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

Reply 60

Lalalalalalam

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by Unknown6297384

What did you get for the binomial expansion

couldnt do part b but for part a i think i got 28k

Reply 61

Unknown6297384

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by Lalalalalalam

couldnt do part b but for part a i think i got 28k

Yh same and then for part b I got like k is 1/2 or 5/4 or something like that

Reply 62

Lalalalalalam

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by Unknown6297384

Yh same and then for part b I got like k is 1/2 or 5/4 or something like that

sounds like it could be the answer, i got very weird answers because i literally made everything up

Reply 63

Ilver

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by transparent-door

How was the exam???

The cylinder question was tragic wtf no integration like 9 marker so cooked

Reply 64

dxvid_

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Did u get 3/2, 3, 5/6, -22/3 for binomial last part (forgot which were a and which were k)

Reply 65

qaaaasa

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by dxvid_

Did u get 3/2, 3, 5/6, -22/3 for binomial last part (forgot which were a and which were k)

Yes

Reply 66

Unknown6297384

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by dxvid_

Did u get 3/2, 3, 5/6, -22/3 for binomial last part (forgot which were a and which were k)

Yh think something like that

Reply 67

jasonsworld

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by transparent-door

How was the exam???

Does anyone remember some very difficult questions exactly? Im a y13 wondering how the exam was so i can judge how much i need to lock in for my a level… ty!

Reply 68

kirsty200

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by Allbarknobite

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

I really hope so

Reply 69

Taaibahhhh

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by Allbarknobite

Does anyone remember any of their answers

log question x=5?

Reply 70

Taaibahhhh

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by Lalalalalalam

couldnt do part b but for part a i think i got 28k

i got 28k^2

Reply 71

abcdefghijk1

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by transparent-door

How was the exam???

worst paper oat 33 marks on modelling and 12 marks on sketching edexcel needs to go man

Reply 72

Allbarknobite

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by abcdefghijk1

worst paper oat 33 marks on modelling and 12 marks on sketching edexcel needs to go man

Defo one of the hardest AS papers ngl. Grade boundaries is very likely to decrease tho

Reply 73

dxvid_

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by jasonsworld

Does anyone remember some very difficult questions exactly? Im a y13 wondering how the exam was so i can judge how much i need to lock in for my a level… ty!

h (metres) t (years): h = 31 - Ae^-kt. When t = 10 h =6, when t = 20 h = 11. Find the complete equation of the model giving A and k to 3 sf. part b was like the model suggests the height tends to a value what is it then c was basically telling u to state the height when t = 0, and cii was like is this model suitable and why d was like find the value of t where the model predicts height to be increasing at a rate of 30 cm per year. cant rememebr exactly was something like this

Reply 74

transparent-door

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by Allbarknobite

Defo one of the hardest AS papers ngl. Grade boundaries is very likely to decrease tho

Icl I don't think they've ever decreased, I swear they r like exponentially increasing 😭

Reply 75

Lalalalalalam

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by transparent-door

Icl I don't think they've ever decreased, I swear they r like exponentially increasing 😭

maybe thats why they made this paper hard, like maybe 2025 is gonna be the fist year with lower grade boundaries. idk i hope everyone did as bad me so we can all get good grades but i almost dont want to know what i get like its that bad

Reply 76

Jeff1527383

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by Lalalalalalam

maybe thats why they made this paper hard, like maybe 2025 is gonna be the fist year with lower grade boundaries. idk i hope everyone did as bad me so we can all get good grades but i almost dont want to know what i get like its that bad

The grade boundaries have never been high. You need less than 50% for a C almost every year and can usually drop 50-60 marks for an A. I’m not saying it’s easy to get an A or anything but I can never really understand how people can say the grade boundaries are high with numbers like those…

Reply 77

Lalalalalalam

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by Jeff1527383

The grade boundaries have never been high. You need less than 50% for a C almost every year and can usually drop 50-60 marks for an A. I’m not saying it’s easy to get an A or anything but I can never really understand how people can say the grade boundaries are high with numbers like those…

they are high with respect to the difficulty level of the exams, i do agree honestly that past papers were manageable like if i had gotten a paper today like the ones that have been done before i would've gotten a better grade and wouldnt have minded high grade boundaries as other students would also do well, the thing is that this paper was difficult on top of the fact that it didnt have my strongest topics and basically other students will do good , so essentially the boundaries will be high for me and students like me like i just found out that i may have gotten the full 12 marker wrong because in part a i basically rounded wrong. like seriously. like even if i get a 30, and the grade boundary is 90 for an A i would need to get full 60 marks on paper 2 which doesnt really seem realistic right, so yeah im in a tight position and really scared bc this is suppose to be my predicted grade and basically i wont be able to apply to anything i want, like its so bad, i was even getting 80+ on my mocks

Reply 78

Jeff1527383

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by Lalalalalalam

they are high with respect to the difficulty level of the exams, i do agree honestly that past papers were manageable like if i had gotten a paper today like the ones that have been done before i would've gotten a better grade and wouldnt have minded high grade boundaries as other students would also do well, the thing is that this paper was difficult on top of the fact that it didnt have my strongest topics and basically other students will do good , so essentially the boundaries will be high for me and students like me like i just found out that i may have gotten the full 12 marker wrong because in part a i basically rounded wrong. like seriously. like even if i get a 30, and the grade boundary is 90 for an A i would need to get full 60 marks on paper 2 which doesnt really seem realistic right, so yeah im in a tight position and really scared bc this is suppose to be my predicted grade and basically i wont be able to apply to anything i want, like its so bad, i was even getting 80+ on my mocks

I feel like sometimes the real thing just feels so much worse than it really is and you will be surprised at marks you can still earn from questions you think you messed up on. You probably did better than you think. Best of luck for paper 2.

I can provide the answers for any questions if you need but don’t stress too much about it, it’s done now so try to focus on the next one.

Reply 79

E.e.0

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by Lalalalalalam

how much was the first question if anyone remembers

6 marks I think? The one with the lines?

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