Game theory: Edexcel A‑Level Further Maths questions
Edexcel A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on 6.2 Game theory, 2018–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available. Add MadAsMaths questions to your practice, or browse them separately by topic and difficulty.
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- June 2025, Decision 2, Q6 (15 marks): Player B Option P Option Q Option R Player A Option X 4 –2 –5 Option Y –1 1 3 A two person zero-sum game is represented by the pay-off matrix for player A shown
- June 2025, AS Decision 2, Q3 (11 marks): Layla and Mohsin play a zero-sum game represented by the following pay-off matrix for Layla. Mohsin plays X Layla plays P Layla plays Q Layla plays R Mohsin pla
- June 2024, Decision 2, Q7 (13 marks): Player B Option X Option Y Option Z Option R 3 2 –3 Player A Option S 4 –2 1 Option T –1 3 6 A two person zero‑sum game is represented by the pay‑off matrix for
- June 2023, Decision 2, Q8 (17 marks): A two-person zero-sum game is represented by the pay-off matrix for player A shown below. Player A Player B Option X Option Q Option R Option S Option T −3 2 4
- June 2023, AS Decision 2, Q3 (14 marks): A two‑person zero‑sum game is represented by the following pay‑off matrix for player A. B plays X B plays Y A plays Q 2 –2 A plays R –1 5 A plays S 3 4 A plays
- June 2022, Decision 2, Q7 (17 marks): Player B Option W Option X Option Y Option Z Player A Option Q 4 3 –1 –2 Option R –3 5 –4 k Option S –1 6 3 –3 A two person zero‑sum game is represented by the
- June 2022, AS Decision 2, Q3 (14 marks): Terry and June play a zero‑sum game. The pay‑off matrix shows the number of points that Terry scores for each combination of strategies. June Option X Option Y
- November 2020, Decision 2, Q6 (14 marks): Player B Option X Option Y Option Z Player A Option Q 1 5 3 Option R 4 −3 1 Option S 2 −4 −2 Option T 3 −2 0 A two person zero-sum game is represented by the pa
- November 2020, AS Decision 2, Q3 (14 marks): Two teams, A and B, each have three team members. One member of Team A will compete against one member of Team B for 10 rounds of a competition. None of the rou
- June 2019, Decision 2, Q4 (14 marks): Player B Option X Option Y Option Z Option P 3 –2 0 Player A Option Q –4 4 –2 Option R 1 2 –1 A two person zero-sum game is represented by the pay-off matrix fo
- June 2019, AS Decision 2, Q4 (15 marks): The table below gives the pay-off matrix for a zero-sum game between two players, Aljaz and Brendan. The values in the table show the pay-offs for Aljaz. Brenda
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