AS: Use of Mathematics and FSMQ Results
This year’s AS: Use of Maths results are now available from the AQA website.
The cumulative percentages for each grade are given below:
| A | B | C | D | E (pass rate) |
AQA Use of Mathematics | 2.6 | 11.4 | 27.3 | 54.5 | 78.6 |
The % of A and B grades is slightly higher than last year, but the pass rate is slightly lower. The overall pass rate for all AS levels in Mathematics (available from the JCQ website) has remained at 83.3%. The reason that this is higher than that for Use of Maths is likely to be mainly because of the different characteristics of the cohorts of students who are entered for these examinations. At present students who wish to continue to a full A level in mathematics must opt for a more traditional course and those who opt for AS: Use of Maths tend to be those who wish to study mathematics as a support subject. It is thought that many students who successfully complete the AS:Use of Maths course would be unlikely to have done so well in a more traditional AS mathematics course. The pilot for a full A level in Use of Maths will begin in 2008. Hopefully this will encourage more able candidates to opt for this alternative to more traditional A level mathematics courses
Please send any comments you would like to make to June Haighton.
FSMQ Results
The FSMQ results are also available from the AQA website. The cumulative percentages for each grade in each qualification are given below:
UNIT | A | B | C | D | E (pass rate) |
Managing money | 6.2 | 21.4 | 43.2 | 64.2 | 80.6 |
Working in 2 and 3 dimensions | 3.8 | 14.1 | 33.2 | 58.0 | 79.0 |
Making sense of data | 3.2 | 16.2 | 36.2 | 57.2 | 76.1 |
Calculating finances | 7.3 | 26.3 | 42.5 | 55.2 | 71.2 |
Handling and interpreting data | 2.8 | 11.5 | 28.6 | 50.7 | 72.5 |
Using algebra, functions and graphs | 9.6 | 21.3 | 42.6 | 65.4 | 85.1 |
Using and applying statistics | 2.9 | 13.3 | 34.1 | 58.2 | 80.1 |
Working with algebraic and graphical techniques | 7.0 | 22.0 | 42.8 | 69.0 | 89.7 |
Modelling with calculus | 8.7 | 23.8 | 42.2 | 60.2 | 78.7 |
Using and applying decision mathematics | 10.6 | 38.7 | 63.6 | 84.3 | 95.4 |