Who's looking forward to math? :) (1 Viewer)

[Nooblet94]

PUMPED AS FUAAAAAAARRRRRKKKK.

3/4u are the only exams I enjoy - gunning for 100 in both.

 

[_pikachu]

I'm going to take an extra one or 2 off year 8/9/10/11 kids just to be safe (my calculator has been running since year 7.. battery might die anytime)

good idea
il just ask my math teacher for it

 

[Keelan134]

My biggest problem in 2 unit is my fkn silly mistakes.

my exam plan will be do everything REALLLLLLLLLLLY slow so I have 30 mins after i finish all questions and then revise once
(unless there is some challenging question/ year 11 crap that I didn't bother to learn)

I'm going over prelim stuff now, always lose a few marks with those.

DUUUDE I make the silliest mistakes. Its usually like this scribbling a number say 2 down so quickly I think it was a three when I plugged it into my calculator ... or foretting to write + C in my integration -_-
Yeah I did CSSA and I went slowly to not make any mistakes and had 45-30 mins left I think. Should be right.

I've just done a ton of past papers and picked out what ever came up and made a note to study it. Trouble is too I was in 3U during prelim so i dont know what stuff carried over, such as critical values?

I have an arsenal of 4 calculators, as my favourite 'Bertha' I've had since year 7. Also thinking of a programmable watch for back up...

 

[TheOptimist]

DUUUDE I make the silliest mistakes. Its usually like this scribbling a number say 2 down so quickly I think it was a three when I plugged it into my calculator ... or foretting to write + C in my integration -_-
Yeah I did CSSA and I went slowly to not make any mistakes and had 45-30 mins left I think. Should be right.

I've just done a ton of past papers and picked out what ever came up and made a note to study it. Trouble is too I was in 3U during prelim so i dont know what stuff carried over, such as critical values?

I have an arsenal of 4 calculators, as my favourite 'Bertha' I've had since year 7. Also thinking of a programmable watch for back up...

Hahahah, btw i don't think programmable watches are allowed in the exam room?

 

[RishBonjour]

DUUUDE I make the silliest mistakes. Its usually like this scribbling a number say 2 down so quickly I think it was a three when I plugged it into my calculator ... or foretting to write + C in my integration -_-
Yeah I did CSSA and I went slowly to not make any mistakes and had 45-30 mins left I think. Should be right.

I've just done a ton of past papers and picked out what ever came up and made a note to study it. Trouble is too I was in 3U during prelim so i dont know what stuff carried over, such as critical values?

I have an arsenal of 4 calculators, as my favourite 'Bertha' I've had since year 7. Also thinking of a programmable watch for back up...

I don't think we are allowed programable watch?
I just took a stop watch from my science department at school lol. Best thing to take into exams, particularly for 3u, where time is a problem for stupid kids like me.
I just hope MC will be nice + the whole exam is on calculus/trig and no graphs LOOOL. heaven.
ohh and fkk no probability. what did you get in CSSA paper?

 

[Keelan134]

I don't think we are allowed programable watch?
I just took a stop watch from my science department at school lol. Best thing to take into exams, particularly for 3u, where time is a problem for stupid kids like me.
I just hope MC will be nice + the whole exam is on calculus/trig and no graphs LOOOL. heaven.
ohh and fkk no probability. what did you get in CSSA paper?

From memory in the School Certificate Im sure there was one exam that they said it was alright to have a programmable watch, I was very fond of the facebook pages back in the day, but yeah I'm not relying on the watch haha.

CSSA paper I got 82, most of those were my silly mistakes, especially in probability and I left most of that water tank in the roof question. (Who puts a water tank in a roof...hahaha) Probability isn't too bad, but if you miss the tiniest detail your effed. Only got 6/10 in multiple choice too I think.

AlSO a note to everyone. Prep annuities/loan repayment questions in which they compound monthly but installments or contributions are done over a different time such as annually.

ALSO, you know how you can solve recurring decimals as fractions using Geometric Progressions? Do they expect us to use that method in our working, or can I use my x,10x,100x method?

 

[Keelan134]

Anybody else hate they had to take their watches off? Well not so much the majority of you but my watch is on my writing hand and my wrist felt so weird without a watch on it while I was writing

 

[RishBonjour]

From memory in the School Certificate Im sure there was one exam that they said it was alright to have a programmable watch, I was very fond of the facebook pages back in the day, but yeah I'm not relying on the watch haha.

CSSA paper I got 82, most of those were my silly mistakes, especially in probability and I left most of that water tank in the roof question. (Who puts a water tank in a roof...hahaha) Probability isn't too bad, but if you miss the tiniest detail your effed. Only got 6/10 in multiple choice too I think.

AlSO a note to everyone. Prep annuities/loan repayment questions in which they compound monthly but installments or contributions are done over a different time such as annually.

ALSO, you know how you can solve recurring decimals as fractions using Geometric Progressions? Do they expect us to use that method in our working, or can I use my x,10x,100x method?

you can do it in any method unless they specify.
I haven't done 2u since the day before my trials (sort of neglect this subject) but I'm doing it today. And I'm getting confused with some Q10 series about years. or interest before or after etc. fixing that now. or it will rape me in the exam.

but over all.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY PUMPED. (ohhhh the horror when i see probability in last question)

 

[ashtheawesome]

I love maths! Ill miss being able to procrastinate study on it

Yeah I agree hahaha

 

[medicore]

Is there usually alot of prelim content in paper papers? I go through them and don't see that much.

 

[RishBonjour]

Is there usually alot of prelim content in paper papers? I go through them and don't see that much.

not "alot" but enough to stuff your 2u mark.

 

[Keelan134]

Yeah not too much, they're usually the sly questions with 4 Roman numeral parts to them, and they're typically the first step. But even if you don't know them the second parts of those questions typically give you the answer and prep you enough for the remaining parts of the questions

 

[mickk794]

My teacher was saying that the main prelim content that we need to know are the formulas to calculate area and volume of the various shapes.
+ maths is my 12th unit subject so i haven't focussed on it at all and need to start studying tomorrow morning.

 

[YoYoWayne]

When towards other exams I am a bit nervous... Towards MX2 & MX1 I'm excited !
Although I didn't get really well on the Baulkham Hills Trial last night

 

[onedaysnotice]

looking forward to failing it!

 

[timeslowsdown]

2u maths i don't mind,
3u maths... ready for a day of tears.

THIS.

 

[Keelan134]

Do you reckon I should learn differentiation by first principles, The Sec, Csc and Cot Graphs ?

 

[2xL]

Yeah looking forward to it; should be a challenging and engaging exam.

 

[Carrotsticks]

Stay calm.

A common mistake is for people to stumble on a question, then their focus shifts to 'Crap I can't get this question. There goes my X goal', as opposed to actually focusing on the problem.

 

[barbernator]

Stay calm.

A common mistake is for people to stumble on a question, then their focus shifts to 'Crap I can't get this question. There goes my X goal', as opposed to actually focusing on the problem.

this.