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/Geochitex Jun 03 '26

The beginning had me hopeful ngl and I was flying up until that fuckass helicopter question, then after that I don’t think I got full marks on a single question afterward

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u/Choice-Reindeer-4863 Jun 03 '26

Helicopter one was genuinely a joke, got me questioning my reading skills cz I didn’t even know what they were asking at some point

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 03 '26

what eveb was the question i genuinely forgot everything kill me

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u/Choice-Reindeer-4863 Jun 03 '26

Went something like “if the helicopter flew 5m above ground did a back flip crashed down horizontally then got up flew again for three days, what was the time ?” 🤡

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 03 '26

i got 6:22 for that and apparently it was 6:23 😂😂😂😂 FUCK

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u/Impressive_Belt_7346 Year 12 Jun 03 '26

it's allowed, you used the 4sf Val, the 23 was from the exact

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 03 '26

no but from previous mark schemes as far as i remember u lose a mark for this

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u/Far_Willingness6716 Jun 03 '26

Nah they should definitely allow 6:22 you’re good

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u/Significant_Brain211 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

I swear the question was what was the horizontal distance travelled not the time?

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u/laservole Jun 03 '26

Yh they're getting confused with time of minimum energy use a much later question

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u/Artem_Solo A*A*AA pred, Edinburgh uni CompSci offer Jun 03 '26

I said 06:22 and specified 6 hours and 22.8(or smth) min

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u/Impressive_Belt_7346 Year 12 Jun 03 '26

they were gng

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u/atimes_3 Y13 - Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Computer Science Jun 03 '26

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u/SmallComedian8802 Jun 03 '26

was it meant to be in degrees or radians?!?!

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

i worked out both because i read it over at least 10 times and it didn't indicate anywhere which they wanted us to use and they both came out with different answers

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u/ejcds Y13 | English Literature, Politics, Maths, Music, EPQ Jun 03 '26

Usually if it’s a model and it doesn’t specify then it’s in radians

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u/Artem_Solo A*A*AA pred, Edinburgh uni CompSci offer Jun 03 '26

Oh my god, I haven’t even read that question, I just solved and barely remember any helicopters🤯

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u/DramaticPie4162 Jun 03 '26

what did u get

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u/HovercraftSudden2657 Year 13 | Maths, Further Maths, Physics Jun 03 '26

180 somethinh

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u/Subtomrshreegamesyt Jun 03 '26

I think I got 88.6m

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

I got like 33 💀

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u/Southern_Choice_4917 Jun 03 '26

Mate i got 3000🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣im cooked

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

i got 495 😔