Edexcel A-level Further Mathematics Paper 1 - 20th May 2025 [Exam Chat]

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Chapter 8 CP2, if anything on mechanics comes up, it's joever

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No idea why staff are deleting my messages.

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moderate-grizzly

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A lot of my teachers have said that in the AS papers that were done recently, there were a few sketching graph questions, maybe they will ask similar questions for these papers. perhaps sketching hyperbolic functions or general solutions. Also, there were a focus on vector questions in the AS paper, like 2 or 3 of them, maybe they will do the same for A level.

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Does anyone know of any good summary videos on the entirety of vectors cp1. I dont understand them at all.

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by NoobMaster11#584

Does anyone know of any good summary videos on the entirety of vectors cp1. I dont understand them at all.

Atleast 75% of a Vector question is just plugging stuff into an equation so it's probably best to just memorise the formulas

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by moderate-grizzly

A lot of my teachers have said that in the AS papers that were done recently, there were a few sketching graph questions, maybe they will ask similar questions for these papers. perhaps sketching hyperbolic functions or general solutions. Also, there were a focus on vector questions in the AS paper, like 2 or 3 of them, maybe they will do the same for A level.

Good point, hopefully graphics calculator comes in handy

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by randomnamelol

Atleast 75% of a Vector question is just plugging stuff into an equation so it's probably best to just memorise the formulas

Ok, do you think if I memorise this then itll be enough? Screenshot 2025-05-19 082218.png

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by NoobMaster11#584

Ok, do you think if I memorise this then itll be enough? Screenshot 2025-05-19 082218.png

Yeah, memorise this then just apply it with some exam questions/hard questions in the book to make sure u know what to do for each question type. A lot of my vectors I learnt off of AI so I'd say use that if u get stuck

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by randomnamelol

Yeah, memorise this then just apply it with some exam questions/hard questions in the book to make sure u know what to do for each question type. A lot of my vectors I learnt off of AI so I'd say use that if u get stuck

Alright gonna do that now, cheers

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by NoobMaster11#584

Ok, do you think if I memorise this then itll be enough? Screenshot 2025-05-19 082218.png

You don't need to know cross prod

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by hwhejfjejsjx

You don't need to know cross prod

If you learn cross product, it is infinitely easier to do the questions but yes you are right!, cross product is not necessary.

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by randomnamelol

If you learn cross product, it is infinitely easier to do the questions but yes you are right!, cross product is not necessary.

Well actually not infinitely but some of the equations are faster, mb for exaggerating

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My paper predictions:

Roots of polynomials, 7 to 10 marks
May include sketching

Hyperbolics, ??? marks

integration using the limit notation. 4 marks (1 for explaining)

1 or 2 induction proofs

A line of invariant points/invariant line question, last seen 2023, maybe 5 marks?

A polar question not on integration but either a sketch or tangent one. Could potentially link in argand diagrams?

Differential equation, atleast 1, where it involves finding and making the equation from data given. Will ask us to find period and amplitude

And lastly, a 6 to 10 mark vector Q involving the closest distance between two lines (parralel or not) which hasn't come up in any of the last 5 papers

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by hwhejfjejsjx

My paper predictions:
Roots of polynomials, 7 to 10 marks
May include sketching
Hyperbolics, ??? marks
integration using the limit notation. 4 marks (1 for explaining)
1 or 2 induction proofs
A line of invariant points/invariant line question, last seen 2023, maybe 5 marks?
A polar question not on integration but either a sketch or tangent one. Could potentially link in argand diagrams?
Differential equation, atleast 1, where it involves finding and making the equation from data given. Will ask us to find period and amplitude
And lastly, a 6 to 10 mark vector Q involving the closest distance between two lines (parralel or not) which hasn't come up in any of the last 5 papers

Counting in you with this

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by Octavius Graham

ur so cooked mate. why dont u just give up

I'm going to assume this was sarcasm because vectors is quite an easy topic (Except for exercise 9A Q17 iykyk)

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DFranklin

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by NoobMaster11#584

Ok, do you think if I memorise this then itll be enough? Screenshot 2025-05-19 082218.png

I'm guessing this is from the examining board, but even so, the Cartesian Equation of a plane definition is wrong (or at least incomplete).

If you have $ax+by+cz = d$ , then in general the distance from the plane to the origin is $\dfrac{d}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}}$ . In the case where $\begin{pmatrix} a \\ b \\ c\end{pmatrix}$ is an actual direction vector (i.e. length 1, so that $a^2+b^2+c^2 = 1$ ), then this reduces to just $d$ .

(edited 11 months ago)

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username6911293

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How are we all feeling for tomorrow?

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username6911293

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Currently experiencing the hell which is 2021 papers

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by Octavius Graham

ur so cooked mate. why dont u just give up

😭😭😭

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