OCR A-level Mathematics B Paper 3 (H640/03) - 20th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

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OCR A-level Mathematics B (MEI) Paper 3 (H640/03) - 20th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

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Date/Time: 20th June 2023/ PM
Length: 2h

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(edited 10 months ago)

Glhf homies

has there been any proof yet

Reply 3

resonatethesoup

3

Original post by ch5rly

has there been any proof yet

pretty sure theres been none so far, does that mean itll be even heavier on the proof for paper 3?

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 4

Ethereal001

16

what topics havent come up??

Reply 5

resonatethesoup

3

Original post by Ethereal001

what topics havent come up??

numerical methods defo havent, no proof i think as well

Reply 6

Frenchdlsa

how does this exam board compare to others in terms of difficulty are most students here private or state

Original post by resonatethesoup

numerical methods defo havent, no proof i think as well

Reply 7

Ethereal001

16

Original post by Frenchdlsa

how does this exam board compare to others in terms of difficulty are most students here private or state

this is one of the more difficult ones because the questions are more applicable than theory. edexcel is known to be the easiest and there are more resources on edexcel maths

Reply 8

resonatethesoup

3

Original post by Frenchdlsa

how does this exam board compare to others in terms of difficulty are most students here private or state

im external candidate, so ive just been studying from home without a college, not sure about others.

Reply 9

ch5rly

1

Original post by resonatethesoup

pretty sure theres been none so far, does that mean itll be even heavier on the proof for paper 3?

not sure about heavier but id say its highly likely to be on there

Reply 10

ch5rly

1

nothing on cosine and sine rule or circle stuff

Original post by Ethereal001

what topics havent come up??

Reply 11

werwerewrwad

2

A list of topics that have not been covered much so far, if at all:
Inequality notation / modulus (functions) / quadratics
Transformations of functions
Simultaneous equations (Section A, linear & quadratic) to connect to using discriminant (b^2-4ac)
Factor theorem
Sine/Cosine rules (+ area of a triangle)
Differentiation from first principles (formula given just use it!)
Inverse functions
Binomial (General)
Arcs and Sectors
Small angle approximations (formula)
Chain and Quotient rule - maybe connected rates of change
Numerical Methods (anything, nothing so far)
Proof

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 12

resonatethesoup

3

so this might be a pretty vague question with no real answer. but from your guys experience with past papers, how likely is it for ocr to cover all topics in the syllabus? So in this paper 3, is it a pretty safe bet that numerical methods, chain/quotient rule and like differentiation via first principles will come up? or do sometimes they just decide not to? Is it a reasonable bet to just revise the topics that are yet to come up?

Reply 13

Idekkkk.

9

Original post by resonatethesoup

so this might be a pretty vague question with no real answer. but from your guys experience with past papers, how likely is it for ocr to cover all topics in the syllabus? So in this paper 3, is it a pretty safe bet that numerical methods, chain/quotient rule and like differentiation via first principles will come up? or do sometimes they just decide not to? Is it a reasonable bet to just revise the topics that are yet to come up?

I’d say it’s pretty reasonable, yes

Reply 14

l_exwls

1

is this anyone elses last exam :shock:

Reply 15

rrrosiegh

7

praying for a factor theorem question fr

Reply 16

isobelmitchlel

5

Original post by resonatethesoup

so this might be a pretty vague question with no real answer. but from your guys experience with past papers, how likely is it for ocr to cover all topics in the syllabus? So in this paper 3, is it a pretty safe bet that numerical methods, chain/quotient rule and like differentiation via first principles will come up? or do sometimes they just decide not to? Is it a reasonable bet to just revise the topics that are yet to come up?

i feel like its probs physically impossible for every single topic to come up, they'll definitely usually miss a few of the obscure ones out. stuff like numerical methods which consistently comes up will almost definitely be in this paper, but differentiation from first principles has never really come up in any past papers that i can remember because its a bit more obscure.