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Increasingly Difficult Questions

In 2016, I attended #MathsConf7 in Leeds. The outcome? A to-do list longer than my arm as I intended to create a textbook of exercises of increasingly difficult questions to improve upon the standard textbook diet that we in the UK feed from.

In April 2017, IDQs was announced as
 Resourceaholic.com's 'Best New Resources' ahead of EdExcel's materials to support the new GCSE.
In February 2020, Craig Barton announced me as 'the master of fluency practice' for these resources.
In between these two times, I've had a promotion at work, a difficult time with a beloved family pet and a new arrival (Elizabeth Taylor, who is now 'not so new'), so time hasn't really been something that I've been accustomed to ...

... but I had turned my attention to randomising the Increasingly Difficult Questions as part of an eTextbook. A sample is available here and any feedback is absolutely welcome.
Anyway... Here are the sets of Increasingly Difficult Questions. I hope they're useful.

 number - algebra - geometry - statistics
level 2 further mathematics 

 
NUMBER
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Factors and Multiples
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Fractions of Amounts
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Fractions of Shapes
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Adding and Subtracting Using Directed Numbers II
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Dividing Fractions
Supporting Material - Answers
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Converting Percentages to Fractions and Decimals
Supporting Material - Answers
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Converting Fractions to Decimals and Percentages
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Ordering Numbers
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Indices
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Multiplying Decimals
Supporting Material - Answers
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Increase/Decrease by a Percentage
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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One Amount as a Percentage of Another II
Supporting Material - Answers
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Multiplying and Dividing Using Directed Numbers
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Write Ratios in the Form n:1
Supporting Material - Answers
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Sharing in a Given Ratio
Supporting Material - Answers
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Multiplying by Powers of 10
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Using Surds
Supporting Material - Answers
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Write Using Decimal Notation
Supporting Material - Answers
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Adding and Subtracting Using Numbers in Standard Form
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Proportion Using Recipes
​Supporting Material
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Answers
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Basic Proportion
Supporting Material
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Answers
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Product of Prime Factors
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Supporting Material - Answers
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Order of Operations
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Multiplying Fractions
Supporting Material - Answers
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Adding and Subtracting Using Fractions
Supporting Material - Answers
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Converting Decimals to Percentages and Fractions
Supporting Material - Answers
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Calculate Percentages
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Squares, Cubes and Roots
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Dividing Decimals
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Order of Operations II
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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One Amount as a Percentage of Another
Supporting Material - Answers
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Adding and Subtracting Using Directed Numbers
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Simplifying Ratios
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Write Ratios in the form 1:n
Supporting Material - Answers
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Reverse Percentages
Supporting Material - Answers
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Dividing by Powers of 10
Supporting Material - Answers
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Write in Standard Form
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Multiplying and Dividing Using Numbers in Standard Form
Supporting Material - Answers
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Value for Money
​Supporting Material -
Answers
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Direct and Inverse Proportion
​Supporting Material -
Answers
 
ALGEBRA
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Expanding Brackets
​Supporting Material (with Answers)
- Answers
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Simplifying Expressions
Supporting Material - Answers
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Extending Sequences
Supporting Material - Answers
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Expanding Brackets II
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Changing the Subject
Supporting Material - Answers
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Solving Linear Equations
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Simplifying Algebraic Fractions by Factorising
Supporting Material - Answers
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Equating Coefficients
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Factorising
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Basic Substitution
Supporting Material (with Answers)
- Answers
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Position-to-Term Rules
Supporting Material - Answers
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Factorising Quadratics
Supporting Material - Answers
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Simultaneous Equations
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Solving Quadratics by Factorising
Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Indices II
​Supporting Material - Answers
 
​GEOMETRY
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Area of a Circle
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Angle Facts
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Angles in Triangles and Quadrilaterals
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Density, Mass, Volume
Supporting Material - Answers
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Trigonometric Ratios
Supporting Material - Answers
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Area of 2D Shapes
Supporting Material - Answers
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Arc Length and Area of Sectors
Supporting Material - Answers
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Surface Area of Solids
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Volume of a Cone
Supporting Material - Answers
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Similar Triangles
Supporting Material - Answers
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Vectors
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Perimeter
Supporting Material - Answers
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Angles in Parallel Lines
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Speed, Distance, Time
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Pythagorean Theorem
Supporting Material - Answers
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Speed, Distance, Time II
Supporting Material - Answers
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Area of 2D shapes II
Supporting Material - Answers
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Volume of Solids
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Pythagorean Theorem in 3D
Supporting Material - Answers
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Surface Area of a Cone
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Calculating Sides Using Trigonometric Ratios
Supporting Material - Answers
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Perimeter II
Supporting Material - Answers
 
STATISTICS
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Mean
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Probability
Supporting Material - Answers
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Median
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Probability II
Supporting Material - Answers
 
LEVEL 2 FURTHER MATHEMATICS
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nth Term of Quadratic Sequences
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Differentiation/Gradients
Supporting Material - Answers
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Fractional and Negative Indices
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Negative Indices
Supporting Material - Answers
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Rationalise the Denominator
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Solving Equations With Indices
Supporting Material - Answers
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Completing the Square
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Matrix Multiplication
Supporting Material -
Answers
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Equation of a Straight Line
​Supporting Material
 (Answers) - Answers
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Expanding Brackets with Surds
Supporting Material - Answers
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Fractional Indices
​Supporting Material - Answers
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Points on a Line
Supporting Material - Answers
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Simplify Using Surds
Supporting Material - Answers
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Functions
​Supporting Material - Answers
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The Factor Theorem
Supporting Material - Answers
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