How okay are the old VCAA maths methods (non CAS) exams for practice?

[silverpixeli]

Sorry if this post has been done, I don't know what terms to use to search for it!

Okay I'm hunting for practice exams this weekend for all my subjects and I've found all the non-VCAA papers I think I'll need/be able to get my hands on, so I went to the VCAA website. Methods used to be available in two different courses, Maths Methods and Maths Methods (CAS). Are either the Maths Methods exam 1 or exam 2's useable as practice exams for Maths Methods (CAS)?

I can see how the old exam 1's would be fine, because both subjects would have been mostly the same so the tech free exams should have been almost identical in content. But exam 2, is it worth doing those with a CAS seeing as they were made non-CAS?

Also, I should have plenty of papers (I have about 25 of each exam 1 and 2 already without VCAA ones) but if I need more is it worth going back to the previous methods (CAS) study design, 2002-2005?

Thanks maths board!

[pi]

Some of the prob is irrelevant (hypergeometric distribution etc.), but you can pick and choose the ones which are fine (most of them).