Edexcel C1 Maths Exam Causes Student Dismay Over 'Lack Of Whole Numbers'

'Harder than all the past papers.'

Students have reacted with utter dismay after their AS-level Maths exam left them confused and more than a little irritated, with some declaring the paper had "destroyed" their future.

Those sitting the Edexcel C1 test say it was "harder than all the past papers" and didn't include as many whole numbers as was expected.

And a question on the amount of money given by "John's uncle" was cited by many, with some joking they'd need a rich relative to afford extra tutoring.

I think edexcel gave us the wrong paper. I didn't c1 whole number #edexcelmaths

— ➕Ricardo (@Ricardokalli) May 18, 2016

Hardest C1 exam! WTF edexcel that was twice as hard as the hardest past paper! #c1 #edexcelmaths

— James Little (@BigJim147) May 18, 2016

Never going to get money like John after that exam #EdexcelMaths

— Hafsahツ (@Hafsah_Kapadia) May 18, 2016

Need an uncle like John's to fund a tutor for my resit #edexcelmaths

— ♡♡♡ (@imogenmunday) May 18, 2016

Going into and out of that #edexcelmaths c1 exam like pic.twitter.com/xC9YkuhEN9

— Adil Rahman (@AdilRahman147) May 18, 2016

How I felt when @Edexcel asked me to find the area of the quadrilateral #edexcelmaths pic.twitter.com/NBYYUzDPh2

— Ayo Adebayo (@Ayyys_99) May 18, 2016

did so much grid multiplication and column addition felt like I was back doing the year 6 sats #edexcelmaths

— ellen (@tiredellen) May 18, 2016

I think I managed to scrape in at 35678990/445785487 % in that exam, thank god it's an easy fraction that I can do mentally #edexcelmaths

— lara (@larakim02) May 18, 2016

I wish Jon's uncle could pay me £60 for every mark I lost on the paper bc atleast then I'd have a chance of not being homeless #edexcelmaths

— Prathi (@i_d0nt_kn0ww) May 18, 2016

Literally what a great exam Edexcel can't wait to do it again next yr #edexcelmaths #c1

— Jaz (@jaz2i) May 18, 2016

the first half to the second half of that C1 paper #edexcelmaths pic.twitter.com/zIkQt0OTR6

— Subbie (@subbieeee) May 18, 2016

It comes a day after students vented their fury at the GCSE AQA Biology exam, which demanded students explain what an "independent business" was.

Pearson Edexcel said: "We can confirm that the paper was a reflection of the curriculum that students have studied this year.

"With every paper there there will always be questions that some students find difficult, which is often reflected in social media comment."

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