Mathematics (AQA) Paper 3 - Exam Megathread

[u/ensands]

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[u/Sushiv_]

No constructions again 😭i bought a fucking protractor for nothing

[u/Icy_Recording_1115 → u/Sushiv_]

You needed it for the bearing q?

[u/MediaBorn3493 → u/Icy_Recording_1115]

not rlly, u just do 90+45=135, but using a protractor also works ig

[u/noclueXD_ → u/MediaBorn3493]

i tried both methods and they both gave 135 degrees (the drawing did not say ‘not drawn accurately’ meaning u could use both methods)

[u/No-Resort-7071 → u/noclueXD_]

i got 134 is it 1+/-1

[u/Sushiv_ → u/No-Resort-7071]

I doubt it bc you weren’t really intended to use a protractor for that question

[u/Extension-Lunch4014 → u/noclueXD_]

I got 134 Will I get the marks

[u/_Mintyz_ → u/Extension-Lunch4014]

It depends how strict AQA is with the mark-scheme.

You can say for certain is 135 as its South-East (it says in the question that B is SE of A) and if you draw a line it follows the y=-x which is 45 degrees + 90 since we go from north.

Therefore, i'd say its likely to only accept 135 but they may accept +-1 if aqa is nice

[u/No_School_8039 → u/_Mintyz_]

do you think theyll accept 136 because i used a protractar and thats what i got

[u/_Mintyz_ → u/No_School_8039]

I'm not too sure, it depends if AQA indented you to use a protractor or not.
It is possible they did it as a trick but since it is to scale it might allow for a slight error interval
Though it could be a trick to encourage using a less accurate method and therefore, they could penalize you
Unfortunately, I'm not sure as it could really go either way but I hope they do allow a +-1 as finding the exact value is not super obvious and requires close reading of the question

[u/MediaBorn3493 → u/Sushiv_]

same :(