Edexcel FP2 Official 2016 Exam Thread - 8th June 2016

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Reply 2420

Honey badger123

Anyone's opinion would be appreciated

Reply 2421

kelvin1338

Original post by Honey badger123

Anyone's opinion would be appreciated

I think this year's A* will be 67, so you'd get 86-88 UMS, but that's just my opinion don't count on it :smile:

Reply 2422

Genius123456

Please can you post the official Edexcel mark schemes for mathematics a-level for example google drive link . Thanks in advance

Reply 2423

crashMATHS

Original post by Genius123456

Please can you post the official Edexcel mark schemes for mathematics a-level for example google drive link . Thanks in advance

They're not even on the emporium yet

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Reply 2424

Genius123456

Original post by kingaaran

They're not even on the emporium yet

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When they are on the emporium please can you post on this thread by google drive link
Thanks

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Reply 2425

crashMATHS

Mark Scheme...

12b_FP2_June_2016_mark_scheme.pdf764.9KB

Reply 2426

kelvin1338

Original post by kingaaran

Mark Scheme...

Do you have the AEA mark scheme for edexcel? if so can you upload it? thanks

Reply 2427

Maetras

Damn not sure if I put pi/6 in the taylor question or just subbed in 5pi/12 and then gave the printed answer. I hope I did. Too long ago.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 2428

SB0073

Realistic boundary predictions? for an A? does everyone still agree with the one above? "67 - A*
61 - A
54 - B
46 - C
39 - D

etc

Plus or minus 1 on all boundaries"
By Edothero

Reply 2429

kelvin1338

Original post by SB0073

Realistic boundary predictions? for an A? does everyone still agree with the one above? "67 - A*
61 - A
54 - B
46 - C
39 - D

etc

Plus or minus 1 on all boundaries"
By Edothero

I think it's a fair estimation, even though deep down I'm praying that 66 is the A* boundary, that 1 mark means a lot to me

Reply 2430

SB0073

Original post by kelvin1338

I think it's a fair estimation, even though deep down I'm praying that 66 is the A* boundary, that 1 mark means a lot to me

Every mark matters, we all know that :smile:

Hope you get your grades

Reply 2431

MarocMan

Original post by kelvin1338

I think it's a fair estimation, even though deep down I'm praying that 66 is the A* boundary, that 1 mark means a lot to me

If it matters I genuinely think with 66 u could have got 92UMS cus I think it could go as low as 65 for A* and 57/58 for A this year... Everyone seemed really upset, including myself, apart from a very few but I do understand why people doubt these boundaries because of how high fp2 is normally

Reply 2432

MarocMan

Original post by maruchan

fingers crossed the boundaries are low. I think it will be considering many people found it quite hard :smile:

How did u think u did in fp2 in terms of marks? I honestly am upset cus A* is gone seeing as I think I got 57-59marks following the mark scheme but did well in m3 and fp3 but its just not enough, hopefully some unexpectedly low boundaries if I want any chance of A* loool

Reply 2433

yussefsoudan

I honestly can't believe that this exam has standard grade boundaries...
The paper was unbelievably hard.

Reply 2434

math42

Original post by yussefsoudan

I honestly can't believe that this exam has standard grade boundaries...
The paper was unbelievably hard.

To be fair, they are lower than the last two years, and I wouldn't call those standard; especially last year had some newish stuff, it's just people are too good at FP2 lol. I didn't sit the paper but I saw it and yes it was trickier than usual but objectively speaking I don't think it was that hard. The fact is that the boundaries are set this way to get a similar amount achieving each grade as last year. Most people will do as well as they have tended to on past papers in terms of UMS as the boundaries are set to try to make things equal across years, so, not that it is very helpful to say, I don't think there is much cause to worry.