Higher Maths 2012

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  1. chocochipmuffin's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by Jxck)
    Am I the only one who found it actually okay? :s
    O my...thank goodness i found someone who found it allright. yeahh...me too.... thought it wasn't that bad . :O
  2. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by katoes)
    I found Paper 1 really easy, then Paper 2 was such a shock. I think I managed to get an answer to all the questions except for 2b and all of qu 7, but I'm still hoping for an A
    Yeah Paper 2 was quite Difficult :P I didn't get 6 or 7 but maybe picked up some marks on 6. Unless x=0 on 6 was the only answer >.>

    Still Think I got an A
  3. Sami''s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by CalvinJay)
    did anyone else get 3.41 for 7 (b)?
    I got something like that but my marking for that question was all over the paper. Never seen a question like that before.
  4. MarkR7's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    my M.C answers were, ? after means i guessed

    1. C
    2. D
    3. B
    4. B
    5. A
    6. C
    7. A
    8. C
    9. A
    10.B
    11.D
    12.A ?
    13.B
    14.A
    15.D?
    16.D
    17.A?
    18.B?
    19.B
    20.D
  5. Direct15's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by Kirsty8)
    Apparently it was a new setter this year for higher maths and I thought it was quite obvious...even the format of the questions were different!
    They where I know they test you on the same things but I've only seen q 1 and 2 a before
  6. ..lauren's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by TheFOMaster)
    1.C
    2.D
    3.B
    4.A
    5.A
    6.C
    7.A
    8.C
    9.A
    10.B
    11.D
    12.C
    13.C
    14.A
    15.D
    16.C
    17.D
    18.D
    19.B
    20.C

    My M.C answers, I think most are right.
    4 was B, 12 was B, 13 was D and I think 20 was A (although I got B). I only know this because one of our teachers marked it. I got 18 and 20 wrong
  7. nothing_but_sky's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by n00b/)
    Me too!
    Phew! I thought it was such an odd number for a distance and kept trying to find my mistake haha.
  8. ScottishDan's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    Can someone post up Paper 1 please?
  9. -Neuro-'s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by nothing_but_sky)
    I got that and then simplified to (root10)/2
    YES! Yay, a whole 2 marks :woo:
  10. katoes's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    That makes me feel a lot better, pretty sure I got at least 16 out of 20 for MC, just hoping that they'll give me some marks for my dire paper 2
  11. chocochipmuffin's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by nothing_but_sky)
    I got root10 over 2
    YEYY....me too...SNAP
  12. ScottishDan's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by CalvinJay)
    did anyone else get 3.41 for 7 (b)?
    Aw I got 2.41! :mad:
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    Can anyone post the Multiple Choice paper up?

    This is Paper 2 pdf I uploaded:
    http://voxobox.com/Downloads/MATHSHIGHER.pdf
  14. AspiringVet's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by nothing_but_sky)
    Phew! I thought it was such an odd number for a distance and kept trying to find my mistake haha.
    Haha. Same, I stormed out the exam demanding what everyone else got, cause I went over my working and kept coming out with the same answer.

    Getting a little more confident about paper 1 now, but paper two will definitely drag me down. Thoughts on the A boundary this year? Reckon they'll drop it lower than normal?
  15. UPSDGoat's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    I managed to figure out 7(a), when I was halfway up the road :/
    I got to the step before the answer but I think the answer is:-
    x=log4(9)/log4(12) (:
  16. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ..lauren)
    4 was B, 12 was B, 13 was D and I think 20 was A (although I got B). I only know this because one of our teachers marked it. I got 18 and 20 wrong
    I typed in 12 wrong :P I got that aswell. I agree with you though, so I'll change them.
  17. CalvinJay's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ScottishDan)
    Aw I got 2.41! :mad:
    Did you substitute the answer for 7(a) into y=4^x?
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ..lauren)
    4 was B, 12 was B, 13 was D and I think 20 was A (although I got B). I only know this because one of our teachers marked it. I got 18 and 20 wrong
    My teacher 20 was B Are you sure she said it was B? I could be wrong because my teacher didn't do the paper, she told us the answer after a glance at it.
  19. katoes's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    Kicking myself- think I did 6 in degrees
  20. frasercee's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    question 20 of multiple choice is A, and i think the grade boundary will sit at 70% due to how easy paper one was and how difficult paper 2 was
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