Math Is Fun Forum

Sorry I don't quite understand the system, what is PointsPer?

In the estimation games, it seems you get penalised WAY more for getting something wrong when the answer is small. Whereas if the answer is higher the allowable error increases. I think that this is a bit unfair, because sometimes finding the smaller answers can be just as hard as the higher answers. Maybe you could lessen the penalty?
e.g. In the estimate up to 99 shapes game, if the screen is really cluttered then you know it's in the region of 80-99, and even if you're really off, you still get points, but if there's only about 30 items on the screen and you are very close, you will still only get a few points.

Also I think the scores should have some kind of scaling in relation to the game's difficulty. For example, in Subtract Double, the scores will rarely get over 20, but in Add Single the scores can be very close to 100. I don't know how this would be implemented, but it might be a good idea

Ah, thanks Kurre, so

Didn't see how it would follow through at first, but then realised

Nice!

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hehe... well i guess x is somewhere in there...

ok thanks mathsy

I was mostly worried about my 'reverse working' of the inequality being some kind of fallacy

Some advanced military aircraft can cost a few billion dollars, so constructing the LHC is definitely a step in the right direction.

In front of a number, a positive and a negative makes a negative, and a negative and a negative makes a positive. Applying this:

-10 - (-8) + (-4) - 20 = -10 + 8 - 4 - 20 = - 26

If you have trouble with this, try drawing a number line to help you picture it

Welcome Wasabi!

Very clever  mathsyperson

An extension subject automatically becomes your 6th subject in VCE, the maximum aggregate score you can get from it is 5.5. This may not seem much but if you had another normal VCE subject in your 5th or 6th spots then the max you can get most of the time is 10% of 50 = 5. The extra 10% increments by your 5th and 6th subjects can be crucial in pushing your ENTER 99+.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/ … nsion.html

Melbourne, Monash, and Victoria Universities offer the courses. You need to go to the following sites and read the information. Talk to your teacher about it as well to see if it's the best idea.
e.g
http://www.monash.edu.au/study/enhancem … ation.html
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/umep … ation.html
[Um, I don't know why the VU link is broken, but Monash and Melbourne are more prestigious anyway]

Also on offer is Extension Physics. Perhaps if you're doing Electronic Engineering this might be more useful to you than Extension Maths, but it's your choice. Having said that, any extension study would be a great head-start into that field.
All Extension Courses cover a 1st Year University course in that particular subject. Another fantastic benefit of doing a Uni Extension is that it actually gives you Credit for if you continue to study a degree in that subject at the university! So you will reduce both the time and fees required in university to fund those 1st year Credits.
If a 1st Year Uni course sounds like a lot of hard work and intensity, don't worry. I've spoken to people on vcenotes.com and all of them say it requires the same or less work than a VCE subject. Especially Monash Maths

Oh BTW, I also heard that Melbourne University Engineering is really bad. It is very theoretical and supposedly people have been demotivated by it. So if you choose to do engineering I would recommend Monash.