CHEMISTRY-B-SALTERS-H433 · Cambridge OCR A Level
Chemistry B (Salters) - H433 Exam Tips
OCR A Level Chemistry B (Salters) is infamous for its demanding time pressure, especially on H433/01 (Fundamentals of Chemistry). With 110 marks distributed across 135 minutes, you have roughly 1.2 minutes per mark. However, top scorers do not treat all marks equally. The thirty …
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- OCR A Level Chemistry B (Salters) is infamous for its demanding time pressure, especially on H433/01 (Fundamentals of Chemistry). With 110 marks distributed across 135 minutes, you have roughly 1.2 minutes per mark. However, top scorers do not treat all marks equally. The thirty multiple-choice questions in Section A represent 30 marks, and examiners repeatedly note that candidates who fall behind schedule here struggle to finish the high-yield structured questions in Section B.
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