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    Cambridge Prelim MX1 Textbook Marathon/Q&A

    Re: Year 11 Mathematics 3 Unit Cambridge Question & Answer Thread Generally with these questions, if you can get as much as possible under a common denominator, then invert and multiply, you should be sweet. 1-y^{-1} \div...
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    Prelim 2015 Chit Chat Thread

    Just got my first exam result back yesterday - chemistry. I got 67/68 :D So happy.
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    Motivation

    One of the first things you need to do is actively decide how much effort you are going to put in. If you truly want to achieve a 80 or 90 mark in a test, tell yourself that you will do that, and you will tackle anything that stands between you and that mark. If you don't want to put as much...
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    Prelim 2015 Chit Chat Thread

    Only if you really enjoy those subjects.
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    Prelim 2015 Chit Chat Thread

    Assignment marks become a factor for the calculation of your ATAR as soon as year 12 starts. If you want the best possible ATAR, be great at all of your subjects before year 12 starts. I see year 11 as the time to get ahead before your marks start counting, not a time to laze off while your...
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    Summaries for Half Yearlies!

    How so?
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    Test sitting Tips Help please.

    This. My studying is not driven by good marks, because I know that my marks in the preliminary course will be worth absolutely nothing for the rest of my life. My studying is driven by bad marks because I know the lessons I learn from the mistakes I make in the way I study are far more valuable...
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    Test sitting Tips Help please.

    Yeah, thanks. I've got to get ahead before everyone else starts realising how serious this is.
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    Test sitting Tips Help please.

    Yeah, through experimentation with past papers, I find that tests actually take me about 5%-10% less time to do it at home than it would take me to do it at school.
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    Summaries for Half Yearlies!

    The half-yearly exams are approaching a lot of preliminary classes in the state, so I decided to share my summaries in video form on a YouTube channel. So far I have only uploaded about 6 videos, but over the week and a bit, I plan to make many more. The videos will be tailored around specific...
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    How to excel in senior year studies (yr 11/12)-99+ ATAR graduate

    Re: How to excel in senior year studies (yr 11/12) Don't compare yourself with your class, compare yourself with the rest of the state. That's who you're really competing against.
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    2K15 Prelim - Introductions Thread

    Well, actually the HSC is starting close to the end of this year. It's only two and a bit terms until HSC.:read:
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    Cambridge Prelim MX1 Textbook Marathon/Q&A

    Re: Year 11 Mathematics 3 Unit Cambridge Question & Answer Thread A lot of people say Maths in Focus is too easy for the subject its designed for - that it doesn't challenge students enough. Most of these people say cambridge is a good alternative. I, however, own and use both books and I find...
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    Plz Help Lads

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    3U Maths

    Yeah, I'm really liking those as well. In my school, the 3U students are put in our own class for all lessons, and there is only 7 of us which makes for a great student teacher ratio for all maths lessons.
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    Cambridge Prelim MX1 Textbook Marathon/Q&A

    Re: Year 11 Mathematics 3 Unit Cambridge Question & Answer Thread In my book, question 12 only has an ai, aii, aiii, aiv, av and b. Are you sure your talking about the right question?
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    I'm not sure about my subjects???

    May I ask just out of curiosity, where do you get these numbers from?
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    Cambridge Prelim MX1 Textbook Marathon/Q&A

    Re: Year 11 Mathematics 3 Unit Cambridge Question & Answer Thread Here are the questions he was referring to: Prove the identities: 16i.)\frac{1}{\cot \theta- \cos \theta} = \frac{\tan \theta}{1-\sin \theta} = \frac{\sin \theta + \sin^2 \theta}{\cos^3 \theta}...
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    Prelim 2015 Chit Chat Thread

    Yeah I'm still working on inequalities so don't worry about it. Our teacher said today was the first day we are actually doing 3U level maths.
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    the industrial separation process used on a mixture obtained from the spheres?

    Is it asking for a specific process? If so, I'd go for crude oil from the lithosphere. It can be separated into kerosine, petrol, diesel, bitumen and other things by means of fractional distillation.
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