AS AQA Mathematics Core 1 MPC1 June 2014

Anyone else got this exam coming up in the summer? It's on 19/05/14.
Please feel free to share any revision resources or links you find useful!

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Reply 1

Super199

Original post by CD223

Anyone else got this exam coming up in the summer? It's on 19/05/14.
Please feel free to share any revision resources or links you find useful!

Instead of butt raping the A-level section have you tried to put in the maths section? Better chance of a response that way :smile:

Reply 2

CD223

Sorry! I've just started using TSR again and had no idea you could specify subjects!

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Reply 3

CD223

Ok so this is next Monday - who's got last minute tips?

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lukejohnston13

Always remember to do plus or minus when you square root a number and learn all properties of a circle because anything from gcse can come up!

Reply 5

CD223

Original post by lukejohnston13

Always remember to do plus or minus when you square root a number and learn all properties of a circle because anything from gcse can come up!

Thank you very much! I'll bear both of those in mind! I've been fooled by plus or minus with square roots before...

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lukejohnston13

No worries! What grade are you hoping to get?

Reply 7

Admiral Bubbles

Done all the past papers, what do I do now lol? :frown:

Reply 8

lukejohnston13

Do solomon past papers, they're harder! Or just do all the past papers again and see if you've learned!

Reply 9

CD223

Original post by lukejohnston13

No worries! What grade are you hoping to get?

I'm hoping to get an A which I know will be hard but I've managed to scrape one in the last 3 papers I've done so who knows haha!

Thanks for the tips they're really helpful - I think I'll just go over past papers between now and Monday - not much else left to do!

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Reply 10

bakedbeans247

HELP PLEASE! :confused:

When doing integration and differentiation questions, do you have to write down the '+c' (intercept)? Will I lose marks if i don't write it down?

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Ram Charan

Original post by sadeqrahman

HELP PLEASE! :confused:

When doing integration and differentiation questions, do you have to write down the '+c' (intercept)? Will I lose marks if i don't write it down?

+c is used only in integration. this is because in differentiation the equation is 'reduced' so to speak (this is how i think it is any way), whereas in integration we are trying to find the whole equation from the reduced, so we do not know what number is last (assuming we follow: ax^2+bx+c)

hope this helps, i hve C1 on 19 May as well

Reply 12

CD223

Original post by sadeqrahman

HELP PLEASE! :confused:

When doing integration and differentiation questions, do you have to write down the '+c' (intercept)? Will I lose marks if i don't write it down?

Firstly, differentiation doesn't require a constant '+c'.

Secondly, you won't lose marks for not writing it down in C1 - a lot of the mark schemes say "condone no +c". In general it is good practice to write a +c when integrating infinite integrals with no boundaries, but with definite integrals (ones that specify between 2 and 0 for example) you needn't put the +c as you will be taking one +c away for the other when you subtract anyway.

Hope this helps!

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Reply 13

bakedbeans247

Original post by CD223

Thanks!

Reply 14

faithiskey

Original post by sadeqrahman

HELP PLEASE! :confused:

When doing integration and differentiation questions, do you have to write down the '+c' (intercept)? Will I lose marks if i don't write it down?

ALWAYS write it down when intergrating, better to be safe than sorry as you wont lose any marks for writing it

Reply 15

CD223

Original post by sadeqrahman

Thanks!

No worries! I reckon I'll just do past papers for the next two days. Doesn't help that this is my busiest week for exams!

How is everyone finding Core 2? I personally make more mistakes on Core 1 as I don't have the luxury of a calculator, haha!

I made a thread for Core 2 here by the way:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2555532

And Mechanics 1 if you're also doing that :smile:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2555533

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lukejohnston13

I remember doing the jan 2013 paper and it asked to integrate a question and you could actually work out what the c... So always write it down or you'll miss that like me

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Reply 17

CD223

Original post by lukejohnston13

I remember doing the jan 2013 paper and it asked to integrate a question and you could actually work out what the c... So always write it down or you'll miss that like me

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