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OCR MEI C3 Mathematics June 2016 - Official Thread

kevvvvvv

Exam Date: 21st June 2016

There is no official thread for this exam so I decided to make one.

:woo:

Resources:
Past Papers: http://www.mei.org.uk/alevelpapers#C3
Exam Solutions MEI: http://www.examsolutions.net/maths-revision/syllabuses/MEI/period-1/C3/module.php
Specification: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/75811-specification.pdf
Grade Boundaries for all Past Papers: http://vle.woodhouse.ac.uk/topicdocs/maths/grade/boundary.html

Feel free to share any other resources as well as any questions.

(edited 8 years ago)

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@Zacken move to maths exams plsss

Reply 4

Zacken

Original post by kevvvvvv

@Zacken move to maths exams plsss

Done.

Reply 5

SpartanZ

I am sitting this, aiming for at least 68 :P
Find this exam harder than the C4 exam!! anyone else feel this way? :biggrin:

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kevvvvvv

Original post by SpartanZ

I am sitting this, aiming for at least 68 :P
Find this exam harder than the C4 exam!! anyone else feel this way? :biggrin:

No way c4 is much harder. The c3 exams are the same questions every year with different functions and equations lol

Reply 7

SpartanZ

Original post by kevvvvvv

No way c4 is much harder. The c3 exams are the same questions every year with different functions and equations lol

yeah but the C4 questions, especially vectors and trig are really straightforward :P
The only involving thing i find is the differential equation long questions and the comprehension (hate that)

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username1084917

Where is the proper thread for this?

Reply 9

kevvvvvv

how is everyone feeling about this exam. i just completed last years paper and got full ums although it was a fairly tricky paper. i took longer completing that paper than any other one.

Reply 10

username1084917

Original post by kevvvvvv

how is everyone feeling about this exam. i just completed last years paper and got full ums although it was a fairly tricky paper. i took longer completing that paper than any other one.

I got 65/72 how many UMS would that be in that paper? And what is full ums?

Also how do you revise exactly apart from do past papers? And how many past papers have you done , all 18?

Reply 11

username1084917

Just wondering lets share revision tips everyone! :smile:

I use the OCR MEI thin revision guide and the CGP book along with exam solutions to revsie with.

I then do all the past papers ( all 18 or so) .

And then just makes sure I can do everything...

Anything else I should do, and what do you guys do?

Reply 12

MintyMilk

Original post by Kira Yagami

Anything else I should do, and what do you guys do?

FP2 amirite

Reply 13

username1084917

Original post by MintyMilk

FP2 amirite

Umm I'm just talking about how you revise for C4 exactly?

Reply 14

MintyMilk

Original post by Kira Yagami

Umm I'm just talking about how you revise for C4 exactly?

No I just mean that doing FP2 means you only need to put in about half the time into C3 and C4 than you otherwise would need to

Reply 15

kevvvvvv

ocr have released their ums calculator so you can work out how much ums you get in each paper. for c3 you must add your coursework mark.

ums calculator: http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/convert-raw-marks-to-ums/

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sonron202

praying as last years exam was dreadful this years will be easier

Reply 17

Studious_Student

Am I the only one who finds C3 harder than C4? I find C4 pretty simple to learn but Integration in C3 exams really get to me sometimes and I can't get exactly what they want.

Reply 18

tizzaclaire98

Ahhh was feeling totally okay with C3 reliably hitting over 85% but then I neglected it a bit for other exams and now it seems to have gone completely! Implicit diff. seems impossible (can anyone tell me what 2xy differentiates to?) and anything involving e^x has me so confused...