[Luminique]

Hi there

Anyone doing Additional Maths on 30th May?

How are you all finding it? Hows the revision going?

This site has all the past papers with mark schemes and examiner reports!

http://www.mei.org.uk/index.php?sect...35f7bbee191fb7

I'm kinda worried about the exam. Don't want to get a B/C.

What about you?

btw please do post any helpful links/revision.

[GreenLantern1]

(Original post by Luminique)
Hi there

Anyone doing Additional Maths on 30th May?

How are you all finding it? Hows the revision going?

This site has all the past papers with mark schemes and examiner reports!

http://www.mei.org.uk/index.php?sect...35f7bbee191fb7

I'm kinda worried about the exam. Don't want to get a B/C.

What about you?

btw please do post any helpful links/revision.

Well I am looking forward to it since for me it is an easy A since the max you need for an A in this exam has only ever been like 79 or 80. I have been averaging 99/100 on my papers from 03-06 (4 papers). For me and a fair few others it is a case of getting 100 marks or not. Thankfully I don't need to revise for this exam! Just do the past papers and if you are doing well then you're sorted for an hour.

[Reemaa]

I found it pretty difficult at the start of the year and in my mock i just scraped a B... lots of past papers later (still got a couple to do) and im on a grade A

As the papers are pretty much the same every (those in Section A anyway), im not going to do revision (as i dont think i need to and because i have a P3 exam that day too) - ill probably just be learning the formulas though

If i was you, id just have a go at loads of the past papers (they date back to 2003 i think? - my teacher gave us loads )

[simpleeiki]

I'm worried too. It seems that the pat papers get more and more difficult each year, but i won't let that faze me!

[ryaz123]

really worried aswell, loads of people failed so badly

[Nathan0012]

Expecting an A because of all the practice I've been doing and only been dropping a few marks. I'm just a little bit concerned I might run out of time, but I'm sure I'll be fine as I really like maths, anyone else doing Further Maths and Maths at A level after this?

[GreenLantern1]

(Original post by Nathan0012)
Expecting an A because of all the practice I've been doing and only been dropping a few marks. I'm just a little bit concerned I might run out of time, but I'm sure I'll be fine as I really like maths, anyone else doing Further Maths and Maths at A level after this?

I have already done Maths AS-Level and most of A2. Then will do Further Maths A-Level and Additional Further Maths A-Level

[Amos36]

I remember doing OCR Additional Maths and I remember how hard it was! Perserverence is absolutely key! In the mock paper I sat, I got a U grade but by literally doing every single past paper ever written, sometimes even twice, I managed to gradually get to grips with it.

Plus, if you're taking Maths for AS, I can tell you now that having done Additional Maths, the AS course is a piece of piss. Good luck buddy!!

[divine.]

(Original post by Nathan0012)
Expecting an A because of all the practice I've been doing and only been dropping a few marks. I'm just a little bit concerned I might run out of time, but I'm sure I'll be fine as I really like maths, anyone else doing Further Maths and Maths at A level after this?

Yep, I'm sure we'll both have a great time..

[tomaird]

Yeah I'm doing this on Wednesday.
I'm not too worried about it, I just need to remember all the suvat equations ( I have a terrible memory) and I should be fine
The thing I usually lose marks on is just making stupid errors which really annoys me. Check, check and check again!

[lbsf1]

I'm gonna fail it, with either a c or d if lucky. I'm great at maths (gold award in uk maths challenge), but more the mechanical and practical side (engineering), problem solving aswell is my strong point. We had a crap teacher for half the year, and I have been concentrating on my other exams. I'm gonna try to do lots of revision for it today, doubt I will get very far though.

I spoke to the sixth form I'm going to about this on their open day and they said that lots of their top pupils failed additional with E's, and then went on to A levels and got A*'s.

[ellepotter]

I'm taking additional maths after getting an A* in gcse last year, but I can't be bothered! I haven't done any revision (which is obviously a bit stupid, but I have physics tomorrow as well, so I thought it would be best to concentrate on that). I'm good at maths but I'm just looking at this as good experience for doing a level maths and further maths rather than letting it distract me from my actual gcses- anyone else doing the same?

[lbsf1]

(Original post by ellepotter)
I'm taking additional maths after getting an A* in gcse last year, but I can't be bothered! I haven't done any revision (which is obviously a bit stupid, but I have physics tomorrow as well, so I thought it would be best to concentrate on that). I'm good at maths but I'm just looking at this as good experience for doing a level maths and further maths rather than letting it distract me from my actual gcses- anyone else doing the same?

Same, I did maths and science gcse's last year, and took on additional maths and philosophy AS. The other GCSE's are easy so I havent had to bother revising them much, I have spend so long on philosophy to try and get an A since it is an AS so will actually be useful. Additional maths has taken a back burner, god I'm going to fail. I have been preparing my parents for me to fail this one though so hopefully it shouldn't be too bad.

What annoys me so much about this exam is the lack of equations they give you, I can't remember half of them.

[ohalicey]

(Original post by ellepotter)
I'm taking additional maths after getting an A* in gcse last year, but I can't be bothered! I haven't done any revision (which is obviously a bit stupid, but I have physics tomorrow as well, so I thought it would be best to concentrate on that). I'm good at maths but I'm just looking at this as good experience for doing a level maths and further maths rather than letting it distract me from my actual gcses- anyone else doing the same?

I'm the same! Physics tomorrow too. I like your approach!! This is a really good way of thinking about it I really need to not stress myself out about this! Good luck!!!

[lbsf1]

(Original post by ohalicey)
I'm the same! Physics tomorrow too. I like your approach!! This is a really good way of thinking about it I really need to not stress myself out about this! Good luck!!!

Don't get phased by all the people in this thread saying how well they are doing, all of the 30 people in our class (apart from about 4) are definately going to get low marks.

Additonal maths is 13 out of the 18 AS modules for gods sake, it is never going to be easy. At the sixth form Im going to a maths teacher said that some of their top students got e's in additional maths, because they did what I'm doing.

Relax all will be good, I'm just sitting here on my facebook watching it explode as everyone is borderline colapse at trying to revise for it.

[2bon2bt=t?]

Could someone help me with this question? I literally have no idea how to do it, and I've looked at the mark scheme but it doesn't help.
Its question 7 from June 2003, the one about trig equations
http://www.mei.org.uk/files/papers/admat03ju_e3946y.pdf

[ZakariaMar]

(Original post by 2bon2bt=t?)
Could someone help me with this question? I literally have no idea how to do it, and I've looked at the mark scheme but it doesn't help.
Its question 7 from June 2003, the one about trig equations
http://www.mei.org.uk/files/papers/admat03ju_e3946y.pdf

Firstly, cos(x) calling theta x btw = a/c.

So then cos^2(x)=a^2/c^2. (1)

sin^2(x)=1-(a^2/c^2) (2)

since tan^2(x)=sin^2(x)/cos^2(x), it is = ((the right hand side of (2))/(a^2/c^2))

So this is equal to (c^2-a^2)/a^2 which is simplified to (c^2/a^2) - 1 which is tan^(x) simplified. So then taking 1 to the other side tan^2(x)+1 = 1/cos^2(x).

Basically get to the step after (2) and u should be able to work it out by algebra.

[ohalicey]

(Original post by lbsf1)
Don't get phased by all the people in this thread saying how well they are doing, all of the 30 people in our class (apart from about 4 including me) are definately going to get low marks.

Additonal maths is 13 out of the 18 AS modules for gods sake, it is never going to be easy. At the sixth form Im going to a maths teacher said that some of their top students got e's in additional maths, because they did what I'm doing.

Relax all will be good, I'm just sitting here on my facebook watching it explode as everyone is borderline colapse at trying to revise for it.

This was honestly the best message I could get right now, thank you so much! Right, I need to calm down now Yeaah some people at my school last year got Ds and Es and seriously I'd be soo happy with a B! Let's hope, eh? Huge thanks and good luck to you!

[Asamp]

(Original post by 2bon2bt=t?)
Could someone help me with this question? I literally have no idea how to do it, and I've looked at the mark scheme but it doesn't help.
Its question 7 from June 2003, the one about trig equations
http://www.mei.org.uk/files/papers/admat03ju_e3946y.pdf

(I have used (x) for the angle instead of 'theta' symbol because I don't know how to get it!)

1.) Start of with pythagoras - we know that c^2 = a^2 + b^2 . We also know that tan(x)=b/a, sin(x) = b/c, and cos(x) = a/c .

2.) If we divide the pythagoras equation by a^2, we have:
c^2/a^2 = 1 + b^2/a^2

3.) Now, as tan(x) = b/a, tan^2(x) = b^2/a^2. This means that:
c^2/a^2 = 1 + tan^2(x).

4.)However, cos(x) = a/c. This means that cos^2(x) = a^2/c^2 . This means that:
1/cos^2(x) = c^2/a^2, which is what we have on the left hand side of the equation in 3.)

5.) This means that 1/cos^2 = 1 + tan^2 (x), which is the original equation.

I'm sorry that it's so unclear, but it's really hard to write squares and things on a computer! If I were you, I would rewrite each step, but with the proper symbols so it's a bit clearer! I hope this helps though

[2bon2bt=t?]

(Original post by ZakariaMar)
Firstly, cos(x) calling theta x btw = a/c.

So then cos^2(x)=a^2/c^2. (1)

sin^2(x)=1-(a^2/c^2) (2)

since tan^2(x)=sin^2(x)/cos^2(x), it is = ((the right hand side of (2))/(a^2/c^2))

So this is equal to (c^2-a^2)/a^2 which is simplified to (c^2/a^2) - 1 which is tan^(x) simplified. So then taking 1 to the other side tan^2(x)+1 = 1/cos^2(x).

Basically get to the step after (2) and u should be able to work it out by algebra.

Ahh right, I can follow and do the algebra after step 2, but I don't understand the first part, where did you get the equation from? I thought we just needed to know sinx/cosx=tanx and sin^2x+cos^2x=1.