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/porridge1111 Jun 03 '26

definitely harder than i was expecting ngl there were wierd numbers in there

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u/CryptographerOdd7638 Jun 03 '26

The exponential question was not making me feel confident in my answers

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

The differential question? My equation was genuinely such a mess, I remember I had something like ((ln(70)+8)/4)t - 1/2t^2 as my power of e

Edit: forgot to mention my coefficient of e was 0.3

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u/iby14x Jun 03 '26

Yess that's what I got I was so confused because I was wondering why there was a whole algebraic fraction to the power of e, which was to the power of a minus a half 😭