Those Hard Topics (1 Viewer)

[big_bang344]

Hey guys! Post your most feared/ the one you find most challenging/ the one you just hate because it's hard prelim and HSC topics for maths extension 1 here!

 

[Hermes1]

Hey guys! Post your most feared/ the one you find most challenging/ the one you just hate because it's hard prelim and HSC topics for maths extension 1 here!

well i dont no whether ill find it hard bcuz i hvent fully started it yet, but binomial probability is supposed to be the hardest part of the 3U course.

 

[OmmU]

Binomial probability is easy, binomial theorem on the other hand can get very tricky!

 

[Hermes1]

Binomial probability is easy, binomial theorem on the other hand can get very tricky!

oh really?, sorry bout that i hadnt actually done it yet i was just going of what a state ranker told me about binomial probability

 

[AAEldar]

Binomial probability is easy, binomial theorem on the other hand can get very tricky!

Binomial Theorem is probably my favourite topic!

I'm not so much a fan of the Physical Applications of Calculus...

 

[kr73114]

Binomial Theorem is probably my favourite topic!

I'm not so much a fan of the Physical Applications of Calculus...

im the opposite- physical apps my fave...hate binomial

 

[Omnipotence]

Permutations and Combinations is fucked (especially in 4U).

 

[aphorae]

Yeah binomial probability is pretty easy...really straightforward. Permutations and combinations are harder (the more complex ones) but they're more fun haha.

I hate everything to do with drawing graphs.

 

[SpiralFlex]

Yeah binomial probability is pretty easy...really straightforward. Permutations and combinations are harder (the more complex ones) but they're more fun haha.

I hate everything to do with drawing graphs.

You hate calculus?

 

[K4M1N3]

Loan repayments, Superannuation, Time Payments URGHHHHH Just that whole part of series tbh.

 

[aphorae]

You hate calculus?

I like diff/int if that's what you mean.

But I hate drawing the graph. Like it's fine when they say find the sp/inflexion points/domain/range etc. but when they say e) now sketch this graph... or here's f(x), sketch f''(x) I'm like fml -takes forever-... shm, inverse, etc... I swear I spend twice as long on Q4 and/or Q5 than Q7 (when q7 has no graphs) ;_;

Parametrics and projectiles are okay though, since they always look the same... lol.

 

[big_bang344]

What parametrics?

 

[big_bang344]

oops, i meant what's parametrics?

 

[benji_10]

I like diff/int if that's what you mean.

But I hate drawing the graph. Like it's fine when they say find the sp/inflexion points/domain/range etc. but when they say e) now sketch this graph... or here's f(x), sketch f''(x) I'm like fml -takes forever-... shm, inverse, etc... I swear I spend twice as long on Q4 and/or Q5 than Q7 (when q7 has no graphs) ;_;

Parametrics and projectiles are okay though, since they always look the same... lol.

I'd like to see your face when you meet a 4U graphing question

Though I'll agree parametrics and projectile is okay, if not a bit repetitive for 3U only. 4U gets a lot more convoluted.
The stuff to do with all the financial stuff ie. superannuation, repayments, interest etc. isn't all that hard. It's just exceedingly, mind-numbingly dull. And I get really pissed when my cents to the 3rd decimal place is different to the answer.

Perms and combs is probably the hardest, imo. I personally dislike any "real world" maths, such as probability, statistics, annuities, that sort of stuff.

 

[woga1]

Binomial Probability is about the easiest thing in 3unit

 

[woga1]

Loan repayments, Superannuation, Time Payments URGHHHHH Just that whole part of series tbh.

you do 4unit, and you find 2unit series hard?

 

[aphorae]

I'd like to see your face when you meet a 4U graphing question

Oh man, I went to tutoring accelerated in year 11 and we were learning 4u stuff... complex numbers was okay at first, but then they told us about conics and how those were the main two topics..... and I took a flick through this book... and it was ALL GRAPHS I swear = mindfuck. Back then, I had no idea how to visualise a rotation about x/y axis so how could I fathom this 4u crap hahhaha.

Irony is that I'm like top 3 in 3u and 20th-30th or something ridiculous in 2u... yeah somehow I fail at typing numbers into my calculator or something. Probably should've/would've done 4u anyway lolol, but couldn't stand the teacher + class -_-