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How many past papers would you say is enough for a module in maths

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As many as time permits.

This is my planner for maths past papers :smile:

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Solomon papers do not have UMS, but I guesstimated it by scaling up the percentage of marks by 10%. B/S/G papers also don't have UMS, so whatever their percentage is their UMS.

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Reply 21

jamestg

Also if you're interested, the predicted is the mean of the mean UMS and mean UMS excl. anomalies.

I don't do stats so please don't rip me apart if that's a bad way of doing it.

Reply 22

username1560589

All of them and some more.

Reply 23

Kvothe the Arcane

Original post by jamestg

As many as time permits.

This is my planner for maths past papers :smile:

They're not in date order. Solomon papers do not have UMS, but I guesstimated it by scaling up the percentage of marks by 10%. B/S/G papers also don't have UMS, so whatever their percentage is their UMS.

Nice :-). I should do the same in a couple weeks

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Reply 24

Student403

Original post by Kvothe the arcane

Spoiler

Op, what you can take away from this aside is that you should determine the modules which require more attention and do more relevant practice. Whether that be exercises or papers.

I mean for my Y12, all the modules were pretty easy (C1, C2, FP1, M1, S1, C3) so the top 2 for me were FP1 and C3

Reply 25

Zacken

Original post by Kvothe the arcane

I don't think I did any C1/C2 (apart from class mock) papers because I was doing C3 C4 that season which made them seem simple. I imagine @Zacken, @Student403 and that crew won't do many A level past papers when they go above and beyond. Or at least they'll concentrate on the later modules.

I'll do about 6 papers from each module - including the easiest ones, not for the content but to get an idea of the style of questions, the order, # of questions, topics, etc... otherwise, as you've said C3/4 makes C1/2 easy, so imagine what STEP II and III do...

Reply 26

Student403

Original post by Zacken

I literally cannot conceive in my head the idea of something that makes FP2/3 seem easy :cry:

Reply 27

Someboady

How many marks out of 75 is generally considered 100% UMS and how many is considered 95% UMS?

Reply 28

Acrux

Original post by Kvothe the arcane

Spoiler

Op, what you can take away from this aside is that you should determine the modules which require more attention and do more relevant practice. Whether that be exercises or papers.

Definitely.

Reply 29

Acrux

Original post by jamestg

As many as time permits.

This is my planner for maths past papers :smile:

Solomon papers do not have UMS, but I guesstimated it by scaling up the percentage of marks by 10%. B/S/G papers also don't have UMS, so whatever their percentage is their UMS.

When are you planning on starting M1 and C2 papers

Reply 30

sweeneyrod

However many it takes to be able to get 75/75 consistently. I plan on doing approximately 1 C3 paper because I easily got 100% raw on the mock, but I'll do quite a few M2 papers, because it's easier to make small slips in applied modules.

Reply 31

jamestg

Original post by Acrux

When are you planning on starting M1 and C2 papers

This month, when I finish being taught them

It's too late to self teach and get a head start because I'm engrossed in other work.

Reply 32

Acrux

Original post by jamestg

This month, when I finish being taught them

It's too late to self teach and get a head start because I'm engrossed in other work.

fair enough so you still have modules left to learn
do you study FM?

Reply 33

jamestg

Original post by Acrux

fair enough so you still have modules left to learn
do you study FM?

Nope, that's next year :colondollar:

Reply 34

IrrationalRoot

Original post by Student403

I literally cannot conceive in my head the idea of something that makes FP2/3 seem easy :cry:

No way, you're great at maths! You shouldn't find those modules too hard. I'd say just read through all the content and make sure you understand everything; they shouldn't be able to catch you out after that.

Reply 35

IrrationalRoot

Original post by sweeneyrod

Last year I did basically every D1 paper available and NEVER got through a whole mock without losing a mark. It was really annoying since D1 was so simple. But funnily enough I managed to get full raw marks in the real thing!

But yeah that's a good approach, aim for full marks in every mock.

Reply 36

Student403

Original post by IrrationalRoot

Thanks

I think you're right - it just takes a bit to get them in your head fully!

Reply 37

undercxver

Original post by jamestg

As many as time permits.

This is my planner for maths past papers :smile:

Solomon papers do not have UMS, but I guesstimated it by scaling up the percentage of marks by 10%. B/S/G papers also don't have UMS, so whatever their percentage is their UMS.

That looks really good! :zomg:

I should have done this. :cry:

Reply 38

sweeneyrod

Original post by Student403

I literally cannot conceive in my head the idea of something that makes FP2/3 seem easy :cry:

STEP doesn't exactly make FP2 easy in the same way as e.g. C1. At least for me, C1 is easy because I can breeze through a paper without actually thinking; FP2 is easier than STEP because I know roughly how to answer each question, not because actually doing so is trivial.

Reply 39

tiny hobbit

Original post by jamestg

As many as time permits.

This is my planner for maths past papers :smile:

Solomon papers do not have UMS, but I guesstimated it by scaling up the percentage of marks by 10%. B/S/G papers also don't have UMS, so whatever their percentage is their UMS.

The original Bronze, Silver and Gold papers as put together by Graham and Mark at Edexcel have the suggested grade boundaries on the front, from which you can work out your UMS.

If you've got them from elsewhere, has the website removed that information?