{"id":8695,"date":"2019-06-27T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8695"},"modified":"2022-05-30T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:38:20","slug":"gcses2019-the-highs-the-lows-and-what-teens-had-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/parents\/exams-and-revision\/gcses2019-the-highs-the-lows-and-what-teens-had-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#GCSEs2019 – the highs, the lows and what teens had to say"},"content":{"rendered":"

GCSEs are over for 2019, and your teen will be enjoying their new-found freedom<\/a> from revision. When you finished your exams, you likely chatted about them lots with your friends and parents before moving on to the next one. That\u2019s a far cry from today, where the end of each GCSE exam triggers a twitterstorm of memes, jokes and confusion about the hardest and strangest questions.<\/p>\n

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Forever to the rescue, our tutors<\/a> chipped in with the answers to put teens\u2019 minds to rest. Here\u2019s our run-down of the toughest and funniest GCSE questions of 2019, and what tech-savvy teens had to say about it.<\/p>\n

Maths<\/h2>\n

The question we heard the most about for Edexcel<\/a> Maths<\/a> was one to do with ratios. Pupils were asked to find the number of green pens in relation to the number of blue and red. While the consensus was that it was definitely a tricky question, teens were very sceptical that anyone could ever need that much stationary…<\/p>\n

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The examiner marking my maths gcse wondering how the heck i got 414 on the question on green pens:#GCSEMaths<\/a> #edexcelmaths<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/o08M2AKC9r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \/-\/ Feline_kitty \/-\/ TheTryGhouls on tumblr \/-\/ (@_HighHxpes) May 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n