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Edexcel Mathematics A 2014 Non Calculator Higher Tier

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Reply 60

ebruxoxo

Hey, does anyone know the answer about the temperature of that old man's room/house with that rearanging formulae?

Reply 61

cheesidinosaur

Original post by Lolaaaaaaaa

same and im meant to get an a but not anymore, whats it to get an a do you predict

125.. maybe.
Last years papers were much easier

Reply 62

97blue

I found the paper generally quite easy, the time/distance question was 6 hours not 3 or 9hrs 36 that some are saying.

The vector question was (-m+n) and 2(-m+n) therefore parallel.

Also the last question was a= 2 b=3 c=1
you had to find out what procedures had been applied to the original cosine graph
- a was 2 because it stretched vertically by a multiplier of two (it was twice as high).
- b was 3 because it had been squashed horizontally (the waves were 3 times as frequent.
- c was 1 because the whole graph had been moved upwards 1 on the y axis.

Hope this helped anyone

Reply 63

fdry1

I thought a=3 because it was going up to +3 on the y axis instead of 1?

Reply 64

Nath98

Didn't like this paper :frown:

Hoping that calculator will be easier! Anyone got any ideas on the grade boundaries?

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Reply 65

noey123

Original post by Nath98

Didn't like this paper :frown:

Hoping that calculator will be easier! Anyone got any ideas on the grade boundaries?

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it should be low because most of the people found it hard

Reply 66

97blue

Original post by TayS

I thought a=3 because it was going up to +3 on the y axis instead of 1?

yes it was, but it was only at -1, imagine it was supposed to be at +2 and -2 but then got moved up one so that it was -1 and +3
if that makes any sense?

Reply 67

BrainJuice

Original post by asunny465

i was talking about the speed distance question..sorry
and i got 40 for the prize question but ik i've got that wrong :/

Oh, don't worry about it.
In the speed question she was going at 50miles/hour, and that is the same as 80km, then I just divided, I think I got a number between 7-9.

Reply 68

BrainJuice

Original post by ebruxoxo

I see what you mean but no, its the way they've laid it out. i thought that at first but if you read the little like description thing it said that whole line equaled m

I read it, half the line was m...
It said something like A to M

Reply 69

Ash7498

Original post by Yousf

DAM I PUT 96 MINUTES :eek:

I got that too!

Reply 70

CaitlinN15

Original post by ebruxoxo

Hey, does anyone know the answer about the temperature of that old man's room/house with that rearanging formulae?

I don't know if this is right but I got that is was higher than the minimum temperature and I got around 24-26 degrees Celsius, that question tricked me at first

Reply 71

sdakjgr87diukjs

Yea, I got 48, because it said 'estimate' so i used 2000 instead of 2014

Reply 72

asunny465

Original post by BrainJuice

Oh, don't worry about it.
In the speed question she was going at 50miles/hour, and that is the same as 80km, then I just divided, I think I got a number between 7-9.

are you sure it was mile per hour...some people are saying its km/hour

Reply 73

fdry1

Original post by 97blue

yes it was, but it was only at -1, imagine it was supposed to be at +2 and -2 but then got moved up one so that it was -1 and +3
if that makes any sense?

Ah yes! That does make sense, thanks!

Reply 74

ebruxoxo

Original post by CaitlinN15

I don't know if this is right but I got that is was higher than the minimum temperature and I got around 24-26 degrees Celsius, that question tricked me at first

same here, my mind went completely blank. I couldnt do it for till the last 15 minutes then i somehow did it and got 25.. yay just wanted to check if i was on the right track! thank yu

Reply 75

CaitlinN15

Original post by ebruxoxo

same here, my mind went completely blank. I couldnt do it for till the last 15 minutes then i somehow did it and got 25.. yay just wanted to check if i was on the right track! thank yu

haha considering with the state I was in during the exam with crying etc. as I had a fight before the exam I'm glad I got the same as someone haha. and it's okay. What did you get for the pigs one?

Reply 76

ebruxoxo

Original post by CaitlinN15

haha considering with the state I was in during the exam with crying etc. as I had a fight before the exam I'm glad I got the same as someone haha. and it's okay. What did you get for the pigs one?

sadly i didnt have time to finish that question..hopefully some marks for the workings out! and oh poor you, i hope youre alright!
To be honest, i think it was the hardest non calc paper ever made, normally i get around 83-88 marks. And this..tbh i feel like id be lucky if i got 65..
I messed up so much...

i bloody hope these grade boundaries will be low so i can still have an A even if i can't get an A* :frown:

Reply 77

Nath98