Would the 2017 paper possibly be harder than the 2016? I mean 58% for an A, can you really go much lower than that
My gut tells me it'll be easier than last years, as the grade boundary was at an all time low. Same thing happened with my IGCSE last year; the 2015 one was the most difficult one yet, but the 2016 one was easy.
I felt like this yesterday. I did a few questions then attempted a past paper. The grade wasn't good, but the mark was a great improvement and I'm now feeling a lot more positive. Past papers are definitely your friend!
Well considering we've had a grand total of 5 lessons since we started in February, and self-teaching is going wonderfully horrific, I think I'm pretty much set to fail.
Anyone have any opinion on the difficulty of some of the slightly older papers? I've done the 2009 paper recently, and compared to the later papers, the grade boundaries are extremely high! Not sure if this is down to the difficulty of the papers or the capability of the candidates? Hoping it's the candidates as my scores have been decent on these papers, but the grade less so...
At gcse add maths, u have to assume that the acceleration is constant. You will never get a question where the acceleration is changing.
You can however get varied acceleration but they will mention it and gove u the formula for it.
I've seen questions with varied acceleration and where you have to differentiate or integrate. The easiest way to answer those questions imo is to model it on a graph and see what you have to work out. Then you know exactly what you need to do
Say if you got the equation of the line as y=1/6x +5/6
Then could you leave it as that or would you have to give it in a form that has no fractions eg 6y=x+5
Unless it tells you to express it in a specific form, you can leave it in fraction form. It's recommended to turn it into whole numbers, so it looks better and it's easier to work with for the rest of the question.
Thanks - tbf I found the more recents one harder and got a B so fingers crossed for a good paper!
Having done some of the older ones I think generally the grade boundaries reflect that people found them easier. Personally, I didn't particularly find it that way, but I think that's because I started with the older ones and are now doing the more recent ones now that I'm more capable of the actual maths.
Depends on your school. It will definitely start between 1pm and 2pm, and it lasts for 2 hours. My school starts at 1, although many will start at 1:30, or even 2.