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Higher Maths exam leaves students fuming over 'disgraceful' SQA chocolate box question

Scottish students sitting the Higher Maths paper today have vented their frustration at the "f*****g disaster" of one of the papers.

Dozens of pupils went straight to social media to express their disappointment at one of the questions on Paper 2 - which focused on a novelty chocolate box.

And some have even went to the extreme of setting up a petition to lower the grade bands.

Students have been particularly frustrated with the chocolate box question in Higher Maths paper 2 (Twitter)

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The petition on Change.Org reads: "Parents, guardians, STUDENTS alike are in dismay at the test set by the SQA for Higher Maths.

"The SQA ought to be examined as this is a shock.

"Students have put such a great amount of readiness into this subject and have now been left damaged.

"They MUST reduce the pass mark for this exam due to Paper 2 being extremely hard."

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One Twitter user wrote: "Hope the SQA and their stupid novelty box of chocolates get so far to f**k. That polynomial question I’m higher maths was a disgrace, s**g my fkn right armpit fkn bunch of c***s."

Another added: "What a f*****g disaster boys let’s hope we get that pass mark lowered #HigherMaths".

One said: "Sorry but whAt were those last 3 questions in the higher maths paper actual p**s take cba".

While another added: "Well I’ve definitely failed higher maths for a second time after that disaster of a paper"

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One raging student wrote: "Excuse my language but the sqa can go f*** themselves after that higher maths exam".

While one student Tweeted: "SQA must be having a laugh, wit the f**k was that higher maths exam felt more like higher human biology".

Another, getting straight to the point, said: "Sorry but why the f**k did the chocolate box in the higher maths paper have a big hole in the middle? what chocolate box would ever have that?"

And one added: "Why the hell did I even try and attempt to sit higher maths. What an absolute joke that was".

For anyone looking to get the answers to the paper, one Twitter user @isla_jackson1 has shared what she believes to be the correct answers.

It is not clear if these answers are 100% correct, with Isla offering anyone with potential corrections to respond to her tweet.

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