AQA Maths Core 2 May/June 2011

Reply 20

stjohnpeters

Original post by lucy1234

If I got 40 raw marks. What would you estimate the UMS marks to be?

40/75 = 53% So i would imagine it to be around 58%-62% of the UMS so 58-62

Reply 21

Animal-cat-lover

Original post by Amy-Margarita

Don't worry I think we all feel the same - we did all the past papers too - none of us could of predicted this awful day :P x

Ha ha!!! True! Everyone, but one person (FREAK), i spoke to thought it was hard and messed up on one bit!!!!

Poor people doing core 1 as well!!! This awful paper and then another 1 hr 30!!!!

Reply 22

sixthformer

Original post by Amy-Margarita

If you got 40 then big congratulations for you! UMS works sort of like a percentage doesn't it?! If the grade boundaries are normal that means you'd get about a C or 54 UMS marks, but if the grade boundaries are lowered this could probably become a B?! Just guestimating really :smile:

x

this exam was SO RUDDY DIFFICULT

i felt like crying, feel exhausted

i worked so hard

can anyone give me advice

i thank God, but was i the only one who felt i could not do 3-4 whole questions???

Reply 23

sixthformer

Original post by Animal-cat-lover

Ha ha!!! True! Everyone, but one person (FREAK), i spoke to thought it was hard and messed up on one bit!!!!

Poor people doing core 1 as well!!! This awful paper and then another 1 hr 30!!!!

seriously, i am someone who prepared or 5-6 months solid, did every past paper of almost all specs

did over 100-200 hours of self study for c1 and c2

and i FOUND IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT

c1 was a pain, but c2 was the king of all stupidly random exams

do you think 55/75 will be an A?

i dropped MANY marks

=/ i need 90% raw marks in D1 to get an A

man

Reply 24

chrisingram

OP

Yeah, everyone I know is agreeing that it was a lot harder than the past papers. UMS grade boundaries work so that they take the top 25% or so of scores and give them an grade A and the grade boundaries are worked out from there. This means if everyone does bad the grade boundaries will be lower. That's what I heard anyway.

Reply 25

sixthformer

Original post by stjohnpeters

40/75 = 53% So i would imagine it to be around 58%-62% of the UMS so 58-62

you can't be sure

RAW marks are different to UMS marks

it depends on how hard the paper was

and believe me. this paper was absolutely hard

but i will get back up...

even darkness must pass, i will revise for my next exams, and then when the sun shines, it will shine the clearer.

-.- i could give up, be disheartened, but i must keep moving foward

if you find your self in hell, keep going.

-.- my revenge will be with D1, on bahalf of c1 and c2

Reply 26

lucy1234

I feel exactly the same. i did every past paper and specimen and it was still hard!!

Reply 27

sixthformer

Original post by chrisingram

Yeah, everyone I know is agreeing that it was a lot harder than the past papers. UMS grade boundaries work so that they take the top 25% or so of scores and give them an grade A and the grade boundaries are worked out from there. This means if everyone does bad the grade boundaries will be lower. That's what I heard anyway.

agreed

=/ the paper was too hard

I PROMISE YOU

i did EVERY paper before and properly revised

YET I BELIEVE, I TOTALLY MESSED THIS UP

i pray to God now, it is with him :frown:

Reply 28

Miller693

9

Honestly, I hate to be that guy, but it wasn't that unfair a paper I didn't think. I mean there were some bad questions, like for the sector perimeter one. That seemed like a really hard one to actually answer. I mean it was obvious that k=5, but how were you actually meant to answer the question?? But otherwise I honestly thought that it was quite easy compared to past papers. I mean the two identities ones are usually difficult, but for today's they were basic!!

Reply 29

Animal-cat-lover

I think I speak for at least a few people that that will be another exam to be redone!

Reply 30

lucy1234

basic? I think the complete opposite. People were crying when they came out the exam

Reply 31

chrisingram

OP

Original post by Miller693

Honestly, I hate to be that guy, but it wasn't that unfair a paper I didn't think. I mean there were some bad questions, like for the sector perimeter one. That seemed like a really hard one to actually answer. I mean it was obvious that k=5, but how were you actually meant to answer the question?? But otherwise I honestly thought that it was quite easy compared to past papers. I mean the two identities ones are usually difficult, but for today's they were basic!!

Yeah I think that's all you'd have to put. I can't remember but I think it was something like 15 = 3k so you'd just write k=5.

I think a lot of people were put off by the trig identities one just because it was a short question worth 4 marks. It looked hard at first but once you multiplied it out it was okay.

One of my friends missed the whole last question because he got to question 8 and thought there were only 8 questions haha. Most of the past papers only have 8 questions.

Reply 32

In One Ear

18

Sat c1 and c2 today. Thought c1 was ridiculously easy and that c2 was a bit harder than the average past paper. Think i got 75/75 for c1 and 74/75 for c2 (didn't quite reach the printed answer for the last part of the last question, but was very close).

Hopefully if everyone found it hard i might be bagging myself 2x 100 ums :smile:

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In all seriousness though the log question was certainly hard and not at all like in any of the past papers i did.

Reply 33

karchun

2

FK MAThs!!! Ive got another paper on friday FP1 and its MEI!! :frown:

Reply 34

Catherine_C

I didn't find the trig identity ones too hard and the log one at the end was alright. Completely messed up on the maximum point one which basically meant i screwed up the whole question on the normal :frown:

Everyone's found it hard so im hoping the grade boundaries will be low :smile:

Reply 35

chrisingram

OP

Original post by karchun

FK MAThs!!! Ive got another paper on friday FP1 and its MEI!! :frown:

Yeah same I've got Statistics and Further Pure 1 on friday. I think I'm okay with FP1 but in Statistics they always throw in some "comment on this" question it's really annoying :/

Reply 36

In One Ear

18

For anyone wondering how to show the sixth term can be written as (3^6/2^13)
the solution is as follows.
sixth term= ar^n-1 or 12 x(3/8)^5

note that, 8= 2^3 and 12 = 2^2 x 3.

Therefore 12x (3/8)^5
=2^2 x 3 (3/2^3)^5
=2^2 x 3((3^5)/(2^15))
=2^2 x ((3^6))/2^15))
=(3^6)/(2^13) which was the printed answer.

Reply 37

chrisingram

OP

yeah that's what I got, I didn't find that too difficult, I think it was the question after that about the logs that I found difficult. I tried it and got so far so I hope I get some method marks.