Maths GCSE

[DMB-Hosting]

Hi, for you that have the maths GCSE Calculator paper tommorow you can discuss anything here to do with it or any help you may require.

[Craig]

Could someone name some key topics to study as I have no idea what to study. Thanks

[DMB-Hosting]

Hmm

Algebra ie. n'th term, factorising, equalities etc
Shape ie. trigonometry, pythagorus therom (a2 +b2 = c2) 2 = squared,loci
Number ie. probibility

Theres some stuff its not certain on what will and wont be on the paper

[Tash.]

Oh i'm absolutely dreadin this.. higher non-calc was bad enough + this is meant to be harder :( No amount of revision I did last time helped me at all.

[Pawf]

It'll be fine people. Just think, after this there is no more maths... ever!!

[Craig]

I thought it was quite easy. But then again I only did Intermediate and found it generally easy.

[-Paul]

I've got it tomorrow and don't know what to expect ;[

[Nick-]

Yay!!! No more maths ever!!! :eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc
*Burns all accumulated maths books in an oil drum in the corner of my room*

[-Paul]

Yay!!! No more maths ever!!! :eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc
*Burns all accumulated maths books in an oil drum in the corner of my room*

Lol, *Does same*

[Nick-]

lol, been waiting for this moment since year 4 xD
I must say, its ****ing amazing!
I never ever have to do quadratics again, never have to do standard form, never have to do circle theorems! :eusa_danc

[IGlooscap]

The higher was v v v hard

Tssk...

[Mr.Sam]

The higher was v v v hard

Tssk...

i agree the 2nd part of higher was hard

[lucyecc]

i just had mine. it went wierd. i had a popcorn question as the last one :o
it was wierd.

was pretty easy though ;) much easier than the non calculator paper

[Nick-]

popcorn?
rofl mine was some guy called john has £2000 and sees the following advert
"Double your money, dont let it go up in smoke" or something like that
and the question was will john really double his money?
we were given half a page and all you had to do was work out an interest rate and state whether he does or doesnt double his money ;\

[lucyecc]

yeh i did foundation. its something about a regular popcorn selling for 3.00 or summin. way overpriced i thought.

[Mr.Sam]

yeh i did foundation. its something about a regular popcorn selling for 3.00 or summin. way overpriced i thought.

i did higher and we had to do some standard deviation and draw a cosx line on this graph :rolleyes:

[lucyecc]

a what line ? - lol no wonder im foundation thing is when your in foundation you dont get to learn new stuff. its not fair ;'(

[Nick-]

intermediate ^_^
Piece of cake really

[FlyingJesus]

popcorn?
rofl mine was some guy called john has £2000 and sees the following advert
"Double your money, dont let it go up in smoke" or something like that
and the question was will john really double his money?
we were given half a page and all you had to do was work out an interest rate and state whether he does or doesnt double his money ;\

Had that question on higher, terrible wording. It said that the interest rate was "average" so it could've been a lot less for him, and it also didn't mention whether it was simple or cumulative interest, so really you could've put that he lost money and still be right. As for the rest of the exam,
OH MY SHI....
It was the biggest, fattest, veiniest **** of an exam I've ever taken. I really hope I got a C or above so I don't have to do it again.

[Smiddy]

I seriously found that sooo easy. And I did higher.

The non-calculator paper was more difficult that that 1.. ;|
My paper "provider" I suppose that's the name was Edexcel..

I can't actually remember what the questions were though... :eusa_shif

There was some on Powers... HOW EASY?

First question I think was about someone's theory being wrong..
"6x - 1 will always be a prime number"
Give an example on how this is NOT true.

6² (6 * 6) = 36 - 1 = 35...
35 / 5 = 7.

That was easy? :s

[FlyingJesus]

We had no questions like that, we had AQA I think and it was all stuff to do with towers and cliffs :S

[DMB-Hosting]

I did intermediate didnt find it too bad, anyone have that percentage question where jack n jill said different percentages i said 70% but most of my mates said 85

[Frodo13.]

Im Yr10...I guess I have all this to come :(

[Smiddy]

We had no questions like that, we had AQA I think and it was all stuff to do with towers and cliffs :SI had 1 on towers...

Write 2 points on the graph from the line y² + x² = 16.

The line has to pass through the point "1,2"

I just drew a line across x = 2. :s My friends were going on about Circle gemotry though. So I think i may of messed that 1 up.

[Craig]

Anyone wanna discuss questions from the Intermediate tier? If so post the questions;)

[DMB-Hosting]

yeah i didnt get that x=2 question

[FlyingJesus]

I did intermediate didnt find it too bad, anyone have that percentage question where jack n jill said different percentages i said 70% but most of my mates said 85

You were right, your friends are stupid. :P

£10 down to £4... then 25% off that. 25% of 4 isn't exactly difficult... so the price was £3, which is 30% of the original price, 70% off.

[Nick-]

You were right, your friends are stupid. :P

£10 down to £4... then 25% off that. 25% of 4 isn't exactly difficult... so the price was £3, which is 30% of the original price, 70% off.

****
Thats already 4 marks dropped :(

[Tash.]

The higher paper for edexcel was definitely alot easier than the non-calc. It actually surprised me, i was prepared for a great amount worse. But apart from a few slip ups I made, i thought it was easy. The last question boggled me though.. x² + y² = 16 blah blah. I was like :s My mates all drew a circle or something. I didnt get it at all.

[FlyingJesus]

N!CK I wouldn't worry too much, I counted up the amount of marks that I didn't answer and it was 47/100 ^_^

[Wizzdom]

The calc was easier than the non calc *phew*

[Craig]

Yeah I know what you mean Chris. Usually the other way around.

[IGlooscap]

We had no questions like that, we had AQA I think and it was all stuff to do with towers and cliffs :S

Me too.. I had no idea, just used sine rule :@

[Craig]

Did anyone have the simultaneous equation question on Intermediate with like 5a and 2a? What answers did you get? I got a=3 and b=-2 or it might have been otherway around, but I know that I either put 3 or -3 and 2 or -2 cos I worked it out to the full:P

Also for the graph question with the co-ordinates what co-ords did you put? ;x

[Smiddy]

The higher paper for edexcel was definitely alot easier than the non-calc. It actually surprised me, i was prepared for a great amount worse. But apart from a few slip ups I made, i thought it was easy. The last question boggled me though.. x² + y² = 16 blah blah. I was like :s My mates all drew a circle or something. I didnt get it at all.Yeah, circle gemotry..

I just drew a line through x=2.. :D

Saying it was easy, i'll end up with about a C now.. :rolleyes_

Btw ~ How do you remember trig?
I use "SoH CaH ToA"..

[Tash.]

Yep same SOHCAHTOA is the easiest way. My mate remembers with a rhyme or something. Very confusing :P And yea saying it was easy i'll end up failing lol.

[DMB-Hosting]

Lol they added 60 and 25 which = 85% lol i told them no because that would of been too simple for four marks lol

[iluvben]

Yeah, circle gemotry..

I just drew a line through x=2.. :D

Saying it was easy, i'll end up with about a C now.. :rolleyes_

Btw ~ How do you remember trig?
I use "SoH CaH ToA"..
I remember trig with Old Harry and his old Aunt
o/h
a/h
o/a
:]

[FlyingJesus]

SohCahToa sounds like "Suck my toes".

[Smiddy]

I remember trig with Old Harry and his old Aunt
o/h
a/h
o/a
:]Yeah, but that doesn't say which rule it is for.. :p

And FJ... Interesting.. :s

[iluvben]

Yeah I know it don't but I know the order in my head and the orders on my calculator so old harry and his old aunt works for me if you know what I mean , meh it was what I was taught so its stuck :p

[Smiddy]

Yeah I know it don't but I know the order in my head and the orders on my calculator so old harry and his old aunt works for me if you know what I mean , meh it was what I was taught so its stuck :pYeah I know what ya mean.

-Checks calculator- Sin, cos, Tan on mine.

[Mr.Sam]

Yeah I know what ya mean.

-Checks calculator- Sin, cos, Tan on mine.

I was lucky my batterys didn't fail :]
i ahd the same ones in it for 2 years i think ;)

[Smiddy]

I was lucky my batterys didn't fail :]
i ahd the same ones in it for 2 years i think ;)
Had my current calculator since Year 9. So nearly 3 years o_0

[iluvben]

Yeah I know what ya mean.

-Checks calculator- Sin, cos, Tan on mine.
Yep
Sin - Old Harry
Cos - and his
Tan - old aunt :p

[Mr.Sam]

Yep
Sin - Old Harry
Cos - and his
Tan - old aunt :p

Soh Cah Toa

k :]

Soh: Sin… Opposite over hypotenuse
Cah: Cos... Adjacent over hypotenuse
Toa: Tan... Opposite over adjacent

[iluvben]

Soh Cah Toa

k :]

Soh: Sin… Opposite over hypotenuse
Cah: Cos... Adjacent over hypotenuse
Toa: Tan... Opposite over adjacent
Umm yeh I know
Sin - Old Harry - Opposite over hypotenuse ect..
I've said I don't like Soh Cah Toa , because I didn't learn it that way.