D1 Jan 2012 Edexcel Post-Exam Discussion - Solutions and paper in first post

95...D1 is messed up..from my FURTHER MATHS class there was 95 (me), 83, 80, 54, 52. All were convinced of 90+ after the exam..

95 ums

I also got 95, it means we got 73/75 cause my teacher told me my raw mark, and i lost marks on the definitions. It seems that D1 is HUGELY luck based

I lost 2 on the route inspection, after crossing out the right answer

What was the 100 UMS boundary?

Fairly kind paper

Solve the route inspection, means you MUST start and end at the same point

how did you guys do well in D1?
I mean I did all the past papers, thought the jan 2012 paper was good and I still end up with an E!
So just wondering how you managed this?
thanks

The boundaries were quite high in January. But if you're losing 20-30 marks you must be going seriously wrong on a question. My advice would be get to a stage where you can do all of the algorithms, and the main parts of questions. Look at where you go wrong and understand why you went wrong, then make sure you don't make that mistake again.

Why is it that I keep hearing these bad reports of people thinking they got full marks or 90% and ending up getting C/D grades specifically for this module? I am really worried about this now. I think I know the content well but why are people doing so poorly? Is it just because they are terrible at decision maths?

Hey, could someone please explain Question 4a where it asks for the Shortest Time/Route. I got the end to be 114 and I also thought that that means that the shortest time must be 114 as well, but you're saying it's 115.

Does this mean that whatever value is in the last box is not actually the shortest time and I still have to find it?

Thanks.