maths ext past hsc (1 Viewer)

[ReaL~]

hi there

ok i've been killing myself by doing past ext papers and im ONLY GETTING 60 -70% T.T

is that good or .......BAD

 

[Riviet]

hi there

ok i've been killing myself by doing past ext papers and im ONLY GETTING 60 -70% T.T

is that good or .......BAD

It depends what you want (i.e band E4, E3?). You should get a band E3 with that kind of mark (raw).

 

[Trebla]

Depends on what you're aiming for. The state average is usually around 50-60% raw mark, so at I'd say that would have become band E3 around the 80s in that year.

 

[housemouse]

Thats pretty normal if your just doing Extension 1 Maths.

 

[gamecw]

Thats pretty normal if your just doing Extension 1 Maths.

does ext2 really help u doin ext1?

 

[pLuvia]

I find it helps a bit, but not that much. Those inequalities questions are very easy when doing the 4u ones though. I feel that doing 4u makes 3u like 2u, same as the people who just do 3u who think 2u is easy, and 3u is hard

 

[housemouse]

does ext2 really help u doin ext1?

Well im not sure about you but i can say for myself that it has helped me a lot because in year 11 i had so many gaps in my 3 unit knowledge but now ive managed to fixed up using 4 unit and those who beat me in year 11 in 3 unit, well im beating them now.

 

[ianc]

Extension 2 students should be getting close to 100% in 3unit. However it is easy to become complacent and lose marks on easy things, such as formulas you don't use much like Newton's method

 

[B35tY]

Is it true that a raw mark of about 65 is a band 6?

 

[pLuvia]

Is it true that a raw mark of about 65 is a band 6?

Depends on the difficulty of the test

 

[B35tY]

I'm aware of that, but roughly, from year to year, is that about right?

 

[Riviet]

I'm aware of that, but roughly, from year to year, is that about right?

Roughly speaking, yes.

 

[Riviet]

I would think 70+ / 84? I have no idea how high into the 70s you would need though, but there abouts.

 

[pLuvia]

I'm aware of that, but roughly, from year to year, is that about right?

Opps, I thought you were talking about 4u for some reason I would think 65/84 would get a band e4. Sorry

 

[JhK89]

just asking how much will i need to get a low E3 by raw marks approx..

 

[alexvincent]

Hey... what do you guys think I will get as an HSC mark?
I'm ranked 2nd... very very close to 1st... for my trial i got 93% CSSA paper and I'm confident of getting 90%+ in the HSC exam.

 

[Riviet]

Approximately 13? I'm guessing you had a go at everything.

 

[gamecw]

Yeah - but a couple of marks weren't really stupid mistakes - just my general incompetence with circles.

hey one thing iv always wantd 2 find out.. say if u make a silly mistake like
rewriting the answer wrongly from the 2nd last line to the last line
eg. y=2(3x-2) --> y=6x-5
and the question worths say 2~3 marks in total. wud they take off 1 mark off u or half? n do they actually do half marks?

i make ALOT of those mitakes, my last attempt of 3u was 1999 paper.. got 72/84 and 7 marks were from those mistakes..

 

[Riviet]

I'm pretty sure you can't get or lose half marks, in your example you would lose 1 mark.

 

[gamecw]

I'm pretty sure you can't get or lose half marks, in your example you would lose 1 mark.

then i shud be damn careful on the day..

what about if the marking criteria says obtain the answer up 2 y=2(3x-2) scores a mark, but i expand it and stupidly write y=6x-5.. they still take off mark?