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Title: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: milkcarton on November 01, 2010, 08:52:33 am
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Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: naved_s9994 on November 01, 2010, 09:17:57 am
Man that was (_______________________________)!

I shall edit this post later on today.. Just buying some space.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: kego on November 01, 2010, 01:48:41 pm
not too bad cept the bloody examiner made me rip out all the blank pages of my exercise book for half reading time. i cant believe i forgot sd =range/4
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: pi on November 01, 2010, 01:51:04 pm
not too bad cept the bloody examiner made me rip out all the blank pages of my exercise book for half reading time. i cant believe i forgot sd =range/4

you are not allowed blank pages in the bound reference?
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 01:51:54 pm
Never felt so accomplished after an exaM. wow. yeah and sd=range/4. mine came up as 3?

matrices last question? what was that?
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 01:52:49 pm
not too bad cept the bloody examiner made me rip out all the blank pages of my exercise book for half reading time. i cant believe i forgot sd =range/4

you are not allowed blank pages in the bound reference?


you are, i had like 50 and an invigilator even checked it. he didnt say anythin about it
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: henno on November 01, 2010, 01:54:08 pm
not too confident about a lot of the core stuff...ahwell we'll see.....apparently vcaa publish the multiple choice answers online in the coming hours? can anyone confirm this?
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: pi on November 01, 2010, 01:55:06 pm
not too confident about a lot of the core stuff...ahwell we'll see.....apparently vcaa publish the multiple choice answers online in the coming hours? can anyone confirm this?

dont think so, just wait till sum1 uploads it here
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 01:55:26 pm
not too confident about a lot of the core stuff...ahwell we'll see.....apparently vcaa publish the multiple choice answers online in the coming hours? can anyone confirm this?

i thought they only publish assessment reports like at least 5mos after the actual exam?
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: kego on November 01, 2010, 01:57:26 pm
wth? he stood behind me the whole time watching me tear all the blanks from my stapled a4book despite me telling him my pages would all fall out after ripping the back half out.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: _avO on November 01, 2010, 01:58:21 pm
Thought it was okay, was the standard deviation 2? for Q3
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 01:59:50 pm
Thought it was okay, was the standard deviation 2? for Q3

i was throwing up between 2 and 3. eventually i did (range/4)= standard dev. it came up as 3. though im not 100% sure.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: _avO on November 01, 2010, 02:01:05 pm
Well it was a mean of give or take 180, and its about 6 away both sides so I figured 2
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: kego on November 01, 2010, 02:03:29 pm
nop... i got 2 too from trying to make a bellcurve but its 3or 4 i forgot
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: vexx on November 01, 2010, 02:05:43 pm
ahh that was a shit paper, pretty sure i only lost one though.
going over it with a friend now.
worst question 9 on trig, i had never done that question before = lack of practice.. so should have done a few more:(
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: claire92 on November 01, 2010, 02:17:21 pm
Oh why Did I do so many stupid mistakes, but I got the really hard trig and geo one (#9) by picking an answer I havnt seen yet.

Didnt finish early either, just a few minutes before time
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: superstar1 on November 01, 2010, 02:21:20 pm
wat did u get for 9
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: littlebecc on November 01, 2010, 02:21:39 pm
the awkward moment where you get the iqr wrong because you look at the histogram instead of the boxplot
lololololololol
it's cool though, i'm laughing about it.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: onerealsmartass on November 01, 2010, 02:26:43 pm
geo & trig q9 is B.
find vol of cone, tthen make vol of cylinder = that and solve for height :)
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: sam.utute on November 01, 2010, 02:28:05 pm
Oh why Did I do so many stupid mistakes, but I got the really hard trig and geo one (#9) by picking an answer I havnt seen yet.

Didnt finish early either, just a few minutes before time

That was an easy question. I still don't get Core Q3. Looking at the book and o.O. The exam as a whole was pretty easy.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 02:32:48 pm
Can some1 please, whats the answer for q1 core? some say its D. but i dont see why. :buck2:
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: sam.utute on November 01, 2010, 02:35:43 pm
Can some1 please, whats the answer for q1 core? some say its D. but i dont see why. :buck2:
Add up the percentage of the two columns (179-180, 180-181).
21+16=37%
300 x .37 = 111, so the answer is D
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: narr on November 01, 2010, 02:44:53 pm
Can some1 please, whats the answer for q1 core? some say its D. but i dont see why. :buck2:
Add up the percentage of the two columns (179-180, 180-181).
21+16=37%
300 x .37 = 111, so the answer is D

i got E, if u look at the histogram the last column protrudes from 186 so its a left rectangle. I dunno its really hard to explain but im sticking with E spent like 5 minute on that question lols.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: superstar1 on November 01, 2010, 02:52:00 pm
ur not meant top use the boxplot ur meant to use the histogram.
hence 21 + 17 =37%
which is 111. which is close to 110
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: chloebennett on November 01, 2010, 03:00:48 pm
Hi I completely freaked out at the end, I spent too much time on a trig question and realised I was running out of time - I froze and had to guess like 14 questions!

What will 31/40 get me.... A,B,C etc
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: superstar1 on November 01, 2010, 03:01:44 pm
it may be a B+
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: superstar1 on November 01, 2010, 03:02:20 pm
or a low A.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: guns_of_the_patriots on November 01, 2010, 03:02:56 pm
personally i thought it was very "deceptive" lol . is it still possible to get near 40 with a 30/40 for exam 1 ? im only wanting round 38 for study score
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: superstar1 on November 01, 2010, 03:03:39 pm
it really depends on exam 2.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Studyinghard on November 01, 2010, 03:04:11 pm
personally i thought it was very "deceptive" lol . is it still possible to get near 40 with a 30/40 for exam 1 ? im only wanting round 38 for study score

You will need fairly high for exam 2, around 55/60
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Albeno69 on November 01, 2010, 03:05:55 pm
ok if i got 30/40 on exam one and say 50/60 and b average what study score could i get?
btw exam 1 was an average exam some easy questions and some that were just plain deceitful.lol
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: nickk on November 01, 2010, 03:07:34 pm
range divided by 4 gives you 3.5 guys
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: ryanlp1 on November 01, 2010, 03:09:39 pm
Range is 13.. 13/4 = 3.25.. Closer to 3 so that was my working. Is it wrong ? =[
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: selim31 on November 01, 2010, 03:16:28 pm
If you guys got the Question booklet for the Further Math Exam 1, can you please scan it and post it here? I have a multiple choice exam for my Year 11 General Maths class coming up and I am still trying to do some Business Math/Trig Questions.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: lucaspawpaw on November 01, 2010, 03:18:10 pm
For s.d i just did median - minimum (which is 50% on bell curve) and divided that by 3 - equals approx 2.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: nickk on November 01, 2010, 03:26:04 pm
range = 187-173 = 14/4 = 3.5
however i believe the answer is b = 2
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: gamblor0 on November 01, 2010, 03:28:21 pm
IT SAYS USING THE 68-95-99.7 RULE.
the range / 4 isnt using that rule, hence it cant be 3
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: chloebennett on November 01, 2010, 03:29:03 pm
jj
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: lucaspawpaw on November 01, 2010, 03:37:47 pm
IT SAYS USING THE 68-95-99.7 RULE.
the range / 4 isnt using that rule, hence it cant be 3

yep, yep.
we weren't even taught range/4 = s.d. o_o
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: scatteam_2 on November 01, 2010, 03:46:19 pm
i thought i did well....then i checked my answers on here
30/40 TERRIBLE
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: morgan_muffin on November 01, 2010, 03:50:43 pm
Ah never been so depressed in my life, is it just me or was that exam a lot harder than the past VCAA ones?! :( :( :(
I think I got around 31/40 today, I've got A+ on all my SACs and if I do well on Wednesday, can I still get 40+? If so, approximately what number would I need to get on Wednesday to get 40? :(
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: _avO on November 01, 2010, 03:53:10 pm
Probably at least 57/60 on exam 2 and you can break the threshold of the top achievers! :D
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: scatteam_2 on November 01, 2010, 03:54:55 pm
Ah never been so depressed in my life, is it just me or was that exam a lot harder than the past VCAA ones?! :( :( :(
I think I got around 31/40 today, I've got A+ on all my SACs and if I do well on Wednesday, can I still get 40+? If so, approximately what number would I need to get on Wednesday to get 40? :(

i agree
at first i didnt find it hard until i came on this website and realised all the mistakes i made that i didnt even realise.
i think i got around 30 - 31/40 too :(
hope i can get 40+ still
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 01, 2010, 04:21:30 pm
Ah never been so depressed in my life, is it just me or was that exam a lot harder than the past VCAA ones?! :( :( :(
I think I got around 31/40 today, I've got A+ on all my SACs and if I do well on Wednesday, can I still get 40+? If so, approximately what number would I need to get on Wednesday to get 40? :(

Ah never been so depressed in my life, is it just me or was that exam a lot harder than the past VCAA ones?! :( :( :(
I think I got around 31/40 today, I've got A+ on all my SACs and if I do well on Wednesday, can I still get 40+? If so, approximately what number would I need to get on Wednesday to get 40? :(

i agree
at first i didnt find it hard until i came on this website and realised all the mistakes i made that i didnt even realise.
i think i got around 30 - 31/40 too :(
hope i can get 40+ still

samee i got 32. we can all cry in a corner now.. im so disgusted by myself.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: ohyeah on November 01, 2010, 06:51:52 pm
Never felt so accomplished after an exaM. wow. yeah and sd=range/4. mine came up as 3?

matrices last question? what was that?

B
I actually tried all the combinations for it and it worked out.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: pirocan1 on November 01, 2010, 09:50:29 pm
Lol, so this is what i did...

In the last minute I was looking at my Graphs and Relations answers and comparing them with the GEOmetry questions and going WTFWTFWTF.

I then rubbed out and changed 3 answers before i realised what i had done. But unfortuantely the VCAA lady grabbed my sheet at that instant. :(

haha, ill never get over this fact :'( ended up with 36/40...
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: scatteam_2 on November 01, 2010, 10:42:08 pm
Never felt so accomplished after an exaM. wow. yeah and sd=range/4. mine came up as 3?

matrices last question? what was that?


matrices last question was B
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: sc92 on November 02, 2010, 12:53:18 pm
Never felt so accomplished after an exaM. wow. yeah and sd=range/4. mine came up as 3?

matrices last question? what was that?


How the heck is it b?

matrices last question was B
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: mojomojo on November 02, 2010, 01:05:15 pm
low A+... now i must get a high A+ for exam 2. :D
Besides the SD question, the rest are silly mistakes that even year 9 should get them right, and they're all from core. fml  :uglystupid2:
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: vidang on November 02, 2010, 01:09:19 pm
hopefully A+ cut off is 35/40 ;D
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: LFTM on November 02, 2010, 02:09:50 pm
hopefully A+ cut off is 35/40 ;D

i hope so too.
Title: Re: EXAM 1 THOUGHTS - DISCUSSION
Post by: ghadz7 on November 02, 2010, 02:12:24 pm
I hate matrices!