Maths Methods (Exam 1): Discussion, Questions & Potential Solutions

[TheBamboozler]

Wait a sec... *facepalm* You are right

OOF. This ain't it chief. What even is 1 mark?

[petersenge]

Every year people say that their exams are harder than previous years cause they do it under stressful exam conditions. It would be great if someone who didn't do methods this year gave their opinion on this years exam difficulty.

Yeah I realised that as I was doing trials they always seemed easier, the stress gets to ya. However, my methods teacher (Head of Mathematics) and assessor for a really long time also said that it was hard in comparison to previous years.

[technodisney]

OOF. This ain't it chief. What even is 1 mark?

1 mark is alot when you have very likely messed up alot more AND missed a few questions *cough cough* that graph at the end.

Anyways, heres an image we can all relate to

Spoiler

[gary_from_mornington]

Surely somebody has the answers though. Like a pdf or some shit. Surely send me it if you got it.

[snip]

I’m honestly feeling so bad about that exam, I thought question 9 was pretty good and I did that first in 15 minutes ish so I was feeling good, but threw it all away on question 8. I didn’t manage to get the answer to the last part of the question and didn’t have time to check the rest of my paper. I made a silly mistake at the start of PO by saying that x^2 + 4x^2 was 6x^2, which obviously means I got part a and b wrong. Do you think I’ll get consequential/working marks?, or will I lose 5 marks because of simple errors.
I feel so bad about this paper, I let the stress get to me and did so much worse than all my practices.

[userrrname]

LMAO that last page was a joke. As if I would spend that long on a question worth two marks.

[Joseph41]

Surely somebody has the answers though. Like a pdf or some shit. Surely send me it if you got it.

Solutions have been provided on the first page of this thread - here and here.

[Sine]

what would a 32 be?

A (likely) or very high B+ (less likely)

[Duelmaster22]

Would leaving the answer to Question 2 as "...loge(2x-2) - loge(2)...", and Question 8d as loge(4)/2 cause me to lose marks?

[Sine]

Would leaving the answer to Question 2 as "...loge(2x-2) - loge(2)...", and Question 8d as loge(4)/2 cause me to lose marks?

yes a good assesor would remove marks since your answers must be in the simplest forms.

[not.yet.a.nerd]

LMAO that last page was a joke. As if I would spend that long on a question worth two marks.

That's a good point- exam strategy is sometimes about maximising the marks you can get and skipping stuff if you have to. Good lesson for us as we head into exam 2...

[Freddie Hg]

A (likely) or very high B+ (less likely)

damn

[DinWell]

yes a good assesor would remove marks since your answers must be in the simplest forms.

What do you think about my previous question?

[S200]

That moment when you realise you drew a perfect sine graph for question 3...

I wondered why my intercepts were sketchy...

[addictwithatextbook]

Does anyone know what the equation for l1 on the last page was?