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HSC Chemistry · 2026 Mock HSC Examination · Free

Sit a full HSC Chemistry exam before the real one.

Our 2026 Mock HSC Chemistry paper: 100 marks, 3 hours, in HSC format, with the formulae sheet, data sheet and Periodic Table at the back. Every question is tagged with similar past HSC questions, so you know exactly what to practise next. Sit it under exam conditions, then mark it with the marking kit.

⬇ Download the paper (PDF)Get the marking kit ↓⬇ Revision map (PDF)

No sign-up. No email. No catch. Just the paper, the marking kit and a revision map.

100
Marks
a full HSC-length paper
3 hrs
Working time
plus 5 minutes reading
20
Multiple choice
Section I · about 35 minutes
16
Written questions
Section II · 80 marks

What band would your mark be?

An approximate HSC band for your mark, based on the raw marks past HSC Chemistry students needed for each band (2021–2025). The striped strips show how much the cut-offs moved from year to year; the top two levels show roughly where an HSC mark of 95 and state ranks have come.

Sit the paper, mark it with the kit, then drag to your mark out of 100.
With 78/100 you’d beLikely Band 5About 7 more marks would put you on the Band 6 line.

How many marks did a Band 6 take?

The raw mark students needed for a Band 6 (an aligned mark of 90) in each past HSC Chemistry exam. It moves from year to year with the paper and how it was marked: from about 78 in 2020 to about 87 in 2024 and 2025. For this mock we use the 2021–2025 average, about 86, as the Band 6 line.

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▲ Band 6 line used for this mock: about 86 (2021–25 average)raw mark needed for Band 6

Note: the raw mark needed for a Band 6 isn’t necessarily a sign of how hard an exam was, because it also depends on how the exam was marked. 2021 and 2022 are generally regarded as the hardest recent HSC Chemistry papers, yet both needed more raw marks for a Band 6 than 2019 or 2020.

Finished the paper? Get the marking kit.

Everything you need to mark yourself honestly, in one PDF:

  • Multiple-choice answer key
    All 20 Section I answers on one page.
  • Marking guidelines
    The criteria and marks for every Section II question, set out like the HSC's.
  • Mapping grid
    Each question mapped to its module and syllabus content, so you can see which topics cost you marks.
  • Worked solutions
    Step-by-step answers, with each numbered step in Section II worth a mark.

Sit the paper first. No peeking.

⬇ Download the marking kit

Free · double-sided A4

Then revise the gaps with the HSC Chemistry Revision Map.

Built from every 2019–2025 HSC Chemistry paper and NESA’s marker feedback. Print it double-sided and work through it alongside your marked paper.

  • Side 1 · Revision map
    The habits markers flag every year, the calculations to drill, the three concepts worth the most marks, and the big questions to practise.
  • Side 2 · Dot-point tracker
    Every syllabus dot point, how often it’s been examined since 2019, and boxes to tick when you’re confident.
⬇ Download the revision map (PDF)

Sit it like the real thing. Mark it like a marker.

100 marks · 3 hours · then mark yourself with the marking guidelines and worked solutions, and use the mapping grid to see which topics to revise next.

1 · Download2 · Sit it in 3 hrs3 · Mark with the kit4 · Revise the gaps
⬇ Download the paper

Written by Sigma Science for 2026 HSC Chemistry students. Not affiliated with NESA. Bands are an estimate only: cut-offs are worked out from raw marks past students bought from NESA and submitted to rawmarks.info, a small sample each year, and your HSC band also depends on your paper, how it’s marked and your cohort. · Want the team behind this paper? Year 12 Chemistry classes →