Hardest hsc 3U topics (1 Viewer)

[Sien]

Can someone please list the hardest topics in order? Just want to pay more attention to the harder topics when i get around studying it.
EDIT: I know it depend on each person, but yea

 

[Drsoccerball]

Can someone please list the hardest topics in order? Just want to pay more attention to the harder topics when i get around studying it.

P and combinations
physical applications of calculus
Inverse functions
integration
Estimations of roots
Probs forgot some

 

[InteGrand]

I think most people seem to find combinatorics and binomials amongst the hardest topics.

 

[Kaido]

Hands down perms and combs

 

[leehuan]

Perms and combs killed a mark in the MULTIPLE CHOICE for me last year...


But across the broader scale I think applications of calculus and binomial theorem are still harder?

 

[Soulful]

i find sequences and series and all the financial stuff really difficult ;A;

 

[Drsoccerball]

i find sequences and series and all the financial stuff really difficult ;A;

shame its not in extension 1

 

[Soulful]

shame its not in extension 1

pretty sure it is since there's a whole unit dedicated to it in cambridge

and it was in my term 1 assessment for 3U

edit: turns out it's part of harder 2U so i guess we're both right and wrong haha

 

[teridax]

i find sequences and series and all the financial stuff really difficult ;A;

how i feel with this topic:

 

[RealiseNothing]

pretty sure it is since there's a whole unit dedicated to it in cambridge

and it was in my term 1 assessment for 3U

edit: turns out it's part of harder 2U so i guess we're both right and wrong haha

You'll never see the financial stuff in the 3U HSC.

Also I don't get what everyone finds so hard about perms and combs. There are much harder topics imo.

 

[Drsoccerball]

You'll never see the financial stuff in the 3U HSC.

Also I don't get what everyone finds so hard about perms and combs. There are much harder topics imo.

Yes there are harder topics... just not in 3U...

 

[Chris_S]

I find Perms and Combs, SHM and Projectile Motion the hardest, and probably estimation of roots the easiest

 

[leehuan]

Technically, yes, perms and combs is not the hardest topic (or not meant to be), but it's still typically problematic amongst students because it introduces a completely new way of interpreting the question. Even circle geometry isn't as bad due to 2u geometry, and binomial theorem is just really intense algebra.

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

I think most people seem to find combinatorics and binomials amongst the hardest topics.

I swear to god i neck myself every time i do combinatorics fml


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[davidgoes4wce]

For me its definitely been Circle Geometry. Do feel its a bit like the other topics you have to put the time (which I havent done as much for) aside to get the understandings of the concepts right. Its a topic where you have to know your terms, you have to know the laws pretty well in order to explain it well. How do you get better it? Just do heaps of questions

I enjoy projectile, SHM, inverse trigs, related rates, binomial is not as scary as I thought it was, exponentials and curve sketching are good.

 

[Carrotsticks]

P and combinations
physical applications of calculus
Inverse functions
integration
Estimations of roots
Probs forgot some

Never seen a student say that Estimation of Roots was a hard topic before. It's something that can most certainly be made very difficult, but I've only ever seen one or two such questions before.