Edexcel AS Mathematics Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 8MA0_01 - 16 May 2018

Edexcel AS Pure Exam

Hey guys, here is our exam discussion thread for this exam :h:

Date: 16th May 2018
AM/PM: AM
Length: 2 hours
Specification: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/as-l3-mathematics-specification.pdf

Other resources:
Formula booklet: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/Pearson_Edexcel_A_Level_GCE_in_Mathematics_Formulae_Book.pdf
Sample Assessment papers: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/as-l3-mathematics-sams.pdf
See list on this thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5003372

OtherAS pure
AS applied : AS statistics / AS mechanics
A level pure 1
A level pure 2
A level applied : A level statistics / A level mechanics
Further AS pure
Further AS applied : Further pure / Statistics / Mechanics / Decision

Good luck with your revision! :work:

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Reply 1

This is probably my favourite Maths exam this year... :tongue:

Reply 2

OP

Original post by nyxnko_

This is probably my favourite Maths exam this year... :tongue:

This is definitely mine :yep:

(You do realise you can just click watch thread rather than generating me a load of notifications :tongue:

)

Reply 3

Original post by Lemur14

This is definitely mine :yep:

(You do realise you can just click watch thread rather than generating me a load of notifications :tongue:

)

I do!!

I just decided to be annoying :eviltongue:

and reply to all of them to annoy you!!

Reply 4

OP

Original post by nyxnko_

I do!!

I just decided to be annoying :eviltongue:

and reply to all of them to annoy you!!

Seriously though, it's gonna drive me mental!

Reply 5

Original post by Lemur14

Seriously though, it's gonna drive me mental!

sorry

I'm done now though :tongue:

Reply 6

OP

Original post by nyxnko_

sorry

I'm done now though :tongue:

Good

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Reply 7

Amrak

9

Where is the best place that I can access resources for AS pure, mech and stat?
I am really worried!

Reply 8

Original post by Amrak

Where is the best place that I can access resources for AS pure, mech and stat?
I am really worried!

i don't actually know anywhere except for practice with specimen papers and looking at hard old spec questions. I would say Physics and Maths Tutor but they don't have much on new spec maths (if any)
maybe ask your teachers?

Reply 9

Amrak

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I will thank you.
Do you have any idea about the range of grade boundaries? Just a rough idea will do
thanks

Original post by nyxnko_

i don't actually know anywhere except for practice with specimen papers and looking at hard old spec questions. I would say Physics and Maths Tutor but they don't have much on new spec maths (if any)
maybe ask your teachers?

Reply 10

Original post by Amrak

I will thank you.
Do you have any idea about the range of grade boundaries? Just a rough idea will do
thanks

I wouldn't know either but I reckon 80% will be an A grade and every 10% after that will be the next grade down although I do believe that if it's very difficult, the boundaries will be lower

Reply 11

TarekHelmy

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does anyone have access to the new specimen papers released

Reply 12

Original post by TarekHelmy

does anyone have access to the new specimen papers released

I know which ones you're talking about but they're still locked on the Edexcel page. Maybe ask your teachers? They probably have access to them.

Reply 13

Greenapplepear

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How is everyone revising?

Reply 14

OP

Original post by Greenapplepear

How is everyone revising?

If I'm honest this is my easiest exam so is the least of my concerns really. I'm keeping up with the various papers we're constantly being set, but apart from that not too much more. Trying to do a wider variety of questions though because things like proofs it isn't really clear how far they could go with it, so it could be simple or really quite difficult.

Reply 15

Greenapplepear

13

Original post by Lemur14

If I'm honest this is my easiest exam so is the least of my concerns really. I'm keeping up with the various papers we're constantly being set, but apart from that not too much more. Trying to do a wider variety of questions though because things like proofs it isn't really clear how far they could go with it, so it could be simple or really quite difficult.

Ok cheers mate. Which papers are you doing for practice? Are you doing the international C12 papers?

Reply 16

Amrak

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Can you please tell me exactly how familiar do you have to be with the large data set?

Reply 17

OP

Original post by Greenapplepear

Ok cheers mate. Which papers are you doing for practice? Are you doing the international C12 papers?

atm I'm just doing what my teacher is setting us (that's roughly a paper a week). We've worked through most the Edexcel materials, some of the AQA ones (even though the format is a bit different) and now we're doing some OCR A papers. They've also made up some papers. I hadn't actually thought of doing the C12 papers, that's a good shout, thanks!

Original post by Amrak

Can you please tell me exactly how familiar do you have to be with the large data set?

I've no clue really...my teacher skipped it :facepalm:

but our mechanics teacher told us to definitely make sure we learnt the place names, obviously the dates and the different column headings and their units.

Reply 18

Rolls_Reus_0wner

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Original post by Lemur14

Edexcel AS Pure Exam

Hey guys, here is our exam discussion thread for this exam :h:

Date: 16th May 2018
AM/PM: AM
Length: 2 hours
Specification: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/as-l3-mathematics-specification.pdf

Other resources:
Formula booklet: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/Pearson_Edexcel_A_Level_GCE_in_Mathematics_Formulae_Book.pdf
Sample Assessment papers: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Mathematics/2017/specification-and-sample-assesment/as-l3-mathematics-sams.pdf
See list on this thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5003372

OtherAS pure
AS applied : AS statistics / AS mechanics
A level pure 1
A level pure 2
A level applied : A level statistics / A level mechanics
Further AS pure
Further AS applied : Further pure / Statistics / Mechanics / Decision

Good luck with your revision! :work:

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD UP....

is this exam for people taking only AS maths and not the whole A-level?? NEW spec cause I thought the exams were in JUNE

Reply 19

OP