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STEP Support Programme

Elementary geometry

10-S2-Q6

Tetrahedron, edge, cosine, inscribed sphere, C1.

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[STEP II 2010 Question 6 (Pure)]

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07-S1-Q5

Octahedron, polyhedron, equilateral triangle, volume, faces, vertices, ratio, C1.

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[STEP I 2007 Question 5 (Pure)]

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06-S1-Q4

Area and perimeter of polygon, curve sketching, trigonometry, mainimisation, differentiation, C1-ish.

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[STEP I 2006 Question 4 (Pure)]

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99-S3-Q4

Euler's formula, polyhedron, edge, vertices, faces, regular, Euclidean, C1.

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[STEP III 1999 Question 4 (Pure)]

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98-S3-Q6

Cube, tetrahedron, polyhedra, octahedron, vertices, faces, volume, edges, C1.

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[STEP III 1998 Question 6 (Pure)]

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95-S2-Q5

Birkhoff Maclane, C1.

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[STEP II 1995 Question 5 (Pure)]

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90-S2-Q4

Proof by induction, plane, lines, intersection, line segments, C1.

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[STEP II 1990 Question 4 (Pure)]

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88-S1-Q4

Proof, line segments, midpoint, intersection, C1.

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[STEP I 1988 Question 4 (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)