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Article: Students react to their GCSE Edexcel maths calculator exam

Students react to the Edexcel maths exam today - you can read the article and look at funny GIFs here.

How did you find the exam? Have you checked the unofficial markscheme yet?

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Reply 1

username1871893

As a person who is bad at maths and is just trying to scrape a C in Higher, I think it went pretty well!!

Reply 2

MezmorisedPotato

I found it to be a very good exam. Questions were straight forward apart from 1 or 2 of them. Plus no sine or cosine graph ( or function graphs in general) questions! :smile:

Reply 3

katodizzle

I struggled with compared to many I talked to about it, I found the non calc way easier :/

Reply 4

Bernie2016

It was so easy, finally the cosine rule for angles was used! (Well you could use sine rule but wheres the fun in that?)

Reply 5

s.mo

Original post by Bernie2016

It was so easy, finally the cosine rule for angles was used! (Well you could use sine rule but wheres the fun in that?)

yes. i used the cosine rule!! it wouldve been harder using the sine rule

I found the exam really good tbh. I didnt know how to do 2 other questions at first so i left it till i finished, then i had 20 minutes left and remembered how to do it :smile:

there is one question that im not sure about tho

Reply 6

Bernie2016

Original post by s.mo

there is one question that im not sure about tho

How many marks have you counted using the unofficial mark scheme?

Reply 7

BTAnonymous

It was a generous challenge - on the easier side of the spectrum :biggrin:

I can definitely relate to that biology gif, haha, I'm getting minced in the exam tomorrow.

Reply 8

teeee0

Am i the only one who found the first paper way easier!?

Reply 9

Alison121189

Anyone have answers for 26th may higher tier maths paper pleass

Reply 10

username2312801

Original post by MezmorisedPotato

I found it to be a very good exam. Questions were straight forward apart from 1 or 2 of them. Plus no sine or cosine graph ( or function graphs in general) questions! :smile:

Ikr i was so happy :smile:

Reply 11

username2312801

Thought it was a very good paper :smile:

No fx graphs or sin/cos graphs - Thank god

Reply 12

Chiara27

Hey here's a markscheme i found
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkhMO8GXIAAUj5Y.jpg:large

Reply 13

username2628955

I woke up at 5:30am that morning to revise graph transformations :'-) and :'-) it didn't :'-) come up :'-) Life is a struggle.

Reply 14

amyjanee15

It went really bad, so harrddd

Reply 15

susieaspergers

well i had a rubbish time on both I have aspergers destined for an A* . will be lucky to scrape a C but was down to my university completly messing up twice with exams. Annoying thing is i could have done most questions. if i had a proper exam booklet, had a room that did not back onto a busy bathroom with constant loud noise.Finally did not even get my extra time to process although on my student needs form . Oh well Hopefully will smash my A* in November