What is the hardest Maths Extension 2 topic? (1 Viewer)

[hehe43]

In terms of what commonly has the most difficult questions in exams

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

Mechanics or Proofs

 

[Life'sHard]

Easiest to hardest:

1.Mechanics
2.Complex
3.Vectors
4.Proofs

Complex and vectors are interchangeable depending on how spicy nesa goes.

 

[Vall]

100% proofs

 

[d1zzyohs]

proofs 10000000000000000000000000000%.
the breadth of the questions they can give you is insane.
mechanics is really not too bad if you do physics. in fact, i find mechanics the easiest topic so far.

 

[ExtremelyBoredUser]

Proofs that topic which NESA uses to throw in random shit into the MX2 paper as long as it follows the "proof" form lul i.e proving stuff

 

[Paradoxica]

Easiest to hardest:

1.Mechanics
2.Complex
3.Vectors
4.Proofs

Complex and vectors are interchangeable depending on how spicy nesa goes.

I would say Complex has more potential to be difficult, but usually isn't because there's not much they can do without plagiarising BoS Trials

 

[synthesisFR]

proofs 10000000000000000000000000000%.
the breadth of the questions they can give you is insane.
mechanics is really not too bad if you do physics. in fact, i find mechanics the easiest topic so far.

by doing physics do u mean just understanding vectors and stuff, or like all of module 5 physics

 

[Nedom]

by doing physics do u mean just understanding vectors and stuff, or like all of module 5 physics

There really isn't that much correlation between vectors in physics and mathematics, cause mathematics goes further in-depth and you are using more mathematical approaches rather than the formulas, which you would basically be deriving/attaining naturally when doing questions that are asking you those kinds of typical 'physics' mechanics questions (btw don't try to use physics formulas in maths). The solving part of the mechanics are nowhere as easy as the physics ones, but the concepts of thinking from physics definitely helps with understanding questions. Vectors, pulleys, and projectile (don't remember if this is for 4U too, or just 3U) are basically what will help with understanding, whereas the rest (~90%) of the topic is just maths.

 

[Vall]

There really isn't that much correlation between vectors in physics and mathematics, cause mathematics goes further in-depth and you are using more mathematical approaches rather than the formulas, which you would basically be deriving/attaining naturally when doing questions that are asking you those kinds of typical 'physics' mechanics questions (btw don't try to use physics formulas in maths). The solving part of the mechanics are nowhere as easy as the physics ones, but the concepts of thinking from physics definitely helps with understanding questions. Vectors, pulleys, and projectile (don't remember if this is for 4U too, or just 3U) are basically what will help with understanding, whereas the rest (~90%) of the topic is just maths.

Yea agree with this. HSC physics has such minimal maths but on a conceptual understanding level physics was really useful for vectors and mechanics.

 

[d1zzyohs]

yep, my benefit was definetely almost entirely conceptual. but also, the connections between displacement, velocity and accel and physical systems like pulleys were really hard to grasp for me in year 11, so I think people who go into MX2 with no physics have trouble, as they also have to apply calculus to it.

 

[Anaya R]

yep, my benefit was definetely almost entirely conceptual. but also, the connections between displacement, velocity and accel and physical systems like pulleys were really hard to grasp for me in year 11, so I think people who go into MX2 with no physics have trouble, as they also have to apply calculus to it.

Yeah. Mechanics was one of my weakest areas, not just because I had no background in physics but also since we don't get as much time to focus on it compared to something like, say, Complex numbers.

 

[aarszn]

Easiest to hardest:

1.Mechanics
2.Complex
3.Vectors
4.Proofs

Complex and vectors are interchangeable depending on how spicy nesa goes.

what ab integration

 

[hellopenguin666]

easiest to hardest: integration<mechanics<complex numbers<vector<proofs

 

[Susu123]

easiest to hardest: integration<mechanics<complex numbers<vector<proofs

i agree, im cooked for proofs i might die during the test

 

[DannyT7]

i agree, im cooked for proofs i might die during the test

Wait... You got a 99.6 ATAR! That is amazing, please tell me how you studied for math extension 2. I will be having my HSC in 2025.

 

[Susu123]

Wait... You got a 99.6 ATAR! That is amazing, please tell me how you studied for math extension 2. I will be having my HSC in 2025.

Oof I made sure i used the summer holidays to get 2-3 topics ahead of school, so that I had more time to revise. honestly mechanics and integration and stuff were pretty good, you usually figure out how to do them after a few practice questions. for me, i felt like no matter how many practice questions i did, i could not for the life of me figure out proofs or some complex numbers questions, i just tried to do as many questions possible, and tried to memorise the different ways of solving this. didn't help much in the hsc, but gave me enough experience to at least get a few steps into the proof and secure at least 1-2 marks. but to study for 4u, and most my subjects, i had a spreadsheet of all the papers I did and what marks i got in each, as well as a list of questions from those papers that i need to re-do. this kept me accountable and also made me aware of the types of questions i needed help in, so that i can continously revise them. other than that i just did the basic stuff - past papers, correcting your mistakes, staying ahead of the content, studying everyday and consistently.
good luck!

 

[WeiWeiMan]

i agree, im cooked for proofs i might die during the test

I went into HSC thinking proofs and mechanics were gonna be easy then had a brain fart and lost marks for integration somehow

 

[kkk579]

Oof I made sure i used the summer holidays to get 2-3 topics ahead of school, so that I had more time to revise. honestly mechanics and integration and stuff were pretty good, you usually figure out how to do them after a few practice questions. for me, i felt like no matter how many practice questions i did, i could not for the life of me figure out proofs or some complex numbers questions, i just tried to do as many questions possible, and tried to memorise the different ways of solving this. didn't help much in the hsc, but gave me enough experience to at least get a few steps into the proof and secure at least 1-2 marks. but to study for 4u, and most my subjects, i had a spreadsheet of all the papers I did and what marks i got in each, as well as a list of questions from those papers that i need to re-do. this kept me accountable and also made me aware of the types of questions i needed help in, so that i can continously revise them. other than that i just did the basic stuff - past papers, correcting your mistakes, staying ahead of the content, studying everyday and consistently.
good luck!

how many hours did u do on average throughout the term? especially for 4u I see that u still got 93 even by js spamming qs. how much of the actual hsc were u able to confidently do?

 

[DannyT7]

Oof I made sure i used the summer holidays to get 2-3 topics ahead of school, so that I had more time to revise. honestly mechanics and integration and stuff were pretty good, you usually figure out how to do them after a few practice questions. for me, i felt like no matter how many practice questions i did, i could not for the life of me figure out proofs or some complex numbers questions, i just tried to do as many questions possible, and tried to memorise the different ways of solving this. didn't help much in the hsc, but gave me enough experience to at least get a few steps into the proof and secure at least 1-2 marks. but to study for 4u, and most my subjects, i had a spreadsheet of all the papers I did and what marks i got in each, as well as a list of questions from those papers that i need to re-do. this kept me accountable and also made me aware of the types of questions i needed help in, so that i can continously revise them. other than that i just did the basic stuff - past papers, correcting your mistakes, staying ahead of the content, studying everyday and consistently.
good luck!

May I ask, by getting ahead ‘2-3 topics’ do you mean exercises (e.g. exercise 1B) or full chapters (e.g. All of the proofs chapter)?