Integrated learning; great for procrastinators. Cons: Subscription required; fewer "hard" questions than RV. 4. Inthinking (For Schools) Verdict: Best for teachers, but available to students. If your school subscribes to Inthinking, you have gold. Their chemistry question bank is infamous for being harder than the actual exam. If you can score 80% on Inthinking, the real exam feels easy.
This article will break down exactly what makes a question bank "the best," where to find them, and how to use them to maximize your final score. Let’s be honest. The IB Chemistry textbook (Oxford, Pearson, or Cambridge) is great for learning concepts. But it is terrible for exam preparation. Textbook questions often lack the specific "IB flavor"—the tricky wording, the multi-step thinking, and the hidden pitfalls that examiners love to use.
Clean UI, video answers, predicted grade calculator. Cons: Expensive (approx. $99+ USD). 2. IB Documents (The Free Giant) Verdict: Best for volume, not for guidance. This is a massive repository of past papers from May 1999 to Nov 2023. It is free. However, it is not filtered by new syllabus. You have to manually sift through old papers to find relevant questions.
Start today. Open your question bank. Do 5 questions right now. Your future 7 is waiting. Struggling with a specific topic? Drop a comment below or join the r/IBO Discord to find specific question bank recommendations for Stoichiometry or Organic Mechanisms.
But not all practice is created equal. Scrolling through random PDFs on Google Drive or using generic chemistry quizzes from the 1990s will waste your time. You need the resources—the gold standard for syllabus-specific, mark-scheme accurate revision.
Free. Cons: Overwhelming; includes "Option" topics that don't exist anymore; no mark scheme explanations. 3. Save My Exams Verdict: Best for learning as you answer . Save My Exams combines a concise revision note with a question bank immediately following. You read a page on Rate of Reaction , then immediately do 5 past-paper questions on that exact page. Their mark schemes are incredibly detailed, often including "Examiner's Tip" boxes.
Integrated learning; great for procrastinators. Cons: Subscription required; fewer "hard" questions than RV. 4. Inthinking (For Schools) Verdict: Best for teachers, but available to students. If your school subscribes to Inthinking, you have gold. Their chemistry question bank is infamous for being harder than the actual exam. If you can score 80% on Inthinking, the real exam feels easy.
This article will break down exactly what makes a question bank "the best," where to find them, and how to use them to maximize your final score. Let’s be honest. The IB Chemistry textbook (Oxford, Pearson, or Cambridge) is great for learning concepts. But it is terrible for exam preparation. Textbook questions often lack the specific "IB flavor"—the tricky wording, the multi-step thinking, and the hidden pitfalls that examiners love to use.
Clean UI, video answers, predicted grade calculator. Cons: Expensive (approx. $99+ USD). 2. IB Documents (The Free Giant) Verdict: Best for volume, not for guidance. This is a massive repository of past papers from May 1999 to Nov 2023. It is free. However, it is not filtered by new syllabus. You have to manually sift through old papers to find relevant questions.
Start today. Open your question bank. Do 5 questions right now. Your future 7 is waiting. Struggling with a specific topic? Drop a comment below or join the r/IBO Discord to find specific question bank recommendations for Stoichiometry or Organic Mechanisms.
But not all practice is created equal. Scrolling through random PDFs on Google Drive or using generic chemistry quizzes from the 1990s will waste your time. You need the resources—the gold standard for syllabus-specific, mark-scheme accurate revision.
Free. Cons: Overwhelming; includes "Option" topics that don't exist anymore; no mark scheme explanations. 3. Save My Exams Verdict: Best for learning as you answer . Save My Exams combines a concise revision note with a question bank immediately following. You read a page on Rate of Reaction , then immediately do 5 past-paper questions on that exact page. Their mark schemes are incredibly detailed, often including "Examiner's Tip" boxes.