Edexcel Maths 2016 GCSE Exam Prompts Gallows Humour From Pupils

'Where was the stem and leaf?!?'

If you were ever in doubt at just how strong post-GCSE Twitter game is, look no further than #EdexcelMaths.

Thousands of students followed Thursday morning's Mathematics exam with a storm of anger, fury, and very British fatalism.

And our age-old tradition of gallows humour is in no danger of dying out, if these 15 and 16-year-olds are anything to go by...

Beginning of the paper vs the end #edexcelmaths pic.twitter.com/X5yxbS5vqR

— caitlin. (@_caitlinmk) May 26, 2016

I liked that exam so much I think I'll do it again in August #edexcelmaths

— Thomas Pearce (@pearcethomas200) May 26, 2016

questions 1-15 vs 16-25 on the maths paper #edexcelmaths pic.twitter.com/bZ3mgkLyMY

— oll (@ollchee) May 26, 2016

A pass felt as likely as weather affecting a tennis match

The probability of me passing that exam are the same as the probability that it will not rain and my tennis match is cancelled #edexcelmaths

— emaan (@emaan_ullah) May 26, 2016

Hope the grade boundaries for #edexcelmaths are as low as the chance of the tennis match being cancelled when it doesn't rain

— jessica h // exams (@spookylesterr) May 26, 2016

The probability of my mum disowning me on results day are as big as the chance of the tennis match cancelling when it rains #edexcelmaths

— Naveed Amla (@Naveed_Amla) May 26, 2016

Zingers all round after "Angie's" floor varnishing question

#edexcelmaths the chance of passing that exam is on par with Angie painting the floor with only 3 tins, impossible pic.twitter.com/bICiRSpQJU

— ab•collnn (@imabbeycolleen) May 26, 2016

My chances of passing maths are as impossible as Angie varnishing the floor with 3 tins of varnish. #edexcelmaths

— Oliviá (@oliviasumnerx) May 26, 2016

I hope Angie slips on her partially polished floor and Richard dies of diabetes from his crisp obsession #edexcelmaths

— ur enemy (@JennyEngels0) May 26, 2016

Think Angie needs to give me that 7.5 litres of varnish to drink after how shocking I've done on that paper. #edexcelmaths

— Lewis turner (@Turnxstle) May 26, 2016

*Where* was the stem and leaf?

cannot believe the last 12 years of my life have lead up to a GCSE maths paper with no stem and leaf question #edexcelmaths

— laura (@mxntal_asylum) May 26, 2016

when theres no stem and leaf diagram or ingredient questions #edexcelmaths pic.twitter.com/GUZX5SIl7v

— pops (@rosegcId) May 26, 2016

That last question though

#edexcelmaths looking at the last question pic.twitter.com/NXDXEALtIu

— izzy (@izzyredd) May 26, 2016

Last week, students reacted with utter dismay after their AS-level Maths exam left them confused and more than a little irritated.

Some even declared the paper had “destroyed” their future.

At the time, Pearson Edexcel said: "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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