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Edexcel GCSE Foundation tier Maths Paper 3 3F (1MA1) - 14th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

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How did your Edexcel GCSE Mathematics Foundation tier Paper 3 exam go?

Edexcel GCSE foundation tier Maths 3F (1MA1) - 14th June 2023 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 14th June 2023, am
Length: 1hr 30 mins

Resources
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/mathematics-2015.html
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/past-papers/gcse-maths/edexcel-paper-3/
https://corbettmaths.com/
https://www.drfrostmaths.com/courses.php?sid=-10
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Can someone list the topics that might come up in Paper 3
How did it go today guys?

Foundation Maths

Reply 3
I felt it was slightly harder than paper 2 but easier than paper 1. There were a number of questions that were written in a way to catch people out, just hope I read them all properly 😬
Reply 4
Found this to be the hardest paper of all 3. Here’s hoping I’ve done enough to pass.

What did people get for the hcf, lcm and the volcano questions?
Reply 5
The volcano question - I can't remember the values but I x 60 the flow to per minute, then x 60 to per hour, then x 24 to per day and divided the total lava by the 24 hour value

The HCF I put 147
LCM I put 3 but I know that's wrong, just had a brain fade
Harder!
I also multiplied for the volcano.
I think I got 64 days! Out of the 3 papers I’d say paper 1 was slightly harder than the other 2. Not much between the calculator papers tbh.
Reply 8
What did everyone get for the transformation question? I put rotated around the vector (0 0) but forgot to put a direction 🤦🏻*♂️
Original post by Mcmc0908
What did everyone get for the transformation question? I put rotated around the vector (0 0) but forgot to put a direction 🤦🏻*♂️

Rotation anticlockwise 90 degrees 0,0
Reply 10
Original post by Mcmc0908
What did everyone get for the transformation question? I put rotated around the vector (0 0) but forgot to put a direction 🤦🏻*♂️


I put rotation around point origin (0) 90 degrees clockwise.
Original post by Mcmc0908
The volcano question - I can't remember the values but I x 60 the flow to per minute, then x 60 to per hour, then x 24 to per day and divided the total lava by the 24 hour value

The HCF I put 147
LCM I put 3 but I know that's wrong, just had a brain fade


the hcf was 63 because u only multiply the middle numbers from the circle and the lcm was 15876 because u multiply all the numbers together
Original post by Mcmc0908
I felt it was slightly harder than paper 2 but easier than paper 1. There were a number of questions that were written in a way to catch people out, just hope I read them all properly 😬


I totally agree
Reply 13
Was really good, didn't get an answer for the volcano one, but got 2.5 per cent for interest rate one which teacher said is right 👍
Original post by Mcmc0908
What did everyone get for the transformation question? I put rotated around the vector (0 0) but forgot to put a direction 🤦🏻*♂️


At the time vectors went right out of my head so I put something along the lines of shape a moved x cm along y axis and -y cm along x axis with a rotation of 90⁰ Anticlockwise
Original post by ck3006
Was really good, didn't get an answer for the volcano one, but got 2.5 per cent for interest rate one which teacher said is right 👍

I got 2.5% too :congrats:
Original post by Mcmc0908
I felt it was slightly harder than paper 2 but easier than paper 1. There were a number of questions that were written in a way to catch people out, just hope I read them all properly 😬


Wdym it was the easiest then paper 2 then paper 1 was the hardest
Original post by tie55555
Wdym it was the easiest then paper 2 then paper 1 was the hardest

Nah, paper 2 was easiest for me
Original post by Mcmc0908
Nah, paper 2 was easiest for me

Paper 2 was easier for me, then paper 1 and 3 I found tricky. It seemed to go from really easy to difficult
What did everyone get for the box and bag question ??

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