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OCR Gateway GCSE Chemistry June 2024 Paper 3

  • J248/03
  • Higher
  • Topics C1 to C3
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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5 new exam questions, 32 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Atomic size, relative mass and electron structure
  • Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles
  • Ionic and covalent bonding
  • Higher: limiting reactants
  • Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model
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What it tested

  • Atomic structure and the periodic table28 marks
  • Bonding and structure22 marks
  • Energy changes13 marks
  • Quantitative chemistry12 marks
  • Rates and equilibrium9 marks
  • Chemical changes6 marks
  1. Q1Metallic bonding1 mark
  2. Q2Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes1 mark
  3. Q3Ionic and covalent bonding1 mark
  4. Q4Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations1 mark
  5. Q5Acids, salts and pH1 mark
  6. Q6Electrolysis1 mark
  7. Q7Electrolysis1 mark
  8. Q8The periodic table, metals and noble gases1 mark
14 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: moles and balancing with molesAtomic size, relative mass and electron structure1 mark
  2. Q10Higher: ionic equations and half equationsReactivity, extraction and reduction1 mark
  3. Q11Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equationsElectrolysis1 mark
  4. Q12Atomic size, relative mass and electron structureThe periodic table, metals and noble gases1 mark
  5. Q13Higher: moles and balancing with moles1 mark
  6. Q14Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equationsAcids, salts and pH1 mark
  7. Q15Group 1 and Group 7States of matter and properties of substances1 mark
  8. Q16Rates of reaction, collisions and catalystsPurity, formulations and chromatography9 marks
  9. Q17Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic modelConservation of mass and relative formula mass9 marks
  10. Q18Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profilesHigher: bond energy calculations13 marks
  11. Q19Atomic size, relative mass and electron structureHigher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations15 marks
  12. Q20States of matter and properties of substancesHigher: limits of the particle model8 marks
  13. Q21Ionic and covalent bondingDiamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes11 marks
  14. Q22Higher: limiting reactantsAcids, salts and pH10 marks

June 2024 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9154
  • Grade 8140
  • Grade 7127
  • Grade 6107
  • Grade 587
  • Grade 468
  • Grade 358

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