VCE Methods Question Thread!

[Freddie Hg]

Whats the usual a plus cut off for mm exam 1? and exam 2?  but mainly exam 1?

[Sine]

Whats the usual a plus cut for mm exam 1? and exam 2?  but mainly exam 1?

Something like
36/40
67/80

but reccent years have been lower

[not.yet.a.nerd]

Do we have to rationalise the denominator in a final answer?

Also for exam 2 does vcaa accept more answers than what's on the examiners' report, ie if there are two ways of expressing a complicated answer via cas will they accept both?

I hope the exam isn't as hard as last year's 

[Sine]

Do we have to rationalise the denominator in a final answer?

Also for exam 2 does vcaa accept more answers than what's on the examiners' report, ie if there are two ways of expressing a complicated answer via cas will they accept both?

I hope the exam isn't as hard as last year's 

Always rationalise your answer and make sure it is in the simplest form or you will lose marks. This is especially important for methods (in specialist they sometimes tend to be slightly more lenient but I wouldn't bank on it in those exams either).

If the CAS yields two equivalent answers that are in their simplest form you will be awarded marks.

[DinWell]

Hi everyone. Hope you all did well in your exam 1.
One of the questions gave us a derivative and told us to find the original function.
I Wrote:

But I now realise that a simpler form is:

Will I still get full marks even though I wrote the first one?

[Bri MT]

Hi,
 

you might want to look here 

[integrationbyrecognition]

Seriously, all the past methods exam 1's were way easier than today's clusterfuck. Also, did anyone y = -x for the tangent equation, and pi for both the "odd" and "even" area questions? Could I get a method mark in the 3 mark question where we had to find the area of k if i just stated the definite integral with the limits and let it equal whatever the value of A was? (I wasn't able to find the integral). And for the question where we hand to find the value of k for one intersection or whatever, since it was 2 marks, would I get a method mark for stating "let discriminant = 0 for one solution"? And did anyone get a = 0 for the transformation matrix question? (would appreciate if people didn't direct me to the exam discussion board, I really don't want to look at the solutions). Does anyone think there's a chance for a+ cutoff to be around 32/40? Good luck for tomorrow's exam 2.

[passbleh24]

Seriously, all the past methods exam 1's were way easier than today's clusterfuck. Also, did anyone y = -x for the tangent equation, and pi for both the "odd" and "even" area questions? Could I get a method mark in the 3 mark question where we had to find the area of k if i just stated the definite integral with the limits and let it equal whatever the value of A was? (I wasn't able to find the integral). And for the question where we hand to find the value of k for one intersection or whatever, since it was 2 marks, would I get a method mark for stating "let discriminant = 0 for one solution"? And did anyone get a = 0 for the transformation matrix question? (would appreciate if people didn't direct me to the exam discussion board, I really don't want to look at the solutions). Does anyone think there's a chance for a+ cutoff to be around 32/40? Good luck for tomorrow's exam 2.

y = -x was the tangent

Last year it was 34.5/40 and the year before it was 34/40. It would be most likely similar.
32 seems too low.

[integrationbyrecognition]

y = -x was the tangent

Last year it was 34.5/40 and the year before it was 34/40. It would be most likely similar.
32 seems too low.

Were both the odd and even area questions pi?
And do you think I'll get a method mark for saying let discriminant =0 for one solution it the question was two marks?
And will I get another method mark for the three mark question to find the value of k if I states the definite integral and let it equal whatever the value of A was?
Cheers

[passbleh24]

Were both the odd and even area questions pi?
And do you think I'll get a method mark for saying let discriminant =0 for one solution it the question was two marks?
And will I get another method mark for the three mark question to find the value of k if I states the definite integral and let it equal whatever the value of A was?
Cheers

No they weren't. It was 2pi n + Pi and -2pi n - Pi. I think you would get one mark for working out.

And you may get method marks for the other questions.

[integrationbyrecognition]

If the odd and even questions were both two marks each, but i used the wrong terminals for both the questions, but still carried on with the correct process of evaluating a definite integral, (obviously my answers for both are wrong), would I still get 1/2 for each question?

[Sine]

If the odd and even questions were both two marks each, but i used the wrong terminals for both the questions, but still carried on with the correct process of evaluating a definite integral, (obviously my answers for both are wrong), would I still get 1/2 for each question?

yeah it's possible to get 1 mark if you did everything else right, but depends on the assesor.

Having said that, most assesors don't like give 0 marks for questions worth (2,3 etc marks) so if you have written something that makes sense you should get at least 1 mark.

[integrationbyrecognition]

Was the answer to the transformation matrix question a = 0?
For the question where we had to find the value of k for one solution or something like that, would u get 1/2 for stating "discriminant = 0 for one solution?
And for the question asking to find the value of k for which A = 16/k or whatever, would I get 1/3 for stating the definite integral with the correct terminal.
Could a+ cutoff be 33-34?
Thanks

[Jemin99]

Was the answer to the transformation matrix question a = 0?
For the question where we had to find the value of k for one solution or something like that, would u get 1/2 for stating "discriminant = 0 for one solution?
And for the question asking to find the value of k for which A = 16/k or whatever, would I get 1/3 for stating the definite integral with the correct terminal.
Could a+ cutoff be 33-34?
Thanks

a=3pi i believe, i think the cutoff for A+ will be around 34-35

[DinWell]

Was the answer to the transformation matrix question a = 0?
For the question where we had to find the value of k for one solution or something like that, would u get 1/2 for stating "discriminant = 0 for one solution?
And for the question asking to find the value of k for which A = 16/k or whatever, would I get 1/3 for stating the definite integral with the correct terminal.
Could a+ cutoff be 33-34?
Thanks

For the second question: The issue is that I don't think you can get the solution using the discriminate. Correct me if I'm wrong.