Take a look at the thread linked below to gauge the difficulty of the paper and have your say.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3322927

Reply 308

chelseachampions

No if r is more than zero there cannot be a minus before the square root...no +/-

Reply 309

chelseachampions

has anyone done the mark scheme yet

Reply 310

username1050473

Original post by Slenderman

How do you guys write math stuff and it appears big and nice, instead of saying sqrroot u actually get a square root.

Use the latex tag, and then put LaTeX code inside.

Example:
$x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}$

Becomes:

x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}

Reply 311

Arkasia

Can I just check, how many marks was Q12 in total?

Reply 312

Nels98

Original post by Arkasia

Can I just check, how many marks was Q12 in total?

Reply 313

Deanio

For question 11 (or 10?), I also calculated the tangent to the circle from point B or E. Which means the second part of the question where it asked to prove the equation works for "C" would also be incorrect I guess. My guess is that we'll receive no marks, which is annoying as it's a 5 or 6 mark question. Calculating the bisector is actually easier than calculating the tangent, so annoyed with myself for getting this one wrong. Doesn't matter though as I completely messed up the whole of question 12 and made some silly errors in section A like not putting the powers on the binomial expansion terms for example. I'll be lucky to even pass... so demotivated right now, feel like I've wasted an entire year. From doing past papers I felt as though I'd get most of the questions correct for Core 1. No idea how I'll survive in Core 2 if Core 1 went this badly. Retake for me in a years time I guess...

The worst thing is remembering how to work something out the minute the exam ends!

Reply 314

16Characters....

Grr I knew how to do 12i but then plugged my numbers in wrong (forgetting to multiply by the coefficient of x^2) leaving me with k > -12 rather than k > 14/3 which is what I am getting now outside of the exam :-) Oh well hope I've gotten a method mark for setting up the quadratic atleast.

Does anyone have any idea if I will lose a mark for forgetting to cancel my fraction into its lowest form on that right angled triangle question?

Reply 315

Arkasia

Original post by Nels98

Ah good so I can still get around 60/61

Reply 316

thelion786

I put k<-14/3 for the final question....worked everything out but mucked up the inequality

do you guys think I'll only drop a mark or more or will I be okay?..

Reply 317

suzywithaZY

Wellllll, that wasn't horrendous but it wasn't good either. What did you guys get for 12(i)? I got k>14/3

Reply 318

Darcy1

Anyone know how you would go about getting predicted an A* for a level maths? Like what would you have to have gotten on this paper if you were to get the same mark on the other two