Edexcel for maths and FM, AQA for physics and chemistry(Original post by Puzzled_Logician)
Which exam board do you do for maths?
I found MPC3 alright, and MPC4 was a relief when it was over (I'm not great at vectors questions, but I thankfully this paper had a nice one).
Just a few silly mistakes in each, but nothing too drastic from my perspective; just need to get M2 sorted now!
Annoying thing with my C4 paper, I messed up the last 6 marks and only needed a couple extra minutes to correct it :'(
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(Original post by Puzzled_Logician)
To quote myself (not normally a good idea, as I don't really want to portray arrogance, but I can't really be bothered to retype it) -
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I found MPC3 easier. Core 4 I dropped 10-12 marks. Hoping it doesn't cost me an A* :/
Personally I thought MPC4 was a nicer paper than it could have been; MPC3 was harder than previous years (like Q.8, took me half an hour to 8a, which is nearly as much as the rest of the paper, before realising dividing through by cot^2 would let it 'drop out') so not impossible papers; not overwhelmingly easy either though... -
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(Original post by Puzzled_Logician)
Interesting. Most people here found MPC4 easier than MPC3.
Personally I thought MPC4 was a nicer paper than it could have been; MPC3 was harder than previous years (like Q.8, took me half an hour to 8a, which is nearly as much as the rest of the paper, before realising dividing through by cot^2 would let it 'drop out'so not impossible papers; not overwhelmingly easy either though...
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Can anyone confirm what the question was for the Vegas and Earth question, Calculate *something* angle Vegas subtends on Earth? Was it angle subtended when asteriod is at max distance, min distance, or some other distance? -
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(Original post by Sam.B57)
Edexcel for maths and FM, AQA for physics and chemistry
Annoying thing with my C4 paper, I messed up the last 6 marks and only needed a couple extra minutes to correct it :'(
But none of my exams stick out as going drastically badly to be honest.. -
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Only just got in because half of my friends are celebrating finishing their exams ( :'( ), thought it was a pretty lovely paper though overall! Liked the six markers a lot, they were so nice. Made at least 1 stupid mistake that I know of so far but oh well.
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(Original post by CD223)
I agree. The actual paper for C4 wasn't difficult I just dropped quite a few marks. Praying for 180but after chemistry this year, I just need to hope, and 'pray' for the grades I need for Bristol...
Also like me and physics 4 then.... -
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Right, well now that's over... SUMMER! -
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(Original post by Puzzled_Logician)
I think you square each value (of speed) and divide through by 3 then, to get the Crms^2 -
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Yeah; for CHEM4 I found I run out of time, too many questions of typical difficulty where you'd normally have 9.
But none of my exams stick out as going drastically badly to be honest.. -
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Only just got in because half of my friends are celebrating finishing their exams ( :'( ), thought it was a pretty lovely paper though overall! Liked the six markers a lot, they were so nice. Made at least 1 stupid mistake that I know of so far but oh well. -
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It's was 1 mark right -
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What mistake? I made several?:/ -
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Density = m/V
Calculate volume from 4/3πr^3
Take r from previous question.
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So shouldn't the dispersion be different? -
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astro was definitely harder than last years in my opinion
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For the 6-mark astro question, did you have to actually calculate T and v, or did you just have to explain how they would be calculated? I explained both in some detail, but didn't produce values.
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Did u use m = 51? -
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(Original post by StarvingAutist)
For the 6-mark astro question, did you have to actually calculate T and v, or did you just have to explain how they would be calculated? I explained both in some detail, but didn't produce values.
Did the question specify that you had to calculate them, or did it simply ask how you'd evaluate them?
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