Edexcel AS/A2 Mathematics M1 - 8th June 2016 - Official Thread

I think you got the sin and cos the wrong way round...

Does anyone else find it hard to figure out whether there is a reaction force happening or not at a support on a beam? It seems quite hit and miss to me


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I have the same issue. It's very hard to figure out. Can someone please explain ?



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thank you for this !!

Really? Hmm...Well, I don't see anywhere where I went wrong in my working! Maybe show your working?

You used sinx but it is actually cos x

I'm completely stuck on this M1 question, I don't get what's going on as I've never seen vectors and moments combined? (Q4 a,b)




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How come there aren't any Madas M1 papers?


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If you put two different ways of answering a question and they give you different answers do you get the marks for the correct one?

As in, are you allowed to give two answers and then they just mark the correct one?


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There are no proper M1 paper, but you can get a question by topic booklet. I'd recommend trying out the Delphis paper on Physics and Maths tutor.



I did this in one of my exams, and only gained a few method marks You must, state which one is your answer.

How do you state it? Because as far as I can tell from the markscheme anything you put must be marked, and even if something is crossed out they will try to mark it?


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Hey I got the sin and cos the wrong way round xD sorry about that

yeah I noticed straight away, don't worry about it

How do we know if F = ma or if it's equal to 0?