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Good luck!
« on: November 01, 2012, 12:58:38 pm »
So Exam 1 will be well underway in less than 24 hours! Take it really easy today - get your things ready (remember spare batteries), have a read over the rules and expectations and have a look at how the multiple choice answer sheet works. I know a fair amount of Year 11 Further Maths students will also be sitting the Biology exam in the morning, so see it as an opportunity to blow off the cobwebs and get yourself in the zone, rather than as a potential distraction. For those Year 12s who have just sat English and may also be sitting the Biology exam tomorrow, try to clear your mind and avoid having a post-mortem - what's done is done now and you need to move on to avoid destroying your performance in the following exams. Also, leave plenty of time to get to school tomorrow, especially if you're getting there by car - over 30,000 students will be sitting the Further Maths exams this year, so traffic will be heavier than normal. Remember, you are given 2.5 minutes for every question tomorrow, so do take your time when answering the questions.

Good luck Further Maths students! :D
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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 06:42:41 pm »
Hey Stick, I know my maths isn't too flash, but if it's a 90 minute exam and there are 40 questions isn't it more like 2 minutes and 15 seconds per question?
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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 08:03:15 pm »
Hey Stick, I know my maths isn't too flash, but if it's a 90 minute exam and there are 40 questions isn't it more like 2 minutes and 15 seconds per question?

implying you won't mentally solve questions in reading time.

Do you even math, bro?

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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 08:06:39 pm »
Good luck to all Further students :)

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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 08:09:27 pm »
Hey Stick, I know my maths isn't too flash, but if it's a 90 minute exam and there are 40 questions isn't it more like 2 minutes and 15 seconds per question?

implying you won't mentally solve questions in reading time.

Do you even math, bro?

Yeah good point actually I wasn't thinking about reading time. But if reading time is 15 minutes isn't that 105 minutes and so 2 minutes and 37.5 seconds per question?
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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2012, 08:11:42 pm »
Yeah good point actually I wasn't thinking about reading time. But if reading time is 15 minutes isn't that 105 minutes and so 2 minutes and 37.5 seconds per question?
So Stick's recommendation was 7.5 seconds off your figure, give him some slack :P

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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2012, 08:13:19 pm »
Yeah good point actually I wasn't thinking about reading time. But if reading time is 15 minutes isn't that 105 minutes and so 2 minutes and 37.5 seconds per question?
So Stick's recommendation was 7.5 seconds off your figure, give him some slack :P

I wasn't trying to attack Stick. I just wanted to clarify :P Plus at any rate that's a bonus 7.5 seconds, so no complaints from me.
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Re: Good luck!
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2012, 08:23:08 pm »
WOW 2 Mins 37 s per question!!

Thats great! Thanks for the motivation rofls! :)