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Six year old girl gets C in GCSE Maths

Sorry if this has already been mentioned:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-black-country-11091046

Is this an amazing achievement by someone so young or does it show how easy GCSE Maths has become?

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Reply 1

Tootles

saddlers17

How easy GCSE Maths has become.

Also, why can a six-year-old do a GCSE, when at fourteen I wasn't allowed?

Reply 2

Scroobious

saddlers17

If you actually read the article, then you'd see she's going to take the A-levels next year anyway ...

If she passes that she goes to Cambridge, but she only got a C at GCSE so I doubt she will. Still a VERY gifted child.

lol C, what a noob

Can you guys read? She's obviously very gifted, and the article said she was supposed to take her A-levels next year anyway.

If anything, she should have got an A+ if she's planning to take her A-levels next year. How did you come to the conclusion that GCSEs are easier? There are such thing as child prodigies that are in University at the age of 11.

geek

It really is piss easy to pass GCSE maths, though. Trial and error, Simultaneous Equations and Long Division / Multiplication - get them down and you just need some lucky guesses to pass.

I had a very good teacher, that said. He really got our exam technique down to a tee.

Reply 7

defuzion

well isnt this a kick in the teeth

i got a D

Reply 8

Tallon

She sucks. I got an A*. I win.

Reply 9

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

Tootles

How easy GCSE Maths has become.

Also, why can a six-year-old do a GCSE, when at fourteen I wasn't allowed?

My five year old could take down your six year old.

http://swns.com/five-year-old-child-genius-passes-maths-gcse-241709.html

Reply 10

ShoulderOfTheGiants

Pheylan

lol C, what a noob

stupid guy! C for 6 years old is BIG

dumb **** I got an A

Scroobious

i doubt she will score high at a level if she had a c at gcse.

gcse = learning how to use a calculator
a level = learn how to differentiate

Reply 13

GavinHinton

When i was in gcse year the higher tier paper had a C grade pass of 14%. A* was 42%. derp

Reply 14

QuantumOverlord

A C is equilivant to a Level 7. Most people Achive level 7 towards the end of year 9. A six year old would probably be in year 2. So that would make her at least 7 years ahead of the game, and mean she should be able to get an GCSE A* easily before she was 8.

Reply 15

albion-mad-nick

I wonder how much pressure her parents put on her?

And she is now the most intelligent individual in Wolverhampton...

Reply 16

theteenagecurse

Well you only need 27% to get a C, at least that's what it is with edexcel... still, quite an effort for a 6 year old

Reply 17

Scroobious

legendary collison

i doubt she will score high at a level if she had a c at gcse.

gcse = learning how to use a calculator
a level = learn how to differentiate

That is what I said ... unless you're agreeing.

Reply 18

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

QuantumOverlord

A C is equilivant to a Level 7.

No it isn't.

QuantumOverlord

Most people Achive level 7 towards the end of year 9.

No they don't.

Reply 19

Small123

I don't get this, every year! It's not worth doing it early unless you get an A*. Pisses me off when you get these 5/6 year olds getting Cs and Ds and it's just pointless unless you get an A*...