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Old 05-06-2009: 5th June 2009 16:22 #1 
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Ok i tried my best over all maths exams, some i made silly mistakes in, others my mind went blank and in one (S2) they made a ******* brand new question which ive never seen before..

It comes down to this..

I need to get between 77% and 81% in C4 to get a grade A in maths.

C1: 92
C2: 88
C3: 69
C4: ??
S1: 78
S2: 72

i have 9 full days before the exam (taking the rest of today off)

i have 108 Hours to revise for c4, which i got 45UMS in last year.. i have a 4 hours of private tuition and a friend who is very good at math to help me.. most significantly, i have no fear of this exam.. im just going to take it as it is.

I havent done c3 in a year.. and lots of c3 links into c4.. the only standalone things i can think of in c4 that dont delve much into c3 are:
  • Partial Fractions
  • Coordinate Geometry
  • Binomial Expansion
  • Vectors

leaving just differentiaion and integration which is linked with c3.

To conclude. Can 81% in C4 be done, with 108hours of revision.

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Definitely, anything can be done.

To be honoust, if it were me I would have resat S1, much more easier to pick up marks on than C3! But I guess you cant go back in time.

Anyway good luck with it!
 
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Originally Posted by Ali M
Ok i tried my best over all maths exams, some i made silly mistakes in, others my mind went blank and in one (S2) they made a ******* brand new question which ive never seen before..

It comes down to this..

I need to get between 77% and 81% in C4 to get a grade A in maths.

C1: 92
C2: 88
C3: 69
C4: ??
S1: 78
S2: 72

i have 9 full days before the exam (taking the rest of today off)

i have 108 Hours to revise for c4, which i got 45UMS in last year.. i have a 4 hours of private tuition and a friend who is very good at math to help me.. most significantly, i have no fear of this exam.. im just going to take it as it is.

I havent done c3 in a year.. and lots of c3 links into c4.. the only standalone things i can think of in c4 that dont delve much into c3 are:
  • Partial Fractions
  • Coordinate Geometry
  • Binomial Expansion
  • Vectors

leaving just differentiaion and integration which is linked with c3.

To conclude. Can 81% in C4 be done, with 108hours of revision.

Ali


Easy, it all depends on the effort you put in. 108 hours is a very long time.
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Originally Posted by win2kpro
Definitely, anything can be done.

To be honoust, if it were me I would have resat S1, much more easier to pick up marks on than C3! But I guess you cant go back in time.

Anyway good luck with it!
i did resit. i resat the following:

S1 (got 72 last time, this year can vary between 78-84)
S2 (got 64 last time, this year can vary between 72-25
C1 (got 92 last time, won't beat it)
C2 (got 70 last time, this year can vary between 85-90)
 
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Originally Posted by Ali M
i did resit. i resat the following:

S1 (got 72 last time, this year can vary between 78-84)
S2 (got 64 last time, this year can vary between 72-25
C1 (got 92 last time, won't beat it)
C2 (got 70 last time, this year can vary between 85-90)

To be honoust, since you dont know your exact results, and even if you did, you should be going into the exam thinking you can get a 100% .

And, so let me get this straight.. have you only got C4 left? If so, just give it all your time! and if you still have to do C3, I would focus on C4 because you have a decent mark in C3... Do as many past papers as possible.

By the way, what exam board is it your doing?
 
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Originally Posted by win2kpro
To be honoust, since you dont know your exact results, and even if you did, you should be going into the exam thinking you can get a 100% .

And, so let me get this straight.. have you only got C4 left? If so, just give it all your time! and if you still have to do C3, I would focus on C4 because you have a decent mark in C3... Do as many past papers as possible.

By the way, what exam board is it your doing?
i have the option of doing c3 if i want, but im not going to. im gonna do just c4.

im edexcel..

this is the only thing standing in the way of my dreams!
 
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this is the only thing standing in the way of my dreams!

Go kick that paper's ass!
 
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108 hours is a loooong time. Is that 108 single hours or including sleep etc?

108 single hours is enough to learn the whole module from scratch.
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Of course it can be done. If anything it's overkill. What a stupid question, honestly.
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Originally Posted by darkraver
108 single hours is enough to learn the whole module from scratch.

So true.
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it probabl can be done. but you said u resat a whole lot of them and got about 29 more marks overall.
that means u would (by ur min predictions) have 428/600 before C4
A - 480/600
So i make that not 81% you need now, just 52, which is a D and I havent got to C4 yet, but im sure you can manage that u did well in all the others.
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Originally Posted by jeeano
ive dun c1 c2 got 198/200 altogether so need 42 outta 100 ums to get A
nd cos im doing further maths ive dun both m1 and s1
Which one did people find easier tho of those two?

s1!
but thats because i hate science
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lol i didnt do M1, only S1.
But from what i heard M1 was reaaaly hard this year, and personally S1 was pretty simple, so no question S1 was easier.
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Originally Posted by assmaster
Go kick that paper's ass!

That's easy for you to say, judging by your name.




OP, just do past papers till you are sick of them. I have two on my computer, complete with mark schemes and examiners' reports, if you would like me to send them.
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Im incined to say easily.

Ill wish you the best of luck. For what it's worth, there is a lot of help available on this forum alone for an issues you may happen across.
 
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Originally Posted by assmaster
Go kick that paper's ass!
Haha.. will do!
 
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Originally Posted by darkraver
108 hours is a loooong time. Is that 108 single hours or including sleep etc?

108 single hours is enough to learn the whole module from scratch.
108hours of revision. 12 hours a day for 9 days. i can do 12hours solid with no problems
 
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Originally Posted by Vicious Fishes
Of course it can be done. If anything it's overkill. What a stupid question, honestly.
overkilll? mate i havent done c3 in a full year, never mind c4.
 
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Originally Posted by munaaf
it probabl can be done. but you said u resat a whole lot of them and got about 29 more marks overall.
that means u would (by ur min predictions) have 428/600 before C4
A - 480/600
So i make that not 81% you need now, just 52, which is a D and I havent got to C4 yet, but im sure you can manage that u did well in all the others.
GOOD LUCK!
my min predictions come to a total of 399, i got 69 in c3 and im not resitting it. so the most i need is 81ish
 
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Originally Posted by Gimothy
That's easy for you to say, judging by your name.




OP, just do past papers till you are sick of them. I have two on my computer, complete with mark schemes and examiners' reports, if you would like me to send them.
yes please, that'd be really helpfull!
 
 
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