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[mazza_728]

AHHH .. i have my first topic test for my HSC on monday!!

I have to know about combinations, (committe type questions), permutations (With repetitions), binomial probability, kth term of binomial expansion, trig identites, trig equations (t method or subsidary angle method) and angle between two lines. anyone got any past papers on these topics or any hints/advice.. thanks - im stressing out! xoxo

 

[kimmeh]

lol how much is the weighting?

my ext 1 is on monday too.. i hope i can at least do better in this than ext 2

 

[Rahul]

mazza, get past papers from your school firstly. then get ur hands on any type of past papers textbook or topic by topic questions book, and do relevant sections.

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by mazza_728
AHHH .. i have my first topic test for my HSC on monday!!

anyone got any past papers on these topics or any hints/advice.. thanks - im stressing out! xoxo

Originally posted by mazza_728
I got 92% but i swear it was a fluke.. that was for year 11's yearly..

It must have been a fluke if you were talking about it in your "Marks" thread

My tip? It's only your first assessment, you have room to work with if you screw it up - plenty of time to catch up in the future (unless you're one of them "I must get 90% in everything" types).

 

[deviant]

Originally posted by mazza_728
AHHH .. i have my first topic test for my HSC on monday!!

I have to know about combinations, (committe type questions), permutations (With repetitions), binomial probability, kth term of binomial expansion, trig identites, trig equations (t method or subsidary angle method) and angle between two lines. anyone got any past papers on these topics or any hints/advice.. thanks - im stressing out! xoxo

wow, so many things
my test only have apps of calculus, differentiation and intergration

 

[mazza_728]

Originally posted by Huy


It must have been a fluke if you were talking about it in your "Marks" thread

Whats that suppose to mean?

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by mazza_728
Whats that suppose to mean?

It means that things can change very quickly, you have your ups and downs during the HSC year - you can't really make a direct correlation between what has happened in the past year with what you will achieve this year, because you cannot simply say (for example) "I scored 90% last year, I will score 95% this year".

I'm only saying that things can change, very quickly with the added stress levels, the assessment tasks piling on, the homework each night (hours) and other factors such as sleeping habits.

I think I know why you're receiving the wrong message/signal from me - because I use inverted commas, right? I'll italicise text so that you don't think I'm being sarcastic... but that's the only way I can quote (without using

tags).

Your "Marks" thread - I didn't say that sarcastically, because it really is your thread, and it was entitled Marks so that's why I said "Marks" -- others never get the wrong impression from me?

I'm always explaining my post to you, because you take it wrongly and think I'm trying to have a go at you.

(Note: I am not trying to have a go at you, I don't even know you!)

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by deviant
wow, so many things
my test only have apps of calculus, differentiation and intergration

Mine had one induction question and 2 curves to sketch and we were given 1hr 20mins I finished it in less then 40minutes so boring, and now I have less time to get as far as head of everyone as possible

 

[Li0n]

yeah our ext 1 exam is on friday
our topics are similar
Perm/Comb
circle geom
and i dont know what else i think its harder questions of maximisation questions

10% its worth!@@@@@

 

[mazza_728]

has anyone got any past papers?? for there first test in year 12?

 

[Xayma]

I would give you the one I done but its only 3 qs on induction and curves

 

[:: ck ::]

an hour or so for a hsc assessment and only 3 qs?!
ahhh lucki u

 

[Xayma]

yeah, except everyone else would of done well (well they stuffed up the last one)

This was all the questions:

1) Prove by induction: (8 marks)
2+5+8+...+(3n-1)=(n/2)(3n+1)

2) Sketch showing all important features (32 marks)
a) y=x^3-3x-4 (12 marks)

b)y=[(x^2+x+4)/x] (20 marks)

and we got over an hour

 

[abdooooo!!!]

what a weird test... 32 marks for sketching 2 curves???

how do you lose marks??? neatness, size of the curve, or maybe the curvedness of it???

 

[Fosweb]

Well its the stupidest marking scheme... Kindof like one that our maths teacher set ages ago.

That induction question shouldnt be worth more than 3.
The first curve should be worth about 2 or 3.
The second one about 4.
You can do them both very quickly without calculus. (But then you'd have to add SPs.)

And it really should be a 30 min test...

I wish I had assessments like that, but in the long run, it does you no good. You are much better off doing hard things which will prepare you better.

 

[abdooooo!!!]

Originally posted by Fosweb
I wish I had assessments like that, but in the long run, it does you no good. You are much better off doing hard things which will prepare you better.

if you had a assessment like that, it would mean that your assessment rank or at least the range is gonna be altered which could mean that lesser intelligent student will gain an advantage and the 'smart people' will be disavantaged in terms of hsc assessment mark. thus you want a hard test or at least a fair test if you are good enough.

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by Fosweb
I wish I had assessments like that, but in the long run, it does you no good. You are much better off doing hard things which will prepare you better.

I wish I did have harder assesments because then the rest of the class wouldn't have done as well as me, with the easier assements any little mistakes show up.

 

[abdooooo!!!]

Originally posted by Xayma
I wish I did have harder assesments because then the rest of the class wouldn't have done as well as me, with the easier assements any little mistakes show up.

you don't ONLY have to worry about little mistakes when there are 32 MARKS on a question!!! tell me when you get your marks back or if you already did how your teacher marked it. if its my teacher it be like the curve is not round enough... 2 marks gone... did not prove some irrelevant formula... another 2 marks gone... too much or too less workings... 10 marks gone...

 

[fashionista]

i have my assessment task on monday n its on binomail probability uuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mathematical induction annnnd.....ummm dude i shud really noe this...ooh yeh parametrics. does ne1 have ne stuff on these??
thaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnxxxxxxxx

 

[Fosweb]

What text book do you use?
The challenge exercise in Maths in Focus is good for Binomial.

There were two different types of induction questions that came up about a week ago in this thread:
http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19832
If you can do both of these then you should be ok. Just practice for induction.

Since this test is both Binomial and Induction, maybe you will get a binomial induction question...