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Edexcel A Level Mathematics Paper 3 (9MA0 03) - 20th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

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How did your Edexcel A Level Mathematics Paper 3 exam go?

Great 51%

Quite well 35%

Not so good 10%

Terrible 4%

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Talkative Toad

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Edexcel A Level Mathematics Paper 3 (9MA0 02) - 20th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.

Wishing you all the best of luck.

General Information
Date/Time: 20th June 2024/ PM
Length: 2hrs

Resources:
Edexcel A Level Mathematics

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Reply 1

username5443984

Aiming for A* in Maths.
Stuff I'm struggling with: As stupid as it sounds, Numerical Methods and Modulus graphs.
Everything else is straightforward enough imo.

Reply 2

lifeoftheparty

how have people found the stats 2018 paper? i found it really hard

Reply 3

username5443984

Original post by lifeoftheparty

how have people found the stats 2018 paper? i found it really hard

On that note, Imma do it now and see how bad it is.

Reply 4

username5443984

Original post by lifeoftheparty

how have people found the stats 2018 paper? i found it really hard

I agree that the Mech+Stats paper was harder than normal but I don't think it was that bad...there was one question I had absolutely no clue how to do (it was one of the mechanics ones) but all in all, I think it was doable. I got 89 out of 100. I did some Further Stats on one of the questions because it makes things far simpler and I couldn't remember the method I should employ using Normal Maths (it was that question to do with the number of trials until the first success....I assumed a geometric distribution and the formulae for P(X=x) = p * (1-p)^x-1 where p represents the success probability in the expression: X~Geo(p). )

You don't need to know about the geometric distribution but I felt that it would be easier to do it through this way.

Reply 5

lifeoftheparty

Original post by vnayak

I agree that the Mech+Stats paper was harder than normal but I don't think it was that bad...there was one question I had absolutely no clue how to do (it was one of the mechanics ones) but all in all, I think it was doable. I got 89 out of 100. I did some Further Stats on one of the questions because it makes things far simpler and I couldn't remember the method I should employ using Normal Maths (it was that question to do with the number of trials until the first success....I assumed a geometric distribution and the formulae for P(X=x) = p * (1-p)^x-1 where p represents the success probability in the expression: X~Geo(p). )
You don't need to know about the geometric distribution but I felt that it would be easier to do it through this way.

yeah i havent done the mechanics section yet but idk why i found the stats really hard, guess im gonna have to bang out more practise to improve

Reply 6

che678

Do you guys have notes for Mechanics, my mechanics is reallly baddd :frown:

Reply 7

username5443984

Original post by che678

Do you guys have notes for Mechanics, my mechanics is reallly baddd :frown:

Not online...only on paper...go on PMT and look at their topic notes.

Reply 8

Zapper123

Original post by Talkative Toad

Edexcel A Level Mathematics Paper 3 (9MA0 02) - 20th June 2024 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck.

General Information
Date/Time: 20th June 2024/ PM
Length: 2hrs
Resources:
Edexcel A Level Mathematics

what did you guys get for the base pyramid one bc i got smth like 10.125

Reply 9

Talkative Toad

Volunteer Team

Original post by Zapper123

what did you guys get for the base pyramid one bc i got smth like 10.125

This exam hasn’t happened yet.

Reply 10

username5443984

Original post by Zapper123

what did you guys get for the base pyramid one bc i got smth like 10.125

Ummm...we haven't had this exam yet?

Reply 11

username5443984

you'll be fine dw....if you saw last year's paper, I think it will be slightly harder than that but that paper was super easy.

Reply 12

jamest0394q

Big performance needed

Reply 13

username5443984

Original post by jamest0394q

Big performance needed

Gonna need to cook.

I'm treating GBs to be 260 out of 300 to make me work for it. It obviously won't be but still, want to do well.

I reckon I got 85 and 92 on the two papers respectively so need a massive cook on the final paper to get 260+.

Reply 14

jamest0394q

Original post by vnayak

Gonna need to cook.
I'm treating GBs to be 260 out of 300 to make me work for it. It obviously won't be but still, want to do well.
I reckon I got 85 and 92 on the two papers respectively so need a massive cook on the final paper to get 260+.

Icl thats a shout tbf cause if you didnt think like that, maybe youd slack off.
This is definitely the biggest paper because an A is all but secured if you've got 80+, but you still need to do well for A* so it's a bit tekky.

Reply 15

av11

should i bother at this stage memorising the large data set given that only a few marks will be asked on this

Reply 16

jamest0394q

Original post by av11

should i bother at this stage memorising the large data set given that only a few marks will be asked on this

Yh icl theres no point properly studying it.
Just learn the 11 variables and the units. Also, just be aware that the data is from May - October (1987 and 2015). You need to know the locations of the weather stations also, and know that up north it's colder and windier. I think that's probably enough as the LDS questions are never too difficult