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[HSCExamMarker]

Well.. guys... i am having problems.. lol

firstly, can i use pencil instead of pen in HSC?

somehow i do better with pencil -_- lol i know this sounds weird,,

and the graphing stuff,,,do we need to draw using appartus? like rular..;;

since, exam time is not enought, i don wanna waste my time on using those stuff.. any comments??

 

[damo676767]

pen is required

you dont need to use a curve drawing template

but i would recomend using a rular
you can aviod it if use draw big graphs and are neet

 

[Riviet]

For sketching curves, you would only need a pen to do that, and ruler for drawing the axes, that's about it.

 

[damo676767]

you can draw in pencil

 

[Antwan23q]

graph in pencil? ok cool

 

[vwola]

So we can draw our graphs in pencil? Kool. Thats a question ive been dwelling on for a while, and i been practicing my graphs with pencil so woooot!!!

 

[acmilan]

I dont think you are allowed to use a pencil. If you could, it would say so at the front.

Take the SDD exam for example, it says to draw diagrams in pencil: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2004exams/pdf_doc/software_design_dev_04.pdf

However the Maths Ext 2 says nothing about using pencil on the front.

 

[icycloud]

I dont think you are allowed to use a pencil. If you could, it would say so at the front.

Take the SDD exam for example, it says to draw diagrams in pencil: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2004exams/pdf_doc/software_design_dev_04.pdf

However the Maths Ext 2 says nothing about using pencil on the front.

But they wouldn't deduct marks for writing the correct answer in pencil instead of pen, would they???

 

[acmilan]

I dont know, it's best to email bos themselves to ask these questions

 

[rama_v]

My teacher marked the HSC for extension two last year
I asked her if you get zero for drawing in pencil, she said thats rubbish - the only reason they ask that you draw in pen rather than pencil is because the markers usualy mark late at night and its hard to see anything thats drawn in pencil. Use pencil if you want, but if you can, try to use pen
Note that you won't be penalised for it.

 

[dawso]

although you are not supposed 2 use pencil, i did last year and i improved on my school aligned mark by 4....at school i used pen

so moral of that story is...they dont just mark you wrong because u use pencil, it helped me and may help you, although you do run the risk of it rubbing off...(chances of this are....well ill leave you to decide this one)

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

On a slightly different note, are you allowed to do the parts of each question out of order instead of leaving a gap for parts you can't do?

 

[Antwan23q]

i dont see why not, u do different questions in different books. so it aint that hard to go through a booklet to find the different parts if they are out of order.

 

[Stefano]

Do we need to use a compass too ?

 

[Antwan23q]

lol, i never used one all year, but i bought one, aswell as a compass just incase

 

[justchillin]

I can't use compasses...they always slip on me...I've just 2 oversized circles whcih i can draw around as well as a mathaid...

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

lol, i never used one all year, but i bought one, aswell as a compass just incase

Heh...I usually just draw my circles free-hand. It takes up time having to use a compass and draw a perfect diagram...

 

[Vampire]

free-hand all the way!

 

[dawso]

free-hand all the way!

dula...ive seen your post exam handwriting and presentation....thats the perfect example of why someone should use a circlemagigski

 

[underthebridge]

I usually draw circles free hand, however i think i may use a compass, tomoro. Basically its so I can see where the circle truly crosses the axes, and also in circle geo, so that my diagrams actualy resemble something of the one in the question booklet.

BTW, can we draw our circle geo diagrams in pencil - not that we get marks for our diagrams anyway.