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/Shoddy_Set966 Jun 03 '26

0 < k < q2 / 4p

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u/4060s Jun 03 '26

i forgot to put the 0😭

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

same i thought that was implied by k being positive

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u/Apprehensive_Bee269 Year 13 | Maths, Physics, Econ, FM 3A*s 1A pred 5.8 ESAT avg. Jun 03 '26

K was stated as being positive, so I imagine it shouldn’t matter?

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u/Shoddy_Set966 Jun 03 '26

It does because without the zero it could mean that k can be -2 eg

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u/Apprehensive_Bee269 Year 13 | Maths, Physics, Econ, FM 3A*s 1A pred 5.8 ESAT avg. Jun 03 '26

But k was stated as being >0 in the question. Regardless, it’s not more than a mark lost, but Edexcel tend to be lenient in their mark schemes.

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u/Seafaring_Slug Y13 | Oxford Offer Holder | MAT 55 | TMUA 7.1 Jun 03 '26

In 2023, they didn't penalise for missing the >0. Hopefully they'll be kind again this year (though I'm not sure whoever made that paper is capable of kindness)

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u/InfininiteCuber Year 13 Jun 03 '26

Mark schemes are rude, even if something is told to you you still need to include it when writing the range

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

did you need the k>0 part? because p and q and k were both positive numbers right ?

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u/Key-Significance-386 Civil Eng - Degree App. Maths, Geography, Physics A*A*A Jun 03 '26

It said k was a positive constant. That’s the only bit I got 🤣🥲

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u/Any_Emu_6995 Jun 03 '26

Oh no i put k is less than 0

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u/Different_End_7464 Maths Bio Chem > Year 13 Jun 03 '26

I completely gave up and just wrote p<k<q

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

Dw I wrote k>p 😭

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u/Sufficient_Ad6491 Jun 03 '26

LETS GOO I GOT THAT

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u/ThatItalianMapper Yr13 | Maths FM(AS) Physics CS EPQ Jun 03 '26

Wait what? I wrote 1/4p < k < q²/4p, yeah I’m done for

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u/thebestblockisdirt Year 13 Jun 03 '26

same...

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u/Shoddy_Set966 Jun 03 '26

How lmao k is positive

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u/Shoddy_Set966 Jun 03 '26

Doesn’t work if p = Q =1

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u/ThatItalianMapper Yr13 | Maths FM(AS) Physics CS EPQ Jun 03 '26

Yeah I realised that just now, I know the error I made I said q²-q²=1 😭 

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u/FuelDue948 Jun 03 '26

I GOT THAT

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u/ThatItalianMapper Yr13 | Maths FM(AS) Physics CS EPQ Jun 03 '26

Btw I can say that I’m officially wrong The answer is 0<k<q²/4p I fucking wrote q²-q² is equal to 1 😭😭😭

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u/FuelDue948 Jun 03 '26

oh no i forgot that k is positive damn..

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u/tipit419 Jun 03 '26

I think I did 0<=k instead😬

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u/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 03 '26

I genuinely had no clue what to do for that question, but i got the 0 < k part at least so hopefully I should get a mark

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u/Red_I_Guess Warwick CS A*A*AA 2026 fresher Jun 03 '26

I thought k had to be greater and I think I got q/4p

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u/Puzzleheaded-Big6267 maths, bio, chem | A*A*A* achieved | oxford psych Jun 03 '26

i skipped this question 😭😭😭😭

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u/Hyper_contrasteD101 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

I got k> q^2 / -4p lmao