AQA prints two periodic tables: a simplified one on the GCSE insert and a fuller one in the A level data booklet. Both put the relative atomic mass above the symbol and the atomic number below it. This page shows the AQA periodic table in both versions, with the values exactly as AQA prints them.
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AQA GCSE periodic table
Each tile reads, from top to bottom: relative atomic mass, atomic symbol, atomic (proton) number. Select an element to open its full page.
The values below are the ones printed for the elements that appear most often in exam questions, next to the standard atomic mass shown on our full periodic table.
On an AQA tile the top number is the relative atomic mass and the bottom number is the atomic (proton) number. Many other periodic tables, including the one on our home page, put the atomic number on top, so it is worth getting used to the AQA order before the exam. The atomic number is always the smaller of the two.
AQA does not print element names on the tiles. You are expected to recognise the symbols of the common elements; hover over or tap any tile here to see the name. Hydrogen is printed on its own, above the table.
AQA GCSE and AQA A level periodic tables compared
The AQA GCSE periodic table is the same insert for GCSE Chemistry (8462) and for both Combined Science courses, Trilogy (8464) and Synergy (8465). Masses are whole numbers, apart from copper and chlorine, and the lanthanides and actinides are left out.
The AQA A level periodic table (7405) keeps the same tile order but gives masses to one decimal place, prints the lanthanides and actinides, and adds the modern group numbers (1) to (18) in brackets next to the older 1 to 7 and 0.
Print a periodic table for revision
For a paper copy with every element name, download our free periodic table PDF in colour or black and white. It is a full periodic table, not a copy of the exam sheet, so it is best for learning the elements; for exam practice use the table in your board’s past papers. You can also test yourself with the element quiz or check a formula mass with the molar mass calculator.
Is the mass number on the top or the bottom of the AQA periodic table?+
On top. The AQA periodic table prints the relative atomic mass above the symbol and the atomic (proton) number below it, at both GCSE and A level.
Is the AQA periodic table the same for combined science and chemistry?+
Yes. AQA uses one periodic table insert for GCSE Chemistry (8462), Combined Science: Trilogy (8464) and Combined Science: Synergy (8465).
Why is copper 63.5 on the AQA GCSE periodic table?+
AQA rounds relative atomic masses to whole numbers on the GCSE table, but notes that the values for copper and chlorine have not been rounded. Copper is printed as 63.5 and chlorine as 35.5.
Does the AQA GCSE periodic table show the lanthanides and actinides?+
No. A note on the AQA GCSE table says that the lanthanides (atomic numbers 58 to 71) and the actinides (atomic numbers 90 to 103) have been omitted. The AQA A level periodic table shows them in two rows below the main table.
What do the square brackets mean on the AQA periodic table?+
A value in square brackets, such as [97] for technetium or [222] for radon, is a mass number for an element that has no stable isotopes. It is given in place of a relative atomic mass.