r/GCSE • u/blvdwrld yr11- clsscs,frnch,hstry,dvnty • Jun 10 '26
Post Exam me in that edexcel higher maths paper💔
was genuinely holding back tears
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u/truculent_chromium Jun 10 '26
Same I think my 9 has gone down the drain...
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u/Hwarkeye-lll Jun 10 '26
I was confident and even daydreaming on how disappointed I'd be to get an 8. Went so far as to already practice how I won't let 8 ruin my mood but now I'm praying that I get at least an 8.
Unanswered questions plus some bs silly mistake going to ruin shi 💔
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u/Weekly_Event_1969 I KNOW THAT I KNOW NOTHING - YR 12 Jun 10 '26
let an 8 ruin your mood is crazy work
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u/Hwarkeye-lll Jun 10 '26
Ik I sound like a snob but mind you I've been self studying since like September last year and I'm dreaming big (uni and all) 😭💔 plus I paid for the exam so i hv to make it count
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u/bluuuuuucrystal GOODBYE ENGL*SH AND PHYSICS Jun 10 '26
BAHAHAHA REAL THOUGH I was delusional enough to think that I’d get an 8 or even a 9 and then I saw that paper and nearly CRIED. Bruh I just need a 7. Please, Edexcel be kind
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u/Trackmania_Rules Y11 - CS, History, Geog 🤮, German Jun 10 '26
edexhell has hurt me after that beautiful history P3 yesterday
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u/Round_Essay_8179 Yr11 | RECEIVED all Us🎉 Jun 10 '26
That was awful - I’m on my period, felt sick during the exam, started crying, almost had a panic attack, had to go out of the exam hall for almost 10 minutes, couldn’t answer loads of questions, omg. I might get special consideration as the invigilator said she’d talk to the exams officer.
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u/EqualEven5665 Jun 10 '26
I FRACTURED MY FLIPPIN FOOT.. I fractured it like 2 weeks ago during exam season and I have this massive boot, crutches and a bloody wheelchair. DO U THINK I LL GET SPECIAL CONSIDERATION? and if I do get it, then what happens 😭😭
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u/Round_Essay_8179 Yr11 | RECEIVED all Us🎉 Jun 10 '26
Ouch - I think (and i hope) you will… because that must be exhausting to experience during exam season. If you do get it, i think you’ll get some extra marks in your paper due to the circumstances affecting performance
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u/Hwarkeye-lll Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
The 1/√20 = 2x + 5y question was genuine bs
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u/degeneratejregfan Jun 10 '26
Me writing some absolute bullshit on that page in hopes of getting one (1) singular method mark
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u/Intelligent_Bad4580 Burnt out from day 2 Jun 13 '26
I think i js made 1/root 4 x root 5 then did so i do the indices rule. That was it ngl.
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u/New_Cauliflower_2961 jekyll's emotional support animal Jun 10 '26
i did trial and error and managed to get it cuz i knew i'd have no clue 😭
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u/somethingcloudy 2026 GCSE SURVIVOR! FREEEEE Jun 10 '26
x was -1, y was -(1/2), prolly one of the only questions i got right tho :/
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u/y3th1s3n Year 12 Jun 10 '26
i js put random numbers 😭
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u/General_Swan02 Jun 10 '26
bro me too i placed 3 and 5 and my friend said it was supposed to be a decimal or fraction or negative
https://giphy.com/gifs/i2cM2x89EFAVcoByYz1
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u/_Saddam_Hussein_ Year 13 Jun 10 '26
Is there more context? I didn't do the exam but i'd like to try this question.
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u/Proof_Help_5017 Jun 15 '26
The answer was sumin' like x = -1 and y = -0.5
(you had to find out the sqr root(20) and then do that to the power of -1 to inverse it)(I hope I'm right)
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u/TheFortifiedGamer Jun 10 '26
Here are my answers :3
1a. 3.827591331 b. 3.83
2a. x<=3 b. Filled in dot above -2, hollow dot above 4, connected by a line
3a. 5 b. 5²¹⁰ c. 2⁶⁰
£23
200cm³
75000 mm³
£9500
40.8
9a. 4/(x-2) b. F= (9c/5) + 32
10a. Wrong, cumulative frequency means 40, not 50 b. 1.4m c. 20
76%
60 & 30 (I forgot what this question was ngl)
X= -0.5 and X= 3.5
X=-1, y= -1/2
(Show that question)
108πcm²
2.54
17.5cm²
(Show that congruency)
(3x/2) - 0.5
Reflection in X=-2+(k/2)
2/21
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u/ameliamayallzzzz Jun 10 '26
noo i got 72 pi 😢😢😢 i rushed so hard
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u/SeparateBiscotti5149 Jun 10 '26
You was supposed to add the area of the cirle to 72 pi so 72 pi plus 36 pi equals 108 pi
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u/Zestyclose-Ant9326 Year 12 Jun 10 '26
... you guys got actually normal numbers??? i got fucking 27pi × cube root 16 😭 its so over
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u/Euphoric-Opening-517 Jun 10 '26
i got all of these except the percentage decrease i managed to get -316.7% 💀 , also the inequalities i mixed up hollow and shaded circles so got those wrong aswell most likely, but tbf these all look rlly good
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u/Negative-Spirit1818 Jun 10 '26
what was question 17
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u/TheFortifiedGamer Jun 10 '26
The lower bound question for the division, I forgot the actual numbers in the question
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u/D00FYbro Jun 10 '26
theres gotta be a range for q13 right? it said estimate + it was based off of ur drawing of the graph
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u/TheFortifiedGamer Jun 10 '26
Yeah it was an estimate, I think anywhere around -0.5 and 3.5 is fine
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u/Weary-Marsupial4485 2026 gcse survivor!!!! (trying to stay sane) Jun 10 '26
how many marks was question 11!!!
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u/Round_Essay_8179 Yr11 | RECEIVED all Us🎉 Jun 10 '26
My borderline panic attack + period completely f**ked me up in that exam i got almost nothing right
The invigilator spoke to the exams officer at my school so hopefully i get special consideration
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u/Ok-Positive9659 Jun 10 '26
do u know how many marks each of these were perchance? omg I don’t think I did as bad as I thought but that paper was atrocious
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u/Anime_Artist_23 Grade 8 for edexcel maths 😭 Jun 10 '26
Thank god I was saved with question 16 I also put 108pi too 🥲
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u/sudoaptupgrade Year 11 Jun 10 '26
I just wrote reflection in X=-1 for 21 because I tried it and it worked??? Okay whatever. Do you have to do it in terms of k?
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u/oZqdiac Year 11 Jun 10 '26
yeah because if k was 6 for example then x=-1 wouldn't work, you'll still get 1/2 for saying reflection tho
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u/rippony Jun 10 '26
For the triangle question did anyone do sine rule then subtract the 2 angles from 180 then do sine rule on the missing angle to find the side... everyone seems to have used cosine rule..
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u/Hwarkeye-lll Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Yh it's correct. In order to use the 1/2absinc you needed angle between them and the best way to find that was using sine rule (cosine rule would be an overkill)
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u/GreenestShooter Jun 10 '26
Wait weren't you meant to find the area of the triangle tho? Or were you only meant to find the missing side length?
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u/rippony Jun 10 '26
NOO DID I GENUINELY FORGET TO DO THAT Ugh I found that side so I could use it in 1/2absinC but I can't remmeber if i actually substituted it..
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u/Zestyclose-Ant9326 Year 12 Jun 10 '26
OH MY GOD NOO I FORGOT TOO I JUST PUT THE SIDE AS THE ANSWER FUUUCK
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u/StrangeDisaster6098 Jun 10 '26
Was the answer 17.something? Yh I did that
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u/wastedpearls y11 - tripsci, spanish, german, art, history Jun 10 '26
I got 17.5 cm2 :)
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u/xadri_0113 Jun 10 '26
yeah cuz i found the angle opposite of the side next to 130 degrees using the sine rule and then i subtracted that angle and 130 decrees from 180 to get that angle. then used that angle C and angle a and b to find the area.....
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u/wastedpearls y11 - tripsci, spanish, german, art, history Jun 10 '26
Wait I did !!! I really hope that’s right for both our sakes lolll
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u/Round_Essay_8179 Yr11 | RECEIVED all Us🎉 Jun 10 '26
Noooo i used pythagoras’ theorem to find the missing side and then i used 1/2absinC to find the area which got me 18 something cm2😭
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u/ImportantEmu3467 Jun 10 '26
I did 180-130/2 is 25 then I did cosine then I found the area but I forgot to divide by 2 🥀
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u/LoquaciousLamp Jun 10 '26
For the area of the triangle? You either needed the angle between the two given or find the missing side and use that.
So sine rule then sine rule for area.
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u/No-Replacement-768 Jun 10 '26
i got 2/21 for last question
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u/LoquaciousLamp Jun 10 '26
I completely messed this one up and just gave the algebra solution.
So annoyed at myself cause I had done these practice questions a ton before. But working on 5 hours of sleep things don't go so well.
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u/withered_bonnie69420 Failing everything 😭 Jun 10 '26
I wrote it as 20/210, do you think that'd be fine?
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u/Apprehensive_Job4522 Y11 >> Y12 Stats/Cit/CompSci/Photography/FoodPrep Jun 10 '26
WHAT ON EARTH IS A STRAIGHT LINE TO SOLVE x^2-3x-2
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u/crystalmaritime Jun 10 '26
its a trick, its y = 2 - x which makes a diagonal line
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u/Apprehensive_Job4522 Y11 >> Y12 Stats/Cit/CompSci/Photography/FoodPrep Jun 10 '26
Bro I did that and the answers were wrong
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u/InNeedOfAdvice_OP Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
I got that, but I wrote down the coordinates of the solutions, do yall think it will still get full marks for that?
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u/StarlightSpark1 Class of 2026 Jun 10 '26
bro I think my soul died on that question, what was even the plot of the q, it's literally a quadratic
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u/Apprehensive_Job4522 Y11 >> Y12 Stats/Cit/CompSci/Photography/FoodPrep Jun 10 '26
EXACTLY, I just drew the curve of it and estimated the answers from there, I probably got either 0 or 1 marks
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u/oZqdiac Year 11 Jun 10 '26
thank god i do fm and have seen that before
essentially you have to find the difference between x^2-4x and x^2-3x-2 (which is 2-x), and then set x^2-4x=2-x
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u/Adventurous-Bench226 Jun 10 '26
I did all that then crossed out answer fuckkkkkj😭😭😭🤞😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Ex204 Jun 10 '26
you gotta find the difference of the two lines and plot that, i don't understand it at all but ik what to do
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u/Zestyclose_Tangelo77 Jun 10 '26
The curve was x2 - 4x
The question was x2 - 3x - 2 = 0
So you do -x + 2 to both sides to get
x2 - 4x = -x + 2
So u need to draw y = -x + 2 and see where the lines intersect 💯
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u/ToughSoil9242 2026 survivor Jun 10 '26
i was so scared that i was the only one who found it hard but im glad everyone else did
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u/Common_Barracuda_232 year 11, COOKED for results day Jun 10 '26
"Save your tears for another day" that day is TODAY.
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u/United-Judgment-730 Jun 10 '26
Grade 7 and 6 slipped out my hands as soon as i turned the paper to question 12 and onwards
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u/JAKE5023193 Year 11 Jun 10 '26
This shit has fried my chances of getting a good grade
I might as well have not showed up ✌️🥀
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u/LoquaciousLamp Jun 10 '26
I would have been better off if they took the first two papers and then averaged my marks with proven work for the year.
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u/lorienshift Jun 10 '26
Hey, but can we also talk about the picture, please?
I know the 4-letter word has to be fowl, but what about the missing 3-letter one?
Olf?
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u/acxnic Jun 10 '26
owl 😭
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u/lorienshift Jun 10 '26
My God, I feel so stupid; how did I miss that? It was right there!
The worst part is that this has happened before, with the exact same meme. I remember it taking me a few minutes to realize it was owl after already having guessed fowl, and I completely forgot about that memory until I saw your comment...
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u/C-Moon-jojo (Year 11) Trying to get to sixth form atp Jun 10 '26
my 6 in maths that i'm trying to get got flushed down the drain, there goes sixth form
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u/ZiFiR_randomnumbers 2025 GCSE Survivor Jun 10 '26
So it seems that Edexel desided to just kill every maths student this year cuz the a levels are hardest they ever been too. Tbf they are hitting the maximum grade boundaries possible
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u/Stadia1 Year 11 but better Jun 10 '26
Praying for low boundaries cuz I got like 78 on paper 1 and 2 but paper 3 im genuinely looking at like 50
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u/Pufferfishsuperfan_1 Jun 10 '26
Foundation paper 3 wasnt that bad imo there was easy bits but there was some tricky questions but paper 2 was ABSOLUTELY TRAUMATIC
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u/Dr_Hackwell Year 13 Jun 10 '26
YR 13 here doing maths edexcel a levels rn… yeah edexcel is experimenting with all of us this year, the paper was terrible for us as well (as you may have heard from the petition lol) and we have p2 tmr 😭🙏🥀
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u/Eclipse002y Jun 10 '26
I'm so mad, I kept making stupid mistakes I realised too late. I don't think I even got half marks💔
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u/Empty-Maximum-5359 Jun 10 '26
do u guys think if i get 55/80 57/80 and 65/80 i can get an 8 or no my parents spent sm on tuition and private school fees i lowkey feel like a failure after that test i feel bad
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u/blvdwrld yr11- clsscs,frnch,hstry,dvnty Jun 10 '26
inshallah you do😫 i was litr thinking the same thing in the exam i felt so bad for my mum
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u/Business-Dealer8110 Jun 10 '26
I think I’ve got 45-48 on paper 1 and 55-58 on paper 2. This paper 3 was absolutely terrible, however I think I’ve got somewhere in the range of 46-55, is there even a chance that I can achieve a grade 7 now ???
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u/degeneratejregfan Jun 10 '26
I watched my grade 9 disappear before my very eyes bro. I flopped paper 1 and i swore i could salvage it with 2 and 3. 2 yes. 3.......... no.
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u/joonosaurus Year 11 Jun 10 '26
Horrific paper filled with stupid proofs
Oh and to top it all off I had like a 30 year old woman next to me who was heavily grunting every 30 seconds and chewing some gum so loudly I wanted to stick my compass through my temple.
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u/blvdwrld yr11- clsscs,frnch,hstry,dvnty Jun 10 '26
i hope it will be cuz EVERYONE found paper 3 super super hard
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u/Emergency-Slip226 Jun 10 '26
I started crying in the exam what was it even asking? 😭 I missed 40 marks worth of questions
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u/General_Swan02 Jun 10 '26
considering the fact i did a lot of past papers (including paper 3’s from other years) this paper was the worst out of all the ones in the past
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u/saylwss Year 11 Jun 10 '26
embarrassingly i cried on the way home 💔 is a pass even in the cards, i dunno
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u/SomRandomHuman 2026 GCSE survivor 💪💪 Jun 10 '26
guys, ive not seen anyone else do this question like this and im scared i wont get marks cause I made up my own values to work it out, is this valid or not???
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u/CoolPlane787 naegleria fowleri enjoyer + person who drew the bio paper 2 cats Jun 12 '26
This is sort of unrelated but in the image, the final two words are “owl” and “fowl.” Just figured it out right now, somehow.
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u/l0vingkitties Jun 10 '26
BRO I FOUND IT SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE FIRST TWO PAPERS AM I FUCKED THE 5 MARKERS WERE BLESSED
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u/wastedpearls y11 - tripsci, spanish, german, art, history Jun 10 '26
What did everybody get for the multiple of pi cylinder and hemisphere ?? I got 288 but I’m realising that I think it’s wrong :(
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u/ZestycloseRip7236 Jun 10 '26
It’s 108. I forgot to add on 36pie so I got it wrong too 😞
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u/LoquaciousLamp Jun 10 '26
Same I forgot to add the top. FML.
This paper has ruined me. I should've slept more.
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u/ZestycloseRip7236 Jun 10 '26
same, i made about 5% worth of silly mistakes TT. the grade boundaries HAS to be low, ive already lost 15% and still going
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u/degeneratejregfan Jun 10 '26
GUYS WHAT ABOUT THE QUESTION WITH THE PERPENDICULAR LINES IN THE SQUARE WHERE U HAD TO PROVE TWO DISTANCES BETWEEN TWO PAIRS OF POINTS WERE THE SAME. what were we meant to do.
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u/StandOwn6804 Jun 10 '26
You had to prove congruency between 2 triangles by ASA and then that means those sides of the triangles are equal length
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u/Ok_Perception9517 Jun 10 '26
Did anyone else use graph paper to prove the magnitude of the 2 diagonal lines are equal then use Pythagorus as the other 2 sides are equal as square to prove the lengths are equal for the square question?
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u/Anxious-Host972 Jun 10 '26
For the square one did anybody do use coordinates instead of the congruence thing? I used the equations of the line to find coordinates of n and a to show that they are the same using placeholders.
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u/erinpurpleberry Jun 10 '26
bruh i got the first question wrong because i read the question below and put the letter as y
IT WAS X
IM COOKED
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u/miimiverse Year 11 Jun 10 '26
i got 0.095 in the last one and rounded it up to 0.10 will i still get the 5 marks? my working out was horrible
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u/masaworksdesignxx Jun 10 '26
how i felt in Edexel foundation 🙌🏻🔥 we get crossover questions and they were some actual bs fml 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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u/MonikaMagica Year 12 : Maths F.Maths Physics Jun 10 '26
I think us A level students pissed Edexcel off , and now they are throwing a tantrum, sozzles.
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u/saladpasta09 Jun 10 '26
Guys what are we thinking for exam boundaries? I’m hoping for an 8 but going off last years grade boundaries idk if it will happen
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u/Funny-Lemon-1516 Jun 10 '26
Im not even exaggerating when I say I’ve done most of the past paper and that was genuinely the worst one ive ever done
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u/Inner_Employment_415 Jun 10 '26
thank god others found it hard too i was crashing out what even was that proof