FP2, FP3, M3, M4 or M5- hardest unit?

Hi,

Was just wondering which unit above do people think is hardest?

Reply 1

LeeC

15

Haven' got a clue Im afraid, Im hopefully doing them all next year though. I know M3 wont be as I have done sinusoidal motion in physics (if thats the one that covers that), for me probable FP2 or 3, have wait and see!

Reply 2

ssmoose

According to my teacher FP2 is harder than FP3. I imagine M5 is the hardest mechanics unit. I'll vote when I've studied them all.

Reply 3

Aitch

2

FP2 is defnitely harder than M3. I haven't done any of the others so can't offer an opinion.

Reply 4

well.. the last chapter of fp2 is hard... and fp3 is long.... not hard but long...
m5 is so intresting,,, here was m6,, which was hard!
i cant tell which module is the hardest... each contain a hard part and an easy part...
i think that going from m2 to m3 is a bit hard... as m3 is a bit more advanced than m2 (i mean there is a "jump" between m2 and m3...)
i will vote fp2 as it contains one of the things that i HATED: the conics (or coordinate systems and intrinsic coordinates)

Reply 5

Simba

16

I've heard that FP2 is the most difficult pure module, and it would make sense that M5 is the hardest mechanics module. So I guess it's between those two :smile:

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Reply 6

mejp44

well it all depends which side of maths you prefer, i prefer the pure and find it much easier than mechanics, so i would have to say M5 (had enough problems with M3 alone) i believe P6 is easier than P5 but there is so much to remember, thats the only hard part.
and to Yazan l, you are so right about P5 coordinate systems, but to be fair if you do enough past papers you'll easily recognise they ask the same questions over and over.

Reply 7

mejp44

well it all depends which side of maths you prefer, i prefer the pure and find it much easier than mechanics, so i would have to say M5 (had enough problems with M3 alone) i believe P6 is easier than P5 but there is so much to remember, thats the only hard part.
and to Yazan l, you are so right about P5 coordinate systems, but to be fair if you do enough past papers you'll easily recognise they ask the same questions over and over.

well... to be honest i didnt do enough papers before the exam... i barely finished the book... hehehe

Reply 8

Unity

2

dam.. Im doing fp2 for the summer. cries.

Reply 9

dont worry.. the first 3 chapters are not hard,,, actually contain some fun,,, it's only the last chapter :biggrin:

Reply 10

sebbie

15

i dont think many people can comment on M5 really, very very few people take it... .FP2 is meant to be well hard tho...

Reply 11

mejp44

yazan_l

dont worry.. the first 3 chapters are not hard,,, actually contain some fun,,, it's only the last chapter :biggrin:

yup totally right but some of the integration can be hard when trying to spot the substituition required as well.

Reply 12

Simba

16

mejp44

yup totally right but some of the integration can be hard when trying to spot the substituition required as well.

Don't they usually give you the substitution to use at A-level?

Reply 13

mejp44

Simba

Don't they usually give you the substitution to use at A-level?

Only sometimes in P5

Reply 14

England Captain

whats in edexcel FP2 anyway? i have just taken FP2 for MEI and we covered inv trig clc, polar coordinates, complex numbers, matrices, maclaurin series, and hyperbolic functions, how does this compare to Edexcel???

Reply 15

Simba

16

Here you go :smile:

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http://www.mathsnet.net/asa2/2004/fp2.html

Reply 16

England Captain

cheers, its quite similar, except we don't learn about conics, do you learn about matrices and complex numbers in FP3?

Reply 17