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2016 AQA Biology Unit 1 - Unofficial Mark scheme 2016

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Original post by Ashleybendal
What do you think an A and a B would be?

If they lower A* to 39 A will be 34 and B 26 (but that only happened in june 2012 when the spec was new so i doubt it will happen again)
If A* is 45 A will be 37 and B 29 (if they decide to be mean and think the paper was fine)
If A* is 42, A will be 36 and B 28 (this is something that is likely to happen if the overall statistics show low grades of students then they will have to lower the grade boundaries)
If A* is above 45 we all are f***ed
(edited 7 years ago)
The question was:

2,000,000
----------------ᅠᅠX 100
300,000,000


2
--
3


=0.67%
(edited 7 years ago)
Original post by McFlufflepants
Wrong 0.7% because 0.666 rounds to 0.7 not 0.6


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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


What would you say a B grade would be?
Original post by Ahmed74
I swear that's right?


That was right!:smile:
Why was is a scatter graph?? :s
Original post by _Xenon_
i mean what grade roughly looking at other years

It's been 20 for a C the last two years, 24 the year before that. Could be a C, could be a D.
Original post by Ashleybendal
What would 32/60 be?


i would gess a 'B' but im not sure?
Original post by InneRs
Many people put lichens.
But, it was asking for ANIMAL


I put if mayfly larvee are preaent then the water is unpolluted
Original post by lou2471
Why was is a scatter graph?? :s

To allow you to look for correlation between two continuous variables.
Original post by Josiebetts
That was right!:smile:


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Original post by mxn
If they lower A* to 39 A will be 34 and B 26 (but that only happened in june 2012 when the spec was new so i doubt it will happen again)
If A* is 45 A will be 37 and B 29
If A* is 42, A will be 36 and B 28
If A* is above 45 we all are f***ed


Lets pray the grade boundaries are low considering the paper was really hard!
Original post by Cirsium
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


I can assure you that in June 2012, A* was 39/60.

In fact, you can go here: http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/about-results/uniform-mark-scale/convert-marks-to-ums
and check it yourself
Original post by lou2471
Why was is a scatter graph?? :s


I put because it is catagoric data but that is probably wrong
Original post by Fletch7878
I put if mayfly larvee are preaent then the water is unpolluted


I put ladybugs for pesticide
Original post by Cirsium
Umm if you put 0.66 then you did x100 or else you'd have got 0.0066! All the people saying 67% are wrong :p:


oops made a mistake in writing that, I got 0.0067 and didn't times by 100
Original post by Cirsium
It's been 20 for a C the last two years, 24 the year before that. Could be a C, could be a D.


If I get As in B2 & B3 what grade am I looking at roughly considering I got 38/50 in my biology ISA, got roughly 22 marks on this exam. :/
Original post by Fletch7878
I put because it is catagoric data but that is probably wrong

Categoric data is like red, blue, white... You can't plot it on a scatter diagram.
Original post by haarithiop
oops made a mistake in writing that, I got 0.0067 and didn't times by 100


did u show working out
Original post by rhod3n
Got that too'


crap i wrote 60% i forgot to round it ... surely you get marks for working out right?

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