This is a capture of the original trinabudge.co.uk Open University source site that was very popular amongst many candidates. This was retrieved from the Internet Way Back Machine which last took a snapshot in August 2007. I've removed some of the dead links and images. For more information/comments etc. please email me at thomasb@gmail.com. The content below the line is Trina's. I would also like to add that Frontpage generated HTML is the spawn of the devil.
A number of people have emailed me complaining that some of the referenced PDFs don't work. I'm afraid that there is nothing I can do about this - I have tried to obtain the relevant files from Trina's original page, but if I have failed, I don't otherwise have access to the papers. In particular I understand there are issues with M337 and M248. Please do not email me asking if I have the files - if they don't work here, they won't work, and I also have exams to revise for.If any one has exam papers from 2004 or before, or solutions guides they'd like me to add, please do email me.
Papers from 2005 onwards can be obtained from OUSA - I will not post more recent papers here, as to do so would compromise their fundraising efforts.
Thomas Bridge
I completed a maths degree with the Open University in 2003. Knowing how hard it is to find specimen solutions to exam papers I thought I would leave my collection here - hopefully they will be as much use to other students as they were to me.
Many thanks to everyone who has since contributed their solutions - judging by the site's statistics and the emails I receive, your efforts are very much appreciated. Downloaders please note though, these are not perfect solutions and may contain errors, or there may be better ways of answering the questions - so consider yourself warned.
All files are in Adobe .pdf format. A free reader can be downloaded from: here
Exam papers for the last few years can be purchased from the Open University Students Association. I have included some old exam papers in the table below but have been careful not to overlap with those currently sold. OUSA donates from their profits to the Open University Students Educational Trust, who help students in need of financial assistance. If you would like to make a donation to this charity, cheques can be posted to: OUSET, PO Box 397, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BE.
In order to keep this site useful I would be grateful to anyone sending me any maths exam papers or solutions. Emails with .pdf's would be ideal but please contact me for my postal address if necessary.
| NEWS | |
| 22/04/06 | I have posted a few more exam papers that have fallen off the bottom of OUSA's collection. If anyone has the M343 paper from 2000, I'd appreciate a copy to post on here. Got it now - thanks Trevor. |
| 09/10/05 |
Unexpected popularity caused my bandwidth allocation to be exceeded at the end of September and we lost the site for a couple of days. I'll up my quota if this looks likely to happen again, but it would be a great help if visitors could download papers in plenty of time for the exams - my wee site is struggling to cope with everyone asking for the same thing at the same time! If you have continued difficulty downloading something though, just give me a shout and I'll email it directly to you. |
"When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer." (Anon)
| Course | Exam Paper | Solutions |
| MST121 Using Mathematics (exams stopped for this course after 2004) | 1997 1998 1999 | 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004
Solutions by tutors Margaret McColm and Norman Thomson. |
| MS221 Exploring Mathematics | 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
Solutions by tutors Margaret McColm and Norman Thomson. |
| M203 Pure Mathematics (no longer running) | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 1996
Alan Slomson's solutions for the M203 exam papers for 2003, 2004 and 2005 should be available from him from February 2006. An order form should be included in Stop Press 2. Wilson Stother's web page also has some M203 goodies. |
| M208 Introduction to Pure Mathematics (replaced M203 in 2006) | Resources and info on a wiki website set up by a current student. | |
| M246 Elements of Statistics (no longer running) | 1998 | 1997
1999 2000
2001
Solutions by students on First Class conference. Brief solutions for 1998-2000 by unknown tutor(s) in London. |
| M248 Analysing Data (replaced M246 in 2003) | 2003 2004 | 2003 Solutions by Kenneth Laing, Judith White, and others. |
| M261 Mathematics in Computing (no longer running) | Solutions for 1997 - 2002 on Dave Wild's web page | |
| M263 Building Blocks of Software | Solutions for 2004 on Dave
Wild's web
page
2005 2005 Errata Solutions by Simon Shannon. |
|
| MST207 Mathematical Methods, Models and Modelling (no longer running, replaced with MST209 in 2005) | 1999 | 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004
Solutions by Vincent Abbott. |
| M336 Groups and Geometry | 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 | 1994
1995 1996
1997 1998
1999 2000
2001 2002
2003 2004
Solutions by tutor Shirleen Stibbe. Groups - a collection of useful info on groups up to order 12. |
| M337 Complex Analysis | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 1994
1995 1996
1997
Solutions for 1998 - 2005 on Dave Wild's web page |
| M343 Applications of Probability | 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 | 1993-1995
1996 1997
1998
1999 1999 corrections 2000 2001 Solutions by Mark Atherton. Please contact mark@theathertons.me.uk with any corrections. 2002 2003 Pt1 2003 Pt2 Solutions by Vincent Abbott. 2004 2005 2006 2007 Solutions by Trevor Burton. A partial rewrite of the course in 1997 may make some questions in the earlier papers irrelevant. |
| M346 Linear Statistical Modelling | 1998 1999 2000 | 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
| M358 Relational Databases | 1999 2000 | 1998
1999 2000
2001 2002
Solutions by students on First Class conference. |
| M371 Computational Mathematics (no longer running) | 1995 1996 1998 2000 | 1995
1996 1998
2000
Solutions by tutor Gareth Harries. |
| M373 Optimization (replaced M371 in 2002) | 2002
2003 2004
Solutions by tutor Gareth Harries. |
|
| M381 Number Theory and Mathematical Logic | 1995 (NT) 1996 (NT) 1997 1998 1999 | 1995
(NT) 1997
(Logic) 1998
(Logic) 1999
(Logic)
Solutions for 1996 - 2002 (NT only) on Wilson Stother's web page Solutions for 2002 - 2005 (NT) and 2000, 2002 - 2004 (Logic) on Dave Wild's web page |
| MST322 Mathematical Methods and Fluid Mechanics | 1991 1992 1993 1994 | 1997
Solutions by tutor Clive Britton.
Solutions by tutor Sue Matthews. (The reproduction quality is not great, so if anyone has better copies...) |
| MT365 Graphs, Networks and Design | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | Solutions for 1995 - 2005 on tutor John Taylor's web
page
2004 Solutions by Keith SB Drever (questions 1 to 14 only). |
| M435 Metric and Topological Spaces and Geometric Topology | Solutions for 1991, 1994, 1998 and 2001 on tutor John Taylor's web page |
| How to calculate your honours degree classification: | |
| I have compiled a table for the OU's system of calculating your honours classification (with a brief guide on how to use it). Believe me, using this table is much easier than trying to figure out the OU's instructions. | |
| NB. The overlap period with the old system has now ended - degrees awarded from 2005 onwards will be classified by this system only. | |
| Handy websites: | |
| Marxonline - for managing assessment/exam scores. Also includes Leningrad for calculating Hons degree classification. | |
| M500 Society - includes details of the September revision weekend. | |
| The OU's plans for Maths and Computing courses | |
| Prerequisites & Pass Rates - pdf of the pass rates for studying vs not-studying the recommended prerequisite courses for OU maths courses | |
| MathWorld | |
| Just in case the dog eats a PT3 form when your TMA is due: PT3 (Word document) | |
Trina Budge, 25 September 2006