Bandwagon

UPDATE: I have also included separated practice papersĀ and worked solutions in the below post that OCR have published this week. They are also in the dropbox link along ( HERE )Ā with all the others.

Having previously put my worked solutions to Edexcels SAMs ( POST HEREĀ ) todayā€™s offering is my worked solutions to the OCR papers – again Iā€™ve split them up from being on two documents so that each paper is separate. I am trying to be equally glib about all boardsā€™ papers so donā€™t take my comments too seriously ā€¦ OCR Maths team you know I love you all .. especially young Mr Macey!

When working through them I noticed that the ā€œnon calcā€ paper is paper 2 unlike Edexcel and AQA that have both gone for paper 1 as the non-calculatorā€¦ it’s just worth noting so that you donā€™t feel like a right muppet when you realise that you could have used a calculator (not that it didnā€™t happen to me!….. honest!)

OCR

According to their blurb:

  • More manageable values in some of the questions ( MEL: I am assuming this means they have simplified some of the calculations? )
  • Improved readability with clearer and reduced wording ( MEL: Jumping on the ā€œless wordsā€ bandwagon?!? ā€¦ has anyone ever counted the words on each paper to do a comparison? ā€¦ I might just do it when I get a ā€œspareā€ few hours! )
  • More accessible for all with an initial step added to some questionsĀ  (MEL: I noticed some of the tougher questions had some scaffolding and this should make them more accessible to some students )

OCR Foundation 1

OCR Foundation 1 – solutions

OCR Foundation 2

OCR Foundation 2 – solutions

OCR Foundation 3

OCR Foundation 3 – solutions

OCR Higher 1

OCR Higher 1 – solutions

OCR Higher 2

OCR Higher 2 – solutions

OCR Higher 3

OCR Higher 3 – solutions

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OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 1

OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 1 – solutions

OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 2

OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 2 – solutions

OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 3

OCR Practice 1 – Foundation 3 – solutions

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 1

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 1 – solutions

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 2

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 2 – solutions

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 3

OCR Practice 1 – Higher 3 – solutions

Have a great weekend.