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Re: How did people go in the maths comp today?

Okay, glad I got the right answer :headbang::headbang:
same! That question was annoying! I looked at the clock and i was like, theres no way i am going to be folding paper when i have 9 questions left, so i just folded the paper in my head =)
 

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i just used the second picture
labelled it and drew some arrows
i got e too
 

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I thought that question number 15 (intermediate) was a bit hard for a question 15, it was



I got it only using modular arithmetic, but compared to last year q 15 its pretty hard. There is also the pattern of the question 21 in the intermediate papers being ridiculous and completely irrelevant (last years was Farmer Taylor blah blah) and this years was the map =Z
 

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i was surprised at the position of the map question..
 

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I thought that question number 15 (intermediate) was a bit hard for a question 15, it was



I got it only using modular arithmetic, but compared to last year q 15 its pretty hard. There is also the pattern of the question 21 in the intermediate papers being ridiculous and completely irrelevant (last years was Farmer Taylor blah blah) and this years was the map =Z
I would have done it by finding a pattern since I don't know any advanced method

Corresponding last digits of various powers to 8
8^1 = 8
8^2 = 4
8^3 = 2
8^4 = 6
8^5 = 8

By this, we find that the last digit repeats every 4 powers
8^2009 = 8

And 8 * 6 = 8
 
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map question was Q20. 4 marks :D

Were any of the questions from Q21-25, (c) by any chance? (from the senior paper)
I guessed (c)for a lot them.
 

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map question was Q20. 4 marks :D

Were any of the questions from Q21-25, (c) by any chance? (from the senior paper)
I guessed (c)for a lot them.
Q. 23 was definitely 4, I'm not sure if that is (c) or (d)
 

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what do you think 60 points would get me?
 

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Official, what did you (or anyone else doing the Senior paper) get for the question with n-fold composites?
 

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yay! I put 4 for Q23. It was (d). but were there any answers that were (c) by any chance?
 

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I would have done it by finding a pattern since I don't know any advanced method

Corresponding last digits of various powers to 8
8^1 = 8
8^2 = 4
8^3 = 2
8^4 = 6
8^5 = 8

By this, we find that the last digit repeats every 4 powers
8^2007 = 8
8^2008 = 4
8^2009 = 2

And 2 * 6 = 2

So I'm guessing its 2, am I correct?
Sorry, its 8. I can show you my solution if you want.
 

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Sorry, its 8. I can show you my solution if you want.
Oh ok, my mistake then. What did you do to get 8?

Edit: My bad, made an error in the working lol, it is now corrected. Yeah, it is 8 :)
 

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It was like: Let f(x) = (x+6)/x and fn(x) = f(f(...
 

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yay! I put 4 for Q23. It was (d). but were there any answers that were (c) by any chance?
Can't remember, I remember guessing C for 25 or something though lol
what do you think 60 points would get me?
Probably Distinction, or if the test was hard you can scrape in a High Distinction :). Last year, I remember the HD cut off being 64 in the Intermediate Division.
 

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I paid for it, and completely forgot about it! Argh.
 

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anyone know the answer to 28,29 or 30?
 

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