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Should 6c be 499? Because it tells you a1 is 4.
So it should be 4 + 99x5 = 499

Here are my solutions.

I thought it was a reasonable paper, expect standard boundaries.


Some of the fractions were a little odd. I think 8a will cause a lot of problems.

I would guess at 62-63 for an A and 55-56 for a B.

I don't have the time to answer how many marks will I lose questions this year.

I find it quite sad for several reasons the The Independent are running with a story, based on a few tweets, that the paper was too hard without a calc.

A level students being expected to do sums without a calc, disgrace...

Hi Arsey, at worst I got 73/75 and at best full - if I take the worst, would that still be >95 UMS?? @zacken @arsey anyone who may know please help


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Would 74/75 be 100 UMS considering this was a slightly harder paper?

Ahh ****, 69/75... cocked up 6c and 10c, but everything else was correct.
Do I have a hope in hell of this being >90UMS/achieving a 95+ overall?

Think it's more the fact that we're busy multiplying out fractions rather than actually applying the skills we've acquired for this module, I know I personally just felt pissed that I didn't get to demonstrate my knowledge and had to keep rechecking answers in case those nasty fractions were wrong.

Posted a complaint to edexcel Thet need to know it wasnt a smart paper, just long and actually avoided testing skill

Please explain which skill(s) required for C1 were not tested.

I have seen the following:
Integration, Differentiation, Surds, Indices, factorising a quad, use of discriminant, solve quadratic inequality, sketch, transform, rearrange algebraic fraction, use of arithmetic progression formulae, find equation of line, distance between 2 points, substitution, simultaneous equation, expand & simplify, use of perpendicular gradient, area of triangle/trapezium, sigma notation, term to term rule/expression,solve quadratic.

Dude, I think everyone can agree, the questions themselves weren't the issue. Some may have been more difficult than past papers, or C1 skills being implemented in new ways e.g. the discrimination question (although I've actually seen that question in a past paper, surprised a lot of people were shocked by it). But for the most part the concepts and questions themselves weren't unfair.

The issue is that, on top of using the C1 skills were being tested on, we also have to second guess every single answer or value we get because none of them were whole ****ing numbers, which can really mess with your confidence in an exam when everything you do just looks wrong. It leaves you in a bad mental state.

For the question about the area of the quadrilateral, could you still find the correct area if you split it into two triangles? So triangle POR + PQR = Area? If not, how many marks would you lose, cause surely there would be a few method marks available?