Advice for summer holiday preparation

[lolaishappy]

How are those notes coming along? 

o momento, I'm trying now

[appleandbee]

Guys any advice to absolutely demolish the methods exam next year?
Also, is it possible to get 100% on the exam? lol, i may or may not be aiming to do that

With whether it's possible, it is because apart from last year, most people (depending year to year, sometimes everyone) that got a 50 study score full-marked both exams (considering I had a friend with really good SACS in strong school, and lost one mark across both exams and got a 49). So it happens every year, it's just very hard (especially in exam 2) to do so but not impossible.

I've done quite a lot of exams and never full-marked exam 2, although exam 1 is very easy to get 100%.

Just do many practice exams I guess, because practice makes perfect. That generally works for most people, even though I have a friend who did NOT do ANY practice exams any still managed a 49 (same friend as before, he did tons of challenging questions).

[Orb]

With whether it's possible, it is because apart from last year, most people (depending year to year, sometimes everyone) that got a 50 study score full-marked both exams (considering I had a friend with really good SACS in strong school, and lost one mark across both exams and got a 49). So it happens every year, it's just very hard (especially in exam 2) to do so but not impossible.

I done quite a lot of exams and never full-marked exam 2, although exam 1 is very easy to get 100%.

Just do many practice exams I guess, because practice makes perfect. That generally works for most people, even though I have a friend who did NOT do ANY practice exams any still managed a 49 (same friend as before, he did tons of challenging questions).

I don't think most people full mark both exams unless if it was one of the earlier exams for a 50, granted that it would then be theoretically 'impossible' to find out who gets Premiers... how do you differentiate a full marker from a full marker if they all have Rank 1 SACs?

Food for thought haha

[nerdmmb]

I don't think most people full mark both exams unless if it was one of the earlier exams for a 50, granted that it would then be theoretically 'impossible' to find out who gets Premiers... how do you differentiate a full marker from a full marker if they all have Rank 1 SACs?

Food for thought haha

Great score Hamo94!! if you don't mind me asking, how did you prepare for Methods 3&4 over the holidays?

[cosine]

Great score Hamo94!! if you don't mind me asking, how did you prepare for Methods 3&4 over the holidays?

Pretty sure the beast completed the whole of Unit 3!

[Orb]

Great score Hamo94!! if you don't mind me asking, how did you prepare for Methods 3&4 over the holidays?

Haha I did pretty poorly (by my standards) but thanks anyway, so i'm re-doing it.

I revised all of Units 1&2 and did up to around chapter 8 in Essentials (which was around U3 minus a bit of calculus). Looking back on it, I can say that it was probably unnecessary (I blew the application task anyway, my time would've been better allocated spreading the work around my other subjects). Definitely, however, ensure that 1/2 knowledge is very solid because it gives you the foundation that you need for 3/4, many careless marks occur through the SACs that could otherwise have been avoided via careful prep

Being in the position that i've already worked the course through, I won't be doing much on MM over the holidays, maybe a trial exam or two to see if i've forgotten anything

[nerdmmb]

Haha I did pretty poorly (by my standards) but thanks anyway, so i'm re-doing it.

I revised all of Units 1&2 and did up to around chapter 8 in Essentials (which was around U3 minus a bit of calculus). Looking back on it, I can say that it was probably unnecessary (I blew the application task anyway, my time would've been better allocated spreading the work around my other subjects). Definitely, however, ensure that 1/2 knowledge is very solid because it gives you the foundation that you need for 3/4, many careless marks occur through the SACs that could otherwise have been avoided via careful prep

Being in the position that i've already worked the course through, I won't be doing much on MM over the holidays, maybe a trial exam or two to see if i've forgotten anything

Cheers Hamo94!
42 for Methods is pretty amazing but then again, it's great that you're aiming higher!
That 99.95 is coming for you!

[AirLandBus]

Cheers Hamo94!
42 for Methods is pretty amazing but then again, it's great that you're aiming higher!
That 99.95 is coming for you!

Does anyone have a exercise record sheet for essentials for chapter 1 (as in the recommended questions to do)? In need of one.

[YellowTongue]

Does anyone have a exercise record sheet for essentials for chapter 1 (as in the recommended questions to do)? In need of one.

If someone posted one of these for the entire course, it would be incredibly helpful.

Also, does someone have one for the Maths Quest series?

[Zues]

If someone posted one of these for the entire course, it would be incredibly helpful.

Also, does someone have one for the Maths Quest series?

why not do all questions? or for ones with subquestions do every second one. thats how i roll 

[YellowTongue]

why not do all questions? or for ones with subquestions do every second one. thats how i roll 

That makes sense, though it is a lot of work. I guess that's what it takes to get a 50 

[Zues]

That makes sense, though it is a lot of work. I guess that's what it takes to get a 50 

and for spesh thats a 55   

[stirfrynoodles]

The thought of doing Math Methods for another year brings tears to my eyes. What are the hardest chapters / topics that pop up heaps in the exams? I want to get them down pat - or at least try to read over them before I start the year. (If that is even possible)

[avcestudent]

Does anyone have a exercise record sheet for essentials for chapter 1 (as in the recommended questions to do)? In need of one.

Not sure if this is too late to be helpful but these are the recommended questions for chapters 1 and 2 from Essentials that I have.

[appleandbee]

The thought of doing Math Methods for another year brings tears to my eyes. What are the hardest chapters / topics that pop up heaps in the exams? I want to get them down pat - or at least try to read over them before I start the year. (If that is even possible)

The topics that mainly come up in every methods exam is Calculus and Probability, especially in the extended response. Practically all the extended response questions in exam 2 cover those two aforementioned topics. The multiple choice section of exam 2 and the entire exam 1 cover a good mix of topics (like Functions and trigonometry included). Calculus and probability also happen to be the topics many students struggle with because they are more theoretical and the questions they ask are longer (have multiple parts in the exam).

That makes sense, though it is a lot of work. I guess that's what it takes to get a 50 

I used to have a lazy maths teacher that just told me to ‘be selective’ lol. Do some of the exercise questions (an amount that you are comfortable with) but focus on the extended response/challenge questions at the end of each chapter (do all of them).