Edexcel A-level Pure Maths 2 - 12th June 2019 [Exam Discussion]

I can think of a million ways you could have said that without sounding narcissistic AF, and we have accounted for people like you who have done really well, grade boundaries are based on performances of the whole cohort, not just one person individually.

I'm not talking about the grade boundaries but just the question where you had to realise that the sum was an integral XD, overall I think the grade boundaries will be similar to last year; may drop by few percent, may increase, no one knows it depends on the stats and mechanics, if its as hard as paper 2 then they will definitely drop a lot.

Sorry if I sounded "narcissistic" whatever that means, I'm not the best person in English as I came to England 5 years ago XD

Would 51% scrape a B?

my opinion:

A-level isn't just about reading the book, if you do A-level from something it means you really enjoy the subject, and you want to go outside of the book, understanding how something works in mathematics is the most important thing you need for the exam, that's why I think I did so well, I believe I got about 86% from both papers because I did EVERYTHING to understand each topic, sums as integrals was a piece of cake for me XD.

Also, Edexcel sometimes does that, take Further mechanics as for an example, there is a topic covering "collisions in two dimensions" the actual book covers collisions with I axis and J axis, but never with any kind of a vector; however review exercises have a lot of vector collision questions

I got the question, because I have done some wider reading and it was covered in a book on classical mechanics that I read for my personal statement. But consider this: some people just want to meet their offer and be done with it. A lot of people, in fact. I enjoy the subject and I'm actually interested in mathematics as an academic field, but you and I are probably in the minority here. When it comes to meeting the grade that a university told you to get, knowing what can and can't come up is important. People generally trust that the textbook has everything they need, because you only really get taught a topic once at school.

The further mechanics comparison doesn't really apply - there aren't any questions in any Edexcel textbook that mention integrals being the limit of a sum.

my opinion:

A-level isn't just about reading the book, if you do A-level from something it means you really enjoy the subject, and you want to go outside of the book, understanding how something works in mathematics is the most important thing you need for the exam, that's why I think I did so well, I believe I got about 86% from both papers because I did EVERYTHING to understand each topic, sums as integrals was a piece of cake for me XD.

Also, Edexcel sometimes does that, take Further mechanics as for an example, there is a topic covering "collisions in two dimensions" the actual book covers collisions with I axis and J axis, but never with any kind of a vector; however review exercises have a lot of vector collision questions

Here is question 14 from today and the 'same' question in the January 2014 C34 IAL Edexcel paper. As you can see, there were some slight additions but they're very similar.

Today:
2014:

That's great, do you want a trophy? XD

my opinion:

A-level isn't just about reading the book, if you do A-level from something it means you really enjoy the subject, and you want to go outside of the book, understanding how something works in mathematics is the most important thing you need for the exam, that's why I think I did so well, I believe I got about 86% from both papers because I did EVERYTHING to understand each topic, sums as integrals was a piece of cake for me XD.

Also, Edexcel sometimes does that, take Further mechanics as for an example, there is a topic covering "collisions in two dimensions" the actual book covers collisions with I axis and J axis, but never with any kind of a vector; however review exercises have a lot of vector collision questions

If you are an average student looking to scrape a C, B or an A, please completely ignore this person. 90% of the country found this paper extremely challenging and they are a minority don’t let them stress you out

If you are an average student looking to scrape a C, B or an A, please completely ignore this person. 90% of the country found this paper extremely challenging and they are a minority don’t let them stress you out

Here is question 14 from today and the 'same' question in the January 2014 C34 IAL Edexcel paper. As you can see, there were some slight additions but they're very similar.

Today:
2014:

I also noticed this and I was very surprised - I expect more originality from exam writers especially since this is a new spec.

I wish I did more past papers, I always thought that they will be unreliable for the new spec, so I just did the practice specimen papers, and book exam questions, it comes out I was wrong XD

Make up for that by doing lots of hard old spec questions for stats and mechanics!

Make up for that by doing lots of hard old spec questions for stats and mechanics!

Do you have any of these "hard" type questions?