Edexcel business unit 3 gcse thoughts

How did ya'll find it

Everyone is saying it's easy but in all honesty I kinda found it hard. I repeated way too much.

Also, can someone please help me. I really wanted an A in business but I think I failed multiple choice. If I get a D in multiple choice and a B in written and then an A in coursework what would that be overall?

Reply 2

username2421099

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Original post by rdlewiss

Everyone is saying it's easy but in all honesty I kinda found it hard. I repeated way too much.

Also, can someone please help me. I really wanted an A in business but I think I failed multiple choice. If I get a D in multiple choice and a B in written and then an A in coursework what would that be overall?

Looking at 2015 you got:

Controlled assessment: 40/50 UMS (A)
Multiple Choice: 25/50 UMS (D)
Unit 3 (Written): 70 UMS (B)
Grade Boundaries (Cash In)
A* = 180
A = 160
B = 140
C = 120
D = 100
E = 80
F = 60
G = 40

You got: C [135 UMS]

REMEMBER: This is ONLY a prediction based on last years grade boundaries, you only need 5 UMS more to get B so it is at potential to change is grade boundaries go down.

Reply 3

ameenatariq

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What did you get for the calculations?

Reply 4

rdlewiss

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Original post by AneebMalik

Looking at 2015 you got:

Controlled assessment: 40/50 UMS (A)
Multiple Choice: 25/50 UMS (D)
Unit 3 (Written): 70 UMS (B)
Grade Boundaries (Cash In)
A* = 180
A = 160
B = 140
C = 120
D = 100
E = 80
F = 60
G = 40

You got: C [135 UMS]

REMEMBER: This is ONLY a prediction based on last years grade boundaries, you only need 5 UMS more to get B so it is at potential to change is grade boundaries go down.

Wow thank you so much!!

Reply 5

Speedbird129

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Original post by ameenatariq

What did you get for the calculations?

The break even was 2,500 products and the profit was £56,000 I believe.

Reply 6

abigailmiles

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I got the break even of 2,500 but i got the profit of £60,000?

Reply 7

abbigm1

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To be honest I think the exam was hard in contrast to previous papers, for example the break even analysis question was quite harder than the usual style of questions and the 8 marker about salary as a form of remuneration.
Also i though the case study for travelodge was filled with BS that you really couldn't applicate. I was expecting to get full marks on this paper but I highly doubt it now

Reply 8

username2541365

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I thought it was a bit hard, but I didn't have the best teacher for Business Studies (in that he literally never showed up to a single lesson on time D: Plus, we never actually went over how to do this paper). So despite all of my efforts at revision, my approach to questions, I think, may not have been the best, so I won't be surprised if it turns out that a few of my answers were somewhat lacking, if not just incorrect- whether it simply be because I didn't know the answer, or because I've not been taught properly in the first place.

That said, I don't think that I necessarily did horribly in the exam, but I think I could have done better, had I had access to better support.