GCE 'O' Level E Maths Paper 2 Aftermath Report

last SG · 2008-10-30T12:37:14+00:00

3 years and i really cannot make iti have to accept the fact

diablo4343 SG

Hello all. its approx 1 hour before the paper 2 starts. yes i know, abit too fast to open thread liao~

Lai lai post comments about the paper after you have done it here.. did tys.. shdn't be a huge problem ardy.. hmm wonder number pattern would come out ornot.. hmm

eagle SG

awaiting awaiting awaiting

MyPillowTalks SG

not bad lor

i tink some carelessness

working with a drowsy head becos of medicine, hope no big prob

Arabiandude SG

GOD DAMN!!! I NEVER FINISH PAPER=O

sian la all the free marks like the circle and the probability diagram i no time to do!!! >.<!!

i re counted all my marks tht i got correct ( if carelessness was excluded) i only got 74 doh!!

the stupid apple question made me stuck for 15 mins i couldnt equate (m-3) ( 1200/m + 2) T.T and when i did it back i couldnt reach the final equation....

zz last time hope get A1 for math.. now A2 looks like a miracle. ( hope they moderate till 40 is passing and 70 is A1 =) )

weewee SG

Hello all. its approx 1 hour before the paper 2 starts. yes i know, abit too fast to open thread liao~

Lai lai post comments about the paper after you have done it here.. did tys.. shdn't be a huge problem ardy.. hmm wonder number pattern would come out ornot.. hmm

very fast meh?

Some pple opened the thread 1 month before the paper even starts.

慈しみ SG

I got careless at the apple question, I did (m-3)(1200/m)+2(m-3) :(

And the circle question, I had the value but didn't put it down, so I didn't see the isos triangle. Argh, 8 marks gone... And many more.

anakinfoo SG

ez mode paper

limpper SG

i sure fail this paper.

Ferrari_RoXz SG

Will they penalise if you nva do your workings on graph on the graph paper itself? Coz I do on a seperate piece of paper, but they say do the whole question on the graph paper which kind of doesn't make sense coz the back page of the graph paper is another set of grids.

慈しみ SG

I had my answers on a separate piece of paper once during a school exam, and I got zero for the entire thing ..

Ferrari_RoXz SG

I had my answers on a separate piece of paper once during a school exam, and I got zero for the entire thing ..

My sch prelims I also do on seperate, but they got mark. So i dunno O lvl standard. Very idiot lor, do question liao still must do on wad paper wad paper.

慈しみ SG

Lol, yeap. O level might not be so strict ..

Theguiltshow SG

It was alright, a lot of thinking and tedious work but doable. I lost one mark due to carelessness, read "product is 7" as "sum is 7". Minus one mark. Shall I type out all my answers? Do tell me if yours are different :(

1a) (7p-14)/p
b) (3g - 2f) / (f + 2g)
c)(i) (x + 11/2)^2 + (-45.25) (Not sure about this....)
c)(ii) x= 1.23(2dp), x=-12.23(2dp)
2a) 6.17m
b) 1.89m
c) 30.1m sq
d) 6.47m
3a) $22 500
b) Materials = $0.30, wages= $0.24
c) 75 souvenirs an hour
d) 19.3%
e) $1.60
4a) u5= 2^4 + 9 = 25(shown)
b) u6= 2^5 + 11 = 43
c) 2^(n-1) + 2n – 1
d) 524327
e)(i) (was able to show)
e)(ii) 2^(n-2) + 2
5a) (1200/m) cents
b) (2m^2 + 1194m – 3600) / m
c) (was able to show)
d) m= 75
e) 18 cents
6a) angle ALD = angle CLB (vert opp angles)
Angle CBL = angle ADL (angles in same segment)
Therefore 3rd angle is the same.
All 3 angles are the same, therefore triangle LAD is similar to LCB.
b)(i) 90 degrees
(ii) 14 degrees
(iii) 32 degrees
(iv) 14 degrees
7a)(i) 1.35 radians
(ii) 766.2cm sq
b)(i) 52.1cm
(ii) 13.9 degrees (unsure)
8a)(i) 2.04cm
(ii) 43.3cm sq
b) (I forgot to write down my answer in my question paper, I got 8.38cm cube I think)
c)(i) (managed to show)
(ii) 27.3%
9a) p= -3.2
c) x= 0.4, x=3.3
d) -2.59
f)(i) x= 0.45
(ii) A= 1, B= -12, C= 12 (I think this is wrong I anyhow do haha)
10a) frequency by column: 3, 7, 14, 11, 5
(ii)(a) 14.8kg
(b) 4.4kg
(iii) Cumulative frequency curve will be gentler
b)(i) I drew a tree diagram, 36 branches in all (don’t know which diagram they wanted)
(ii)(a) 1/5
(b) 2/15
(c) 0
(d) 3/5

gunner77 SG

wah lao

the paper exactly the same as 2006 p2, no vectors, no locus, no transformation

except for one question, they change.

knn yst wanted to memorise the steps to do the bloody apple question but thought wont come one.

davidche SG

lol that apple question was a challenge to my brain cells.

At first tot can get full marks for emath. But too bad i minus one mark cos i didnt time 12 to get vol of all the pencils. XD

Occam's Razor SG

9 f) (ii) A=0, B=-22 C=10
10 (a) mean=14.8 kg, (b) SD= 4.4 kg

10(d) P(at least 1 is multiple of 3)= 3/5

EternalHavoc SG

This paper is quite simple than my prelim paper, i managed to have the same answer as my firends!:P

Ferrari_RoXz SG

10a) frequency by column: 3, 7, 12, 13, 5 (ii)(a) 15kg (b) 4.45kg (iii) Cumulative frequency curve will be steeper (I don’t know about this!!) b)(i) I drew a tree diagram, 36 branches in all (don’t know which diagram they wanted) (ii)(a) 1/5 (b) 5/36 (c) Answer is 0 (I got this wrong; careless) (d) 7/15 (unsure)

My frequency is different from yours leh. mine is 4,3,13,14,6. The graph will be less steep coz the figures are more spread out. Probability my answers totally different from yours (except the 0 part)

possibilty diagram is the grid box i think.

my answers for probabilty is

iia) 1/4
b) 1/18
c) 0
d) 5/9.

Hope its correct.

Theguiltshow SG

9 f) (ii) A=0, B=-22 C=10
10 (a) mean=14.8 kg, (b) SD= 4.4 kg

10(d) P(at least 1 is multiple of 3)= 3/5

Everything else the same as mine? For the mean and SD I did both table method and used calculator, it tallied. What method did you use! :)

davidche SG

It was alright, a lot of thinking and tedious work but doable. I lost one mark due to carelessness, read "product is 7" as "sum is 7". Minus one mark. Shall I type out all my answers? Do tell me if yours are different :(

(ii) A= 1, B= -12, C= 12 (I think this is wrong I anyhow do haha)
10a) frequency by column: 3, 7, 12, 13, 5
(ii)(a) 15kg
(b) 4.45kg
(c) Answer is 0 (I got this wrong; careless)
(d) 7/15 (unsure)

(ii) A= 1, B= -12, C= 12

i got got an answer that includes A=0.

10a) frequency by column: 3, 7, 12, 13, 5

is it not 3 7 11 14 5?

(d) 7/15 (unsure)

i get 8/15.