Edexcel AS Level Maths May 15th 2025 Pure Paper 1 + Unofficial Mark Scheme

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Reply 20

transparent-door

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by Allbarknobite

What did everyone do for the last question the proof one

For 2 Marks each I was low key confused what I was supposed to show tbh 💀

Reply 21

dghjghedjsdfewth

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by Allbarknobite

What did everyone do for the last question the proof one

first part i did proof by counter example so i got sometimes true, the second part i did proof by exhaustion with odd and even numbers and got never true

Reply 22

Lalalalalalam

for proof i just used random numbers to prove it
and what did everyone get for the vectors angle part i got 49 or 46. something i did used tanx

Reply 23

Allbarknobite

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by transparent-door

For 2 Marks each I was low key confused what I was supposed to show tbh 💀

Thts what im saying i wrote so much for flipping 2 marks

Reply 24

dghjghedjsdfewth

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by Lalalalalalam

for proof i just used random numbers to prove it
and what did everyone get for the vectors angle part i got 49 or 46. something i did used tanx

yhhhh im pretty sure i got 46 but i cant remember exactly, the only thing is i used cosine rule so my answer is probably wrong

Reply 25

Lalalalalalam

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by dghjghedjsdfewth

first part i did proof by counter example so i got sometimes true, the second part i did proof by exhaustion with odd and even numbers and got never true

i shouldve done that but it was only 2 marks and was on low on time so i assumed they just wanted us to use an even and then an odd, its prob wrong and i regret it now

Reply 26

username6634991

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by dghjghedjsdfewth

yhhhh im pretty sure i got 46 but i cant remember exactly, the only thing is i used cosine rule so my answer is probably wrong

You had to use cosine rule so its probably right. You had 3 lenghts using distance rule or whatever and it wasnt a right angles triangle or anything

Reply 27

dghjghedjsdfewth

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by kootay

You had to use cosine rule so its probably right. You had 3 lenghts using distance rule or whatever and it wasnt a right angles triangle or anything

ahh ok thanks

Reply 28

Lalalalalalam

honestly i did draw it out and it kind of looked like a right angle

Reply 29

Lalalalalalam

i think atp ill get 60 to 70 max maybe around 60, which is so bad bc ive literally done every single past question/paper and so much practice but i just found the exam so hard like idk, it was so bad

Reply 30

jdwauhdnfkwpek

i dont think i got a single mark from question 12 onwards 🥲
that exponentials question being worth 12 marks too where if you don't get A you cant get any was just unfair

Reply 31

dghjghedjsdfewth

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by Lalalalalalam

i think atp ill get 60 to 70 max maybe around 60, which is so bad bc ive literally done every single past question/paper and so much practice but i just found the exam so hard like idk, it was so bad

almost everyone in my class also found it way harder than the past papers, so hopefully that means grade boundaries will be lower

Reply 32

Allbarknobite

Guys do u think the grade boundaries gonna be lower this year

Reply 33

Lalalalalalam

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by dghjghedjsdfewth

almost everyone in my class also found it way harder than the past papers, so hopefully that means grade boundaries will be lower

yeah i think thats what they were trying to do bc overall grade boundries have been high for the past years

Reply 34

Lalalalalalam

do u guys think the stats and mechanics exam will be harder too

Reply 35

dghjghedjsdfewth

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by Lalalalalalam

do u guys think the stats and mechanics exam will be harder too

it better not be 😭

Reply 36

Lalalalalalam

how much was the first question if anyone remembers

Reply 37

Allbarknobite

Counting up the estimated marks its not looking good😭 I was getting 90+ on all the papers i did but the exam cooked me. Hopefully i get more than 80

Reply 38

Lalalalalalam

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by Allbarknobite

Counting up the estimated marks its not looking good😭 I was getting 90+ on all the papers i did but the exam cooked me. Hopefully i get more than 80

yeah same i mean i was expecting to get around 80, the lowest being 70 but bro this was so bad like i dont even know how im gonna make up for this bc regular stats and mech is so hard and they are probably gonna make it harder like paper 1