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VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Specialist Mathematics => Topic started by: vea on May 28, 2010, 08:59:29 pm
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To all the current and past spesh students,
How important are the topics of measurement, ratio and similarity in the actual 3/4 course?
I am currently doing GMA and I am hating these topics, I'm fine with algebra though...
Thanks
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It's useful (or even necessary) to know as a basis for certain questions where such knowledge will probably be required, but it's not explicitly part of the specialist course as a topic in itself.
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Hmm we never did those topics in GMA
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You do not require these specifically but skills such as these do become useful in some question styles!
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It's really just background info, or assumed knowledge.
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like, you are unlikely to get a fully fleged question focussing JUST on those topics in an exam, but you may get a muliple choice question on it if youa re unlucky.
As has been said, don't drop spech just bcs ur not good at these, but a basic knowlege of these topics would be a good background.
now if you're not good at trig on the other hand, that's a different matter, but if it's just measurement, ratio and similarity, you'll be fine :)
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Thanks for the replies guys.
Judging by your replies, it seems like I should still have a strong foundation in these topics just in case.
@tram: I think I'm doing okay in trig. I'm liking the trig and calculus in methods atm which I think are more important topics from methods that are included in spesh. Thanks for advice though.