Edexcel Legacy/old spec GCSE A*-G Maths paper 2 (calculator) FOUNDATION

Thanks a lot. Feel a little better after seeing it although I think I'll have scraped 69 in that paper at a push. I cautiously marked my non calc between 72 and 78 so I might just do it, hoping that the boundaries come down. Today's paper was a lot harder than any of the past papers I've sat.

I can't see a mark for the scale factor of 3 for the shape...obviously understand you probably can't scan that it. I'm sure I got it though, how many marks was it for?

Hi

Just sat the old spec Maths GCSE CALCULATOR FOUNDATION paper with EDEXCEL. How is everyone feeling about it? I found it very, very hard. Some questions we hadn't covered.

I'm sure there was an enlargement question , scale factor 3 ? I can't see it on the answers.
I answered it but my final 2 points looked off.
usually I can easily do enlargement! exam nerves

I think it was 2 marks

I've just published a corrected document as I'd missed out the answer for question 15D, the enlargement of the trapezium. It was worth 2 marks.

Thank you ! you've really helped put my mind at rest. It's a close call but I think I've done it

Yorkshire bob; thank you for the mark scheme for paper 2. Can i ask, do you have a scan of paper 1 and paper 2 questions at all? And secondly do you have a mark scheme for paper 1 (non calc) thank you so much

The scan of my answered paper 1 is on the thread for that paper. As for paper 2, I'll scan my answered paper as soon as I can get to a scanner. Hope that will be today, but can't promise.

I got about 65 on paper 1 and 67 on paper 2, but that's not counting marks I possibly got for working out.

If I get a few marks for working out combined with the grade boundaries going down I reckon I'll pass. Going to very close to call

On previous exams I got 90/100! grade boundaries surely got to go down!

Thanks for the papers, really appreciate it.

Are you a teacher/tutor? What do you think of this calculator paper in comprising with past ones? I found it a lot harder and most people I have spoken to have said the same. Are you able to predict the grade boundaries based on the paper at all? Comparing with past ones?

Thanks

sweets one took me ages.. i just did mine as a graph and did a higher/lower section trying to work out just around what the answer would be till i got it..and by checking the word document i was right

Yes, I am a maths teacher. I though the non-calc paper was very straightforward compared to others I've seen recently. As for the calc paper, it was mostly okay, but some questions did require students to apply their maths knowledge in ways they may have found challenging. The sweets sharing questions is an example of this.
My students found this paper harder than others papers they've tackled whilst doing past paper practice.
I never try to predict grade boundaries

Updated answers: The filename has been corrected, the missing question 15D has been added, and some extra explanations have been added.

If I can get to a scanner today, I'll scan my answered papers and upload it.

thanks so much, have you managed to scan the paper yet ? xD

Not yet. Hopefully Monday.