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Can someone please explain AS Maths/ Further Maths awards/ grading?

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OnlyTeaForMe · 19/08/2017 12:15

DS did 7 OCR Maths/ further maths papers. (6 AS and 1 A2 (C3) )

His results show a grade A in Maths with 282/300 for the combination of his best papers - C1, C2, M1

But there is no mention of any result in Further Maths - why?
His FP1 result was his worst ( less than 80%) - would this have anything to do with it?

Also he was originally predicted an A* for Further Maths at A2 - has he blown his chances of that now, with an FP1 of less than 80%?

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noblegiraffe · 19/08/2017 13:11

For further maths AS you just need FP1 plus 2 other modules that aren't C1-4. So you could have FP1, S1 and S2 for example, or FP1, D1 and S1, or even FP1, M2 and D1 if M1 was used for maths.

Malbecfan · 19/08/2017 13:03

Don't you have to do a Mechanics paper for FM? DD is away atm so I can't ask her but I'm pretty sure she had to do FP1 for AS plus some mechanics.

This year, she sat Maths & FM for A2 and did the following units:
Core 3, Core 4, Decisions 1, Mechanics 3, FP2 and FP3. Other than FP2 and FP3, I can't remember which other unit is FM. D1, C3 and C4 were definitely Maths. Sorry

noblegiraffe · 19/08/2017 12:44

I don't know why he didn't receive a result for further maths AS, that seems a bit odd and should be followed up with the school.

To get an A he needs to achieve an average of 80 or higher overall, and an average of 90% or higher specifically on A2 modules. FP1 is an AS module so he can still get an A at further maths so long as his A2 modules average over 90% - that's the hard part of getting an A. They arrange the applied modules to maximise the maths A-level result so prioritise getting an A in maths over further maths.

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