Common Errors in the Exams

[ReVeL]

Yeah, both.

And I don't think it was me that asked about mapping. I just generally commented that I found it confusing.

Thanks anyway though haha.

[Chocoholic]

oops it was bucket!!
aaahhh It's so much easier explanning things mathematically with maths...words just make it  :uglystupid2:
oh and don't thank me for confusing you, i think I should be aplogising...so sorry

[bucket]

Lol thanks chocoholic, and just to show you guys what I mean about the graphs shown being extremely misleading, look at this:

[IMG]http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9981/scan0004iq8.th.jpg[/img][IMG]http://img361.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/img]

[nerd]

Oh, I remember that question...I got really confused too!

[nerd]

For anyone who wants - here is a list of common errors that I'm taking into the exams. Anything relevant that you would add - I would love to hear it!

EDIT: Updated attached file to add some of the tips from /0 document...
EDIT 2: I changed it round a bit so that all the tips are in subtopics - easier to navigate during the exam!

[Chocoholic]

For anyone who wants - here is a list of common errors that I'm taking into the exams. Anything relevant that you would add - I would love to hear it!

wow thanks for that nerd. I'm adding it to my bound reference. If i didn't read through that I think I would of forgotten to change my calc from degree mode(for further) to radian.
+Karma

[lauzy358]

For anyone who wants - here is a list of common errors that I'm taking into the exams. Anything relevant that you would add - I would love to hear it!

thanks for posting that! randomly stumbled upon this post but it's definitely been worthwhile.
would karma you if I could<3

[/0]

For anyone who wants - here is a list of common errors that I'm taking into the exams. Anything relevant that you would add - I would love to hear it!

Here's some more misteeks I found myself making, although I gotta say your list is very comprehensive. Some on the list here are repeated from yours and some probably aren't that useful but whatev

I find a lot of my mistakes are very particular to the actual question or are just stupid arithmetic mistakes so they are hard to include

It would be good if you could republish your list afterwards maybe? (i dunno how to make pdf)

[Chocoholic]

i dunno how to make pdf

You can download programs that convert Word documents to pdf. I use Primopdf http://www.primopdf.com/ and so far I've found it alright.

and thanks for sharing that divide...im so glad I havn't bound my reference yet

[nerd]

I updated my "Common Errors" document to add some of /0's tips. Some were pretty good points to remember!

See above post for updated file...

[Quickclaw]

thank you for sharing =]

[nerd]

thank you for sharing =]

No problem! If people find errors in my "Common Errors" list (how ironic?!?) would love to hear about them!

[dekoyl]

I was wondering (after making the mistake again) if it asks for an antiderivative and I add the "+c" in, do I lose marks?
Because isn't an antiderivative essentially telling you do assign the would be +c to something? And in my case I assign +c to.. +c.

[/0]

I was wondering (after making the mistake again) if it asks for an antiderivative and I add the "+c" in, do I lose marks?
Because isn't an antiderivative essentially telling you do assign the would be +c to something? And in my case I assign +c to.. +c.

You won't lose marks

[dekoyl]

You won't lose marks

Oh good. Thank you /0. I've been marking myself correct when I make this mistake to make myself feel better so far