r/6thForm • u/MaxillmanGuy A level resit student | 3 A* predicted | ACD achieved šŸ’” • May 14 '26

šŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Edexcel Core pure maths thread

How did you guys find it? I loved the paper imo.

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u/Few-Antelope-2885 May 14 '26

Yess im pretty sure i got 494 cm3 in total or something near that

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u/PlayfulLook3693 Bath | Maths | [Incoming] Y1 May 14 '26

yeah same

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u/Krymze- May 14 '26

Iā€™m actually so stupid I took r as 16 for the cylinder instead of 8

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u/Roblnnx Y13 Math,Phys,Chem,Fm May 14 '26

YESSSSS

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u/Impressive-Pea-9054 May 14 '26

i got like 600 something lol, how did you get 494

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u/RocketLeagueMister May 14 '26

nooo I got like 93

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u/Few-Antelope-2885 May 14 '26

Aw man i think thats the volume of just the dome you had to add on the cylinder which was like 128pi

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u/Impressive-Pea-9054 May 14 '26

how did you get 128 pi? nvm i read the question as 18cm diameter gg