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AQA AS Mathematics (Old Spec) - Statistics 1 MS1B - 06 June 2018 [Exam Discussion]

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How did you find the 2018 AQA S1 exam?

Amazing! :woo: 14%
Good :H 27%
Okay :bebored: 33%
Bad :cry2: 16%
HORRIBLE PAPER!! :@10%
Total votes: 49

AQA A Level Maths Discussion Thread - 2018 Edition


Hey guys, I thought I'd make this niiiiiice and early so we can all share how we're preparing for our Maths exams this year?

Statistics 1
Date: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Time: Morning
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Days to go?: 30

Probably the most important way to prepare for maths is to do plenty of past papers! You can find the more recent papers here and the older ones here.

Also, Physics & Maths Tutor has some good resources for revision - everything from revision notes to questions on specific topics. You can find the Statistics 1 materials here.

Good luck with the preparations everyone, let the countdown commence! :afraid:

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AQA A2 Core 4 (MPC4) - 15th June
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Reply 1
Rah this is a madness. No ones doing S1 resit??
Original post by mrz4073
Rah this is a madness. No ones doing S1 resit??


I am
Reply 3
Original post by MajorFader
I am


nice nice. How’s your preparation like? Literally just finished June 15 paper and got 55/75
Reply 4
There’s a question on mean and variance which is in mm and it asks you to convert them to inches given that 25.4mm = 1 inch. On the mark scheme they did 25.4mm/variance^2. I don’t understand why you have to square the variance
Original post by mrz4073
nice nice. How’s your preparation like? Literally just finished June 15 paper and got 55/75


I have been averaging 58-63 on past papers. Need to tighten up on a few things.
Reply 6
im sitting the paper too!
Original post by ppdtg
im sitting the paper too!


How is revision going?
Reply 8
Original post by MajorFader
How is revision going?


im not really focusing on s1 bc it's one of the modules i don't need to do well on but i've just properly learnt everything im gonna start going over it all today

wby what are you aiming for?
im doing the exam, what parts do u find the hardest
Original post by ppdtg
im not really focusing on s1 bc it's one of the modules i don't need to do well on but i've just properly learnt everything im gonna start going over it all today

wby what are you aiming for?


A hopefully (please God)

Last year I got a D lol hated it so much.
Original post by MajorFader
A hopefully (please God)

Last year I got a D lol hated it so much.


Lool I got a D as well. Gang
Original post by ben288888
im doing the exam, what parts do u find the hardest


I think the questions with good marks like 3-5 markers are doable and straightforward. It’s the little 1-2 markers that really piss u off
Original post by ppdtg
im not really focusing on s1 bc it's one of the modules i don't need to do well on but i've just properly learnt everything im gonna start going over it all today

wby what are you aiming for?


What did u get on C1 and C2?
Original post by mrz4073
Lool I got a D as well. Gang


S1 is hella long man
Reply 16
anyone, like myself, taking the exam for the first time and not as a resit??? i hope so.. or grade boundaries will be ridiculous.
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Reply 17
Original post by siphycs
anyone, like myself, taking the exam for the first time and not as a resit??? i hope so.. or grade boundaries will be ridiculous.


I am!
Original post by JJWood
I am!


How? Are you self teaching it?

I would have thought people from 2017 onwards would have been entered for the new spec 🤔.

Are you doing everything this year?
Reply 19
Original post by siphycs
anyone, like myself, taking the exam for the first time and not as a resit??? i hope so.. or grade boundaries will be ridiculous.


im taking it first time too!!!

i think boundaries will be normal tbh

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