Pass Maths P1

neiler987

does any1 know how generous or not generous correctors are correctin maths papers ?...

yeno de way in english lets say a student failed by 4marks 1% the corrector will go back over everytin nd try give the extra 4 marks

even tho the student doesnt really deserve it hes jus gettin the 4 marks ti make sure he passes ?
any chance of a maths corrector bein that generous ?... eg. 4 or 5 extra marks for a good attempt at questions

foFox

cli101 wrote: »

i got that too!!...unless were both wrong??im sooo bad at maths

Yeah, I think you are, i did the same and i realised the error as soon as I leaved the room. The first value is 105% not 100%. Since i got the same result as you, you did that one wrong .

neil_18_

Don't forget you will still get attempt marks for any decent or logical attempts. I saw a mock paper last year where a lad only got the attempt marks on a lot of questions and barely and full marks on the others and he still got either a D1 or a C3.

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Conor108 wrote: »

Cant even remember what my graph looked like. Anyone remember what they got for max and min points on Q8 part iii? I got (1, -1) and (0,1) but nearly certain I made a mess of it

I didn't do this question for the exam, I'm doing the sums in my head / the computer now.

dy/dx = 3x^2 - 3

3x^3 - 3 = 0

I worked out that X = 1 or -1

Putting these into f(X) I got (1,-1) and (-1,3)

MariaBabii

bobsy wrote: »

Yup i got that! What did u get for the 2nd part? I got 2 minus square root of 3?


Yeah i got that as well.Could you do the second part of it?

Nah i couldnt do the second part :O I hadnt a breeze how to do it

bobsy

MariaBabii wrote: »

Yup i got that! What did u get for the 2nd part? I got 2 mins square root of 3?

Yeah i got that as well. Could you do the second part of it?

MariaBabii

Conor108 wrote: »

Cant even remember what my graph looked like. Anyone remember what they got for max and min points on Q8 part iii? I got (1, -1) and (0,1) but nearly certain I made a mess of it

I got Max (-1,3) and Min (1,-1)
Dont know if they are right though?

neiler987

thanks neil_18 doesnt really answer de question bu thx anywayz

i meant after the corrector has already given as many marks for attempting questions tho !

look at wat i said about english ..student doesnt really deserve it bu gets the extra marks just 2 make sure he passes ..which actually does happen

any chance of that happening for maths no ?

Danger781

Conor108 wrote: »

Cant even remember what my graph looked like. Anyone remember what they got for max and min points on Q8 part iii? I got (1, -1) and (0,1) but nearly certain I made a mess of it

Nope thats not right

stevenfinnegan

Generally a manageable exam.
Yeah granted the C parts were a little harder in comparison to previous years.
And the graphs. Whoever was making the exam should have actually drawn them to see what they are like :rolleyes:
I was looking at first thinking "there is no way that could be right"
But after looking at everyones on this thread, they are right.
All in all a handy enough exam.
Roll on paper 2

Cook!eMonster

neiler987 wrote: »

anyone do question 5 c (i) ?.. where u had ti find the common ratio which

is usually 2nd term divide by 1st term bu they gave the 4th nd 7th term

think i worked out de 1st nd 2nd term wrong tho or did u not need ti find 1st nd 2nd term ????? ..any1 help on this please ?

I did it by trail and error. answer was either 3 or 1/3 cant remember.

neiler987 wrote: »

no thats nt what i done tho ur probably right !?

heres wat i done... 9=4th term 243=7th term .. 9+78=87 87=5th term

87+78=165 165=6th term 165+78=243 243=7th term !! common difference = 78

so i found de 1st nd 2nd terms by goin backwards frm de 5th term that was given ...
9-78= -69 69=3rd term 69-78= -147 =2nd term.... -147-78= -225= 1st term

so common ratio = 2nd term divide by 1st term
-147 divide by -225 = 0.653

thats gotta be so wrong isin it lol ?

part C (ii) find 1st term... -225 = 1st term

u worked it out as an arithmetic sequence

stevenfinnegan

Conor108 wrote: »

Cant even remember what my graph looked like. Anyone remember what they got for max and min points on Q8 part iii? I got (1, -1) and (0,1) but nearly certain I made a mess of it

Yeah they are wrong.

neiler987

i know som1 else told me

ah well hopefully part Cs arnt worth as many marks this year seeing as they were difficult ti previous years

neiler987

does any1 have an opinion about the correctors marking maths compared ti english ?

lucybrown

paper 1 was so hard. most of them c parts were not suitable for pass students. looked like honours stuff. they better do sumtin with the markin scheme. it seems like people who have never set foot in a pass maths class set the paper. faggits! if paper 1 was like that god knows what paper 2 is like..........good luck everyone!

Danger781

neiler987 wrote: »

does any1 have an opinion about the correctors marking maths compared ti english ?

I reckon the marking could be changed to suit people.. So many people complaining about the (C) parts of questions..

Gael23

neiler987 wrote: »

i know som1 else told me

ah well hopefully part Cs arnt worth as many marks this year seeing as they were difficult ti previous years

they are worth the most marks:eek:

bobsy

did anyone use the -b formula for 3b.i think i went seriously wrong.

Danger781

bobsy wrote: »

did anyone use the -b formula for 3b.i think i went seriously wrong.

Yeah, I did.

Ended up with 0.22 and -1.8 or something..

neiler987

lucybrown wrote: »

paper 1 was so hard. most of them c parts were not suitable for pass students. looked like honours stuff. they better do sumtin with the markin scheme. it seems like people who have never set foot in a pass maths class set the paper. faggits! if paper 1 was like that god knows what paper 2 is like..........good luck everyone!

hopefully paper 2 will be easier ?

should be as most of de formulas are in the tables line circle simpsons rule then statistics is an easy question usually ... so fingers crossed !

*giggles*

Never liked Paper 1 much myself, bring on Monday where I can really shine :rolleyes:

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neiler987 wrote: »

i know som1 else told me

ah well hopefully part Cs arnt worth as many marks this year seeing as they were difficult ti previous years

They're still worth the 20 marks. And if they had been made harder, which IMO they haven't, they would be worth more, not less.

Gael23

bobsy wrote: »

did anyone use the -b formula for 3b.i think i went seriously wrong.

I think i did. It says 2 dec places so that sounded the most logical to me

Danger781

ryanf1 wrote: »

I think i did. It says 2 dec places so that sounded the most logical to me

Only thing that put me off at first was the fact it said "answer" and not "answers"

lucybrown

yeah that is true..and i do prefer paper 2..hopefully! i just really want a c3 thats allllll i want ha!!

neiler987

ryanf1 wrote: »

they are worth the most marks:eek:

question 5 C i ii ii worth 20 marks ?????? ... nahh no way

extremely unfair if it is !!!

Danger781

neiler987 wrote: »

question 5 C i ii ii worth 20 marks ?????? ... nahh no way

extremely unfair if it is !!!

Ehh, it's always been like that..

neiler987

Danger781 wrote: »

I reckon the marking could be changed to suit people.. So many people complaining about the (C) parts of questions..

yeah but the marking scheme is made out when there setting the paper !

so ppl complaining about part Cs wont effect the marking scheme obviously..
unless theres a few LC maths correctors reading this thread ?

Gael23

neiler987 wrote: »

question 5 C i ii ii worth 20 marks ?????? ... nahh no way

extremely unfair if it is !!!

theres 3 parts to it for 20 marks all together, not each

Danger781

neiler987 wrote: »

yeah but the marking scheme is made out when there setting the paper !

so ppl complaining about part Cs wont effect the marking scheme obviously..
unless theres a few LC maths correctors reading this thread ?

It all depends on how good/bad people do whether the scheme will be affected or not..