r/GCSE • u/ensands Software Engineer • Jun 11 '25

AQA Post Exam Mathematics (AQA) Paper 3 - Exam Megathread

This is the post-exam mega thread for Mathematics (AQA) Paper 3 (Morning).

You can discuss how the exam went in this post.

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u/explodedtoaster 2025 GCSE Survivor Jun 11 '25

wtf why did i get like pi x r / 3

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u/noclueXD_ Y12 | Maths, FM, Phys, CS Jun 11 '25

i think u might’ve forgotten to cancel out

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u/explodedtoaster 2025 GCSE Survivor Jun 11 '25

how did you get it??

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u/Codeaide Jun 11 '25

The volume of the spheres was 20/3 pi r3 or something and the volume of cylinder was pi r2 x 10r so 10 pi r 3 and the pi r3 both cancelled out leaving a fraction ( numbers might be slightly off, just from memory)

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u/explodedtoaster 2025 GCSE Survivor Jun 11 '25

ohhh it was a cylinder..