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Exam question leaves GCSE students baffled

examsExams are the do or die, the make or break, the go hard or go retake, of a student’s career. Some students love them, but most would much prefer a scrawled letter from home be sufficient excuse to drop them. If only a *cough cough* migraine was a decent enough reason to skive.

But no, exams are not P.E. For those who loathe them, what a buzzkill when the worst case scenario is realised and it quickly becomes apparent that the paper is out to get you, the questions are much harder than anyone anticipated. Every year throws a curveball, and this year was no exception.

GCSE students sitting the most recent maths paper were stumped when the questions took a turn. This year it is Edexcel who’ve gone rogue, and Hannah and her freakin’ bag of sweets.

Here’s the question:

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Confusing, huh?

Many students have taken to social media to vent their frustrations. For a time #EdexcelMaths was trending and Hannah has become the most side-eyed fictional character of the moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exam questions typically increase in difficulty as the paper progresses, the intention being to distinguish between the more gifted students who can puzzle through the latter parts. Was Hannah’s sweet conundrum too hard for the time given to answer it?

Not everyone had quite so traumatic an experience however and some have taken to Twitter to debate what all the fuss is about, managing to have solved the question quite easily themselves.