Edexcel C4

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  1. sukhys's Avatar
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    Edexcel C4
    hi guys

    i was wondering how much harder is C4 than C3, as my teacher says c4 is like 5 times harder than c3. also i heard the grade boudaries are really high? is all of this true.
  2. .Missy's Avatar
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    Very subjective question. The answer I get differs. Compared to C3 there are less chapters and no trig I think your teacher is over exagerating. The hardest chapter is vectors prob imo.
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    (Original post by .Missy)
    Very subjective question. The answer I get differs. Compared to C3 there are less chapters and no trig I think your teacher is over exagerating. The hardest chapter is vectors prob imo.
    ok i dont mind if i get many different answers i like trigonometry. my teacher said the hardest chapter is intergration and then vectors. do you know anything about the grade boundaries?
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    The grade boundaries are the same I think (the only one that might differ is the A* but I'm not sure). As for how hard it is, I massively prefer C4 to C3 so far - I think it depends on what you're good at. I'm crap at vectors but pretty decent at anything with algebra (including integration) so I quite like the course. Just practice and you'll do fine!
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    (Original post by sukhys)
    ok i dont mind if i get many different answers i like trigonometry. my teacher said the hardest chapter is intergration and then vectors. do you know anything about the grade boundaries?
    Grade boundaries are pretty much similiar, usually depends on difficulty of exam paper.
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    (Original post by .Missy)
    Very subjective question. The answer I get differs. Compared to C3 there are less chapters and no trig I think your teacher is over exagerating. The hardest chapter is vectors prob imo.
    There may not be a whole chapter dedicated to trig, but you'll definitely be using it, like in coordinate geometry (where you may have to find the cartesian equation given a set of parametric equations) and integration.
  7. sukhys's Avatar
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    well c4 atm seems easy just finished chapter 3 binomial expansion so i will see how it is in a couple of weeks time.
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    I took my C4 exam the same time as C3 because I take Further Maths and I found that C4 was terrible apparently it was quite a hard paper, the integration and vectors are my only problem and the integration questions were pretty damn hard on the paper :/ I will be resitting (edexcel)
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    Re: Edexcel C4
    I will probably finish integration by Saturday and then its all past papers.

    I am aiming for 75 ums in C4 probably dont even need that since S1 seemingly went REALLY well.

    I only want a B in maths since silly mistakes cost me A LOT.

    I worked so hard for C3 should have gotten 90 ums and could have but lost 20 ums due to silly errors :facepalm:

    I will use the time to try and get A's in Chem and Bio which seems more likely as silly mistakes are less of a problem.
    Last edited by Akbar2k7; 28-05-2012 at 17:28.
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    Re: Edexcel C4
    Does anyone have the 2012 jan edexcel paper?
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    (Original post by Wannabemedic93)
    Does anyone have the 2012 jan edexcel paper?
    Download them from my thread.
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    could someone help me on the practice paper in the edexcel book
    Question 4B. Please =D
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