Edexcel GCSE Mathematics Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher 1MA1 1H - 20 May 2022 [Chat]

For the last question you needed to know what sin(60) is, which is root3/2

If you had to predict the grade boundaries, do you think they'll be higher (because of the advanced information meaning people should do better) or lower (because ofqual has said theyll be more generous) than the 2019 grade boundaries.

does anyone know roughly how much marks you need per paper for a 8 or a 9? including the fact that the boundaries would be 'lower' this year?

There is no point in any predictions - we haven;t seen two of the papers and none have been marked. Just wait ...

Of qual has said NOTHING about grade boundaries - they have only commented on grade distribution which is not the same.

ik that they've said nothing about grade boundaries but they've said they'll be more "generous with grading"

I can understand why you put -5 because that side was negative. it was only negative because that was sort of to do with the direction of the vector, and the length being a scalar quantity it doesnt need a direction, you cant really have a negative length. therefore it was 5:2.

what did you get for the ratio and proportion question.Question 11 the sweets one.
the question was like 4:9:x
and i got x=8

Thanks for your video I just watched it pretty good help. Especially the last question looking at your working it seems quite a lot easier and I think I would have got it in the actual exam if I had noticed the equilateral triangle idea as the ball keeps on rolling after that. However I have a few questions/comments.
1) What is y-y1 = m(x-x1)

2) For the algebraic fractions question I think you could have also used completing the square which may have been quicker although in the test I used the same method as you and got the same answer as you.

3) This may be a stupid question but in the proportionality question there was a part where you had to root x^3 you got that as x^3/2 but I thought that as the indices law that rooting is the same as putting to the power of 1/2 I could do (x^3)^1/2 and then since I was multiplying them I could add the indices and thus get x^3+1/2 so x^3.5. If that made any sense please could you explain why it was wrong.

4) Will you be doing this for Paper 2 and 3?

5) Would it be possible for you to email me the actual exam paper which I assume was made available to you on the maths emporium. Or if thats not possible could you type up all the questions please. I understand if this is too much of a hassle I just think it would be good practice for me to redo the paper.

Many thanks for the great video!

(1) This is another approach to finding the equation of a straight line which you learn at A level. Its particularly helpful when questions require answers in the form ax+by=c where a b and c are integers.
(2) Absolutely. As one of life's natural cowards, I don't dare complete the square when the coefficient of x^2 isn't one. But you're absolutely right.
(3) Potatoes gave you a great answer here.
(4) Tricky to say, if I get time I will.
(5) I only have a paper copy, I'll see what I can do.

Thank you so much. For sending it to me I guess you could take pictures of it or scan it or something. I have also got loads of locked stuff from edexcel aqa, a bit of ocr, predicted papers that u have to pay for and loads of other stuff if you want those just let me know!

I don't know what question it was and I'm not sure if I'm going mad, but I remember using the quadratic formula on one of the questions. Did anyone else do this?

i know i used completing the square for the one where it said display it in p +/- rootq divided by 2 but i dont remember the quadratic formula. But im not sure

Ahhh I keep getting flashbacks of everything that I wrote wrong.... I am really worried that I failed based on silly mistakes, cause there were some were I did some small mistakes that will compromise all my work for that question

WHat do you classify as a fail. And check the mark schemes on youtube to get your mark and put your mind at rest.

OK maybe not fail fail, but I need a high grade to do further maths a level
I did check and I am still a bit worried...

If you had to predict the grade boundaries, do you think they'll be higher (because of the advanced information meaning people should do better) or lower (because ofqual has said theyll be more generous) than the 2019 grade boundaries.