Search results

  1. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    I guess the availability of hundreds of exams on the net seems like a challenge. But I'd like to challenge you in a different way. I'd like you to spend several hours on each question in only 1 exam (one of your choosing but preferably one for which you don't have somebody else's solutions for)...
  2. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    There's a lot more to maths than exams. "Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. One goes into the first room, and it's dark, completely dark. One stumbles around bumping into the furniture, and gradually, you learn where each...
  3. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    You can upload your solutions if you want. I've got solutions to all the papers, but generally choose not to upload them for reasons I alluded to earlier. Some other websites also have solutions. I'll only upload solutions if they raise more questions than they answer.
  4. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    Why is he shit? Can you elaborate on that a bit please? Anyway, it's how it makes you feel that's important. You feel better having done it yourself. You won't feel so good having read somebody else's solution. In any case, in the real world, mathematicians don't have answers in the back of...
  5. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    Do your own solutions. That is better than reading somebody else's.
  6. B

    *****trials + Half Yearly Exam Papers Needed 4 Extension 2 Mathematics

    http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit http://au.geocities.com/ext2papers http://www.geocities.com/fourunitmaths
  7. B

    Happy Pi day!

    Today is Pi day (March 14) -------- 3.14 http://www.maa.org/news/031408piday.html
  8. B

    Help Me Factorise~!~@#@!

    I factorised it over R for you: It can be factorised further over C but I prefer it over R. You don't need a computer. Pen and paper will do fine. Use the formula http://users.tpg.com.au/nanahcub/cubic.gif There's another one for quartics at http://users.tpg.com.au/nanahcub/quartic.gif
  9. B

    Comparison of Maths Ext 2 books

    Here's some papers: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit http://4unitmaths.com/exams.html
  10. B

    2007 hsc question

    Terry Lee's solutions are up at http://www.hsccoaching.com/Resources/2007%20Ext2.pdf and itute's ones are at http://www.itute.com/mathline/nsw_bos_maths_ext2_sol2007.pdf
  11. B

    half yearlies

    Here's 199 papers: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit http://au.geocities.com/ext2papers http://www.geocities.com/fourunitmaths
  12. B

    Cubics and quartics

    It's just substituting numbers into formulas. Year 7 level. Easy!. Fun! 1337! We don't need to remember them. That's why we have the internet. Just google it. And all you need to remember is that it's Easy! Fun! 1337!
  13. B

    factorising x^4 ....

    The usual way to solve an asymmetric quartic is to form a resolvent cubic first, solve that, and then 2 quadratics. where the cubic in y can be solved using the <a href="http://users.tpg.com.au/nanahcub/cubic.gif">cubic formula</a>. This is a much easier method than the formula on the...
  14. B

    Orthodox format

    Jean-Pierre Serre did a lecture on Nov. 10, 2003 on writing mathematics at Harvard. Here's the video: http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/edu/basic/serre/serre.avi (459 Mb)
  15. B

    Examiners day, 2008

    Papers: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/schoolcertificate/2007/mathematics-sc-test-07.pdf (SC) http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/exam-papers-2007/pdf_doc/gen-maths-07.pdf (Gen) http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/exam-papers-2007/pdf_doc/maths-07.pdf (2U)...
  16. B

    2002 q8 a ii and iv????

    Here's something which might help for ii http://www.geocities.com/threeunitnotes/pisquaredoversix.pdf
  17. B

    textbooks for maths

    Another alternative is to view the files in an online pdf viewer (one not requiring anything to be installed) called <a href="http://view.samurajdata.se">view.samurajdata.se</a> Copy and paste the pdf url into the WEB view and click View! Then click View All and click on the page to enlarge...
  18. B

    Solutions for Fitzpatrick

    Here's heaps: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit and heaps http://au.geocities.com/ext2papers and heaps http://www.geocities.com/fourunitmaths
  19. B

    MX2 Past Papers & Answers

    Re: Solutions for Fitzpatrick Here's heaps: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit and heaps http://4unitmaths.com/exams.html
  20. B

    Pi squared on six

    In 2002, Bill Pender said it's too hard for High School students in the following document: http://members.optusnet.com.au/limkw/SGS_harder3U_2002.zip (on page 8) Clearly that is wrong. That same year the exam committee put it in the HSC! Furthermore, the examiner's report for 2002 indicated...
Top