TCE Mathematics Applications exam 2026Exam: Mon 9 Nov · TASC timetable
Your TCE Mathematics Applications exam:
When and how long
- General Mathematics9.00 am start3 h
TASC: morning exams commence at 9:00 am and afternoon exams at 1:30 pm. Your Notice of External Assessment (NoE) shows where and when you sit each exam.
Source: 2026 TASC written exam timetable (TASC), checked Wednesday 23 September 2026. Where a start time, reading time or duration isn't shown, the timetable doesn't publish it: check your personal timetable and the front of your paper.
What the exam covers
We don't have past-paper frequency data for this exam, so here is the course, module by module. Make sure every module is covered.
Night-before and exam-morning checklists
The night before
- Check your Notice of External Assessment (NoE) for where and when you sit each exam.[2]
- Pack a clear, sealable plastic bag: black or blue pens (not erasable), 2B pencils, sharpener, eraser, highlighters, a clear plastic ruler.[1]
- Pack your permitted calculator and a basic analogue watch (it goes on the desk, not your wrist).[1]
- Water only, in a clear plastic bottle up to 1500 mL.[1]
Exam-week survival kit: The last 7 days · The night before and exam morning · What to bring, and what's banned · How to use reading time · If you're sick or something goes wrong · Handling exam-week stress.
Last-week revision
TCE Mathematics Applications cram sheet
Key formulas, definitions and facts copied from our Mathematics Applications syllabus pages. One page when printed.
Unit 3
A graph is planar if it can be drawn in the plane so that no two edges cross. The drawing with no crossings divides the plane into regions called faces, and one of these faces is always the unbounded outer region.
A walk is any sequence of connected edges. A trail is a walk that repeats no edge. A path is a walk that repeats no vertex. A walk or trail that starts and ends at the same vertex is called closed.
A table that cross-classifies each individual by two categorical variables at once. One variable labels the rows, the other labels the columns, and each cell holds the count of individuals in that combination.
Arithmetic sequence: each term is the previous term plus a fixed common difference . Geometric sequence: each term is the previous term times a fixed common ratio .
Unit 4
An annuity is an investment that pays a fixed regular amount over time, funded by an initial lump sum that earns interest as it is drawn down. A perpetuity is an annuity that pays out indefinitely because each payment takes only the interest earned, never the principal.
A fund that earns compound interest each period and also receives a fixed regular contribution. The balance grows from both the interest on what is already there and the new money added.
A loan where interest each period is calculated on the current outstanding balance. A fixed repayment is made each period; part covers the interest just charged and the rest reduces the principal.
Linear (arithmetic): a constant value is added each step, giving a straight-line graph. Geometric: a constant ratio multiplies each step, giving a curved (exponential) graph.