Ive done all the C1 past papers available including solomans; this paper was quite hard. Mainly because it had alot of wording involved. Truthfully speaking I believe I got ~60/75. This is discounting any method marks. I never managed to 'show that' (5-c)^2>12 and i didnt find legitimate coordinates for c, i didnt find x coordinate of B, i got like 18000 bicycles or something, as i did 2 separate Sn equations and added them together.
Differentiation/integration/area of triangle/indices and graphs were all right i believe but for everyone worrying you need to put it out of your mind and do your best on the upcoming exams now :smile:

Reply 386

Cambrown0114

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For Q5 i left my answer as y=1/2 y=8, how many marks will i lose?

Reply 387

kiera325

For the area of the triangle I got 1476/20, which when divided gives you the right answer of 36.9.

Will they accept this answer in that fraction form or did it say to leave it in its simplest form??

Also what the **** was that exam.. i literally lost marks on question 2 which isn't meant to happen until further up in the paper!!

Too much fractions and horrible surds, feel sorry the one marking my work.

Reply 388

Specofranger

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Did anyone else get c=-88 or was it just me, i checked a few times.

Reply 389

bilalthebeast

Original post by Navi_BOy

And you are clapped

you are AIDS and im a beast

Reply 390

desigenius

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Found a video if it helps anyone:

https://youtu.be/J8icQOeslK8

Reply 391

studentabcde

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Original post by Maths234

Was the bike one not 52/2(280 (51x6)) as in n/2(2a (n-1)d)

No, since after week 12(?) the amount per week was constant and didn't increase

Reply 392

Moomoon

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If I got the method correct but got the answe wrong due to bad mental maths, how many marks would I be likely to lose?

Reply 393

redsoules

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Wonder how many marks i will lose for that in that case.

If it was out of 4, I guess I'll get 2? out of 5, maybe 3?

Original post by BenSainsbury

Where y = 2^x

Equation was something like 2y^2 -17y + 8=0 not sure if that's right.

Reply 394

Specofranger

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Original post by Kaka121

Think I only got 72/75 I'm so angry I just lost marks on a stupid mistake 😩

Lol nice, only question i messed up was with the asymptote and (5-c)^2.12.

And dunno, but got C=-88 in some integration question, i doubled checked it, dunno if right.

Reply 395

bilalthebeast

Original post by Specofranger

Did anyone else get c=-88 or was it just me, i checked a few times.

Yeah... if you're a beast like me

Reply 396

Im130

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Yeah I feel many past C1 papers just required you to know the techniques. But since last year they've been introducing large as hell calculations for you to do in your head, and they've been making the wording a bit weirder (e.g. "where "a" is a rational number"...that was totally unnecessary and leaves people questionning whether their answer -- 1/16 -- is a "rational number" ).

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 397

yolomastfer2f323

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Original post by Charlotteemason

Ive done all the C1 past papers available including solomans; this paper was quite hard. Mainly because it had alot of wording involved. Truthfully speaking I believe I got ~60/75. This is discounting any method marks. I never managed to 'show that' (5-c)^2>12 and i didnt find legitimate coordinates for c, i didnt find x coordinate of B, i got like 18000 bicycles or something, as i did 2 separate Sn equations and added them together.
Differentiation/integration/area of triangle/indices and graphs were all right i believe but for everyone worrying you need to put it out of your mind and do your best on the upcoming exams now :smile:

This paper was quite easy compared to other papers, just do every paper from 2005-16 including R papers and IAL papers and you will be fine and do some E questions from the book - took me 4 days to complete 32 C1 papers that edexcel have produced and todays paper was really easy, im expecting 100ums. However I will understand why it was difficult for some people, truss me guys once you have done all the papers PLEASE GO OVER THOSE PAPERS YOU DONE I MEAN ALL OF IT LITERALLY.