STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread

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  1. maksokio's Avatar
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by fruktas)
    the question did not have a cubed dy/dx it was squared
    it's outside the parenthesis
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by maksokio)
    Can someone that somehow did question 1 (with n=1 and n=-2) write it down? I am really interested to see how you worked with z.
    I need the question in front of me, I would be willing to when someone uploads it, however i've got to get ready for my prom... so someone will probably have done it by the time tommorow comes and im ready to tacle the question...

    Did anyone attempt Q6??? It was nice until the last part, i didnt know what to sketch!
    Last edited by desijut; 28-06-2012 at 16:54.
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by B Jack)
    People who did question 4, does 12-16ln2 sound like the answer you got for ii)?
    I think I got something similar, I can't really remember though
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by TheMagicMan)
    So how did everyone find it?

    Personally I thought it was a difficult one...I'm thinking about 110-115 for me barring lots of silly errors


    This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App
    Only 110-115? Blimey you must be losing your touch!
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    Out of interest, did anyone here focus more so on the applied questions? Myself, apart from Q13 I didn't really read any of them so I have no idea what they're like
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    My paper had the first part of question 1 missing, which made the question a ‘guess the question’ question. An interesting challenge, but not something that I would chose in exam conditions.

    Luckily, having tried what I think the question was supposed to be, I’m glad it was a non-starter. Here is my best shot
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    Here's the paper.
    Part1 is all the pure; Part2 is all the applied.
    Sorry for the ticks - these are the ones I finished!
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    here's the paper
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by fruktas)
    Question 8, final summation was pi/4 right?
    :yes:

    I liked that question....although initially the arctan stuff looked daunting
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by desijut)
    I need the question in front of me, I would be willing to when someone uploads it, however i've got to get ready for my prom... so someone will probably have done it by the time tommorow comes and im ready to tacle the question...

    Did anyone attempt Q6??? It was nice until the last part, i didnt know what to sketch!
    I dont remember alot but it required a similar approach to the previous parts.
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    Decent paper, probably average to slight above average difficulty. A lot of summation questions so if you enjoy those, you've probably done just fine. There was definitely something missing in Q1; wonder if that'll make any difference to the boundaries?
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by B Jack)
    People who did question 4, does 12-16ln2 sound like the answer you got for ii)?
    That's what I got and I just checked it here.
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by Farhan.Hanif93)
    Decent paper, probably average to slight above average difficulty. A lot of summation questions so if you enjoy those, you've probably done just fine. There was definitely something missing in Q1; wonder if that'll make any difference to the boundaries?
    How many solutions did you get, and what marks do you think you got?
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    so what do you guys think about the boundaries this year?
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by Farhan.Hanif93)
    Decent paper, probably average to slight above average difficulty. A lot of summation questions so if you enjoy those, you've probably done just fine. There was definitely something missing in Q1; wonder if that'll make any difference to the boundaries?
    They better compensate somehow! I wasted about 20 minutes trying to answer that question
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by Rahul.S)
    :yes:

    I liked that question....although initially the arctan stuff looked daunting
    So did I! Fibbonaci number questions are usually nice
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by jukebox123)
    How many solutions did you get, and what marks do you think you got?
    4 fulls, two meagre partials. Somewhere between 75 and 90, I'd imagine (barring any serious mistakes)
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by maksokio)
    so what do you guys think about the boundaries this year?
    My guess is:
    S - 84
    1 - 62
    2 - 51
    3 - 36

    I imagine that the missing information in the first question will have meant that what should have been an easy question for everyone to start on was in fact a non-starter for most, which may affect the grade boundaries slightly (although there were plenty of other questions to have a go at, so it may not make a difference).
    Last edited by RacingPro97; 29-06-2012 at 09:32.
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by fruktas)
    So did I! Fibbonaci number questions are usually nice
    yh I like those type of questions.....like q8 in II and q8 in III.

    I remember trying to do prove via induction initially for the Fibonacci- but almost instantly decided a direct proof was called for. how was AEA btw? My bredwin was saying it was hard....harder than II!!!
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    Re: STEP III 2012 Discussion Thread
    (Original post by maksokio)
    so what do you guys think about the boundaries this year?
    I would think similar to 2010
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