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WJEC C1 - May 18th 2016

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Original post by Jack1066
Yeah I'm resitting C2 as well. Chances are with this being a nice c1 paper that this c2 paper is gonna dick me over somehow. For some reason I just keep messing up on triangles on C2, and just make general mistakes throughout the paper. Need prep for next Wednesday definitely.


I'd defo look over the Jan 2014 paper which seems to have extreme versions of a number of the standard questions we're used to on C2.

You defo need a good knowledge of cosine rule rearrangement, angles and triangles so that would be a good one to look at.

Also a pretty intense arithmetic question where you have to simultaneously solve 2 sequences algebraically
Original post by jonb365
Just to throw a quick tangent to this convo (no pun intended :wink:) what do we think (if you're doing it), that the C2 paper will be like. On a resitting marathon of 1 & 2 after disappointments last year (did well on S1 though) and the past 3 C2 papers have been challenging. Would like another one of that mould, keeping the A boundary around the 55-56 mark.


I prefer c2 purely because I don't have to count mentally! I work so much quicker if I don't need to use my brain to count.

Last year was a little dodgy for c2, particularly for the last question if you didn't think of using pi r squared to find the area of red roses.

With regard to the questions, the simultaneous equations question in 5b of c1 today was virtually lifted from Edexcel C1 2015.

The boards seem to be robbing each others questions, so I would anticipate an applied AP or Gp such as a depreciating car or maybe a bank account with compound interest, an edexcel and aqa favorite. I strongly advise looking to other boards for c2!

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Original post by Luketidley
Did anyone get 1/9 for one of the questions? Can't remember which one haha


I defo had 1/9 for something!!!
Here's a (very) unofficial mark scheme since there hasn't been one published yet. Mostly just the answers but some method in there as well :wink:
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Original post by sallyanne123
Here's a (very) unofficial mark scheme since there hasn't been one published yet. Mostly just the answers but some method in there as well :wink:


Do you have a copy of the paper? If not I will be able to obtain one by tomorrow.

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Original post by Naomi173
I had 19 for the f(2.25) did anyone else?


I got 19 too !
Original post by PedanticStudent
Do you have a copy of the paper? If not I will be able to obtain one by tomorrow.

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No I don't they wouldn't let us have a copy :L
Original post by sallyanne123
Here's a (very) unofficial mark scheme since there hasn't been one published yet. Mostly just the answers but some method in there as well :wink:


ooh sallie anne I don't think I got around to answering those questions! what page number were they on??


morgan - xxx
guys is this the gcse foundaton paper
What do you think the grade boundary for full UMS will be?
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Original post by saiko291099
What do you think the grade boundary for full UMS will be?


Between 70 and 75 I think.
Original post by broganrogers
I think it went quite well!
I had -7 for m


brogan are you from mountain ash
Original post by MorganDaBrainBox
guys is this the gcse foundaton paper


What a troll
Original post by sallyanne123
What a troll


shutup sallie anne i bet thats not even your real name
The question on the equation of BD threw me completely
Original post by desertlover
The question on the equation of BD threw me completely


It was an oddball question! I could only do it because there was an identical question on a past paper

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Thank you!! Looking at this I only lost marks on the 1c! I hated that question
****in easy BOYZ
Original post by PedanticStudent
It was an oddball question! I could only do it because there was an identical question on a past paper

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Yep a few of my friends said that they'd seen it prior aswell, was dodgy one. I hope it wasn't worth too many marks...

I wonder how difficult the C2 paper will be.

Is anyone sitting WJEC M1 in June, I know its a while away.
Original post by Naomi173
Thank you!! Looking at this I only lost marks on the 1c! I hated that question


I know right, I spent waaaay longer than I'd like to admit on that question seeing as it wasn't really difficult at all

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