The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread

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  1. CraziiFreak's Avatar
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Jack_Smith)
    well im on K :/ so i dont see why i cant do another one! Seriously mate do solomon papers and you would find edexcel easier! Just keep doing the solomon even thought he first paper might just put you off :/
    :eek: you're on K!? omg! you crazy person! (not in a bad way! )
    I don't have the courage to do solomon paper for c4! No really, i find edexcel papers hard let alone solomon papers!? Meh..i think i might have to if i want 85+ ums?!
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    How do you sketch a 3d vector triangle?
    Last edited by Ali_1; 02-06-2012 at 18:43.
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Jack_Smith)
    well im on K :/ so i dont see why i cant do another one! Seriously mate do solomon papers and you would find edexcel easier! Just keep doing the solomon even thought he first paper might just put you off :/
    i done 4 of them for c3 im gna do a few for c4 aswell but i wna get thru the edexcel ones first
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    Anyone got a bank of difficult integration questions please including the differential ones when connecting rate of change with volume, area etc please?
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Ali_1)
    How do you sketch a 3d vector triangle?
    Do we even need to do this?? But, I'd bring scissors and glue to the exam... :L
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    s anybody finding c4 hard? Its hard for me, especially the integration part! It just is ARGH SO HARD!!! The trigonometric combinations, oh man i just cant effing do that! Its so confusing, on which bloody method to use! I hated trigonometry on c3, and now its double worse in C4. GOD HELP ME! GIVE ME BRAIN POWER!!!!!!! :adore::banghead:
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by ishan777)
    s anybody finding c4 hard? Its hard for me, especially the integration part! It just is ARGH SO HARD!!! The trigonometric combinations, oh man i just cant effing do that! Its so confusing, on which bloody method to use! I hated trigonometry on c3, and now its double worse in C4. GOD HELP ME! GIVE ME BRAIN POWER!!!!!!! :adore::banghead:
    Oh and i thought of majoring in Civil engineering. Math intense? Screw that.
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    Do you think I can learn c4 in two/three days? I haven't started yet :'( & by that I mean I know nothing. I'm aiming for an A lol.....
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by DoctorVertigo)
    Anyone got a bank of difficult integration questions please including the differential ones when connecting rate of change with volume, area etc please?
    That's exactly what I want as well. I managed to do all questions of this type given in the textbook, pastpapers, solomon and elmwood.
    But I am not confident still about differential equations, does anyone know where I can find such questions, other than in the above?
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Jack_Smith)
    Help on solomon paper K..I think they have got some sort of mix up on the ms
    Solomon K Qs
    3B
    I got the answer ln1/6 + 1/3 whereas they are getting 1/3 - ln6 :/ help please!
    http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Group...urceId=3992068
    http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Group...urceId=3992056
    You are already there. Remember that:

    \ln \frac {1}{a} = \ln 1 - \ln a

\ln \frac {1}{a} = 0 - \ln a

\ln \frac {1}{a} = - \ln a
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    (Original post by DoctorVertigo)
    Anyone got a bank of difficult integration questions please including the differential ones when connecting rate of change with volume, area etc please?
    If you want average hard ones go through past paper and find them, if you want harder than normal so c4 seems easy, do some AEA paper integration questions, if you truly want to have some hard questions look through some STEP I papers, there's usually a hard integration to each paper and they will only be based on c4
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    Hi guys can someone help me out in june 2005 paper.. question 7 d.. its asking for the position vector od D and ABCD is a parellogram
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by ezioaudi77)
    You are already there. Remember that:

    \ln \frac {1}{a} = \ln 1 - \ln a

\ln \frac {1}{a} = 0 - \ln a

\ln \frac {1}{a} = - \ln a
    are there any other log rules we need to know besides the one you just mentioned at the addition, subtraction, power and change of base ?
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    guys do you think this would be a nice paper?
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
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    guys do you think this would be a nice paper?
    lol no
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by StraightUpG)
    lol no
    cause i saw the jan 2012 paper and that was harder ?
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    just started my revision
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    honestly those vectors freak me outttt D:
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    If you need help with specific questions I can try and help, not that I remember everything that came up in C4, but I only did it last year (june) :P . Just quote me with questions about the paper or actual maths questions and I'll see what I can do.
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    Re: The Edexcel C4 (21/06/12 - PM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by otrivine)
    cause i saw the jan 2012 paper and that was harder ?
    but it was 65/75 for an A and 70/75 for an A* usually gradeboundries for jan tend to be higher.. but i think both c3 and c4 will be harder papers with lower boundries but tbh it doesnt matter cuz its not gna affect how u prepare for it!
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