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Hardest C1 solomon paper?

Hi guys today I am going to do a hard C1 Solomon paper - I have been getting full marks on the actual papers but they've not been very testing so far, I wondered which of the solomon papers is the hardest one and the one best for testing my knowledge? Many thanks!

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Reply 1
Paper A and paper E, if I remember well.
Reply 2
Original post by M14B
Paper A and paper E, if I remember well.


Awesome thanks buddy!
Original post by iMacJack
Hi guys today I am going to do a hard C1 Solomon paper - I have been getting full marks on the actual papers but they've not been very testing so far, I wondered which of the solomon papers is the hardest one and the one best for testing my knowledge? Many thanks!


There isn't a lot of difference between the actual papers and the solomon ones. Try something like this http://www.madasmaths.com/archive_iygb_practice_papers_c1_practice_papers.html
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Original post by iMacJack
Hi guys today I am going to do a hard C1 Solomon paper - I have been getting full marks on the actual papers but they've not been very testing so far, I wondered which of the solomon papers is the hardest one and the one best for testing my knowledge? Many thanks!


If you've been doing well so far, maybe it's time to drop the module for a bit and go focus on your other modules/subjects instead of finding more papers to do for this one. Food for thought.
Reply 5
Original post by Zacken
If you've been doing well so far, maybe it's time to drop the module for a bit and go focus on your other modules/subjects instead of finding more papers to do for this one. Food for thought.


yeah I understand but I've not done any C1 for around a week and a half so I thought it'd be best to do one difficult paper to make sure I'm still good with it ygm? I've done a lot of C2 and S1 as well in which I'm scoring very highly too but I'm not going to be silly and neglect C1!
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Original post by iMacJack
yeah I understand but I've not done any C1 for around a week and a half so I thought it'd be best to do one difficult paper to make sure I'm still good with it ygm? I've done a lot of C2 and S1 as well in which I'm scoring very highly too but I'm not going to be silly and neglect C1!


Yeah, fair enough. I haven't done FP3 in about a month, thanks for reminding me. :lol:
Reply 7
Original post by Zacken
Yeah, fair enough. I haven't done FP3 in about a month, thanks for reminding me. :lol:


Haha well you're welcome I guess :smile:

Cheers, I shall be getting on with the paper now.
Reply 8
Original post by iMacJack
Cheers, I shall be getting on with the paper now.


Good luck!
Reply 9
Original post by Zacken
Good luck!


Thank you! :smile:
Reply 10
Original post by Zacken
Good luck!


Very rushed paper (solomon E) because I wanted to get on and do a C2 paper. 74/75, dropped one mark on a 'line of symmetry' question. I need to quickly go over the answer to that as I'm not too sure (it's really simple probably)

https://gyazo.com/8bf50e339e749938bff190103f64a679

Part B, could you give a small explanation please? Thank you :smile:
Reply 11
Original post by iMacJack
Very rushed paper (solomon E) because I wanted to get on and do a C2 paper. 74/75, dropped one mark on a 'line of symmetry' question. I need to quickly go over the answer to that as I'm not too sure (it's really simple probably)

https://gyazo.com/8bf50e339e749938bff190103f64a679

Part B, could you give a small explanation please? Thank you :smile:


The line of symmetry of a quadratic is x=x coordinte of turning pointx = \text{x coordinte of turning point} - this makes intuitive sense from a quick sketch: (I picked a random quadratic):



As you can see the quadratic is symmetric about the line x=1x=1 which happens to be the turning point of the quadratic.

So in your case, you've just completed the square and you can read off the x coordinate of the turning point of the quadratic there, so what's your line of symmetry?
Reply 12
Original post by Zacken
The line of symmetry of a quadratic is x=x coordinte of turning pointx = \text{x coordinte of turning point} - this makes intuitive sense from a quick sketch: (I picked a random quadratic):



As you can see the quadratic is symmetric about the line x=1x=1 which happens to be the turning point of the quadratic.

So in your case, you've just completed the square and you can read off the x coordinate of the turning point of the quadratic there, so what's your line of symmetry?


Ahhhh I see thanks, the complete the square form was:

2(x-1)^2 - 1

So it's X=1 right?

Cheers :smile:
Reply 13
Original post by iMacJack
Ahhhh I see thanks, the complete the square form was:

2(x-1)^2 - 1

So it's X=1 right?

Cheers :smile:


Yep! :yep:
Reply 14
Original post by Zacken
Yep! :yep:


Cheers mate, I would rep you but it doesn't let me because I've repped you so much! Good explanation - appreciated
Reply 15
Original post by iMacJack
Cheers mate, I would rep you but it doesn't let me because I've repped you so much! Good explanation - appreciated


Don't worry about it! :-)
Reply 16
i got 74/75 as well but i forgot to write the whole equation for C lol
Reply 17
Original post by iMacJack
Hi guys today I am going to do a hard C1 Solomon paper - I have been getting full marks on the actual papers but they've not been very testing so far, I wondered which of the solomon papers is the hardest one and the one best for testing my knowledge? Many thanks!


What did u guys get in c1 and maths overall ums?
Reply 18
Original post by Aezaz
What did u guys get in c1 and maths overall ums?


C1 100 UMS
C2 100 UMS
S1 99 UMS

299/300 UMS for normal AS maths
Original post by iMacJack
C1 100 UMS
C2 100 UMS
S1 99 UMS

299/300 UMS for normal AS maths


If you dont mind me asking what did you do to revise for each of your exams. At the moment I have done all the c1 and c2 past papers and solomon papers. What could I be doing next?😀

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