AS AQA Mathematics Mechanics 1 MPM1 16 June 2014

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For the advantage, I wrote that all the forces can be considered to act from a single point. For the projectile question, I wrote that you must assume that all the forces act in the same vertical plane. I'm not sure if these are right though. I hope they are!

Was so clueless by this stage of the exam (I attempted the Q3 assumption last) that I drivelled about air resistance. It was only one mark though right? I thought it was part of a 2 marker that included a labelled diagram of the forces on the van.

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Reply 321

cuckoo99

Original post by Petrue

Sweet, got 14 as well. (16.8i + 28j) sound familiar?

Yes mate i got dat **** too !!!

Reply 322

a123a

Original post by cuckoo99

Yes mate i got dat **** too !!!

Yeah I got that as well :smile:

Reply 323

cuckoo99

Comparing it too last years paper- which i think was easier than this i would say the grade boundaries will be pretty similar seeing as they are trying to be tougher on number of A grades.

56or57/75 for an A

49 for a B

im hoping i get a high B as i screwed up the last part of the last question and i screwed up working out AC and V for the boat. + error stupidity factor = about 55/75

Original post by cuckoo99

I think I'll get this too. As I'm thinking of applying to Oxford, do you think its worth retaking m1 next year to increase my overall grade in Maths?

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porters

for question 7 if you read acceleration wrong and did -0.2i+0.4j would you loose all11 marks

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CD223

Original post by porters

for question 7 if you read acceleration wrong and did -0.2i+0.4j would you loose all11 marks

The way it was worded made my friends believe it was exactly that. So many people misunderstood it, which must tell AQA that it was a badly worded question.

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porters

Original post by CD223

The way it was worded made my friends believe it was exactly that. So many people misunderstood it, which must tell AQA that it was a badly worded question.

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hope so

i did the right proccess for the question but got the wrong numbers because of acceleration

Reply 329

CD223

Original post by porters

hope so

i did the right proccess for the question but got the wrong numbers because of acceleration

Ah not to worry - given that a lot of others also did that at least it was a common mistake - unlike some of the stupid errors I've concocted over this exam season hahah

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Roberto's dream

Was really easy this.

Reply 331

CD223

Original post by Roberto's dream

Was really easy this.

How so? I'm not having a go - I genuinely don't understand how a person can call an exam "really easy" having not seen the mark scheme or asked the person marking their paper what their mark was. I hate thinking I've done well because I just get my hopes up! :smile:

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Roberto's dream

Original post by CD223

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I do f maths and physics but this was probably one of the easiest papers I've ever done, and when a paper is 'easy' I get +95 ums like c1 c2 last year

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CD223

Original post by Roberto's dream

I do f maths and physics but this was probably one of the easiest papers I've ever done, and when a paper is 'easy' I get +95 ums like c1 c2 last year

Are you A2 then?

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Roberto's dream

Original post by CD223

Are you A2 then?

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Yeah

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CD223

Original post by Roberto's dream

Yeah

I've only done C1, C2 and M1 this year. Next year I plan on C3, C4, FP1, S1, D1 and either M2 or D2 - would you have any advice or recommendations about these?

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Reply 336

arlekino

The exam was average, close to easy. The past papers I did at home were really hard and I got hard B in all of them, because I couldn't do the last 2 questions of the paper. On today's paper, I feel really confident that I did the majority of the question, so yeah. It wasn't that bad

Reply 337

Roberto's dream

Original post by CD223

I've only done C1, C2 and M1 this year. Next year I plan on C3, C4, FP1, S1, D1 and either M2 or D2 - would you have any advice or recommendations about these?

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You doing 6 units next year?