- The maths exam is on the 14th November at 9:30am.
- Exam rooms will be posted near B/P block. Arrive early to check your room.
- Bring a ruler, graphics calculator, black/blue pens and pencil/eraser.
Topics Covered:
- 1.3 Patterns and Graphs - Covering linear, quadratic and exponential patterns and graphs.
- 1.6 Geometric Reasoning - Covering Pythagoras, trigonometry, angle rules, similar shapes and bearings.
- 1.12 Chance and Data - Covering interpreting statistics and graphs and calculating and interpreting probabilities.
How to study:
- Read through all of your notes - check if you are missing any!
- Try practice assessments to work out where your gaps are.
- Practice Achieve questions only if you are slow or struggling with a particular skill.
- Practice Merit questions to ensure you have a solid grounding in these skills.
- Look for as many different Excellence questions as you can to try different types.
- Bring any questions to a revision session - Monday after prize giving in B23, Wednesday after school in P7, Friday all day in the seminar room.
What to study:
- Finish page 70-271 in Nulake. Retry any questions that you found difficult first time around.
- Good pages in Gamma: 144-146 (quadratic patterns), 149-151 (exponential patterns), 190-191 (finding equations), 193-194 (exponential graphs), 224-228 (linear graphs), 229-233 (quadratic graphs), 242-247 (parallel lines), 250-252 (polygons and tessellation), 261-263 (similar shapes), 285-298 (circle rules), 301-303 (geometric proofs), 349-351 (multivariate data), 363-365 (bivariate data), 394-397 (comparing data), 400-401(time series), 409-417 (interpreting data) 409-417, 428-431 (tree diagrams), 433-435 (expected values).
- Complete or revise all practice tests issued during the year.
- Look on the NZQA web page for tests from previous years.
Other info:
- Bring food for a shared lunch on Monday spell one. Drinks provided.
- Make sure you have correct uniform for Monday for the prize-giving.
- Internal results will be available when you come in for your exam.
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