Edexcel A2 C4 Mathematics June 2016 - Official Thread

Would 71/75 in C3 and 66/75 in C4 be an A*????

Would 71/75 in C3 and 66/75 in C4 be an A*????

99% sure this is an A*

Hey guys,does anyone know what units with come under core maths for the UMS mark and what comes under further pure.....
I have done/will be doing,
C1,C2,C3,C4
FP1,FP2,FP3
M1,M2,M3
S1,S2

wondering how edexcel shifts units around for the final grade....

The exam board maximises your grades for maths, and then further maths (with the lowest highest grade in maths, if that makes sense, so that your further maths is as high as possible as well).

But with the applied units it will either be:

S1 and S2
M1 and M2
or M1 and S1 in A-level maths.

ums is not linear, therefore, using last years' ums calculator...71 was 100 ums for c3 so whether you got 71 or 72 or 75...it will all be seen as 100 ums

and 62 was 80 ums last year and 63 was about 82 ums

therefore, it you got those marks last year, u would have gotten an A*. this year exams were roughly the same level so it should still be an A* in my opinion. the guy who replied to you saying that 72 was 96 ums, he doesn't know how ums calculation works....

if you have any doubts, feel free to go to edexcel website, download ums calculator, it is on excel spreadsheet and then input the years and the exam modules, then you wouldn't have to ask people for ums!

In what way is UMS not linear? I don't have excel so I can't use the spreadsheet (it doesn't work on google docs or OpenOffice) . I would have assumed that the ums graph would be a straight line between grades (e.g. If 64 is 80 and 69 is 90, then each mark between increases by 2)

In what way is UMS not linear? I don't have excel so I can't use the spreadsheet (it doesn't work on google docs or OpenOffice) . I would have assumed that the ums graph would be a straight line between grades (e.g. If 64 is 80 and 69 is 90, then each mark between increases by 2)

Here is a sample from last year

Ah that's just because it's a different rate below the E grade - between the actual grades I'm pretty sure it's linear


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Not necessarily. S2 for example

Again, only because they had to change the rate at which the UMS was going up by unless they wanted it to be 75 for an A*! It's usually linear unless it's at the very extremities

I've been quite downbeat all day, it was an easy exam and I choked. Should've got an A* but I messed up. Oh well, wasn't meant to be.

Hi guys
How does an A* in maths work
Doesn't it include all c1,2,3,4 and stats1,2 or mechanics 1,2??
For far I think I got 90 ums for c3 and c4 and last year I got a UMS of 250 still got s2 left