What's the hardest part of this course? (1 Viewer)

[kirabolton]

I don't like maths very much so i was just wondering, people who have done this course, what did you think was the hardest bit to learn?

 

[Silver Persian]

For me so far, the hardest stuff has been the financial geometric series stuff and the simpsons/trapezoidal intergration rules. I found parabola locus stuff a bit difficult too, but that's year 11 stuff.

 

[Trev]

Integration is easy, you might come across some tricky series questions, but it's all do-able!

 

[kirabolton]

oh and speaking of simpson's rule, do people do it the long way by finding all the different areas? or do they do it the long way?

 

[Trev]

oh and speaking of simpson's rule, do people do it the long way by finding all the different areas? or do they do it the long way?

eh? do we do it the long way or the long way? hmm..... lol
im assuming (i'll take a punt ) you mean quick way, is there a quick way?

 

[withoutaface]

Superannuation.

 

[kirabolton]

oh right i wrote long way and long way didn't i? Well..hmph i'm tired ok! such a tool i am yep such a tool uhuh...oh yeah ...i can't remember what this was on now. thanks

 

[Jago]

APs and GPs

Rates of change.

 

[goan_crazy]

locus and parabola

 

[alphatango]

Isn't that Ext 1 stuff?

 

[goan_crazy]

locus and parabola

nope this is 2 unit prelim!

 

[Trippendicular]

Yeah superannuation is a bitch and GPs can get hard but most of the course is pretty basic

 

[c_james]

I'd say Kinematics (motion of a particle) is the hardest part of 2 unit, simply because it can involve almost all aspects of the course, such as differentiation, integration, logs and exponentials, trigonometry and all sorts of functions. Some of the questions are sometimes strangely worded too.

Financial maths becomes a whole lot easier when you've got the process down, after that it's just a matter of replicating it.

 

[nick1048]

I dont like the finance crap either, standard AP GP probs are ok... ohh and applications of calculus i.e. the find the equation and solve type questions -_-'

 

[Slidey]

Plane (not co-ordinate) geometry is the worst.

How the heck should I know what a rhombus looks like.

 

[Trev]

Plane (not co-ordinate) geometry is the worst.

How the heck should I know what a rhombus looks like.

haha agreed, i don't know my shapes at all
i hate plane geometry too because you have to explain stuff (damn-ed english)

 

[JumboKHS]

The 2unit course is fairly easy, you just have to know the fundamental topics ( such as factorising, surds, solving simultaneously and all things algebra) back to front and you will fly through the course.

 

[withoutaface]

Plane (not co-ordinate) geometry is the worst.

How the heck should I know what a rhombus looks like.

Rote learning's a bitch, ain't it?

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

The hardest part? Paying attention in class...

 

[Kulazzi]

I think geo app. of calculus. Finding y' and then y'' then determining the stationary points, points of inflexion, minimum, maximum, minima and maxima, primitives, concave up, concave down, asymptotes and discontinuity...argh! I have an assessment on that tmorrow + series (we get to take notes in but that doesn't make a difference!)