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Polar coordinates

15-S3-Q3

Conchoid of Nicomedes, polar coordinates, secant function, trigonometry, integration, area of loop.

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[STEP III 2015 Question 3 (Pure)]

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06-S3-Q6

Gradient, implicit differentiation, mirror, incident and reflected ray.

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[STEP III 2006 Question 6 (Pure)]

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98-S3-Q4

Curve sketching, circles, area enclosed by curve, integration.

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[STEP III 1998 Question 4 (Pure)]

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93-S2-Q5

Curve sketching, equiangular spiral, plane geometry, arc length of curve.

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[STEP II 1993 Question 5 (Pure)]

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92-S2-Q3

Curve sketching, integration, area of region.

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[STEP II 1992 Question 3 (Pure)]

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90-S3-Q9

Polar differential equations, hyperbolic and trigonometric functions.

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[STEP III 1990 Question 9 (Pure)]

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90-S2-Q9

Curve sketching, cardioid, length of curve.

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[STEP II 1990 Question 9 (Pure)]

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89-S3-Q6

Conic section, tangent, intersection, bisection.

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[STEP III 1989 Question 6 (Pure)]

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89-S2-Q5

Differentiation, mirror, ray of light, reflection, bisect, parabola.

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[STEP II 1989 Question 5 (Pure)]

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88-S3-Q10

Greyhounds, polar curve, vertices of regular n-gon.

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[STEP III 1988 Question 10 (Pure)]

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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)