nunchuks wrote: » I thought i just screwed it up myself at first but now I'm certain that i blame the sec. I'm a repeat student and i worked more or less entirely from the sample papers they published and they were ****ing useless. I'm going to ****ing fail maths now, i was concentrating on paper 1 because it was my weaker paper last year but i failed it today mainly because the department published bull**** samples. I don't even know what I'm going to do now, ****ing year of my life down the drain. I won't even get the pass now and won't be able to get any of the courses I picked due to the maths requirement. ****ing bull****, how hard is it to include optional questions?
d1234 wrote: » As a student I totally agree with you re: optional questions. I tried lobbying the SEC and NCCA about this and didn't get very far. I would ask everyone to send the SEC an e-mail expressing your dissatisfaction about this.
peanut.lover22 wrote: » I agree completely. My teacher said our best bet of getting a good mark in honours maths was to study the sample papers and keep practicing them. That's what I did and now I feel the same, like I might have failed paper 1 because it was completely different from the sample papers!!!
MegGustaa wrote: » The sample papers were never supposed to be a guide for study. They were published to give teachers and students a familiarity with the layout of the papers and an idea as to the general way certain topics might be asked. Given the breadth of the course and the emphasis on developing mathematical skills rather than learning off methods, you cannot expect the paper you sit to be a carbon copy of a sample issued. That being said, I did actually think yesterday's paper was very much in line with the 2014 Sample Paper 1. Sample Section A: Complex Numbers, Induction, Cubic Functions, Simultaneous Equations/Modulus Inequalities, Differentiation, Integration. 2014 Section A: Cubic Functions, Complex Numbers, Induction, Differentiation, Integration, Sequences and Series. Sample Section B: Area and Volume, Financial Maths, Calculus. 2014 Section B: Algebra & Calculus, Calculus, Exponential Functions. You can't expect it to be exactly the same but it tested a lot of the same stuff. There's so much on the course, you're better off studying from the textbook to make sure you understand everything you're expected to, and then practising with questions from the textbook and sample papers.
LeavingCertee wrote: » Is that all of them?
yoyojc wrote: » Hi can anyone put up a solution for Q9 (a) just how they found A from y=Ae^kt I'd really appreciate it.. Not sure if I was right or wrong with that one..
Nicke011 wrote: » Theory part for paper 2 is so annoying! Maths is not about cramming theory
aleatorio wrote: » Ugh I know! I've been at it all day and I'm so frustrated, just want a nice maths q to sink my teeth into, not ****ing advantages of questionnaires..
plmko wrote: » Seeing as paper one was very maths-based I don't think there will be too many definitions. Let us pray anyway!!
plmko wrote: » Didn't think question 9 was the worst, 8 was more challenging was it not?
K1ultra wrote: » For the SEC sample paper 2 2014 theorem, which theorem are you proving?
ladderlad wrote: » what was 8 about again? 9 wasnt bad i got abit flustered with it on the day
Nimrod 7 wrote: » 6B? I think it's theorem 19 collary 1.
Tesco TripleChicken wrote: » When calculating A and Y, I got 77 for Y but I wasnt sure and I only solved it in rough work at the back pages. Will the examiner give me marks for the answer even though its not written on the page of the question? I also didnt make any reference to the back for the answer but its there
K1ultra wrote: » There was no collary 1 in my book but is what you said the same as this http /www. studentxpress.ie/HLProjectMaths/HLSetCsolutions_P2Q6B.pdf. (There's a space after the http and www. because I can't post links)? It looks confusing as f***, i never would have got it
Nimrod 7 wrote: » Yeah, that's the one. I think the corollary is just the angles on the same arc bit.
Nicke011 wrote: » Question about paper 1, how many points do you get for the right result without showing your work? In the question where they asked for formula for the sum of all odd numbers n, I got it that it is n^2 which is right but I don't have the steps so, whats the story with that?
Fiachra17 wrote: » What did people get for the bridge one ? For the coordinates of points B and D ?
Nimrod 7 wrote: » (10, 5) and (38, 5) I think.
