VCE Maths Methods Exam 1 Discussion and Solutions

[Steve252]

Hey all,
If I got about 36-37/40 in Exam 1 with a good ranking in a very strong cohort, how would I need to do on Exam 2 to get a 44?
Cheers

[BlinkieBill]

Hey all,
If I got about 36-37/40 in Exam 1 with a good ranking in a very strong cohort, how would I need to do on Exam 2 to get a 44?
Cheers

My sis got 72/80 in exam 2 and who knows what on first exam and got 45 last year

[messi10]

what would mid As high b+ and high b+ get me as a ssc??

[barryexo]

what score do i need to get in Exam 2 to get at least 35 ss

[Rieko Ioane]

Lol, the 'students are reminded graphs are not drawn to scale" bullshit is not valid in this case. This isn't a problem with the scale, the problem is that they had the fucking tangent going through (1,0).

That's like saying, they given a diagram showing us two lines intercepting at (1,1) but don't explicitly tell us but we have to infer from the graph, of course people are going to expect these lines to intercept as shown, it has nothing to do with the scale.

But I guess they can clear their asses with "the tangent was drawn for a general value of theta". Still pretty sad how they give us a general value of theta but specifically show us the specific case that it happens to intercept at (1,0).

Anyway, we should all collaborate and ransack the VCAA main office after exam 2 and demand for a re-do of E1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[jonwil]

So
I made the most rookie mistake of forgetting hidden quadratics
Wasting 20minutes on the last question
Forgetting to check over my answers and drop 4 careless mistakes
So Im at a 32/40...
I rank about 2nd/3rd with a 90% SAC average
What am I looking at if I score about 70-74/80 tomorrow?

[Rieko Ioane]

So
I made the most rookie mistake of forgetting hidden quadratics
Wasting 20minutes on the last question
Forgetting to check over my answers and drop 4 careless mistakes
So Im at a 32/40...
I rank about 2nd/3rd with a 90% SAC average
What am I looking at if I score about 70-74/80 tomorrow?

Hidden quadratic? What?

[jonwil]

Hidden quadratic? What?

I got the right start point for both the last two parts of questioin 9
But then in equation gradient to gradient function I didnt remember to do hidden quadratics let root x = a letter and solve...
So I was stuck from there on
so out of those 6 marks I think I only get 2, 3 max

[LifeisaConstantStruggle]

Anyways guys if you are worried that you did not do as well as you think you'd do, it's okay, we're all hit the same way so yeah.
Don't worry about this one, it's time we move on to the next, 44% of our Methods study score.
And if you think you might bomb something out, you might be pleasantly surprised with your scores at the end of the year so we can only strive in exam 2 at the moment.
Good luck!

[thesplaaashman]

Lol, the 'students are reminded graphs are not drawn to scale" bullshit is not valid in this case. This isn't a problem with the scale, the problem is that they had the fucking tangent going through (1,0).

That's like saying, they given a diagram showing us two lines intercepting at (1,1) but don't explicitly tell us but we have to infer from the graph, of course people are going to expect these lines to intercept as shown, it has nothing to do with the scale.

But I guess they can clear their asses with "the tangent was drawn for a general value of theta". Still pretty sad how they give us a general value of theta but specifically show us the specific case that it happens to intercept at (1,0).

Anyway, we should all collaborate and ransack the VCAA main office after exam 2 and demand for a re-do of E1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Agreed brother. Honestly, VCAA is full of crap. I did like 15 exam 1s just for this... If they wanna discriminate against the good and bad students, at least do it using a question that actually makes sense.

[jonwil]

Anyways guys if you are worried that you did not do as well as you think you'd do, it's okay, we're all hit the same way so yeah.
Don't worry about this one, it's time we move on to the next, 44% of our Methods study score.
And if you think you might bomb something out, you might be pleasantly surprised with your scores at the end of the year so we can only strive in exam 2 at the moment.
Good luck!

Thanks man!
Such warmth

I was so depressed after walking out, rookie mistakes of spending too long on one question
I myself am looking at a 32/33...
Was hoping fora 40 thought that might be gone but maybe , just have to crush tomorrows aha!

[samsung4545]

Not too difficult overall, I expect the A+ cutoff will be 35/40. The diagram on the last question threw me off so much and I wasted about 10 mins in confusion. Very relieved when I talked to my friend afterwards and we got the same coordinates for C. Also pissed at the modulus question, definitely lost a mark there 

Sounds possible since most people seem to be getting 32-34/40. I think q9 will decide the mark since it has thrown most of the state off.
Personally, I got question 9 right.The reason the graph is like that is due to a generalised form of theta. As for question 5, i kept using 4/5 instead of 3/5, which is probably going to result in me getting consequential marks because I followed through with it. Then there's the inclusion of the endpoint 0 in q8. So I think 34-35 (maybe 36/40). Myself. Who else is in the same boat? 

[mishs]

After consistently getting mid 30-s on practice exams, I completely stuffed this exam.
I panicked and I think I'm honestly looking at a 25/40.
I'm so upset I worked so hard for methods and it's been worth literally nothing.
Do I have any shot at a 38 at this point?
I have upper quartile sacs in a strong cohort.
Generally exam 2 is way better than exam 1 for me but I'm just crushed rn

[Cyka]

Most people haven't done as well as they thought, including myself. Anyone who got under 34/40 is gonna need close to 100% on exam 2 to get into the 40s, but you should hopefully get a 38 by losing around 8-12 marks. A lot of people are in the same boat, so you won't be the only one that's disappointed.

[imactuallyalegend]

After consistently getting mid 30-s on practice exams, I completely stuffed this exam.
I panicked and I think I'm honestly looking at a 25/40.
I'm so upset I worked so hard for methods and it's been worth literally nothing.
Do I have any shot at a 38 at this point?
I have upper quartile sacs in a strong cohort.
Generally exam 2 is way better than exam 1 for me but I'm just crushed rn

Definitely!
I was in the same boat as you and did horribly on exam 1 (lost about 17 marks) but somehow managed to scrape an A+ on exam 2 and get a 38