The paper came as a welcome change for students who took to Twitter last week to complain that they were traumatised by their Edexcel maths exam.
2a) complete the blank:
i) limestone is mostly calcium_______
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5b) limestone is made of mostly calcium carbonate
Okay #aqachemistry
— emi✨ (@embly99) June 9, 2015A spokesperson from AQA told HuffPost: “As part of our ongoing quality control checks we noticed that an answer to a one-mark question was given in a longer question later on in the paper.
"This shouldn’t have happened, and we’re sorry it did. We’ll make sure it doesn’t affect students’ grades, but schools can get in touch if they have concerns."
Obviously, this wasn't a problem for the exam-taking Twitter population, who were completely overjoyed...
me to aqa for including the filling in the blank questions on limestone #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/YCWxx9sqOl
— ellie (@zarryho) June 9, 2015me going through the chemistry exam #aqachemistry https://t.co/DtoWnqV17F
— Ramisha (@toxicheart_) June 9, 20151 mark "fill-in the gap" questions about the limestone cycle #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/fqIEUII35L
— Jack Edwards (@jackbenedwards) June 9, 2015When you turn over the first page and the first answer is given in the data sheet #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/JNS7tSBs7m
— rich (@r_ch86) June 9, 2015when u see "fill in the blanks" questions #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/eNcxZAmTTm
— ella (@ahstnirwin) June 9, 2015AQA giving us them limestone questions. #AQAChemistry pic.twitter.com/XzsNtVrDjW
— Patbingsu (@ayyshakks) June 9, 2015turning to question two and seeing that it was a fill in the blanks about the limestone cycle #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/l3oVFECEry
— targaryen (@LouiseSapphire) June 9, 2015me when I saw the first question #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/AEXS42cqol
— rupinder (@janonutella) June 9, 2015Although the paper may have seemed a breeze, some students are expressing concern about the grade boundaries given the ease of the paper.
trying to look at how high the grade boundaries will be like #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/yxne67T8TO
— zena (@davidtennunt) June 9, 2015When you realise that the A* grade boundary for #aqachemistry will be 101% pic.twitter.com/vitP5ViE2o
— Chris. (@ChrisSaysIt) June 9, 2015What hurts is we're all thinking about how magical that paper was but the grade boundaries are going to kill dreams #aqachemistry
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