4unit maths is so not worth it!! (1 Viewer)

[overwhelming]

prove me wrong!

 

[turtle_2468]

you're wrong.
Well... depends on who for I guess.

 

[abdooooo!!!]

you're right.

hey is this one of them proof my induction questions?

its beyond me... you need uni math to prove that.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Originally posted by overwhelming
prove me wrong!

I get $350 (I think)

:. 4 unit was worth it.

Q.E.D.

 

[turtle_2468]

500.
And no, doing 40 papers is not worth 500 dollars... do the maths

 

[KeypadSDM]

Originally posted by turtle_2468
500.
And no, doing 40 papers is not worth 500 dollars... do the maths

Depends on your views. I did them as fun.

 

[Grey Council]

whats this? 40 papers for $500? whats this all about?

 

[overwhelming]

the extra unit of maths is like 50% more work comparatively when you look at the time 2/3 unit takes.

The 3/4 unit combo is 50% more work than 2/3 combination!

They should give better scaling for 4unit candidates.

Right now it is totally crap!

 

[Grey Council]

3/4 is also 40% of your hsc.

And the fact that after a while you won't need to do 3u maths. AND the fact that there is just about no such thing as "i stuffed up in the test". AND the fact that a single teacher can't stuff you up cause they didn't like your essay etc.

nuff said.

oh, did i mention that scaling is lot? 43% of students get band 6, more or less. And a band 6 in 4u is worth like 10 of any other subject, just about.

 

[Grey Council]

yup, see how interesting it is? what more need we say? just do all those papers, you'll be riveted.

 

[overwhelming]

Why waste so much time for only 1 more unit?? 4unit maths vs 3unit..


The Board of Studies does not release information on scaling because they know that if they do, people will not be so stupid as to do 4u.

 

[abdooooo!!!]

Re: Re: 4unit maths is so not worth it!!

its 4 units not 1... wait... i don't know

Originally posted by KeypadSDM
I get $350 (I think)

:. 4 unit was worth it.

Q.E.D.

wow... skills... idiot.

 

[Grey Council]

why is it a waste of time? I don't see your logic. You will be concentrating on 4 unit maths, true. But on the other hand, you will NOT be concentrating on 2u and 3u, cause it'll be like assumed knowledge to you (if yyou do enough 4u). Well, maybe a bit of 3u, but still.

 

[overwhelming]

well the extra unit is not worth it when you mathematically calculate it.

You spend at least 1/2 of your HSC time on that extra 1unit and therefore you cannot focus on your other subjects.

The scaling advantages/advantages of doing 4unit maths (If any) is not enough to outweigh how time consuming and demanding the subject is.

 

[overwhelming]

Originally posted by drbuchanan
overwhelming you are stupid. I don't want you to do 4u.

i don't do 4unit. I didn't do it for one reason. It isn't worth it.

 

[abdooooo!!!]

Originally posted by overwhelming
well the extra unit is not worth it when you mathematically calculate it.

You spend at least 1/2 of your HSC time on that extra 1unit and therefore you cannot focus on your other subjects.

The scaling advantages/advantages of doing 4unit maths (If any) is not enough to outweigh how time consuming and demanding the subject is.

what math do you do? obviously you can't calculate and understand as well as us 4u students. hahaha... joking.

there is no scaling advantage... scaling system is suppose to be fair, the thing with doing 4u is that if math was your best subject then you want as many units to count as possible in your 10 units.

4u overlaps heaps with 3u... 80% of the stuff is just a harder version of the 3u course... so by learning it you'll benefit your 3u marks as well.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Originally posted by overwhelming
The Board of Studies does not release information on scaling

Yeah, I think the UAC's the one that releases the scaling. The BOS doesn't do any scaling, apart from pegging the marks.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Anyway, since smart people generally do 4 unit maths, they do well in all their other subjects. This makes the scaling for 4 unit maths good, if not very good.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Originally posted by abdooooo!!!
4u overlaps heaps with 3u... 80% of the stuff is just a harder version of the 3u course... so by learning it you'll benefit your 3u marks as well.

Yeah, I mean complex numbers is just algebra with i^2 = -1

 

[abdooooo!!!]

yes Keypad...

Originally posted by KeypadSDM
Anyway, since smart people generally do 4 unit maths, they do well in all their other subjects. This makes the scaling for 4 unit maths good, if not very good.

im not sure about that... i think the 4u scaled mark average is derived from 2/3u students because there are more of them. and the 2/3u scaled marks is derived from what you said. so thats why its so high every year the 4u scaled.