[fluteflute]

Don't know if I'll be able to find anyone else here taking this exam, but in case there are people, here's a discussion thread!

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[DavidH20]

I'm doing this exam...although it appears nobody else is...tbh I don't find NM too difficult in theory, but there's lots of formulae to remember and its easy to make mistakes in practise. However after a few past papers you can basically know exactly what the questions are going to be like, which is always a good thing how's your revision going?

[Silent--ly]

Anyone else taking this exam tomorrow?

It seems a pretty rare module to do, but I thought I'd ask

[fluteflute]

(Original post by DavidH20)
I'm doing this exam...although it appears nobody else is...tbh I don't find NM too difficult in theory, but there's lots of formulae to remember and its easy to make mistakes in practise. However after a few past papers you can basically know exactly what the questions are going to be like, which is always a good thing how's your revision going?

I've done all of the existing past papers, so I feel fairly confident in that regard. And I normally finish comfortably time-wise, which means that there's lots of time to check.

I think the grade boundaries are fairly high though.

[DavidH20]

This is true...I find it weird how some modules seem to take a lot longer than others even though they're all meant to be the same length.

I haven't actually looked at grade boundaries...what are they like?

have you done the January 2012 paper? I have a copy if you'd like it

[fluteflute]

(Original post by DavidH20)
This is true...I find it weird how some modules seem to take a lot longer than others even though they're all meant to be the same length.

I haven't actually looked at grade boundaries...what are they like?

have you done the January 2012 paper? I have a copy if you'd like it

I have, but thanks for the offer!

Well in Jan 2012 it was 61 for an A and 54 for a B. And this time last year 62 for an A and 55 for a B. So not that bad I guess.

[DavidH20]

No problem that's quite a bit higher than some papers but it doesn't seem impossible...what are you aiming for?

[Silent--ly]

(Original post by fluteflute)
I have, but thanks for the offer!

Well in Jan 2012 it was 61 for an A and 54 for a B. And this time last year 62 for an A and 55 for a B. So not that bad I guess.

It should be fine, as long as I don't make a stupid calculator error in the first part of the question

[DavidH20]

(Original post by Silent--ly)
It should be fine, as long as I don't make a stupid calculator error in the first part of the question

That's what I hate about NM...especially as I found out my calculator was banned so I had to make an emergency trip to argos last week Still...should have lots of time to check if all goes to plan

[sreddy17]

How did everyone find it? I thought it was ok except for the simpson from trap rule one and the spreadsheet one!

[sreddy17]

how did everyone find it? thought it was ok, except for the odd one!

[sreddy17]

how did everyone find it?

[Reminisce]

Did all your functions of x in false position come out negative so you kept using the interval -1 and the new x?


Didn't see this thread Greg

[fluteflute]

(Original post by sreddy17)
What did you do for the simpsons rule from trapezium one, did u calculate midpoint rule estimates?

The syllabus explicitly mentions as required knowledge. But it's not in the textbook, and I don't think it has ever been examined in previous papers!

[fluteflute]

(Original post by Reminisce)
Did all your functions of x in false position come out negative so you kept using the interval -1 and the new x?

Yes they did. Felt a bit weird, but hey...

I wasn't sure how many significant figures to give those answers to though. In the end I gave both to 1dp, but mentioned that they were correct to 2dp using change of sign.

[Reminisce]

(Original post by fluteflute)
The syllabus explicitly mentions as required knowledge. But it's not in the textbook, and I don't think it has ever been examined in previous papers!

Surely its equivalent if you use the formula to find the midpoint first.

[sreddy17]

(Original post by Reminisce)
Surely its equivalent if you use the formula to find the midpoint first.

Yeah thats what I thought, and thats what I did, did you do the same?

[Reminisce]

(Original post by fluteflute)
Yes they did. Felt a bit weird, but hey...

I wasn't sure how many significant figures to give those answers to though. In the end I gave both to 1dp, but mentioned that they were correct to 2dp using change of sign.

I sort of mentioned that but false positions gives answers in an interval compared to the secant so the interval of -1 to -0.6 something seemed a bit iffy but either way I argued both ways.

[Reminisce]

(Original post by sreddy17)
Yeah thats what I thought, and thats what I did, did you do the same?

Yes I did that, it just means that we had to round it when we found the midpoint but I did 6 dp so should been fine hopefully.