ESAT Mathematics 1 · Every sitting since 2016, decoded

ESAT Mathematics 1, decoded for you.

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We read every ESAT Mathematics 1 paper since 2016 so you don’t have to. Every question carries the tailor’s marks: the method that cracks it, the chapter it lives in, and the other sittings where the same method struck.

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Inside every question

How to solve every question.

3 kinds of move. Every method in the index is tagged with the one it rewards.

Pavlov24 methods

Instant reflex.

See the trigger, fire the move. No thinking time.

Tunnel9 methods

One move at a time.

Guided reasoning: one checkpoint at a time to the end.

Key method16 methods

Recurring strategy.

The move that repeats across sittings, year after year.

Every sitting, one thread

ESAT Mathematics 1 decoded by year.

8 sittings on one thread, each bar split by the areas the paper drew on. Hover a year and the needle finds it; click to open its stats.

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ESAT Mathematics 1’s greatest hits.

Click a focus area to see its top methods. Every method opens its chapter in the Methods library.

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The 10 methods that hit the most past-paper questions, across the whole exam.

Rearranging Complex FormulasPavlovPureAlgebra, Functions & Graphs7hits Algebraic Fraction SimplificationPavlovPureAlgebra, Functions & Graphs7hits Successive percentage changes as a product of decimal multipliersPavlovPureRatio & Proportion6hits Setting up the proportionality constantTunnelPureRatio & Proportion6hits Overlay a coordinate system for complex intersecting shapesKey methodPureGeometry6hits 3D solids: equating volumes and surface areas algebraicallyTunnelPureGeometry6hits Convert means into absolute totalsPavlovProb & StatsProbability & Statistics5hits Set up algebraic probability treesTunnelProb & StatsProbability & Statistics5hits Scaling laws for similar figures and solidsPavlovPureRatio & Proportion5hits Bearings: use back-bearings and subtraction to find anglesPavlovPureGeometry4hits

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How wide you have to be

No chapter you can skip.

The biggest chapter carries just 26% of the questions, and it takes 8 of them to cover 99%. You cannot revise ESAT Mathematics 1 by betting on three topics. Every chapter opens in the Methods library.

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One method buys how many past questions? All 49 methods, ranked by what they pay back.

Goldmines

1 method ≈ 4–7 questions · 15 of them · learn these first

Rearranging Complex Formulas×7 Algebraic Fraction Simplification×7 Successive percentage changes as a product of decimal multipliers×6 Setting up the proportionality constant

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