The 2004 HSC - Mathematics Extension 2 Paper (3 Viewers)

[mojako]

oh!

ok.

try this:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PiFormulas.html

feel better now?

ok, I just did part i and iii which I didnt get to do during the exam
and u dont need that thing in the pic and in the wolfram site
theres less number theory compared with previous years I think.

 

[sub]

laurie howd u go? ivan thinks he'll get abt 118-120...he sounded confident...

 

[Danny11]

laurie howd u go? ivan thinks he'll get abt 118-120...he sounded confident...

woah. shit. lets see if there is a 100hsc mark this year.
somehow i don't think so though, they always compensate for easy exams with hard marking.

 

[Archman]

ok id better be a bit less outspoken, the maths mafia might come knocking in the middle of the night



if such a subject does indeed exist allow me to express my heartfelt derision. how the hallowed domain of number theory could possibly gain anything from the dreaded analysis people, i am yet to be convinced of. prove me wrong.

especially that pi/4 identity. who cares. give me gcds and euler phi-functions any day

i love the internet, u can start arguments so easily

lol they'll shoot you down while you are not looking.
But i agree with the number theory comment.
I even prefer digit quesitons over analytical ones.

 

[Estel]

ok id better be a bit less outspoken, the maths mafia might come knocking in the middle of the night

Reminds me of a math doco we watched in class; warfare between mathematicians in the 18th century

 

[Archman]

ok, i admit it, im bitter at the stuff i got wrong

haha looking over exam after it finishes is deadly. It's like a mine field, the more you proceed, the more screwed u are.

 

[aud]

I'm happy with how I went... I don't think it was as hard as I expected, but maybe cause I listened to too many teachers making predictions about weird Luna Park rides...

That conics q was scary... a P without coordinates... and was too intimidated to give it coordinates, so I screwed up there... very ironic that Conics was my pet

Expecting <95, but that's OK, cause I finished and was happy with the whole thing... ahh... but need to stop procrastinating and study... exams tomorrow and the day after

 

[davidgock]

lol...the test was insultingly EASY!! at least 110 by my calculations..far out! i cant believe i mistook the absolute vaule sign for a modulus! >.<


P.S. Sefton High..Sux..Hard..

*sigh* need to invest in a gun

 

[Jase]

HOLY CRAP! I didn't do the partial fracttions properly.
Jeez, do you think they'd give CFM ( correct from above) marks?

When i multiplied out the denominators, i forgot to times that 1 by (x+1) ... and ended up with a = 7/4 b = 11/4

 

[gordo]

ivan got 118-120 eh? as expected. me, um, 117-8 ish if everything goes my way. and i mean everything. theres probly stuff i screwed up but dont know abt. was pretty cut though coming out of exam room to discover all the stuff id got wrong

u were cut with 117...everything u got wrong
wat are u talking about

are the ppl who post un this maths forum just ultimate maths nerds who get pissed off with 115 out of 120

i would be stoked with a raw of anything over 100 out of 120
but i am expecting 90 cause i didn't even get up to the last question and couldn;t do the conics or probability

 

[mojako]

u were cut with 117...everything u got wrong
wat are u talking about

are the ppl who post un this maths forum just ultimate maths nerds who get pissed off with 115 out of 120

i would be stoked with a raw of anything over 100 out of 120
but i am expecting 90 cause i didn't even get up to the last question and couldn;t do the conics or probability

do a google search on laurence field.
in case you didn't know who he is.
if you did, I think it's quite normal for someone like him to expect higher marks.

 

[gordo]

but being cut with 117
lol, i can't even imagine thinking from that frame of mind

 

[Jase]

lol i searched laurence field and came up with a sculptist/artist.

But then i found the SHM article.. so you won a silver medal? Well in that case, I no longer doubt you when you say you were "cut" with 117.

 

[Templar]

are the ppl who post un this maths forum just ultimate maths nerds who get pissed off with 115 out of 120

No, they're just intelligent people. You telling him not to be disappointed at losing one or two marks is like telling Brad Fittler not to be disappointed over not winning the grand final.

He's just acting the way he should be.

give me gcds and euler phi-functions any day

Yeah, number theory over 4u any day.

 

[Kelvy]

HEY LAURIE!!! iTs Kelvin...

Man you ppl shouldn't mess with the boss man Laurie...lol

Kel

 

[Rorix]

most of the people that are best at maths don't study at all

 

[SeDaTeD]

hmmmm....... study haha.

 

[withoutaface]

most of the people that are best at maths don't study at all

Haha that says a lot about my ability (or lack thereof).

 

[Templar]

most of the people that are best at maths don't study at all

That pretty much sums everything up.

 

[Rorix]

i should clarify, most maths pros don't study much


laurie, most people wouldn't consider 5 maths papers as study for the HSC