AQA GCSE MATHS JUNE 2018 Higher Paper 3 (Calculator) Walkthrough

Correction: Q8b box ticked should be ABOVE not below as clearly -8 is less than -6. Explanation is correct though. Apologies for ticking the wrong box! Thank you to @harryymcp4760 for the spot

Question Breakdown
1 Decimal
2 Inequality
3 Largest number
4 Regular decagon
5 Factors and multiples
6 Similar shapes
7 Compound interest
8a Parallel lines
8b Coordinates
9 Reverse percentage
10 Linear sequence and prime
11a Vectors
11b Vectors
12 Pressure and units
13 Rhombus
14 Exponential graph
15 Expression
16 x-axis intercept
17 Product rule
18 Algebraic fractions
19 Intersection
20 Algebra and Pythagoras
21a Direct proportion
21b Direct proportion
22 Circle theorems
23 Iterative sequence
24a Speed-time graph
24b Speed-time graph
25a 3D problem
25b 3D problem
26a Histogram
26b Histogram
27 Probability
28 Equation of tangent

Grade Boundaries (out of 80)

9 = 68
8 = 58
7 = 48
6 = 37
5 = 26
4 = 16
3 = 11

Overall Grade Boundaries (out of 240)

9 = 201
8 = 169
7 = 138
6 = 107
5 = 77
4 =47
3 = 32

[chu]

i hate the other walkthroughs they dont make sense but yours do :)

[RelatableMonke]

this is really great, thank you so much!

[study-plmj]

hi sir, could you please put the topics for each qs in the description. thank you!!

[GamerBoi-hevq]

On question 27 does the question say somewhere to add 2 after taking away 1 for the third go or is it just implied

[harryymcp]

hi, i checked the mark scheme and for Q8 it says the answer is above the line?

[RelatableMonke]

in Q21 (a) i'm confused on where you got the K from