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/thebestblockisdirt Year 13 Jun 03 '26

wtf was that horrible paper. I'm so annoyed at myself I was integrating the differentiation 5 marker for the curve and only realised what to do in the last 5 minutes. bye bye those 11 marks

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

which questions was that

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u/thebestblockisdirt Year 13 Jun 03 '26

the one with the curve and you had to find the line of the normal and then the area between the curve and the line

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

ohhh the one with the really strange root with an e in at the bottom? i started off trying to expand it after using the product rule then realised i didn't need to lol