Earlier this week GCSE students were up in arms after coming across an incredibly tough maths question in their paper that had also been found on an A-Level maths website. Stressed-out students took to social media to express their exasperation at the question.
One person wrote: “Can’t believe I can see the last question of a GCSE paper on a A-level further maths website.”
Another added: “Today’s GCSE Maths paper. This feels hard to me. I cant believe I even did (for 1 year) A level. Well done to all those who did it.”
Another commented: “I’m furious with whoever made that malevolent last question on the maths GCSE 2023 paper.”
The question that was posed to the students featured the strange shape above.
It said: “Eight identical regular octagons are placed edge to edge in a ring in such a way that a symmetrical start is formed by the interior edges.
“If each octagon has a side length of 1 ... Read even more
