Tips for Q16 (ie last question)?? (1 Viewer)

[obliviousninja]

How do I study cause generally its stuff you have never seen before?

 

[Carrotsticks]

No real way to study for them specifically. Best thing to do really is to develop fluency with the techniques you learn as well as learning how techniques can be applied to other topics.

ie: Sum of roots can be applied to conics, even though it's usually in quadratic functions.

Also, it would be a big help if you 'trained' yourself to NOT be intimidated by difficult questions in exams (a major problem that prevents many students from doing problems).

 

[asianese]

Often writing out your interpretation of what is given in the question can be a good starting point for many problems.

E.g. '...it is given that ___ is a root. Find the relation between ...'

So you'd think: ok well if it's a root, what does this mean? Well if I substitute it into the polynomial then I will get 0. Oh, this gives me this relation.'

Obviously that's an easy example, but usually in HSC questions you'll be given enough 'hand holding' to lead you through the questions. You just need to connect the dots. (sometimes these line segments are very far apart, sometimes overlap, or are sometimes parallel! Such is MX2.)

 

[seanieg89]

Make sure you understand why things are true rather than just learning how to do questions.

 

[obliviousninja]

bump

 

[Makematics]

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Didnt the above posters help? I agree with carrot, a major problem some people have is they get intimidated just by looking at the question. I'd also like to reinforce that while it is good to do past papers, don't try to rote-learn answers to questions, because that wont work in the highly likely scenario that the hsc q16 is something youve never seem before. Rather you should be learning how to use a wide range of mathematical tricks, as has been pointed out before.

 

[braintic]

How do I study cause generally its stuff you have never seen before?

But there ARE many common themes. There are very few concepts that haven't been tested in one form or another at some time in the past. Just dig in, and watch your marks gradually go up as you get used to them. And remember, due to scaffolding you often don't need to understand the entire question to do particular parts - they often derive from just the one or two parts immediately preceding. I actually think that one-markers at this end of the paper are the most difficult for most students - they typically require a high level of understanding/insight.

 

[mac1996]

Didnt the above posters help? I agree with carrot, a major problem some people have is they get indimidated just by looking at the question. I'd also like to reinforce that while it is good to do past papers, don't try to rote-learn answers to questions, because that wont work in the highly likely scenario that the hsc q16 is something youve never seem before. Rather you should be learning how to use a wide range of mathematical tricks, as has been pointed out before.

how can u possibly rote learn maths?

 

[seanieg89]

how can u possibly rote learn maths?

memorising and repeating procedures without really understanding.

 

[Makematics]

how can u possibly rote learn maths?

I dont understand either, but people try to do it because they hate maths and dont know any better