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[23rd may 2024] edexcel AS level maths stats and mechanics

How was the paper everyone? Personally I felt that mechanics was a bit easier than statistics but both papers felt like a breeze to go through

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Original post by ThebigK99
How was the paper everyone? Personally I felt that mechanics was a bit easier than statistics but both papers felt like a breeze to go through


Don’t wanna jinx it, but i felt way better at paper2 than at paper1

Reply 2

Original post by ThebigK99
How was the paper everyone? Personally I felt that mechanics was a bit easier than statistics but both papers felt like a breeze to go through

What were the questions? If u remember

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Q1 for mechanics: Find distance of AB, using the speed time graph provided

Q5mechanics: easy connected particle question, trailer, car and towbar

Q3 statistics: histograms and integration

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Original post by aop07
Q1 for mechanics: Find distance of AB, using the speed time graph provided
Q5mechanics: easy connected particle question, trailer, car and towbar
Q3 statistics: histograms and integration
Thank uu

Reply 5

Original post by ThebigK99
How was the paper everyone? Personally I felt that mechanics was a bit easier than statistics but both papers felt like a breeze to go through
Yeah I can’t lie I think I got the first full mark ever in my life in the mech. Stats I probs got like 24 cause large data set is dumb so I refused to revise it

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Original post by Sirgalackir
Yeah I can’t lie I think I got the first full mark ever in my life in the mech. Stats I probs got like 24 cause large data set is dumb so I refused to revise it

Do u remember any questions

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Original post by ThebigK99
How was the paper everyone? Personally I felt that mechanics was a bit easier than statistics but both papers felt like a breeze to go through
Can’t lie I think I cooked mech and got full. And 24 in stats bc large data sucks

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Original post by Sirgalackir
Can’t lie I think I cooked mech and got full. And 24 in stats bc large data sucks


large data set was 3marks max in that paper

Reply 9

Original post by aop07
large data set was 3marks max in that paper


What was the large data set q about ?

Reply 10

Original post by RomeoPoci
What was the large data set q about ?
i think it was about average wind speed direction

Reply 11

Original post by aop07
Q1 for mechanics: Find distance of AB, using the speed time graph provided
Q5mechanics: easy connected particle question, trailer, car and towbar
Q3 statistics: histograms and integration

For the histogram question part c where did you have pick up marks to get 3 out of 3 ?

Reply 12

integrate, then plug in 8 and 1 i believe, if those were the ranges of values

Reply 13

In the Mechanics side how many questions were there?

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Original post by Hshsbe
In the Mechanics side how many questions were there?


4 questions

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Original post by aop07
4 questions
Thanks, do you remember what topics the other 2 questions were?

Reply 16

does anyone remember specific questions asked rather than general and what you did in your working?

Reply 17

Original post by IMUSE
Does anyone have the leaked paper by any chance

You shouldnt be using chats to help you cheat for the exam there is no point getting an easy grade now because you and i and all other students next year will sit the exam just my word of advice

Reply 18

is there an unofficial mark scheme

Reply 19

how many marks in each sections and how much time allowed ?

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