just did couple past papers and i got 2/24 for questions 9 and 10 (1 Viewer)

[bakerlog]

anyone else finding this problem?

i swear we never learnt anything like this in class

no chance of me learning now so if the paper tomorrow follows the same trend i doubt ill even attempt questions 9 and 10 and try to maximise marks elsewhere.

 

[bloodysunday]

what sort of questions were there?

 

[Just-nick]

as a general rule i think they usualy make the last questions about 3unit standard to test the 3u kids doing the test, just like the 3u paper ends at 4u standard.

this isnt to say that 2u kids cant do it, you have learnt the stuff you nead, but its just alot more complicated than usual

 

[Tommy_Lamp]

Q9 and 10 require ALOT of thinking and effort. They aren't easy.

 

[bloodysunday]

as a general rule i think they usualy make the last questions about 3unit standard to test the 3u kids doing the test

Thank god i did 3 unit maths up until the trials then

 

[Xayma]

Q9 and Q10 often involve a fair bit of thinking:

Here is a few hints:

Draw diagrams with all the information.
If something wants you show there is no solution or something, do it graphically it is often quicker then doing it algebraically.
If there is a Show that w=f(x) and you cant do it, pick up w=f(x) and use it in the next part.

 

[bakerlog]

what sort of questions were there?

questions 9 and 10 of 2003 paper for example.

looking at the solutions i guess i know how to do them... but im honestly just dumb founded by these questions.

 

[KungPow]

Especially when you have to work with stupidly-long equations.

 

[smallcattle]

but in the exams there is just not enough time to think about the hard questions..

often i can work out the q10, but that will take me like 30 min or so just to figure out one question..

 

[FcUk]

haha im like that but i start failing around question 7 haha

 

[bakerlog]

alright thanks for the input. at least i know im not the only one in the boat so that helps. im only over a pass with assessment so i guess i should be pretty happy with managing the first 8 questions.

 

[Just-nick]

questions 9 and 10 of 2003 paper for example.

looking at the solutions i guess i know how to do them... but im honestly just dumb founded by these questions.

2003 was a hard test i hear, i know 3u people who say that they found the the end of that test mind boggeling, there is a 2 marker there thats like one and a half pages of working

 

[Xayma]

Yes there is. Q9 and Q10 are suppose to differentiate between the top of the candidature not between the rest.

 

[alex tonkin]

hahaha 2/24 thats incredibly bad man

 

[bakerlog]

alright goodo. well im fairly relaxed, as i dont expect too much, so bring it on.

goodluck peoples.

 

[Just-nick]

hahaha 2/24 thats incredibly bad man

heh i was about to say, "if i was a mod here i would have banned you ages ago," but it seems i was too late

 

[adrianp]

im hoping to be able to get most questions up to 8 and scrape a pass.. then once ive looked at those and cant do anymore im gonna try scab a few marks from the last two questions ah shit.. i hate maths exams

 

[Wild Dan Hibiki]

just think, for us 2u'ers we'll never see maths again

 

[bloodysunday]

well, studying maths we'll never have to do again, but maths is everywhere, man. trippy.

 

[neuro_logik]

just think, for us 2u'ers we'll never see maths again

Damn right! , im just hoping 11-12/12 for questions 1-8, and worry about questions 9 and 10 later