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Maths Exam Preparation

Maths Exam Preparation. Some helpful tips. Be mentally prepared. Be CONFIDENT Have a plan Be resilient Follow your pre-exam rituals

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Maths Exam Preparation

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  1. Maths Exam Preparation Some helpful tips

  2. Be mentally prepared • Be CONFIDENT • Have a plan • Be resilient • Follow your pre-exam rituals • Be familiar with the format of the exam – use a pen or pencil, write legibly, if you make a mistake, use a single line to cross out, fill in the multiple choice answer sheet carefully

  3. What do you do in reading time? • Read – of course! • Make a plan • Check for tricky wording • Look for details/clues • Think about useful approaches you might be able to take

  4. Read the question carefully • R – recognise key words • E – extract essential information • A - analyse the information • D – determine what has to be found and develop a plan • Read the question 3 times – first to get a general overview, again to extract important information and finally to make sure you have found what was required and given the answer in the correct format with the correct units/rounding. • Read the alternatives in Multiple Choice questions carefully for subtle differences.

  5. FM 2011 Exam 1 Mod 5 Qn 9 • Xavier borrows $45 000 from the bank to buy a car. He is offered a reducing balance loan for three years with an interest rate of 9.75% per annum, compounding monthly. He can repay this loan by making 36 equal monthly payments. Instead, Xavier decides to repay the loan in 18 equal monthly payments. If there are no penalties for repaying the loan early, the amount he will save is closest to • A $2 697 • B $3 530 • C $3 553 • D $6 581 • E $7 083

  6. FM 2011 Exam 1 Mod 6 qn 9

  7. Follow the instruction • Does the question ask for a specific technique eg • The word HENCE means use your answer from a previous part to find the next answer • Exact value means leave it as a fraction. • Watch your rounding – money to 2 decimal places unless otherwise specified. Eg to the nearest dollar. • Rounding rules don’t always apply – look at the context. • SHOW means you know the answer but pretend you don’t. Show the steps you need to go through to get to the answer that is provided to you by the examiner. You need to prove them right! • INTERPRET means describe in words. eg Interpret the slope between the variables average pay rate and year.

  8. Know key words and terms • Determine, calculate, evaluate, find, explain, draw, maximum, minimum, complete, “closest to”, prove – (eg why is it an outlier?), show (as in show appropriate calculations…) and the word AND ( it’s asking for something extra – usually found in 2 mark questions), 4 median smoothing WITH CENTERING (eg exam 2 2013)

  9. Use the mark allocation • A question worth one mark is looking for an answer. Usually no working is required, but it never hurts to show it. • Questions worth more than one mark are looking for more than the answer. SHOW YOUR WORKING. Or, there are two answers. • Eg. Write down an appropriate calculation and use it to explain why the country with a development index of 70 is an outlier. (2 marks) 2013 exam 2 qn 2b core.

  10. Take care with graphs • Label everything eg axes, line of best fit, reference the lines used to find a 3 median line • Show important features eg significant points • Extrapolate lines beyond the points used to find the line • In the Networks module, ensure all directed graphs include an arrow and a weight where appropriate. A dummy has a weight of 0 and a direction.

  11. Check your answers • Each question will state the number of decimal places you should give the answer required. • Reread the question – have you answered the question? • Does your answer make sense? • Have you included units? • Always write lines of best fit in terms of the variables (use words). • Do not leave your answer in matrix form if the question asks for a specific quantity eg how many eggs are there?

  12. If time permits – check your work • Think like an examiner. Make sure your answer is easily identified amongst your working. If an examiner can’t find/read your answer, you will get 0. • Check you have an answer for EVERY multiple choice question. Guess if you have to. • Check you have written which modules you ae answering in Exam 1. • If you make a mistake – a single cross out line is enough. If you need more space – write a note. • NEVER USE LIQUID PAPER!!!!!

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