if you can solve the problems yourself (and far more satisfying for you!).

However, if you are still stuck after using the “Follow up” file then please ask on the forum and we will give you some some further pointers.

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Useful Links

Underground Mathematics: Selected worked STEP questions

STEP Question database

University of Cambridge Mathematics Faculty: What do we look for?

University of Cambridge Mathematics Faculty: Information about STEP

University of Cambridge Admissions Office: Undergraduate course information for Mathematics

Stephen Siklos' "Advanced Problems in Mathematics" book (external link)

MEI: Worked solutions to STEP questions (external link)

OCR: Exam board information about STEP (external link)

AMSP (Advanced Maths Support programme): Support for University Admission Tests (external link)