Is it possible to succeed in Chemistry with only General Maths? (Year 11) (1 Viewer)

[Okistone]

Aka, how reliant would you say that the subject is on any form of mathematics and can I possibly make do and get away with doing a complementary General Maths course only? Thank you so much for any responses.

 

[Squar3root]

Yes

Only basic algebra is required

 

[BLIT2014]

You probably can get away with just general mathematics.

 

[InteGrand]

Not much maths in Year 11 and 12 Chemistry.

 

[Zoinked]

I myself did general last year (weird school and weird hsc system) and this year I'm doing chem and the only thing so far I've come across that I didnt learn in general is Logarithms. Outside of that, I dont think there is much more you need to know that general doesnt cover.

 

[InteGrand]

I myself did general last year (weird school and weird hsc system) and this year I'm doing chem and the only thing so far I've come across that I didnt learn in general is Logarithms. Outside of that, I dont think there is much more you need to know that general doesnt cover.

Yeah, logarithms is probably the only thing (and even then, it's only in the HSC course, not in Prelim., which is what OP asked).

 

[leehuan]

It's just pH=-log_10[H3O+] so you can one day crash course how to do elementary logarithms.

But yeah on the original note general maths is plenty

 

[the_matrix]

Yes. There aren't many complex calculations in chem

 

[eyeseeyou]

I think you can. If you want to do physics you'll need at least 2 unit (according to my physics teacher)

 

[InteGrand]

I think you can. If you want to do physics you'll need at least 2 unit (according to my physics teacher)

That was the case before the current syllabus. In the current HSC Physics syllabus (2001 onwards), no knowledge of 2U maths is assumed or required.