Higher Maths 2012

Just wanted to start a thread to see how people are feeling about it and if anyone needs help on questions :smile:

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I'm actually feeling alright about it. I only just got a C in my prelim but after doing a ton of past papers, I'm a lot more confident I'll get an A or at least a B. I'm just worried some huge 8 mark question is gonna come up and I'll have no idea how to go about doing it...

And I just need to stop doing stupid mistakes :frown:

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rawragee

I got a C in my prelim too, just hoping doing all my past papers will boost my grade up - my main problem is that I tend to panic and then I don't recognise how to do anything! :tongue:

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daisyclouds

Yous will be fine! Usually 8 markers will be on stationary points, integration or logs. Those are the main ones I can think of :smile:

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hollieeilloh

I'm kind of nervous, but I'm wanting to do advanced maths, so I'll be gutted if I get less than an A, since maths is one of my best subjects :frown:

nevertheless I got 78% in the prelim so hoping I can get something similar!

Reply 5

RobZoSo

A couple of the maths teachers in my school were hinting that optimization may come up this year as it hasn't come up in a while. That could also be an 8 marker!

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hollieeilloh

Original post by RobZoSo

A couple of the maths teachers in my school were hinting that optimization may come up this year as it hasn't come up in a while. That could also be an 8 marker!

Yeah same here :smile:

although I tend to miss out the (a) part if I spend more than a few minutes on it, normally only 3 marks..

Reply 7

ArionXenos01

I got a D in the first prelim, went up to a C in the second, but it was only 2% under a B.
We had a horrible teacher for most of the year, he was nice, but was rubbish at teaching, so now the entire maths course is a big blur to me and it's all muddled up and everything seems all over the place. I'm sure I can hit a B though.
One thing I always find is that I do it one way once and that's fine, but then the same sort of question comes up and it's then completely different! I've no idea what exactly I have trouble with, it's just things in general, but I think I can do well and I just want to get it over and done with! :smile:

Reply 8

..lauren

Original post by RobZoSo

A couple of the maths teachers in my school were hinting that optimization may come up this year as it hasn't come up in a while. That could also be an 8 marker!

Yea, it seems pretty inevitable that an optimisation question will come up this year.

I'm fine for maths, it's easily my best subject. We did our prelims in two parts and I got 88% and 98%, so I'm pretty confident :smile:

Reply 9

daisyclouds

Original post by RobZoSo

A couple of the maths teachers in my school were hinting that optimization may come up this year as it hasn't come up in a while. That could also be an 8 marker!

that's another 8 marker favourite by the sqa, hate them! can never do part a :frown:

but least I can gain some marks on part b so all is not lost :smile:

Reply 10

daisyclouds

Original post by hollieeilloh

I'm kind of nervous, but I'm wanting to do advanced maths, so I'll be gutted if I get less than an A, since maths is one of my best subjects :frown:

nevertheless I got 78% in the prelim so hoping I can get something similar!

I got that too :smile:

but considering I'm re-sitting the subject hopefully I can do slightly better :smile:

Reply 11

Sami'

Got a B in the prelim but not very confident on logs or optimization. Got a masterclass this Friday so should sorten those out.

Reply 12

Markayy

Got 86% in the prelim, so i'm hoping that i've only gotten better at Maths since then, since i've done a tonne of past papers, haha!

Reply 13

sararobson7

u see when u guys did ur prelim which units were in it?? coz when i did mines it was only units 1 and 2 so its pretty rubbish if i need an appeal??

Reply 14

frasercee

optimisation will definitely come up this year, although the paper should be fair overall.

i did a unti 1 and 2 prelim and then a unit 3 prelim in april, will send them all away for an appeal if my final is disastrous

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hollieeilloh

Original post by sararobson7

u see when u guys did ur prelim which units were in it?? coz when i did mines it was only units 1 and 2 so its pretty rubbish if i need an appeal??

We had one on 1 & 2, and one on 1, 2 & 3, however the first prelim has been ignored :smile:

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Reece:)

Original post by sararobson7

u see when u guys did ur prelim which units were in it?? coz when i did mines it was only units 1 and 2 so its pretty rubbish if i need an appeal??

Our prelim consisted of topic 1, 2 and 2 parts of topic 3, so i guess we are in the same position as you :smile:

I'm feeling pretty confident for this exam though, got 92% in my prelim and looking forward to see what the sqa challenges us with this year :P!

Reply 17

daisyclouds

Original post by sararobson7

u see when u guys did ur prelim which units were in it?? coz when i did mines it was only units 1 and 2 so its pretty rubbish if i need an appeal??

I think my teacher said that it's good to have unit 1, 2 and 3 in your prelim if you're going for an appeal, cause it shows them that you have covered all the topics, but let's hope you do good and won't need an appeal! :biggrin:

Reply 18

Liammm

Original post by hollieeilloh

Yeah same here :smile:

although I tend to miss out the (a) part if I spend more than a few minutes on it, normally only 3 marks..

I've always been told to miss out part (a) and leave it until later as they're only worth 2 or 3 marks anyway. I'm not so good at working out optimization questions, but I'm alright at working out the second part which as someone said is usually 7/8 marks :smile:

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daisyclouds