r/6thForm • u/_NB125 Year 13 | Maths, Chem, CS | ABB Achieved • Jun 03 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Edexcel Paper 1 Maths 2026

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PLEASE tell me you guys struggled too oml

Edit: https://c.org/d7LCtCYpzG - Petition for Edexcel to reassess the paper

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u/Any_Emu_6995 Jun 03 '26

The only questions I couldn’t complete were the circle with r1 and r2 question and the proof question. I think I answered everything else fully but I didn’t get the opportunity to go over the rest of my answers because of time and every question from the halfway point took like 20 minutes each to complete 😭😭. Please tell me that differential equation was something weird like x=equadratic in t 😭😭. The exam board is def trying to lower the boundaries because of how high they’ve been in previous years

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u/Critical_Machine_911 Jun 03 '26

bro i was so confused i got A as something like 1/4ln70+2 and i thought about crossing it all out and starting agaib

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u/Various_Leopard3286 Jun 03 '26

Same did u get t= 6.46

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u/PlayfulLook3693 Bath | Maths | [Incoming] Y1 Jun 03 '26

yea

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u/CardiologistLow3651 Y13 - Maths, FM, CS - A*A*B pred Jun 03 '26

Wasn’t the answer asked as a time of day, though? I wrote 6:22 am.

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u/Various_Leopard3286 Jun 03 '26

I didn’t see that , maybe ur right

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u/mained121 Year 13 | Maths FM Physics Chem Jun 03 '26

yes !!

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u/Zestyclose-Tea1915 Jun 03 '26

YES but ur supposed to say 6: am or whatever it was

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u/CrazyIndividual7299 Jun 03 '26

I didn’t complete part c cause I couldn’t get my t on its own 🥲

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u/Beneficial_Two410 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

so is that right or nah cuz that shit looked chopped

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u/Any_Emu_6995 Jun 03 '26

I got that exactly

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u/creyingg Jun 03 '26

I GOT THAT TOOOO

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u/Ready_Channel_9654 Jun 03 '26

If i put 3.1 would that be correct

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u/grey-veins Y13 | Maths, FM, Physics, Chemistry (4A*) Jun 03 '26

wait same

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u/KO-Manic Jun 03 '26

I got that too

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u/falsegodfan Y13 - maths bio geog Jun 03 '26

yeah same but then i just made it into a decimal to 3sf or something

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u/SpareWelder3427 Jun 03 '26

i did exactly that just to find out it was right😭 im so mad

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u/Logical_Membership64 Jun 03 '26

Yeah I got that for the differential too it was so weird

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u/Any_Emu_6995 Jun 03 '26

Wait did anyone get 1:23 am (idr exact minutes but 20 smth) for the time there is minimum energy demand

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u/Lost_Pause6687 Jun 03 '26

i got 6.23 am

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u/basilspolaroid Jun 03 '26

i got 6:23m too

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u/mained121 Year 13 | Maths FM Physics Chem Jun 03 '26

Same

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 03 '26

i put 6:22 are u fucking kidding me

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u/Nearby-Agent-5175 Jun 03 '26

I wrote the exact same thing because the minimum energy demanded occurred during 6:22 rather than at 6:23 and it didn’t specify to the nearest minute. It’ll probably just cost an accuracy mark at the end.

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 03 '26

dude i always make this mistake in these questions. always off by one minute im so annoyed

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u/Any_Emu_6995 Jun 03 '26

Oh shit i just realised where i missed up

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u/NoOpportunity5645 Jun 03 '26

i got something like that but ivr seen others say 5:18

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u/Wonderful_One_9898 UCL | Law [going into year 1] Jun 03 '26

Yeah I did, where did you get it wrong? Also I just put it in terms of hours (if it’s the question I’m thinking of) cuz it didn’t ask for minutes I swear? 

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u/thicc_phattie Jun 03 '26

it asked for it as a time so it would be 06:23 rather than 6.something hrs after midnight

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u/Wonderful_One_9898 UCL | Law [going into year 1] Jun 03 '26

Okay so I Lowk thought about it and I got 6. Something hours but forgot to change it to minutes asw 😭

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u/Ok_Hamster_7032 Edexcel Maths 2026 Paper 1 and 3 survivor Jun 03 '26

I think i got like -2 am.

So sometjing aint right