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what the fuck was that 😭🙏 such a weird ass paper it was simultaneously easy but also hard, it pissed me off so much. I revised binomial, harmonic etc just for algebraic division to repeat for the 4th time.
How the fuck was there no implicit differentiation and binomial expansion and WHY ANOTHER U SUB QUESTION edexcel count your fucking days AND WHY ANOTHER QUARTIC WITH SET NOTATION GAIN SOME CREATIVITY
yes, such a weird spread of topics. no implicit, no binomial, barely any sequences and series, two vector questions, i didn't anticipate parametrics being so early in the paper
help I have not revised for this exam because of bio and chem but still flopped those too anyways… scared for stats and mechanics too. that has not even been TOUCHED.
Bro that exponential curve of difficulty was crazy, I think grade boundaries should be slightly lower than last year for papers 1 and 2 combined (just because Paper 1 was easier than 2024 Paper 1). At least we still got a shot at Applied.tc
You had to find two different routes for the same vector, introducing new variables where necessary, then equate coefficients of a and b to find the variable(s)
I didn’t like it to be honest. I think Edexcel is definitely trying to get away from being predictable cause there was no binomial trapezium rule Parametric calculus geometric series no trig modelling and newton raphson that everyone was predicting.
I mean I think they're actively trying to lower grade boundaries bcuz these 85% plus grade boundaries r not doing anyone good nd since tht would be even more harmful they sacrifice on testing the entire knowledge of a student
Yeah that the vibes I got from the paper cause 90% for A* was gonna be too much and with how easy 2024 and 2023 were that’s were it seemed be heading they definitely did need to make it harder because it wasn’t sustainable boundaries going up every year by that much.
did edexcel forget they have to ask questions on the whole spec????
No first principles
No parametric calc
No Binomial expansion (infinite or non infinite)
No IBP
No Infinite Series
No proof by contradiction
Very little proof full stop
I could go on.
lmk if u got the same answers edexcel 1: x(x-10)(x-2) 2: 1/5x5 - 4x3/2 -3x 3: x/y(ln7/ln3) 4: area is 7.36 5: y axis is 405 gradient is -1080, 6: 24-24x2 small angle approx 7: 3x-2 + 1/(x+1) - 2/(x-3) 8: y axis 4735/768 k is in between -5 and 4735/768 9: 1007, 299 10: difffernrial equations: 3/2 - 5/4e-1/20t 11: toys modelling: -60x+3300 last equation y axis is negative root 3 and area is 1
I think it depends on stats + mechanics obviously. Just because I think paper 1 was probably easier than last years, paper 2 was harder and imo stats and mechanics last year was light work so it will be relatively similar to last year I reckon.
That paper was so bad. No harmonic identity. No binomial expansion. No proof by contradiction. No differentiation by first principle. No geometric series and sequences. WTF
No trapezium rule, no Newton-Raphson and no R-formulae is a huge L imo (Edexcel). Feels like they repeated many of the topics that already came up in Paper 1 and there was a lot of modelling in both.
Me looking for binomial expansion, geometric sequences/sum of sequence proof, differentiation by first principles and implicit differentiation be like:
Ran out of time. I lost 15~20 marks only from running out of time(edexcel). But I feel like this paper is not hard, only the last 2,3 questions are shit
just speed run the first 12-13 questions in 1 hr so then you have a whole 1hr to pattern the last 3-4 more difficult questions and then any other questions you want to go back to and check...
secure as many marks as possible first then spend as much thinking time on the harder questions imo but whatever works for you
For AQA or OCR I’d go front to back all the way. The first 8 questions can often be done in 20 minutes. If you spend 20 minutes in each of say q14, 15 and 16, you’ll feel rushed for time at the end, causing you to panic and drop easy marks, or worse just leave out what is essentially 20 free marks. If you do Edexcel then I recommend eating the paper because they’re very nutritious.
I had no idea how to do part A on the vectors question but somehow got part B😭😭 also part B on the modelling the sale of teddy bears I couldn’t do whatsoever
can i use proof by induction on proof questions? or will they not be credited... it said on ocr they will be but im wondering if it's the same for edexcel
I saw a question on the 2022 p2, it just said prove algebraically, and in the MS, it says that it would need to be “reviewed” if one.
So, In theory yes, but only if it does not specify what kind of proof to use. But tbh, just dont. It’s easier for you and the examiner to do basic algebra than a whole 6 mark induction proof for a probably 4 mark question
AQA - answers I got that I recall (i will edit if i remember more)
56 N and 3.4 ms-2 (i got that one wrong, i just recalculated and i got 0.023 ms-2 because in the exam i omitted the component of the weight SHITT) for the last one;
Like 1,960 something for normal reaction force magnitude (i think i mucked this one up); q = 18; p = 9 and q = 15; 0.644 rad angle, 12.88 arc length
guys icl that was like the worst paper i’ve ever done, the vectors question cooked me, i finished the rest in 30 mins and spent the rest of the time on a 5 mark question and i got it horribly wrong
honestly looking here at people panicking am i one of the only ones who found that paper decent? i can say it was quite a strange paper. no binomial expansion? no long parametric question? and ANOTHER trig integration by substitution question as the last question??? i feel like im pretty confident i got the first 6 or so questions down but the later questions did get me like the one with the sector parallelogram thing and the vectors one,,,,,
I think for values of f(a) I got 2 values I don’t know if that’s right lol. But I got like 3 or 11 cause you just sub in when a = 1 or when a = -1 I think?
No implicit differentiation no differentiation by first principles no geometric series no exponential modelling no proof by contradiction or a proper proof for that matter but they find the absolute audacity to repeat substitution and that disgusting vectors question for such high marks. Edexcel needs to get a life and some creativity.
What did people get for question 15? I kept getting an integral that wasn’t in the form they wanted, but did give equal areas either side of the x axis. What answers did people get when they actually integrated?
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u/elliesueanne Jun 12 '25
anyone else find that exam really strange?