I really didn't think it was too bad
Expect standard boundaries
My GUESS at boundaries would be those very similar to June-13
Session 100' 90' 80' 70' 60' 50' 40'
Jun-14 74 67 60 53 46 40 34
Jun-13 75 69 62 55 48 41 35
Jan-13 75 70 64 57 50 44 38
Jun-12 75 69 63 55 47 39 32
Jan-12 75 68 61 54 48 42 36
Jun-11 75 69 62 54 46 38 30
Jan-11 75 70 65 57 50 43 36
Jun-10 75 69 62 54 46 38 30
Jan-10 68 61 54 47 40 33 27
Jun-09 69 61 53 45 38 31 24
Jan-09 75 66 57 48 39 30 22
Jun-08 75 69 63 54 45 36 27
Jan-08 75 69 62 53 45 37 29
Jun-07 75 67 59 50 42 34 26
Jan-07 75 69 62 53 44 35 27
Jun-06 75 71 67 59 51 43 36
Jan-06 75 70 64 56 48 40 33
Jun-05 75 68 60 52 44 36 28
Jan-05 75 69 62 54 46 38 31
Paper Analysis
Q1. simple binomial expansion, much harder ones have been asked
Q2. very easy circle question, this is normally much harder
Q3 standard algebra question, the only thing unusual was the factor of 3
Q4 standard radians question, you didn't even need to use advanced trig
Q5 a) is a bit odd, I can see that causing problems b) is fine, common question
Q6 very easy, far harder questions have been asked
Q7 not too bad for a logs question
Q8 this will score the lowest marks; however,
a) not too bad, similar has been asked before
b)i) this will cause a LOT of problems but the first mark (of 3) should be a banker, if you didn't know to substitute in 1 - cos^2 you shouldn't have been in the exam
b)ii) even if you couldn't do b)i) this is quite simple if you just sub in k=3 into the equation and treat as normal
Q9 other than the odd, cost part, this was a very standard question
I would say there was only about 6 marks that I would consider harder than normal.
There is no way it will be sub 60 for an A (famous last words)