C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST

Maths exam discussion - share revision tips in preparation for GCSE, A Level and other maths exams and discuss how they went afterwards.

Announcements Posted on
Please change your TSR password 23-05-2013
Enter our travel-writing competition for the chance to win a Nikon 1 J3 camera 20-05-2013
IMPORTANT: You must wait until midnight (morning exams)/4.30AM (afternoon exams) to discuss Edexcel exams and until 1pm/6pm the following day for STEP and IB exams. Please read before posting, including for rules for practical and oral exams. 28-04-2013
Sign in to Reply
  1. HeyItsMike's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Posts: 16
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    Was more difficult than average, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary. You just had to know your trigonometric identities.
  2. holahola's Avatar
    • Exalted Member
    • Posts: 252
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    when are the answers normally put up
  3. SeamusHeaney's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 30
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    Arsey where are you,
    i need you
  4. 0range's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    (Original post by knowledgecorruptz)
    Fail
    Hence, the edit.
  5. Arsey's Avatar
    • Overlord in Training
    • Location: UK
    • Posts: 3,308
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    solutions now in the first post
  6. tangkykiet's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 40
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    i found it all right , not that hard but again dont know the anwser yet
  7. Sarzy94's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 34
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    last question was a slut
  8. lee_mayson's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Posts: 1
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    waiting for solutions. paper was harder than usual, but still bearable.
  9. EatRainbows's Avatar
    • Exalted Member
    • Posts: 332
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    Urgh I made stupid mistakes. Think I managed an A. Going to have to get 100% on C4 now HA
  10. 0range's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    (Original post by The_Pen)
    Did everyone use the R sin/cos (x-a) for the long six marker where they drew a graph?
    I did that! but then realised I could divide everything by cosx
  11. markv1's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Location: North London
    • Posts: 10
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    Felt like each question had a little trick, not one had a simple solution :/
    Hope the boundaries are good for me to get C
  12. paul272's Avatar
    • Full Member
    • Posts: 143
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    are u serious, equation of normal, i read it as though it was equation of tangent, i guess thats what happens when u have 3 hours of sleep before the exam,so peak for me
  13. Kenan and Kel's Avatar
    • Vengeful, Imperial Overlord of The Student Room
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    There goes my thin chances of an A*. If I get lower in my resit, do they take my higher mark?
  14. tizza1394's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 59
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    YES! 100%
  15. Mr Tough's Avatar
    • Exalted Member
    • Posts: 291
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    #Merked It, 100 ;D
  16. Barkziee's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 56
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    (Original post by Arsey)
    solutions now in the first post
    Hiya, Q8b only 1 solution, correct method. How many mark drops?

    Other than that all correct, hoping to improve on 88ums..
  17. UWS's Avatar
    • Respected Member
    • Posts: 216
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    Well, just checked my answers with the mark scheme... Better start filling in my McDonalds application then!
  18. Beckiix's Avatar
    • Exalted Member
    • Location: England
    • Posts: 369
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    I might actually be going to King's!
  19. Mr Tough's Avatar
    • Exalted Member
    • Posts: 291
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    (Original post by tizza1394)
    YES! 100%
    me too, sick one

    btw did you take x^-1/2 out of the brackets for 7a)

    i did , but im pretty sure you get the same answer anyway
  20. Ahmed_Mans's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Posts: 10
    Re: C3 June 2012 - Post Exam Thread - Solutions and Paper in the FIRST POST
    I forgot to simplify in 7(b), I left is as 9/6(x^2)+54
    Will I lost any marks for it?
Sign in to Reply
Share this discussion:  
Article updates
Moderators

We have a brilliant team of more than 60 volunteers looking after discussions on The Student Room, helping to make it a fun, safe and useful place to hang out.

Reputation gems:
The Reputation gems seen here indicate how well reputed the user is, red gem indicate negative reputation and green indicates a good rep.
Post rating score:
These scores show if a post has been positively or negatively rated by our members.