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I know of quite a few people on my course who dont have a grade C in their GCSE maths because theyve been taking evening classes in order to take their GCSE again to try and get a C.
Maybe things have changed but when I took my GCSES 4/5 years ago, you really didnt need to get that many marks or that high a percentage to get a grade C. im sure when I found out approx what it was, I was shocked it was so slow.
If you dont get a C this time around, you can always do it again, so I wouldnt worry too much.
It's Half-Term right now...
IIRC, on the Intermediate papaer, just over 50% is required to get a C. Of course, the exam from Year 10 and some coursework counts towards the final grade. However, the final paper is worth the most.
I was in the top sets but I chose to do the Intermediate level instead. If you think you won't pass the higher then go for Intermediate. It payed off for me as I doubt I would have passed the higher on the day.
Anyway you're teacher should know all this... if he/she doesn't then there is something wrong.
Don't think you can actually do this, tbh. And I think it's too late to change papaer now anyway.
It's only something like 19% for a C I think.
If your in year 10 (like moi) if your doing intermediate tier next year that that would then be made the higher tier the following year...
Good luck. But surely if you did great on your coursework, then you may not need a brilliant mark for your exam?
When I first opened the paper I was like.. phew. The beginning questions were easy.. but gradually got harder.. and I came to a halt. I just sat there staring at the paper thinking 'Oh... crap' But overall, I hope I did well, seeing as I need such a low mark to pass the paper.
i had a question with a rectangle, corners called A.B.C.D and i had to shade in the points that were further than 1cm away from like BC or whatever and 4cm away from point A....only thing is, there were no points, it was a plain rectangle. So i just shaded the area
Some of the questions were quite badly worded..
That's simple:
Find BC, (which could for example be the line going vertically on the left-hand side) measure one cm from there and shade in that area from the mark you just made.
I think you're right and I'm wrong!
i'm glad i'm not the only one that thought they were badly worded!
I did it today, I actually found it really easy compared to Novembers paper M3 was very easy I think I could get an A, and M4 was ticky but still did well.
All in all I'm very happy went in worrying came out happy, *Fingers Crossed*I get an A or B.
I wish I did an English exam board, here in Northern Ireland we do CCEA which is a lot harghser the OCR I think at higher you need 40+% to get a C. And about 65% at intermediate level.
I was talking about the Higher paper when I said you only needed 19%. I think it's about 40-50% for a C on the Intermediate paper.
got a D initially, and then resat to try and get a C, but failed again!! very annoying.
sure youll do/have done great though!!!
it annoys me how they make out that if you don't get a C then its not a GCSE worth having - when C is above average anyway
as long as you can do the maths you'll need, some algebra and stuff then you're fine....you don't need to know how to solve quadratic equations and silly stuff like that