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Edexcel A-Level Further Mathematics - Core Pure 1 - 5 October 2020
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Edexcel Further Mathematics Paper 1 (Core Pure Mathematics 1)
Session: PM
Length: 1h30
Marks: 75 (a fourth of the total A-level)
Paper 1 can cover anything on the Core Pure Mathematics part of the specification.
If you want to use old spec resources, there is a content mapping document here. Be aware that the style is different and the old specification does not cover everything.
Content Mapping
A summary of content mapping is below.
Spoiler:
C4
FP1
FP2
FP3
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C4
- Equations of lines in 3D
- Scalar product
- Volumes of revolution
- Integrate with partial fractions
FP1
- Arithmetic with complex numbers, mod-arg
- Sums of finite series
- Matrix algebra -
- Linear transformations
- Proof by induction (series, divisibility, matrices, though this can be extended to unseen cases)
FP2
- Complex loci
- De Moivre's Theorem
- Method of differences
- Maclaurin series
- Polar coordinates
- Differential Equations
FP3
- Matrix algebra -
- Equations of planes
- Intersection between lines and planes.
- Perpendicular distance between line and point, line and line, line and plane.
- Differentiating inverse trigonometric functions
- Integrating with inverse trigonometric functions
- Hyperbolic functions
New
- Roots of polynomials - IAL F1, OCR FP1, CIE Paper 1
- Invariant points and lines - AQA FP4, MEI FP1
- Intersection of planes with matrices - AQA FP4, CIE Paper 1, OCR FP1
- Linear transformations on 3D space - AQA FP4
- Sums of complex numbers - MEI FP2, OCR FP3, CIE Paper 1
- Geometry with complex numbers - MEI FP2
- Improper integrals - AQA FP1
- Mean value of functions
- Modelling with differential equations - MEI Differential Equations
- Paired first-order differential equations - MEI Differential Equations
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Anyone sitting this with me on Monday - paper 1 Core Pure. Starting to get nervous now, petrified I’m going to make stupid mistakes 🙄
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me lol - i've been trying to revise but i'm too nervous and jittery to concentrate properly haha
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😁sounds like me. Keep making stupid mistakes. Best of luck- I’m hoping they will be kind and not throw in too many curve balls
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(Original post by Araucana)
Anyone sitting this with me on Monday - paper 1 Core Pure. Starting to get nervous now, petrified I’m going to make stupid mistakes 🙄
Anyone sitting this with me on Monday - paper 1 Core Pure. Starting to get nervous now, petrified I’m going to make stupid mistakes 🙄
(Original post by asdfdddd)
me lol - i've been trying to revise but i'm too nervous and jittery to concentrate properly haha
me lol - i've been trying to revise but i'm too nervous and jittery to concentrate properly haha
Just to let you know I've moved this chat into our official thread for Monday's exam!
How are you both getting on? Ready for tomorrow?
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Just going through vectors (feeling relieved when I realise some stuff isn’t until FP1). Just hoping they will be good to us - no strangely worded questions with sneaky twists but then it is Edexcel so ........
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I've suddenly realised that I have no idea what formulae are in the booklet we get. I found this online
https://qualifications.pearson.com/c...mulae_Book.pdf
But does anybody know -- do we get the WHOLE booklet tomorrow - including the formulae for maths AS level and maths A level as well as Further Maths. Or do we just get the Core Pure bit?
https://qualifications.pearson.com/c...mulae_Book.pdf
But does anybody know -- do we get the WHOLE booklet tomorrow - including the formulae for maths AS level and maths A level as well as Further Maths. Or do we just get the Core Pure bit?
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(Original post by Araucana)
Just going through vectors (feeling relieved when I realise some stuff isn’t until FP1). Just hoping they will be good to us - no strangely worded questions with sneaky twists but then it is Edexcel so ........
Just going through vectors (feeling relieved when I realise some stuff isn’t until FP1). Just hoping they will be good to us - no strangely worded questions with sneaky twists but then it is Edexcel so ........
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Hadn’t looked at that bit again aaagh, just looked at planes and perpendicular distances. Best of luck to you as well. Hopefully they set these ones during lock down and will have pity on us 🙏
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(Original post by Otak)
I've suddenly realised that I have no idea what formulae are in the booklet we get. I found this online
https://qualifications.pearson.com/c...mulae_Book.pdf
But does anybody know -- do we get the WHOLE booklet tomorrow - including the formulae for maths AS level and maths A level as well as Further Maths. Or do we just get the Core Pure bit?
I've suddenly realised that I have no idea what formulae are in the booklet we get. I found this online
https://qualifications.pearson.com/c...mulae_Book.pdf
But does anybody know -- do we get the WHOLE booklet tomorrow - including the formulae for maths AS level and maths A level as well as Further Maths. Or do we just get the Core Pure bit?
That is my task tomorrow - reminding myself where certain formula are!
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(Original post by Evil Homer)
How did it go today guys?!
How did it go today guys?!
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That was interesting
How did everyone find it?
Grade boundaries are decreasing in my opinion
How did everyone find it?
Grade boundaries are decreasing in my opinion
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I found it reasonably okay I think unless I made a lot of errors.
Do we discuss what was on it or is there a time restriction?
Do we discuss what was on it or is there a time restriction?
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