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FiggelHorn

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Registered: 2011-05-21

Posts: 13

Hello guys and girls :)

Hey guys 

My name is mark I'm currently doing year 11(16 years old) math B, I really enjoy math even though I'm not extremely good at it partially because I missed an entire year moving from South Africa to here (Australia) etc. Not that it’s an excuse since that is one of the wonderful things about math you can always catch up (just need to put in the effort). But enough with all the sob stories were not on Australia's got talent, I hope to learn as much as possible from this site while still having an extremely good time, I also hope to become an active member in this community giving and taking as much as possible.   

Last edited by FiggelHorn (2011-05-28 22:14:00)

Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

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Re: Hello guys and girls :)

hi Mark,

Welcome to the forum.  Look forward to hearing more from you.

I'm in the UK.  Nor sure what maths B means exactly, but happy to help whatever.

Bob

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Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
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Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob

bobbym

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Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Hello guys and girls :)

Hi FiggelHorn;

Welcome to the forum!

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

FiggelHorn

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Registered: 2011-05-21

Posts: 13

Re: Hello guys and girls :)

Yeah Bob I didn't understand it much when I came here

Math A is like the everyday math, where as math B is like a little harder and then math C is calculus which you have to do in conjunction with math B . . . It's pretty hard to explain I'll add a wiki link that explains it a lot better in the bottom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_education_in_Australia

Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

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Re: Hello guys and girls :)

ok, thanks for the link.

so where are you wrt  'semesters'?

What I'm trying to get a handle on is this.

in uk the year 11 students are just taking end of course exams = GCSE.,  at the moment

Then new courses at A level start in September.

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2011-05-29 00:28:30)

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Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob

FiggelHorn

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Registered: 2011-05-21

Posts: 13

Re: Hello guys and girls :)

There are 4 semesters from year 11 to year 12, each semester is then also divided into two terms. I am currently doing semester 1 term 2, so thats

Exploring Data / Statistics
Indices and Logarithms/ Exponential Functions

I tried to read up on the GCSE but I really couldn't make sence of it all . . .

Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Re: Hello guys and girls :)

Hi FiggelHorn,

Good wishes for the semesters.

Welcome to the forum!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

Lynn16

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Registered: 2011-07-11

Posts: 180

Re: Hello guys and girls :)

Hay Mark! You live in austrlia??!! I have always wanted to!!! That is so cool! I am 16 also going to 11th grade, just two more years! LOL! Have you ever been in America?