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WJEC Mathematics Higher Paper 1 - June 11 2013

It was definitely harder than last years! Everyone I have spoken to found it hard, hopefully the Calculator paper will make up for it!

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This should be the case...it was last year anyway!

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Reply 21

nadinelia11

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Original post by wb25

Any idea on the grade boundaries ?

Normally you need the following but they can vary slightly depending on the paper:
An A is 70%
B is 50
C is 30

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Reply 22

kgweasley

The grade boundaries aren't that low its around (raw marks) 48/100 for a D 58/100 for a C 68/100 - B 78/100 - A then 88/100 for an A*
(on each paper)

Reply 23

wb25

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Original post by kgweasley

The grade boundaries aren't that low its around (raw marks) 48/100 for a D 58/100 for a C 68/100 - B 78/100 - A then 88/100 for an A*
(on each paper)

It's not that high. I know for certain it's not that high.

The general boundaries from what I heard is

Max 40% - C
Max 60% - B
Max 70% - A

By Max I mean that is the maximum the grade boundary might be for that grade

Reply 24

kgweasley

Original post by wb25

It's not that high. I know for certain it's not that high.

The general boundaries from what I heard is

Max 40% - C
Max 60% - B
Max 70% - A

By Max I mean that is the maximum the grade boundary might be for that grade

Are you sure? the only place I can find anywhere that will me the grade boundaries is on the word document I downloaded from WJEC's website, I've been worrying over how high they are for ages. If it is lower than I first thought then thank god!

Reply 25

DaanH

OP

Last year you genuinely needed 20% for a C! Then it went up in 15% each time, so an A* was 65%!
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Reply 26

Sh4hid96

6

How many marks was the highest commen factor and lowest common multiple questions? Just realised I got them both wrong. Done so badly in yesterday's paper. I hope the grade boundaries are low!

Reply 27

DaanH

OP

They were two each so 4! The highest common factor was 15 and the lowest common multiple was 630!

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Reply 28

MLANGFORD

What a crazy paper. It was so ridiculously hard, it was laughable. Did anybody do a simultaneous equation for the dimensions question? If so, what values did u use?

Reply 29

DaanH

OP

Yes I got the answers 6.5 and 2

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Reply 30

MLANGFORD

ahhhh I am so annoyed at myself. I only counted the two sides of the diagram, I didn't do the perimeter. So I did 3x+4y=55 instead of 6x+8y=55. That is going to bug me so much

Reply 31

sparkywrex

No mention of the foundation paper??

Reply 32

Sh4hid96

6

Original post by MLANGFORD

ahhhh I am so annoyed at myself. I only counted the two sides of the diagram, I didn't do the perimeter. So I did 3x+4y=55 instead of 6x+8y=55. That is going to bug me so much

I done the same as you! Do you reckon we will pick up marks though?

Reply 33

MLANGFORD

Original post by Sh4hid96

I done the same as you! Do you reckon we will pick up marks though?

If the examiner's feeling generous, maybe like 1 mark, but in all honesty, I highly doubt it. Sad times

Reply 34

Sh4hid96

6

Original post by MLANGFORD

If the examiner's feeling generous, maybe like 1 mark, but in all honesty, I highly doubt it. Sad times

Oh well. Hopefully grade boundaries are low, what do you think an a will be?

Reply 35

MLANGFORD

Original post by Sh4hid96

Oh well. Hopefully grade boundaries are low, what do you think an a will be?

Well, combined with your paper 2 score, 110/200 is an A! So, you just aim to do better in the next paper. I'm hoping for an A* (even though it's probably not going to happen) so I need to get like 80+ on the next paper!!! :eek:

Reply 36

nsherrin

2

Think I did bad, thinking back I have made stupid mistakes which I really shouldn't have made. Need to do really well on paper 2 I'm praying its easier than paper 1 was :frown:

Reply 37

LukeStewart11

My students found it hard too!

The answer to the circle theorem question is 90 - x

4x is not going to get you 4 marks here I am afraid.

For the simultaneous equation question, the dimensions were 6.5 and 2.

The area of the rectangle was 12560 cm^2

The distance travelled at the end was 9.5m

The acceleration was roughly 1.4 m/s^2

The pig question was xy/z with the assumption that each pig ate the same amount of food.

Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!

Roll on paper 2 :smile: