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Which Core is harder (in a-level maths)

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C1/c3, C2, C4.

Misskatie7

I was just wondering what people thought about a-level maths in terms of the hardness of each core.

i'm studying core 3 right now, and so far core 2 was the hardest, but i'm only on chapter 1 in core 3, so is it going to get harder, and what about core 4?

I was just bored.com LOL

so yeah, express ur opinion :biggrin:

im studying c3 now aswell. i personally thought c2 was easier than c1. dont know why tho :rolleyes:

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DeanT

Easiest -> Hardest
C1, C2, C4, C3

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porkstein

Zuzia Bulu

That question is really interesting, it's simple but also not simple. Where is it from? Do you have any other questions like this one?

Hmmm...

Well, I put the question in my sig a long time ago, so don't remember exactly where it came from. It could well have been from an AEA past paper...

Anyway, regardless of where it came from, you'll definitely be able to find similar questions in AEAs. Let me know if you manage any particularly fiendish one!

Reply 64

Hermione17

porkstein

I did AEA today (oops, I nearly started to talk about it). All questions from past papers that I did weren't very interesting

Reply 65

christykai1049

they were all easy. just study hard.

Reply 66

ScrubZ

Hardest - Easiest: C4, C2, C3, C1

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HpFreak_Amy7192

Well, in terms of what I got first time around:

Easiest to hardest - C1, C3, C2 (D,E,U)

After resits (easiest to hardest): C1, C3, C2, C4

Hate trig and coordinate geometry and especially integration and differential equations. Have a B in C1 and now hoping for B's/C's in C2, C3, C4 with an A/B in S1 (decided not to retake the U I got in M1).

Reply 68

LukethePianoMan

so far im finding c4 the hardest because of the length of the questions and how long it is taking to work things out and how easy it is to make a mistake
starting c1 for the first time was still daunting though

Reply 69

Kevlar

Hardest ------------> Easiest
C1 - C3 - C2 - C4 1st time results [d b c a]

resit reults

Hardest ------------> Easiest
C2 C3 C1 [a a a]

I found step from gcse to alevel big when i started flopped my 1st c1 exam xD, but after resits i was like wtf c1 was piece of piss XD

Reply 70

insertusername

i found c3 the hardest along with to an extent c1 to begin, but mainly because i have an absolute hatred of graphs

Reply 71

Wednesday Bass

Depends what exam board you're on really. But I did AQA and C3 was definately the hardest, shortly followed by C4 (damn you vectors!)

Reply 72

Scabo0o

For me it went like this:

Easiest to hardest: C1, C2/C4, C3.

Although I was lucky enough to do OCR MEI maths so we had coursework on C3 which was an absolute doddle, I got full marks after about a week of work. Shame I found the paper itself hardest out of all the cores.