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Edexcel core 1 Maths exam on the 19/05/2014

hearthstone

What topics could come up in the Core 1 exam on Monday? :smile:

and how are you guys revising for it? :smile:

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Reply 1

VBisnotme

There's always going to be integration, differentiation, inequalities, coordinate geometry, graph transformations and sequences in C1 and I'm revising same as always for maths- past papers- I've done Jan 2013 5 times! But at this stage you should really be ready for it anyway :wink:

Reply 2

hearthstone

haha I have been revising a lot especially doing past papers! Just worried about the papers because Edexcel are sneaky! :redface:

Reply 3

safesploit

Edexcel can be 'sneaky' but consider revising
-proof for 'Sum of terms'
-finding parallel tangent, given equation of curve and (x,y) coordinates for a different parallel tangent (check C1 Jan 2006 Question 9d)
-finding area of triangle or quadrilateral on graph (check question 9, June 2012)
-asymptotes (check june 2013)
-sketching graphs from completing the square

Those are a few of the topics that catch people by surprise
Remember that this Edexcel syllabus dates back to Jan 2001, and they tend to reuse old questions

Best wishes tomorrow

Reply 4

hearthstone

Thank you ever so much for all the options :smile:

I will look into them again :smile:

Reply 5

harrypotterfan6

how did everyone find it? i found some parts really difficult...

Reply 6

bryzelbug

what did you get for year number in the arithmetic series question?

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Reply 7

bigw96

Original post by harrypotterfan6

how did everyone find it? i found some parts really difficult...

I found it relatively straightforward. The only nuance was the last part to question 11. It took me a good ten minutes to figure out what was going on, but I eventually got c = 1.

Reply 8

bigw96

Original post by bryzelbug

what did you get for year number in the arithmetic series question?

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I got n = 10, so 2009.

Reply 9

chrisdb793

Original post by bryzelbug

what did you get for year number in the arithmetic series question?

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I got the year 2009 or the 10th year

Reply 10

NubBot

Shucks, I found it pretty difficult, AND IM TAKING C4 LOLOLOL Kappa

Reply 11

Raizel

It was a very nice paper, but i found the area of the wrong triangle... didn't even read the question fantastic.
got an area of like 1677/4 or something.

but the majority of the exam was straightforward.