Maths Paper 1

helles belles

holy crap!!!
The paper is up already!!!!!!!

NADA

I did the honours paper. I thought it was very tough at the beginning. I could not get q3 part (A) Q1 part (A) for ages. Got everything else worked out. Then came back at about 11:50 and got them both worked out. I knew how to do all the paper. Just hope I didn make many blunders. Definately looking at an A1.

d4gurl

I cant believe people thot hons maths was easy! I couldnt do any of it!im so depressed! I swear it went awful! What did people get for the last part of 8? I really hated that paper!!!

Naikon

Eamoss you are right you factorise the equation and solve it.
Or you could use the quadratic formula as an alternitive;)
(Easier option in my opinion)

JoseJones

Raphael wrote:

I got a nasty looking log for that, -(1/2)logb(b+1)

Is that the same as: [-ln(b-1)]/[2lnb] ???

Raphael

eamoss wrote:

http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2006/LC003GLP100EV.pdf

I'd say they want you to use the quadratic formula there

shane0312

d4gurl wrote:

I cant believe people thot hons maths was easy! I couldnt do any of it!im so depressed! I swear it went awful! What did people get for the last part of 8? I really hated that paper!!!

16 and the part before 32.

d4gurl

d4gurl wrote:

I cant believe people thot hons maths was easy! I couldnt do any of it!im so depressed! I swear it went awful! What did people get for the last part of 8? I really hated that paper!!!

It really wasn't easy...

in comparsion to that sham of a 2001 paper, its the same gulf between honours and pass..

it was a very challenging paper, and i reckon the marking scheme will reflect that..

Raphael

JoseJones wrote:

Is that the same as: [-ln(b+1)]/[2lnb] ???

Where are these natural logs comging from? Could someone who did it that way put up their technique, I'm curious.

Inglorious

Can somebody please confirm if a=3 was the answer to Q1 A.
I am talking about the higher level paper.

JoseJones

Raphael wrote:

Where are these natural logs comging from? Could someone who did it that way put up their technique, I'm curious.

give me 2 minutes

Funkstard

Has anyone ever seen/done the 95/96 past papers? Absolutely insane.

I've realised I did 5 c) completely wrong

Also, my friend said he was talking to his cousin, and apaprently all the honours students upped and left the room in protest at the paper. I hope there's uproar over this, because uproar = easier marking scheme

Shark-69

That honours maths paper 1 was f**ked up........I am disgusted.....For them to put a signicant amount of Qs from 'series and sequences' in Question 5 is beyond my comprehension......I hate Question 4s with a passion......Got questions 3,6,8 fully right......but Questions 1,2 and 7 caught me out in their part c's......I got a logb answer for Q2 part c but it was x=Logb[1/sqrootof(b+1)]

Naikon

Raphael wrote:

I'd say they want you to use the quadratic formula there

Oh yeah the third term is 29:(

Raphael

Shark-69 wrote:

That honours maths paper 1 was f**ked up........I am disgusted.....For them to put a signicant amount of Qs from 'series and sequences' in Question 5 is beyond my comprehension......I hate Question 4s with a passion......Got questions 3,6,8 fully right......but Questions 1,2 and 7 caught me out in their part c's......I got a logb answer for Q2 part c but it was x=Logb[1/sqrootof(b+1)]

That's what I got alright

JoseJones

JoseJones wrote:

give me 2 minutes

here we go:


1-b^2x=b^(1+2x)

1-b^2x=b.b^2x

1=(b+1)b^2x

1/(b+1)=b^2x

ln1-ln(b+1)=2xlnb

[-ln(b+1)]/[2lnb]=x

Raphael

Inglorious wrote:

Can somebody please confirm if a=3 was the answer to Q1 A.
I am talking about the higher level paper.

Did it out there and got 3, can't see any mistake

shane0312

Heres an answer to 2(C). Sorry about the mess it was done on paint

shane0312

JoseJones wrote:

here we go:


1-b^2x=b^(1+2x)

1-b^2x=b.b^2x

1=(b+1)b^2x

1/(b+1)=b^2x

ln1-ln(b+1)=2xlnb

[-ln(b+1)]/[2lnb]=x

Damn it just beat me to it:p

Inglorious

Raphael wrote:

Did it out there and got 3, can't see any mistake

Thank ya kindly.
It was fair enough but a load of my class were complaining about it...just wanted to make sure.

Raphael

JoseJones wrote:

here we go:


1-b^2x=b^(1+2x)

1-b^2x=b.b^2x

1=(b+1)b^2x

1/(b+1)=b^2x

ln1-ln(b+1)=2xlnb

[-ln(b+1)]/[2lnb]=x

Ah, so you just got the log of the 2 sides, I get it. I was more or less the same, but I did

1/(b+1)=b^2x

logb1 - logb(b+1) = 2x

You also had the sign wrong in there, the - shouldn;t be in b+1, it loses that when it crosses the equals

shane0312

Raphael wrote:

Did it out there and got 3, can't see any mistake

Yeah its 3

shane0312

Raphael wrote:

Ah, so you just got the log of the 2 sides, I get it. I was more or less the same, but I did

1/(b+1)=b^2x

logb1 - logb(b+1) = 2x

You also had the sign wrong in there, the - shouldn;t be in b+1, it loses that when it crosses the equals

No the minus is right hes just changing from a log fraction to two seperate values

JoseJones

Raphael wrote:

Ah, so you just got the log of the 2 sides, I get it. I was more or less the same, but I did

1/(b+1)=b^2x

logb1 - logb(b+1) = 2x

You also had the sign wrong in there, the - shouldn;t be in b+1, it loses that when it crosses the equals

does it actually matter if you use loge or logb? spotted the minus, thanks.

JoseJones

shane0312 wrote:

No the minus is right hes just changing from a log fraction to two seperate values

I think he meant the minus near the start of the question...

shane0312

JoseJones wrote:

I think he meant the minus near the start of the question...

alright sorry I see..... (hangs head in shame)

GrumPy

Paper1 ordinary level was fu(kin outragous :mad:

d4gurl

shane0312 wrote:

16 and the part before 32.

YES I GOT 32 didnt get 16 cudnt figure it out!dats a plus though!here d matrix question which were simultaneous i didn look over dat part at all dat wz mean!im so annoyed!! and i wz hopin an x=asinO(teeta) wud of cum up in integration!uhh wat a mean paper mean ppl mean proof!yuk!

Attractive Nun

shane0312 wrote:

Heres an answer to 2(C). Sorry about the mess it was done on paint

Oh my God, how did I not get that? That is basically the only skill required for Applied Maths Q10. Grr...

Raphael

JoseJones wrote:

does it actually matter if you use loge or logb? spotted the minus, thanks.

I'd say both are valid solutions in the marking scheme, tbh.

My way: