Despite a few curveballs there was little overall deviation from past papers
The higher-level applied maths paper contained generous questions based on new syllabus material, with a few curveballs in questions based on the old syllabus.Brendan Williamson, an applied maths teacher at the Institute of Education, said that there was minimal deviation from past papers, in particular the June and deferred 2023 papers.
“The first twist arrives in Q2, which is an ‘outside the box’ question. Students might struggle with part ’s forces with a static hitch or the concept heavy . The algebra in the latter was straightforward but students needed to do some careful thinking before they could tackle it. This was balanced with a very nice part , a pulley question typical of previous papers.”
“But thankfully the question removed any ambiguity in the desired method by clearly stipulating ‘by parts’,” he added.“Question five was completely typical but again offset by a part that was algebra heavy and messy, so students might tie themselves in knots with unknowns. “With such a new course, the deferred paper is an essential resource and students who went through it carefully will find this familiar.
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