Is it just me? (1 Viewer)

[mystery guy]

Or has Maths had gone harder comparing to the 2008 paper.
I do 5.1 course and comparing to what I've seen in 2008 paper, it was very easy.

 

[Jeee]

Perhaps your year is stupider?
Just one probable theory...

 

[mystery guy]

Not really... I always get pretty good Marks in Maths (5.1). I just find this test hard comparing to the 2008 one.
Maybe they changed the stuff or something >__>
Probably people who did the test may know...

 

[Jeee]

Yeah, the Board of Studies have been changing their approach as of late. I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[mystery guy]

Haha yeah I hope. I probably just nailed it.

 

[Hayzazz]

Wasn't there a new exam commitee or something this year? Maybe that's why it was harder.

Although Maths wasn't hard at all...

 

[clintmyster]

Wasn't there a new exam commitee or something this year? Maybe that's why it was harder.

Although Maths wasn't hard at all...

I know there was for us HSCers and our exams seemed pretty darn odd this yr.

 

[hul0]

i did the 2008 paper in yr9 and only got a 90 because of stupid mistakes ...but yes maths was harder this year

 

[xMaFF]

Perhaps your year is stupider?
Just one probable theory...

-cut- ..

T.T

 

[xMaFF]

The math paper wasn't that bad. THe only part I really had trouble was with the final question, regarding the formula to solve the number of variations in cube/square patterns.

Oh gosh, I remember solving the previous two or three on my calculator...

1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + ... 6^2 = 91

*yes! finally! ^___^*


The test that was a bit disappointing for me was the geo test.
I was full prepared to dish out an essay of urban growth/decline, which was a major element in previous papers.

Congratulations, all Yr. 10's

 

[annabackwards]

I know there was for us HSCers and our exams seemed pretty darn odd this yr.

Except for the modern paper - i literally wanted to hug it as soon as i saw the questions XD Also loved English, but that was only because they were the questions i was hoping for hehe

But yeah, the new exam committees/approaches probably made the exam different to other years and hence "harder"

 

[mrunkown]

i screwed up

well i recently done my school certificate. But i forgot to write my student number on some of the answer sheets ( stupid me ).
would this affect my mark ? please reply a.s.a.p

 

[annabackwards]

Re: i screwed up

well i recently done my school certificate. But i forgot to write my student number on some of the answer sheets ( stupid me ).
would this affect my mark ? please reply a.s.a.p

Nah, they'll probably work it out and just write it on for you

 

[deviousgeek]

How was non-calculator?

 

[brent012]

How was non-calculator?

Non-calculator was nice. It had a few easy questions, some which would challenge a whole lot of people and then ofcourse a question almost nobody could work out.

Its a shame though because last question we had to draw arcs with our protractors and colour where they overlap. Me, atleast one of my friends, and presumably a whole lot of people coloured only the parts the arc didnt reach.

That question was something about a park where they had lookout stands to watch out for fires and what the range was they could look at.

I dont know if it was just me who noticed (maybe im getting confused lmao) but i found that this years non calculator had more practical questions in it, didnt have as much obscure patterns and weird stuff as i remember previous papers having.

 

[firstneg]

Yes I noticed that it had much more of an applied focus than a patterns one,
which was different to all the past s.c. papers I did (which was only three, although they were consecutive years) and my trial
I tanked on it big time because it got me very phased.
I coloured in where the arcs intersected.

 

[karanrlz]

Or has Maths had gone harder comparing to the 2008 paper.
I do 5.1 course and comparing to what I've seen in 2008 paper, it was very easy.

its weird, coz i do 5.3 math and i thought that the sc math test ws harder than the 1 i do in 5.3, probly coz advance math in my school didnt learn the basics. Every1 in advance math went crazy over it, but 5.2 and 5.1 found it quite easy :S

 

[JayNoob]

I can't believe I actually had to think T.T

 

[lpodnano]

Non-calculator was nice. It had a few easy questions, some which would challenge a whole lot of people and then ofcourse a question almost nobody could work out.

Its a shame though because last question we had to draw arcs with our protractors and colour where they overlap. Me, atleast one of my friends, and presumably a whole lot of people coloured only the parts the arc didnt reach.

That question was something about a park where they had lookout stands to watch out for fires and what the range was they could look at.

I dont know if it was just me who noticed (maybe im getting confused lmao) but i found that this years non calculator had more practical questions in it, didnt have as much obscure patterns and weird stuff as i remember previous papers having.

Agreed.

What do you mean by the colouring of the arc?

 

[brent012]

Agreed.

What do you mean by the colouring of the arc?

I dont have the question here but apparently you were only meant to colour the part where the two arks met. Remember you had to make 6cm arks for that question?