National 5 maths was brutal

SocialStudiesETC

Paper 1 had people crying in my school, it was ridiculous. Paper 2 was much better but that regardless it was a mess

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Reply 1

Yandex

Original post by SocialStudiesETC

Paper 1 had people crying in my school, it was ridiculous. Paper 2 was much better but that regardless it was a mess

Good to see I am not alone. I actually thought I was good at maths haha. I hope they lower the borders.

Reply 2

SeanONeill

Has anyone got a copy of the last question in paper 1?

Reply 3

yeolk

Original post by SeanONeill

Has anyone got a copy of the last question in paper 1?

same! at least 3 people cried in my year after paper 1. and the last question went something like find the length and breadth of the rectangle knowing that the area = x^2 -2x -8

Reply 4

SocialStudiesETC

I have the solutions for paper 1 and it didn't go very well at all for me...

Reply 5

Jay431

Original post by SocialStudiesETC

I have the solutions for paper 1 and it didn't go very well at all for me...

Post em

Reply 6

SocialStudiesETC

https://twitter.com/SumTeacherWeb?lang=en-gb the solutions for paper 1 is here and paper 2 to come.

Reply 7

Jay431

Original post by SocialStudiesETC

https://twitter.com/SumTeacherWeb?lang=en-gb the solutions for paper 1 is here and paper 2 to come.

Thanks mate

Reply 8

SocialStudiesETC

Tell me how you got on! Good luck

Reply 9

Jay431

Original post by SocialStudiesETC

Tell me how you got on! Good luck

Just gonna count up my marks the now, once again cheers mate :biggrin:

Reply 10

SocialStudiesETC

Honestly, I just failed it. It feels really bad and I feel terrible for it.

Reply 11

jj1814

I drew the graph wrong on paper 1, I said it was a minimum turning point but I said the coordinates were (3,1), will I still get a mark for saying that?

If I did then that's 13/40 for paper 1. Oh dear

Reply 12

scnotcrazy

Original post by SocialStudiesETC

Paper 1 had people crying in my school, it was ridiculous. Paper 2 was much better but that regardless it was a mess

total disappointment it was so hard paper 1 but when I saw paper 2 I was super happy with what I did in that

Reply 13

jj1814

Damn, I made another mistake! On question 5 I said 240/12 was 10, not 20. I did the rest right though, could I get 2 marks?

Reply 14

Ethan100

So how did you guys do in paper 1 ? I got 15/40 trying to remember the answers I put haha. I was being nice to myself aswell . OH DEAR :frown:

Reply 15

Jay431

Wow.... Um...

I didn't expect that loool

Reply 16

jj1814

Original post by Ethan100

So how did you guys do in paper 1 ? I got 15/40 trying to remember the answers I put haha. I was being nice to myself aswell . OH DEAR :frown:

I think I got that too if the markers are kind lol

Reply 17

Kreamy

I got 18 in Paper 1 and 44 in Paper 2. That's 69% but I'm sure will move the bands down. Damn that paper was hard, almost started crying myself.

Reply 18

ryanmoir

I thought it was difficult but nothing too advanced for national 5. What was it you found so challenging about paper 1? And how do you know your results already?