I personally think that this year, A* will be 41/60. Here are my reasons:

In June 2012, A* was 39/60. Some people may say that it was because it was a new spec. However, in June 2014, A* was 44.
Given that today's exam was possibly the hardest ever in the series, I think A* being 41/60 a pretty good prediction

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Cirsium

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Original post by _Xenon_

for Q9 would you get the mark for saying more precise?

I reckon they shouldn't let you have it because digital thermometers exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did include it in the markscheme anyway. Fingers crossed!

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jclarke516

Original post by habeeb_00

I got 0.666 whoops for the malaria one

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I swear that was right because it was 2x10^6/3x10^8 x 100 or am I missing something?

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EmmaC.

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Original post by Yahye dlx

Does anyone have any gooood predictions or leaked questions for my c1 on Thursday

balancing equations is quite common

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EmmaC.

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Original post by ETAE

I doubt it would be anything near 52 to be honest, your not drowning my feelings with an unrealistic prediction, 45 is believable though

ok its just what i have heard

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_Xenon_

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Original post by Cirsium

I reckon they shouldn't let you have it because digital thermometers exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did include it in the markscheme anyway. Fingers crossed!

i got 22/60 then what grade is it? :/

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Cirsium

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Original post by saad.ash

I personally think that this year, A* will be 41/60. Here are my reasons:

In June 2012, A* was 39/60. Some people may say that it was because it was a new spec. However, in June 2014, A* was 44.
Given that today's exam was possibly the hardest ever in the series, I think A* being 41/60 a pretty good prediction

Firstly, June 2012 it was not 39. It was 26 (Yes, I know!!)
Secondly, absolutely no way that this year's paper is the hardest ever. June 2012 is nasty, and January 2013 was an absolute bastard.
41 is really low given the last 3 years have been 45, 44 and 47

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lou2471

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Original post by Tompicko22

Can anyone tell me what they put for the question about decaying grass and carbon dioxide? :s-smilie:

I literally said the decaying grass releases carbon that gets trapped inside of the vacuum flask.

You'll probs get a good few marks for that - I think you also had to say about how the microorganisms that decay the grass respire which produces CO2

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greenapple10

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i said that rats are indicators of polluted water such as sewage.. then i went on to mention mayfly larvae, would i get the mark for 'rat'???? PLEASE help

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haarithiop

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I know I lost the mark on the indicator question and the 0.666 I didn't realise it asked for a percentage so I didn't multiply by 100 lol. Turns out I can't read but other than that I may have lost 1 mark on the horse question and one on the microorganism decay. That's about it, the rest was pretty easy, should get 50+

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Cirsium

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Original post by _Xenon_

i got 22/60 then what grade is it? :/

Grade boundaries aren't agreed until after all the papers are marked. Nobody knows.

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IshaAmaani

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Original post by Sint

I'm pretty sure the answer was about the primary consumer being a plant in all food chains, so it couldn't be a mosquito

Thank you

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Ashleybendal

Original post by studentshavefun

What grade would 36/60 be ?

Im thinking a B grade

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Cirsium

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Original post by haarithiop

I know I lost the mark on the indicator question and the 0.666 I didn't realise it asked for a percentage so I didn't multiply by 100 lol. Turns out I can't read but other than that I may have lost 1 mark on the horse question and one on the microorganism decay. That's about it, the rest was pretty easy, should get 50+