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Edexcel GCSE Mathematics A Higher Paper 2016 Unofficial Markscheme

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1. There's definitely a range. Your answer should be fine.

2. You would lose one mark for this, as standard form is in between 1 and 10
3. You may get one mark, not sure...
4. Definitely ok as a fraction or decimal, as both are equally as mathematically accurate!

Hey i also got t -1.6 and 4.6 on question 19, but i didn't draw lines on the graph...will i lose marks for this?

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goldenusername

Also, for question 5, it says estimate and i got 46 instead of 45. Will i lose marks?

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DaveMoishe

Original post by jess987

thanks what do you think grade boundaries would be like

Hard to say - no-one knows until the paper is marked. It was an average paper, not too easy, not too hard, so I would say 85% A*....more average boundaries.

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zxr

Original post by 34908seikj

Or you could just solve it like an equation...

Yeah, if you knew how to format it as an equation, which I didn't. Hence, "I didn't know how to calculate it using algebra"...

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United2810

On average, over the last few years, the grade boundaries for an A*:
- 155 - 168
- 82 per paper
- You should aim for 85 marks to be on the safe side
- Minimum aim for 78 marks but ensure you get more marks on the calculator paper.

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clemlanoe

Original post by LogicalFallacy

This is the completed mark scheme for the 26/05/2016 mathematics non-calculator paper.

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Just want to double check, I simplified it to 25(4-π) cm². Is this answer still fully valid?

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clemlanoe

Original post by grace143

nope. 100-25pi is the same as 25(4-pi). Both are equally correct, the second one is just factorised but i dont know if that makes it simpler or not (they said leave your answer in its simplest form)

Thanks for indirectly answering my question but in general factorising is seen as simplifying.

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PCB

Factorising and simplifying are completely different.

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Rajive

There was an estimate question on graph solutions l. For the 2 equations I completed the square and solved it. Would I get 2 out of 3 marks for it?

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Ikilliloot

For that 36 male teachers i put 54 females which both add up to 90 teachers did i get it right?
For that estimate one i did 900 divide by 20 which is 45 days.
For the that tennis question i did put 0.95 and 0.5 (by accident) and and the 0.8 at the start so do i get at least 2 marks because i got two of the slots right even if i get the answer wrong?
For the prism question i put 750cm(3) the little 3 next to it to indicate cubed do i get the full 3 marks?
And you know for the questionnaire could adding 'often' two times in both question and answer count as a mark for the first questionnaire question?
If all these counts i counted it up and got 32 marks which is good as i want to get a Grade C.

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Meegan543210

What do you guys think the calculator paper is going to be like? Lol I think it's going to be wayyy more hard than this paper :frown:

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PCB

Stop making everyone worry...

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mete5454

Original post by iMacJack

If anyone is struggling with a question, tell me the details of the question and I'll provide an answer for you to stop ye debating (hopefully)

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founsdation pls

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iMacJack

Original post by mete5454

founsdation pls

Ahh sweet mate - cheers, that really helps

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iMacJack

Original post by Meegan543210

What do you guys think the calculator paper is going to be like? Lol I think it's going to be wayyy more hard than this paper :frown:

Yeah my exams officer showed me the Paper 2 because they just got delivered by Edexcel yesterday, it is way harder than the first paper - it actually has some questions which made me think a lot (an A level Maths/FM/Physics student). It's definitely a beast of a paper. I think you should be worried.

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Yaseen10

Original post by iMacJack

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Of course that would be a joke, overall i think the papers will be mainly make of grade A,B and C which there will be much harder and it will contain Sin,Cah and TOA etc....

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Ryanggggggg

Being hard on myself, only giving myself some marks for working when I may get more, I have counted 23 :frown:

hopefully I can gain atleast 5 more then that when its marked and I get a c

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Rebecca-Joseph

Original post by Ryanggggggg

Being hard on myself, only giving myself some marks for working when I may get more, I have counted 23 :frown:

hopefully I can gain atleast 5 more then that when its marked and I get a c

Don't worry too much about it now as there's nothing you can really do, just focus on acing the calculator paper :biggrin:

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iMacJack

Original post by Ryanggggggg

Being hard on myself, only giving myself some marks for working when I may get more, I have counted 23 :frown:

hopefully I can gain atleast 5 more then that when its marked and I get a c

23 marks? This is GCSE maths man...

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Yaseen10

Original post by Ryanggggggg

Being hard on myself, only giving myself some marks for working when I may get more, I have counted 23 :frown:

hopefully I can gain atleast 5 more then that when its marked and I get a c

Im hoping to get C we will need 70 marks if it's higher I will. Hardly get C because maths is a lot harder and calculator paper is always my favourite so let's see what will happen this year.