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Hardest Topic?
« on: August 29, 2009, 12:40:11 am »
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What do you guys find is the hardest topic in methods 3/4 and 1/2?
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 12:43:13 am »
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I think if you don't have a good grasp of circular functions in 1/2 then you will have trouble with it in 3/4.

Furthermore, if you get the key ideas of probability in 3/4 I think it shouldn't be too hard
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009, 05:43:13 am »
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I think Marvoc chains are the hardest to understand initially
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009, 06:05:03 am »
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By looking at the Essentials 1+2 book right now, almost everything (except simulation) will come up in yr 12 methods.
If your doing Maths Quest in yr 11 (like I did) you have a lot of work to do in yr 12 cos' it doesnt cover stuff like finding the area under the curve.
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2009, 03:37:33 pm »
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Quote from: TrueTears on August 29, 2009, 12:43:13 am
I think if you don't have a good grasp of circular functions in 1/2 then you will have trouble with it in 3/4.

Furthermore, if you get the key ideas of probability in 3/4 I think it shouldn't be too hard

I agree with everything that TT has just said?  Why?  Because I'm officially on that boat...  :(
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2009, 10:14:10 pm »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on August 29, 2009, 03:37:33 pm
Quote from: TrueTears on August 29, 2009, 12:43:13 am
I think if you don't have a good grasp of circular functions in 1/2 then you will have trouble with it in 3/4.

Furthermore, if you get the key ideas of probability in 3/4 I think it shouldn't be too hard

I agree with everything that TT has just said?  Why?  Because I'm officially on that boat...  :(

Bleh, yet another reason to hate maths quest books (my first being that the Methods 1+2 CAS is made out of toilet paper while non CAS isn't...). Err...what else is Maths Quest missing that I should learn before next year?

On topic, I found circular functions the hardest so far (all we got left is finishing off apps of differentiation and probability).
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2009, 10:52:38 pm »
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I thought probability that carried over from methods 1/2 were the hardest. Normal distributions weren't too bad.
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2009, 10:53:07 pm »
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Quote from: khalil on August 29, 2009, 05:43:13 am
I think Marvoc chains are the hardest to understand initially

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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2009, 07:39:56 pm »
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Hm interesting, i havent done circular functions as of yet (1/2) but in my opinion so far probability has been the hardest.
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2009, 07:40:48 pm »
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probability
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2009, 07:47:17 pm »
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Quote from: game_freak on August 30, 2009, 07:39:56 pm
Hm interesting, i havent done circular functions as of yet (1/2) but in my opinion so far probability has been the hardest.
1/2 Probability is gay! :P

So far for me I've had the most trouble with Functions and Graphs, but thats just me :)
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2009, 08:15:58 pm »
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3/4 prob is soo much easier then 1/2 prob.

a lot of useless probability is taught in 1/2
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2009, 08:36:34 pm »
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Quote from: jywalker on August 30, 2009, 08:15:58 pm
3/4 prob is soo much easier then 1/2 prob.

a lot of useless probability is taught in 1/2
Useless but basics in maths is very very important :)
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2009, 08:38:15 pm »
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Definitely the Unit 1/2 probability carried into 3/4. I think that's the only section that I lost marks in on the exam.
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Re: Hardest Topic?
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2009, 09:08:16 pm »
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Quote from: shinny on August 30, 2009, 08:38:15 pm
Definitely the Unit 1/2 probability carried into 3/4. I think that's the only section that I lost marks in on the exam.

Dam probability is pretty much the only topic that i've struggled to grasp so far. Its just so technical. Glad it gets easier in 3/4.
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