Maths Methods (Exam 2): Discussion, Questions & Potential Solutions

[Mattjbr2]

thought the exam was alot easier than last year's exam 2, although the situation and the pressure really propelled its difficulty higher than it really should have been for me

I got 70/80 for last year's exam under exam conditions, whereas i don't think i can even break 60/80 for this exam...

I disagree with you all. Yesterday was much easier than today. Yesterday I'd most likely get A+, but today? Nope.

[Mischi]

exam 2 was way better than exam 1!!!
Hopefully my performance on this exam helps me out with my exam 1 score. can a high A in exam 1 and a A plus in exam 2 still pull a low 40??
rank 1, in a weak cohort

I hope so, I'm in the same position

[TheBamboozler]

YES That was so much easier than yesterday. I think we got a good exam 2.
I'm actually feeling happy and not stressed for once.

I'm not going to look at the solutions this time. Ignorance is bliss my boys. Hope you all did good!

[MathMethodsGuru]

Derivative and transformations, WTF.

[Freddie Hg]

Why didnt vcaa just make the exam 1 a bit easier and exam 2 a bit harder to even everything out??

[Freddie Hg]

I got 70/80 for last year's exam under exam conditions, whereas i don't think i can even break 60/80 for this exam...

I disagree with you all. Yesterday was much easier than today. Yesterday I'd most likely get A+, but today? Nope.

Are you the inverse of a normal person??

[technodisney]

Well. How I went can only be summed up in one word “crap”.

I had extra time so everyone was already out and discussing the exam before I was finished. I walked up to a group of students talking to my methods teacher. She asked how I went, I had a massive smile on my face and said “crap”. Made them all laugh which I then took to mean everyone else did well... crap.

Ended up leaving out quite a bit, not because I ran out of time. But because I had no clue what to do.

Contrary to everyone elses opinions I found yesterday’s much easier than today’s.

[DinWell]

Are you the inverse of a normal person??

That's so punny.

[Freddie Hg]

That's so punny.

Hey Dinwell, did you Dowell?

[Seno72]

I found pretty good. Way better than exam 1. Hoepfully I get around 60-70. I'll be so happy

[AlphaZero]

I'm sure crouchie will have the solutions up before me. Stay tuned for them.

The TWM solutions will be up soon as well

[DinWell]

Hey Dinwell, did you Dowell?

No, but NOTHING REALLY MATTERS  anyway.

[Seno72]

exam 2 was way better than exam 1!!!
Hopefully my performance on this exam helps me out with my exam 1 score. can a high A in exam 1 and a A plus in exam 2 still pull a low 40??
rank 1, in a weak cohort

You have a chance I believe. But last year, in the weak cohort for methods in my school, nobody got over 40. There were 5 39s.

[Purple_Mango]

Compared to yesterday's exam - yes, SO much more doable. Probably landed at least 10% higher than it too. Kind of surprised that there wasn't a question like the Ferris Wheel one from last year - but that's fortunate.
Also, how did anyone approach that sampling question? The one where you had to find the least value of n. (It's kind of cheesy that they had named population as adults from Mathsville and Statsville, or whatever they're called)
But that last page, woaAAHH, I grabbed answers out of no where. (What was the area between inverse of g, x-axis and that other line? I got 1 square unit, wtf)

[MathMethodsGuru]

Compared to yesterday's exam - yes, SO much more doable. Probably landed at least 10% higher than it too. Kind of surprised that there wasn't a question like the Ferris Wheel one from last year - but that's fortunate.
Also, how did anyone approach that sampling question? The one where you had to find the least value of n. (It's kind of cheesy that they had named population as adults from Mathsville and Statsville, or whatever they're called)
But that last page, woaAAHH, I grabbed answers out of no where. (What was the area between inverse of g, x-axis and that other line? I got 1 square unit, wtf)

Yes. the ferris wheel. Stunned that such a question was omitted. A trig question like that where you need to find the range, period, max, min, average rate of change, angle, time when max occurs (no feature!)