Edexcel A Level Mathematics Paper 1 (9MA0 01) - 6th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

Original post by pk04

The mock set papers are locked, you have to get your teacher to give them to you. The rest can be found on the edexcel website.

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/mathematics-2017.coursematerials.html#%2FfilterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExam-materials

ohhh okay i think my school gave us the locked ones last week, thanks!

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helloavs

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Is mock set 4 designed to me similar to how this years paper will be, similar topics and stuff? Is that how the mock sets work?

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Karinjobo

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Original post by callumparsons

Omg this is scary

Anyone have any predictions for Paper 1?

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Original post by genghiskhan2

on this section? https://www.madasmaths.com/archive_iygb_practice_papers_mp1_practice_papers.html

yeah

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Original post by tomato123g

Thank you, do you know like what part of the website tho, there are loads like MP1, MP2, FP1-4, SYN, MMS
https://madasmaths.com

MP1 and MP2 is like papers 1 and 2. SYN is basically just synoptic papers, so again like papers 1 and 2. FP papers are for further maths, MMS is not relevant to a level

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Gunner333

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are the edexcel IAL C34 papers same standard as normal papers or are they harder? is it worth doing them

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username6042973

anyone have any suggestions on what questions to do for practice? I know the past papers on physics and maths tutor but any others?

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Muttley79

Original post by bigplongus

yh thanks, i lurked around on reddit and edexcel put out a statement basically saying, the exam will be easier but grade bounderies will be higher
the theory is like 60-65% opposed to 55%

No they didn't ...

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Muttley79

Original post by genghiskhan2

what papers in the madasmaths website are most corresponding with our paper? could someone link to an example or smth? there are a lot of papers on that website

They are all out of date - avoid

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username6042973

(Original post by bigplongus)
yh thanks, i lurked around on reddit and edexcel put out a statement basically saying, the exam will be easier but grade bounderies will be higher
the theory is like 60-65% opposed to 55%

how could they go from 55% to 65%

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m184

guys no one knows what the grade boundaries will be as someone said before. yes they might be close to 2019 but there’s no guarantee, it’s all dependent on how our cohort perform relative to each other. the top 40% in our cohort may score much differently to the top 40% in 2019

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Original post by Muttley79

They are all out of date - avoid

the papers aren't all that bad. I would only use them after you have done all the real edexcel ones but some of the questions are quite good regardless. The reason a lot of them seem outdated is because Dr Trifon Madas (the guy who made the site) sadly passed away. But i think he had updated a few of the papers to match the current spec. RIP Dr Madas forever a legend

(edited 11 months ago)

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bigplongus

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Original post by Muttley79

No they didn't ...

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/Teaching%20and%20learning%20materials/question-paper-improvements-guide.pdf

the official statement saying theyre making the papers easier than previous papers, i think they either made it in 2021 or 2022 either way it will be in full effect this year, no?

the theory is the grade boundaries will go up as compared to previous papers, since the papers are suppose to be more accessible

Original post by B7861

(Original post by bigplongus)
yh thanks, i lurked around on reddit and edexcel put out a statement basically saying, the exam will be easier but grade bounderies will be higher
the theory is like 60-65% opposed to 55%

how could they go from 55% to 65%

in 2018 an A was 61% and in 2019 it was 55%, thats a big change since there wasnt any big events like COVID or changes in the papers

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helloavs

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Original post by bigplongus

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/Teaching%20and%20learning%20materials/question-paper-improvements-guide.pdf

the official statement saying theyre making the papers easier than previous papers, i think they either made it in 2021 or 2022 either way it will be in full effect this year, no?

the theory is the grade boundaries will go up as compared to previous papers, since the papers are suppose to be more accessible

in 2018 an A was 61% and in 2019 it was 55%, thats a big change since there wasnt any big events like COVID or changes in the papers

yeh i feel like the boundaries will be similar too 2018, think the reason is was low in 2019 because of the fact the exam was harder

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Original post by bigplongus

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/Teaching%20and%20learning%20materials/question-paper-improvements-guide.pdf

the official statement saying theyre making the papers easier than previous papers, i think they either made it in 2021 or 2022 either way it will be in full effect this year, no?

the theory is the grade boundaries will go up as compared to previous papers, since the papers are suppose to be more accessible

in 2018 an A was 61% and in 2019 it was 55%, thats a big change since there wasnt any big events like COVID or changes in the papers

that statement doesnt in any way say that the papers will be easier though. I've read through it and all it is suggesting to is the fact that after the negative feedback they received from the papers in 2019, they took steps to design papers in a way that will allow students to 1) try and understand the question more by splitting up questions into more sections (so papers will include more 1a,1b,1c ... etc as a part of the question) and 2) try and reduce the number of questions that are locked away (meaning in order to get full marks on a question you would have to answer part (a) for example correctly)

None of this alludes to the fact that the papers will be easier or grade boundaries changing so significantly as suggested. This report was published in march of 2020, meaning any changes to this sort should have affected the papers after this, however the 2020 onwards papers still had grade boundaries of A between 52 and 55%.

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Muttley79