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Any discussion regarding CIE exams shall be done here.

Edexcel discussion thread is here

Good Luck To All Students Appearing for the exam!

Note: Do not reveal the content of the paper until 24 hours or else you'll be banned.

« Last Edit: May 07, 2013, 04:07:54 pm by NotAbod »

Offline Cait

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here!
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2013, 11:41:57 am »
AAAHHH!!! i am quite confused. i am doing my biology practical paper later today but i can't work out what paper number it is, i am doing higher and i know that the multi choice is paper one pleeeeaaaaase help!!!! :o

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here!
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2013, 12:24:01 pm »
It's paper 6  :) All the best!

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here!
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2013, 01:09:44 pm »
how did everyone find igcse history ?

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here!
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2013, 01:42:14 pm »
AAAHHH!!! i am quite confused. i am doing my biology practical paper later today but i can't work out what paper number it is, i am doing higher and i know that the multi choice is paper one pleeeeaaaaase help!!!! :o
As Aaliyah said, it's 6. It could be 61 (paper 6, variant 1), 62 (paper 6, variant 2) or 63 (paper 6, variant 3)

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how did everyone find igcse history ?
Remember not to reveal content of paper until 24 hours have passed. All the best.

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 05:45:17 am »
anyone do their german 0525 listening today?! SO EASY ^.^

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2013, 09:27:21 am »
that history yesterday was tough

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2013, 10:42:43 pm »
I have a question in regards with the significant figures in maths and its that how many marks are going to be deducted if i didn't give my answer to the significant figure mentioned at the beginning of the paper?

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2013, 12:16:24 pm »
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I have a question in regards with the significant figures in maths and its that how many marks are going to be deducted if i didn't give my answer to the significant figure mentioned at the beginning of the paper?

What significant figure mentioned at the start?
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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2013, 04:28:17 pm »
It is normally mentioned at the instructions
3 significant figures.
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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2013, 06:03:37 am »
so im doing the CIE co-ordinated science syllabus 0654

and im doing paper 12, 32 and 04

and somehow the maximum raw mark is 240

when the max mark for paper 1 is 40, max mark for paper 3 is 120 and max mark for paper 4 is 48

i am very confused can someone please find a way to explain this to me :( ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2013, 12:15:32 pm »
   
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so im doing the CIE co-ordinated science syllabus 0654

and im doing paper 12, 32 and 04

and somehow the maximum raw mark is 240

when the max mark for paper 1 is 40, max mark for paper 3 is 120 and max mark for paper 4 is 48

i am very confused can someone please find a way to explain this to me
             


I think that this is because the just average out the marks at the end :)
Pro-Life: (adj)
The radical idea that babies are people too.

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2013, 10:09:15 pm »
I did English First Language Paper 2 today :) It was relatively easy.

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2013, 09:16:04 am »
Does anyone knows the results date?

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Re: [CIE] May/June 2013 Examination Dicussions here! [IGCSE/GCSE]
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2013, 10:34:42 am »
I guess 8-10 August will be the result date ...