I found these old 1968 GCSE [then called O’ level] Maths papers in my study. Try them and see what you think.
1968 O Level Maths Paper 1 * 1968 O Level Maths Paper 2
And these are 1962 Ordinary Level Maths papers – passed to me by my dear friend, Frank.
1962 O Level Maths Paper 1 * 1962 O Level Maths Paper 2
And Graham’s 1957 Ordinary Level Maths Papers
[Originally posted at Maths Answers]
I sat GCE O level in 1968, not sure if it was this board
My son is just sitting GCSE maths now, so we compared this to contemprary papers.
This is a bit harder (differentiation but also integration to find area under the graph etc) but crucially you only have to do three of the five questions in section b, so you can for example get through with an A without knowing any calculus, whereas with modern papers you have to answer EVERY question, so there’s no ecape, if you don’t udertand a particular topic you’re doomed
So I think the modern paper is possibly the tougher