According to some sources, 98 raw was attained by one of the lower state rankers last yr (somewhere between 8 to 10th). But they may not have been 1st internally. My suggestion is that 97+ would've been like a good cutoff in previous years, but this year probably higher (unless they mark...
Yeah the bos trials are great actually.
Am disappointed that you let someone get over 70% though.
Naw I am just kidding, well done to both your team and that individual
Yeah so it seems to be the case that while top students would've absolutely loved this exam cause free marks (or hated it because it was too easy and boring), students at the e3/borderline e4 level struggled with the paper.
This really reminds me of the case with the 2013 HSC paper
You probably got 486 by plugging values into the expression in the 2nd last part. However this gives the total number of ways under the assumption that not all colours have to be used.
To remove these cases, firstly note that it is impossible to use one colour to colour the grid, so we consider...
I do not intend to create any deliberate offence, but could those who say that this paper was harder than previous years please elaborate specifically which part of the paper they found hard?
My students and their teachers seem to agree that the paper still followed the trend of getting easier...
I'm 60% sure you're joking but in case you're serious, what makes you think this year's cohort is stronger than last year? I'd say that last year's cohort was much stronger