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Today was Mathematics Paper 2. I had been wondering whether this paper was going to be harder than paper 1 as from my experience in additional mathematics, the paper 2 was harder than the paper 1 this year.

As I have said in the previous posts, this year we are taking a new syllabus for all our subjects. Hence there is a need for all our teachers, not excluding our Mathematics teacher Mr Choh, to give us a lot of other school papers as practice. Although this paper was filled with question that require basic concepts, there are a lot of such questions and there is a need for us to be fast in our writing speed to be able to score in this paper. I must admit that this year’s Mathematics Paper 2 was a speed test paper, not much of concept test. There was a giveaway of 35 marks, thereabout…. Do you believe it?

For Eg: A bag contains six identical balls numbered 1, 2, and 3,4,5,6.
Two balls are drawn at random, one after the other, from the bag without replacement.
Draw the probability diagram to show the outcome of the draw.
The above stated question is only 1 mark. This means that we have to finish the entire probability diagram in 1.5 minutes. Quite a test on speed isn’t it? Hmm…. Expect to only loose 2 marks in this paper…. So a 98 out of 100 should be possible? I guess…..

Just a little tip for those of you doing O Levels after this year…..
1. In Mathematics Paper 2, Additional Mathematics Paper 1 and Paper 2, you will be required to provide your answers in a separate set of answer paper….. Hence, my advice to you would be to use a piece of foolscap per question. After you finish each question, start on a fresh piece of paper…..
2. Also, if any of these papers happened to have a graph question, do it first as it is the easiest to obtain the marks…..
3. Also remember, for each mark in the question paper, you are only entitled to 1.5minutes….. Which also means that you should spent your time wisely on those questions that does not require too much of your brain juice…..
4. Also, ample practice is required, so, start early…. Don’t wait till the last minute and then start panicking…. Constant practice is required….
5. Oh ya, before I forget, do check each of your steps before proceeding to the next one as this will save you a lot of time that you would need for checking, especially for those of you taking additional mathematics. A wrong step in calculation might be very costly….

Grace-ful gal’s cerebrum is asking her to start studying hard for the Biology paper 2 tomorrow…. Toodles….

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