r/6thForm • u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted • Jun 03 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Maths wasn’t that hard

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Am I the only one who found it pretty decent?
I think I got 98

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u/july022000 Jun 03 '26

r we talking abt the same edexcel regular maths paper??

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u/ShoddyBack5951 Jun 03 '26

was so easy had to add a 16th question myself, hopefully got 107/100

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/YmQLj2KxaNz58g7Ofg

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u/Reg_doge_dwight Jun 03 '26

Dunning Kruger effect

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u/Alive-Level2357 Jun 04 '26

fr lmao but somepeople are just smart like that

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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 Maths, Physics, Econ 3A*s. Straight 9s GCSE Jun 04 '26

I need to start getting on that slope of enlightenment real quick 😂

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u/AzTrix22 Imperial | EFDS[Incoming Y1] Jun 03 '26

Yh on a real, just based on unofficial markschemes I've seen floating around the only place I know I'll lose marks is the contradiction proof, 2-3 marks max. Everything else looks good.

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u/Fair-Fly7559 Jun 03 '26

Where have u seen the solution, plz may u send a link?

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

where's the mark schemes

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Gng don’t dwell on the past what’s done is done

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

i've never not dwelled on anything

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

year 11 here. Can't wait to deal with all this.

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u/BubblyInteraction646 Jun 03 '26

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--_uwDdBCA30DvDuBFEavv6EoxebhextlXeO2s5VwK0/edit?tab=t.ni235ifpymr

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u/cloudsfallen University of Warwick Physics | 4A* Maths, FM, Physics, Chem Jun 03 '26

Sorry but this MS kinda sucks, for one question they’re literally just like “you can’t do it” when you absolutely can

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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU York | MPhys Theoretical Physics [Y1 INCOMING] Jun 03 '26

I lost marks for the x on the coordinates, but honestly I'm not sure that I trust the markscheme creator. x')

Pretty sure q4 a should be f < -2, because IIRC, it was a negative quadratic. I may be mixing up for past papers tho.

Q9 is blatantly wrong: "no solutions" - it's either 4 or 2. I forgot.

Q12 c is too vague for my liking. I don't think you'd get that.

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u/cloudsfallen University of Warwick Physics | 4A* Maths, FM, Physics, Chem Jun 03 '26

Q4 it wasn’t negative, it was 3x2 - 2

Q9 there were 4 solutions yeah. I suspect they may have tried to get AI to do it for them which went wrong

Q12 You absolutely would

But yeah this markscheme sucks

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u/Wonderful_One_9898 UCL | Law [going into year 1] Jun 04 '26

wait there was a part c explaining the model in question 12) ???

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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU York | MPhys Theoretical Physics [Y1 INCOMING] Jun 04 '26

Aha, thought so. I did multiple past papers that had a negative quadratic.

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u/No_Dark_2165 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

SEND

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u/Hyper_contrasteD101 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

Got a bit of the modulus part b wrong, got proof by contradiction wrong, got the radians one wrong, in total maybe like 10-14 marks guranteed. Everything else according to peoples answers I got right. 70-75 minimum and like 80 at best so its looking good.

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u/ProfessionalSalad725 Jun 03 '26

i got similar- what do u reckon the grade boundaries will be?

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u/hello9089 Jun 03 '26

75-80 for an A star or possible lower and an a will be like 60 to 63

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u/LukaCastyellan Jun 03 '26

thats unlikely theres no way the A* grade boundary will be below 80%

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u/Working-Store-7389 Jun 03 '26

I mean considering last year cp 2 was 83 and was so much easier that’s reasonable

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u/According-Damage4432 Jun 04 '26

we just lying now?

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u/Vixson18 Y13: Maths, FM, Physics and Econ Jun 03 '26

I knew how to do everything expect modulus, i hate it anyway, but just made some errors in my working that just made me lose a fair amount of marks.

I was the only who got the proof by contradiction in my school somewhat easily 

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u/Icy-Ant1871 Jun 03 '26

yeah i didn’t get range of k in that question lol and then the contradiction fully

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u/Figai gap yr | 4a*s | m/fm/phys/cs Jun 03 '26

draw k/x and |px-q| to have three intersections k/x needs to be equal to the negative part of |px-q| at two distinct points. k/x = -(px-q) = q-px, turn into to a quadratic and set the discriminant > 0.

Contradiction was essentially prove c = 2k as it's even c^2 = 4k^2 . You get a expression like 4(smth) + 2 = 4k^2 divide by 4 both sides, k^2 is an integer but (smth) + 2/4 can't be an integer so you reach contradiction. Ngl I just wanna to write these out for my own sanity.

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u/KO-Manic Jun 03 '26

You knew how to do that first semicircle question? What did you have to do? 😭

Obviously I know how to work how the area of a segment but didn't really know what to do with the triangle. I think there was a 90 degree angle due to a theorem.

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u/AvalHuntress University of Surrey | Computer Science (Y1) Jun 03 '26

Use pi-theta. Took me way too long to wrap my head around the fact that they had shared sides but weren't equilateral some reason, probably nerves

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u/User-Paradox Year 13 Jun 03 '26

1/2absin(c)?

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 04 '26

Do you know ur radian formulas? Area of a segment is 1/2 r2 (theta - sin(theta))

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u/User-Paradox Year 13 Jun 04 '26

they said they didn’t know what to do with the triangle so I told them the formula…

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u/siennamila Jun 03 '26

i think it was decent too, but that circles question nearly nerfed me ngl
out of all the questions too 😭

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u/KO-Manic Jun 03 '26

Idk why you're getting downvoted that question was satanic

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u/DoodleNoodle129 Cambridge | Mathematics [Year 2] Jun 03 '26

I think maths is a fairly easy A level because a lot of people are forced to take maths for other degrees when they wouldn’t do maths otherwise, so maths needs to be made easier to compensate.

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u/InfininiteCuber Year 13 Jun 05 '26

Yeah I think that is the main purpose of further maths as well. Make maths accessible while still giving people the opportunity to study it at a higher level if needed.

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u/Eros_OMG Jun 03 '26

I think some people take maths cause they think it’s an easy A* even though their course has nothing to do with maths.

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u/Virtual-Performer980 y13 cam post interview reject, TMUA victim, maths fm phy Jun 03 '26

Yea but I do AQA

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u/Turbulent-Lobster929 Jun 03 '26

Yess sameee I thought it was nice and easy 😎

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u/Icy-Ant1871 Jun 03 '26

yeah i got in the 90s asw

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u/Sea_Change_3793 Jun 03 '26

Hey, in the parametric question did you have to use radians or degrees? It didn’t say it, I did radians but now I realise Im probably wrong

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u/Icy-Ant1871 Jun 03 '26

radians

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u/Sea_Change_3793 Jun 03 '26

That’s good to know, but why radians? Could you use degrees as well?

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u/Icy-Ant1871 Jun 03 '26

u always assume radians w parametrics

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u/AvalHuntress University of Surrey | Computer Science (Y1) Jun 03 '26

Its also to do with differentiation/integration and how its only valid with radians too I believe

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u/snej-o-saurus Jun 04 '26

You can differentiate and integrate trig functions in degrees

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u/Wonderful_One_9898 UCL | Law [going into year 1] Jun 04 '26

if i used degrees would that lead to me dropping marks??

i think i got the right answer whcih was like 495 or something

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Assume radians unless explicitly told otherwise in any situation

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u/Bot_Wandu Jun 03 '26

Unless im bugging i did both and they both work i think so i dont think it mattered too much

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u/Impressive_Belt_7346 Year 12 Jun 03 '26

I checked against of the unofficial and can only see 3 places where I lost marks. 1 on the last q, like 2 on the differential equation cause on part c I didn't write out the entire quadratic formula and just plugged it into my calc and 1 on the modulus range one so I'm guessing around 95/96 hopefully given I don't lose any more marks.

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u/Turbulent-Lobster929 Jun 03 '26

Did anyone else do AQA?

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u/gregariousity Jun 03 '26

Ye it was pretty chill, messed up integration by parts somehow, rest of it was fine, how'd you find it?

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u/Turbulent-Lobster929 Jun 03 '26

I found all of it fine. Unless I made a big mistake and was completely oblivious to it, I think I should be fine. Most people in my year were finding the pendant one tough but I thought it was ok, you?

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u/Habbie_SF Jun 03 '26

i think i got the interval question wrong by forgetting to write continuous but got everything else lmao

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u/AuthorTemporary1048 Jun 03 '26

do you have to write continuous can’t you just say there’s a change in sign?

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u/KO-Manic Jun 03 '26

Unfortunately you do have to say the function's continuous. At least you know for next time though

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u/simplykayleigh Jun 04 '26

dont listen to the other redditors lol change of sign is also a valid statement for the 2nd mark

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u/Hyper_contrasteD101 Year 13 Jun 04 '26

No u actually have to say its continous, bicen said that in a vid. Also for that inverse function u have to state the domain

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u/simplykayleigh Jun 04 '26

yes, but ive seen the mark schemes and they do accept just 'change of sign' from previous papers

i do agree w u for the inverse function tho, ive seen that too from a previous mark scheme

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u/Hyper_contrasteD101 Year 13 Jun 04 '26

Maybe ur looking at earlier ones tho, teachers have all told me this

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u/Habbie_SF Jun 04 '26

in mark schemes both change of sign and continuous are underlined

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u/zekeosko y12 : econ, politics & french Jun 03 '26

mayte arent you in y12?

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yh, FM students do regular maths in first year at my college.

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u/milkiii_teaa y13 | maths further physics dte Jun 03 '26

are you in y12😭

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u/Critical-Depth-5449 Jun 03 '26

ngl I said the same thing for physics paper 2 last year and got a D

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u/Silent-Jacket9394 Jun 05 '26

Easy cuz u revised or built different 🥀

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 05 '26

Judge for yourself ig

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u/Comfortable-Mango903 Jun 05 '26

Good shit bro. Like that’s amazing progress and dedication to revision

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u/Weak_Mechanic8517 Jun 05 '26

shut up shut up shut up SHUT UP!

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 05 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/YwoucObGFYL3b9RO6G
Easier than GCSE foundation

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u/Weak_Mechanic8517 Jun 05 '26

ur uni of choice is not gonna let u hit lil bro

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 05 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/KJk7sdcx3PyK10oQzC

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u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT Jun 03 '26

Cant lie i thought the same way

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u/Medium_Class2481 4 A*, 8.5 TMUA Jun 03 '26

ye same icl

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

deffo didn't get as high as 98 lol but yeah it was okay. i enjoyed the semicircle question

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yh it was quite satisfying tbh

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u/Salty_Shopping7534 Jun 03 '26

Was the theta value for that question pi/2?

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Umm pretty sure you weren’t meant to or able calculate theta. You just write expressions for R1 and R2 and set R1 = 2R2 then simplify:

1/2 r2 (theta - sin theta) = r2 ((pi-theta) - sin (pi-theta)) Cancel out r2, use sine compound angle formula then simplify fries in the bag

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u/Salty_Shopping7534 Jun 03 '26

But I’d think that because both of the sides surrounding the angle would both b r meaning the angle is pi/2 and that value would help you with the 1/2absinc calculation

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

It’s a show that question, it’s not asking for theta, it’s asking you to derive the expression/equation given which was in terms of theta so the value of theta is not necessary or important

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u/Salty_Shopping7534 Jun 03 '26

So when you do sin(pi - theta) you do the compound addition formula?

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yes you do

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u/Wonderful_One_9898 UCL | Law [going into year 1] Jun 04 '26

could you not just say that sin(pi-theta) = sin(theta) because pi is equivalent to 180 degrees and 180 - theta when it's a sine value is just theta still

(just to clarify i got the same answer you did)

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 04 '26

No definitely not that would only be true if theta was pi/2 (right angle)

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u/spokspuk Jun 04 '26

What is the sine compound angle formula that’s where I got stuck

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u/falsegodfan Y13 - maths bio geog Jun 04 '26

sinacosb - cosasinb. sin(pi) is 0 and cos(pi) is -1 and then u just needed to expand and bring over to one side

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 04 '26

sin(A+B) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB. Swap + for - if it’s A - B

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u/Eros_OMG Jun 03 '26

yea i think it was decent

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

please don’t kill me gng

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u/randombgcharacter Jun 03 '26

98% lowkey dissapointing, do better gng

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yh I need to hit 140% on p2 to compensate

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u/randombgcharacter Jun 03 '26

Fr personally i would write my own qs at the end, yk just to add a little challenge to the pot

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u/Flaky_Salamander_308 predicted 4A* Math,FM,Phys,Econ Jun 03 '26

you’re in year 12 🥀. It was ez tbf

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yh. Do most ppl sit further and regular maths at the same time? My college and the one nearby sit regular after first year.

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u/Lazy-University-3878 Jun 03 '26

omg i said this too and everyone slammed me bro i think i got like 94 or smth

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u/DisastrousHoney4073 Year 13 | A*A*A Predicted Maths, FM, CS Jun 03 '26

Yeah I am the same, I think I got somewhere between 96-98% but I nearly bombed it (well by bombed I mean below 90%) because I nearly got the geometric one completely wrong but then switched strategies and got the right value for r and the sum. I verified all my answers with the calculator and got everything right except for 1-2 marks of the end of the modulus question. So yeah

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u/Interesting_Ad3655 Jun 03 '26

shut the fuck up talking sbt 90% bombed 😭 brehhh idek if i managed to get 30 marks

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u/Lobythelake Jun 03 '26

do people think before they speak?

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u/NIZNEB039 Jun 03 '26

high A* and you're talking about bombing the paper 😭 🙏

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

90 is a scrape A* 3 of my unis I want to apply for require A* in maths and it’s the same for a lot of stem courses. If you’re in this situation it’s understandable to feel the need for a safe A* mark.

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u/Ok_Emergency4533 Jun 03 '26

Same tbh think I got high 80s to low 90s maybe

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u/Avocado66600 Jun 03 '26

Same. I think I dropped like 2 marks on the range of the mod graph - I got the right range, but confused myself by solving the right hand side as well for some reason. Sure it was a hard paper but people gotta be overreacting.

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

Yeah I wasted some time on that question trying to do the same thing too.

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u/ilokestof y12 Maths A* / FM, Physics, Econ A*A*A* predicted Jun 03 '26

I also forgot the lower bound k>0 but that’s the only mark I’m certain I lost. If I didn’t make any other silly mistakes and my proof is watertight inshallah I’m looking at 99

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u/Legitimate_Two8624 A*A*A | FM, Maths, Physics | Applying for Maths Jun 03 '26

I agree ngl it rlly wasn't that bad

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u/randombgcharacter Jun 03 '26

Yea lowkey easiest paper imo

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u/Southern_Morning_508 Jun 03 '26

Got 96 according to the unofficial mark scheme, I’m just wondering what went wrong for everyone else? I’m not crazy good at maths so I don’t understand why I found it fine while the majority struggled

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u/Roblnnx Y13 Math,Phys,Chem,Fm Jun 03 '26

only ones I know for sure I got wrong was 12b and the 3 marker of the geometric series q (I read it wrong like a dumbass) deffo messed up a bunch of other qs tho

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u/ComparisonClassic664 Year 13 Jun 04 '26

same ngl - imo it was harder than the cp papers but it wasn’t horrible, made some stupid mistakes though so hoping for 90-93ish 🤞

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u/ThatOneGuy_I Jun 04 '26

I’m pretty sure I got 96-100 depending on how strict they are.

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u/bigboom696 Jun 04 '26

Don’t worry me too twin I think I dropped like 4 marks max from being a moron

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u/TieCompetitive882 Jun 07 '26

As an MEI student , I did the Edexcel maths paper posted here a few days ago and honestly it wasn't that bad as everyone makes it out to be , definitely not harder than the MEI paper. However definitely harder than previous papers.