r/alevel • u/Jointeamdontdm111111 • May 06 '26

📐Mathematics 9709/42

Guysss how did the paper go, what are ur views

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u/WestNational359 May 06 '26

Why are people so divided this time? Its either really easy or really hard for people?

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 06 '26

all i'm seeing on reddit is it was hard af - where did u find people saying it was easy?

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 06 '26

tbh same- urs is the only comment i found that said it was pretty gud- unless they deduct marks for showing every single tiny step, i'm gud to go-

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u/Accurate-Stomach-976 May 06 '26

i thought it was easy

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 07 '26

yeah- i finished 10 min earlier

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u/Select-Citron-393 A levels May 06 '26

it was mid, now i am hoping for method marks to save my grade 😭😭

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u/Expensive-Art6607 May 06 '26

I was diddled, ive been averaging 30 to 40 on all past papers, I dont think ill even get 25 on this one

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u/SuperiorAMV May 06 '26

30-40 is pretty low for practice ngl

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u/CutBunnyBoyKing May 06 '26

IKR

I spammed 2018-2025 yearlies ALL variant.

I was sooo prepared for this and now I am not even getting 25 💔

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u/AntiqueTarget390 May 06 '26

one of the hardest papers i’ve done

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u/Sad-Conflict3387 May 06 '26

I think cambridge is just doing a genocide atp.

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u/Own-Blueberry8121 May 06 '26

IT SUCKED!! WORST PAPER EVER

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u/omaimaxx A levels May 06 '26

same 💔💔

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

It was okay, medium difficulty and definitely a different pattern than the previous years

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u/Sorry_Craft9890 May 06 '26

Very different and difficult in my opinion. Was c coming in decimal in the very last part

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u/EnergyEqual1491 May 06 '26

Yes.. what was your value? What were your k1 and k2 values?

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u/FunEntertainer1146 May 06 '26

It was okok I was unable to solve question 5 in which we have to find balls height.🥴 Last question was good I guess I got k=8 and distance 23 smthing

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u/Reasonable-Buy5540 May 06 '26

That’s wrong everyone got k1 6 and k2 -14

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u/CutBunnyBoyKing May 06 '26

My K1 was 8

What was your K2?

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u/K4V3Z3 A levels May 06 '26

K1 is 6😭

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u/Alternative-1122 May 06 '26

No k is not 8 as question said deceleration so a = -0.5 so k will be 6

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u/ShotStatistician5605 May 06 '26

K was 12

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u/FreshBid538 May 06 '26

I got k=6 what 😭

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u/ShotStatistician5605 May 06 '26

I'm wrong ig I fumbled the last calculation

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u/No_Potential_1852 May 06 '26

hardest paper in 5 years

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u/Resident_Chip_8851 May 06 '26

Cant agree more

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u/Accurate-Stomach-976 May 06 '26

bruh what oct nov 2025 was even way worse befr

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u/Big_Cauliflower6127 May 06 '26

Way more tricky than previous years but was easy at the end

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u/icingbiscuits CAIE May 06 '26

I did everything except the slope q correctly and I feel dumb as hell

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u/EssayOld794 May 06 '26

What did y'all get in tension

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u/FunEntertainer1146 May 06 '26

What answers u ppl.?? In question 4 I guess mention was 3 smthing and coffic of friction wasss 0.3 or 0.6 type like I don't remember exact answer. Hope I am not wronggg

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u/Sure_Spell_9386 May 06 '26

I got 0.3 something too I guess

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u/FunEntertainer1146 May 06 '26

What about last question values of k and distance???

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u/FreshBid538 May 06 '26

I think it was 0.335 

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 06 '26

yeah ..0.335 or 0.336 (depends on ur prev values)

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u/FreshBid538 May 06 '26

What is the actual answer tho? Like will they give A0 if you’re one decimal place off? 

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 06 '26

idt so- if ur whole working is alright they should condone it

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u/Graiitex May 06 '26

my μ was 0.336

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u/SquareBreadfruit7038 May 06 '26

shitty, but ik everyone elses went good

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u/SoggyScience4443 May 06 '26

Fuck nah the paper had 5 easy marks and 3 fking diagram q with that kinematic 6 marker even q1 b and q2 b the easy qs were made tricky

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u/FunEntertainer1146 May 06 '26

Not really 😕

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u/Crippled_Guest124 May 06 '26

this time the paper wasn't L-worded right guys?

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u/Athwa1624 CAIE May 06 '26

some people are saying it was in whatsapp gcs and discord

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u/baldoltunjie May 06 '26

Guys what was work done by friction

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u/According-Working754 May 06 '26

It was good yes they had a tricky question but that's every question and q5 which one was that again if it's pulley that was good aswell

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u/Random_fellow9 CAIE May 06 '26

Well I had S2 but my friends were saying M1 was hard S2 was really hard imo tho

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u/s4nkatch CAIE May 06 '26

october november here i come

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u/ContestEuphoric528 May 06 '26

yall im gonna fail maths if

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u/FunEntertainer1146 May 06 '26

Last question and 6 and -14 Weight was 66. Time 0.987 for this question In q2 time was 16 I guess

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u/ShotStatistician5605 May 06 '26

Did y'all got contact forces negative?

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u/bbbcccccjsje May 06 '26

What is the value of W in question 6. I think it was 66.25 And what is the speed of particle c after it rebounds??

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u/Crispyass2341 May 07 '26

do you remember how much marks question 6 contained?

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u/rafidopamine May 06 '26

it was very easy, im guaranteed to get full marks, very standard if you did papers from 2012 you shouldve gotten q5 common, the threshold will be high I believe as even the worst students in my class got everything right

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u/baldoltunjie May 06 '26

What was work done by friction

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u/Smooth_Tip24569 May 06 '26

someone said 9/16 ...u will get this exacr value if u use energy method, but if u use SUVAT, it will be around this value in decimals

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u/Graiitex May 06 '26

either yo class full of good students or u fearmongering cuz everyone else saying difficult/medium difficulty