OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012

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  1. kofanov's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by Nathdragon5)
    I wonder what 100 UMS will be :P
    We had a mock several weeks ago, I got 37 marks, and that was C...
  2. kofanov's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by Lucozad)
    Random Guess of grade Boundaries

    A - 52
    B - 47
    C - 42
    D - 37
    E - 32
    I had a mock test several weeks ago, in which I got 37, and that was C somehow...
  3. Lucozad's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by kofanov)
    I had a mock test several weeks ago, in which I got 37, and that was C somehow...
    What about

    A-48
    B-43
    C-38
    D-33
    E-28

    It will be awesome if the grade boundaries will be this low.
  4. icy elemental's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    June 2010 had the following boundaries:
    A - 51
    B - 43
    C - 36
    D - 29
    E - 22
    U - 0
  5. kofanov's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    I have just found this link, and some say that even this boundaries were very hight, as the january 2011 paper was very easy. http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/admin...l_raw_mark.pdf
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by icy elemental)
    June 2010 had the following boundaries:
    A - 51
    B - 43
    C - 36
    D - 29
    E - 22
    U - 0
    June 2011
    A-44
    B-38
    C-32
    D-26
    E-21
  7. kofanov's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    Can someone get the question paper now? My teacher will be getting it only tomorrow.
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by kofanov)
    Can someone get the question paper now? My teacher will be getting it only tomorrow.
    We're trying to remember the questions, but I doubt many people will be able to get it earlier than tomorrow :P
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by kofanov)
    I have just found this link, and some say that even this boundaries were very hight, as the january 2011 paper was very easy. http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/admin...l_raw_mark.pdf

    A was just 50... is that a joke? actually I found Jan 2011 fairly easy, too...
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    I atleast want a B this year. No chance for an A now, unless the grade boundaries are like this :

    A - 22
    B - 17
    C - 12
    D - 7
    E - 2
    U - 0
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    Really difficult paper! Hopefully grade boundaries will be really low.
    For Q6 I got X=-0.175As Y= X^3 - 4X^2 + 5X + 1 and Z = 3X^2 - 8X + 5
    So you get
    X=0 Y=1 Z=5 W=-0.2

    X=-0.2 Y=-0.168 Z=6.72 W=-0.175

    X=-0.175 Y=-2.86*10^-3 Z=6.49 W=0.17456

    Where |X-W|<0.05
    X=-0.175
    If i remember correctly . . .? Did anyone else get this?
  12. icy elemental's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by BobGreggary)
    June 2011
    A-44
    B-38
    C-32
    D-26
    E-21
    You can't use this as an example because there was an impossible question that year which they disregarded when working out marks.
  13. kofanov's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by Lucozad)
    I atleast want a B this year. No chance for an A now, unless the grade boundaries are like this :

    A - 22
    B - 17
    C - 12
    D - 7
    E - 2
    U - 0
    you wish....
  14. Lucozad's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by FK_)
    It'd more productive if we tried to put together a markscheme than to guess the grade boundaries...
    Or we should all totally forget this never happened, and concentrate with our other exams. Which probably be more wiser.
  15. Lucozad's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by kofanov)
    you wish....
    It was a joke lol, if they were that low every single person should have A's
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by Lucozad)
    Or we should all totally forget this never happened, and concentrate with our other exams. Which probably be more wiser.
    whats the point? if you fail D1, no point of doing C3 and C4 for me....
  17. Lucozad's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by kofanov)
    whats the point? if you fail D1, no point of doing C3 and C4 for me....
    Yeah, but we can still retake this in january, unless if your an Year 13 doing A2's
  18. Bless3d's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    **** d1.

    When they check through the paper to see if it's ok for time, they need to get randoms to check it...not people that spend their lives doing discrete/decision maths or computer science.
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by hf175)
    Really difficult paper! Hopefully grade boundaries will be really low.
    For Q6 I got X=-0.175As Y= X^3 - 4X^2 + 5X + 1 and Z = 3X^2 - 8X + 5
    So you get
    X=0 Y=1 Z=5 W=-0.2

    X=-0.2 Y=-0.168 Z=6.72 W=-0.175

    X=-0.175 Y=-2.86*10^-3 Z=6.49 W=0.17456

    Where |X-W|<0.05
    X=-0.175
    If i remember correctly . . .? Did anyone else get this?

    Surely for the second iteration:

    $X-W=-0.2-(-0.175)=-0.2+0.175=-0.025$

    Therefore

    $-0.05&lt;-0.025&lt;0.05$
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    Re: OCR Decision 1 - 24 May 2012
    (Original post by icy elemental)
    You can't use this as an example because there was an impossible question that year which they disregarded when working out marks.
    Lets hope there was an impossible question in our paper then XD
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