Students were generally relieved with an approachable higher-level maths paper one, but the element of choice allowed them to swerve trickier questions, teachers said.

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Students were generally relieved with an approachable higher-level maths paper one, but the element of choice allowed them to swerve trickier questions, teachers said.

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Jean Kelly, a maths teacher, said that the ordinary-level paper was fair, modern and thoughtfully designed