Friday, 27 June 2014

JEE (Advanced) 2014 : Study Tips - Tips Study Mathematics ...

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 07:50 AM PDT

GRE math section consists of questions which include quantitative comparisons, multiple choice questions and analysing graphs. With 45 minutes, candidates are expected to solve around 28 questions over a wide array of topics covering arithmetic operations, percentage, estimation radical expressions, absolute value, algebra, geometry principles and data analysis.

Format and difficulty level

GRE maths includes 14 questions of quantitative comparisons, 9 multiple choice questions and 5 graphs. They test the basic mathematic skill of the students with focus on ingenuity rather than in depth knowledge that could have given undue advantage to students of maths. So although the difficulty level of the GRE math problems is not very high, students are expected to be able to spot the easy questions and tick them off rather than wasting time over lengthy solutions.

Use the substitution technique

One of the things that work very well for many students is the idea of substituting. Often you have a question where you will arrive at an equation and a lot of students try to solve that equation and get to the answer. This could be a time consuming way. If you have 4 simple multiple choices, you can substitute them and straight away get the right answer.

Manipulate the expressions and think out of the box

When we think numbers we always think about positive integers. This could also lead to out downfall. When you are choosing possibilities for a particular question and trying to make assumptions, consider extremes as well like fractions, negative integers etc. Thinking differently will always help you avoid the bigger blunders of estimation. A simple way of manipulating the expression could also be to cancel out the equals from both sides, making the final calculations or estimations easier.

Don't get down to doing the math till the last step

Sometimes you might not have a choice but in most cases, your approach is wrong if you are going into deep calculations. Most questions are framed to be solved easily if you spot the right concepts and factors. In fact, in case of some questions, where you know about specific conditions or theorems, you don't even have to put pen on paper. A good example is in case of geometry angles. So, always try to spot the easy answers before sitting out to calculate things the hard way.

To try out some of your GRE math skills, you can test yourself with this free GRE math practice test.

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

10 Tips To Engage Students In Math - The Educator's PLN

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:06 AM PDT

Engaging students in mathematics is a big challenge for many math tutor and parents. Most of the students hate mathematics. The reason can be how tutors teach mathematics or what tutors teach, both the things are important to engage students in mathematics. Sometimes students like mathematics but still engaging them in math become a challenging task for tutors. Here are 10 important tips to engage students in mathematics.

1) Build a culture where students can learn from each other. Some tutors think if one student is helping another one then it is a cheating, but it is not true. I have found that the best way to engage students in math is group discussion and group study. When students help each other they understand better.

2) Allow students more mistakes. Once we allow students to make more mistakes they start using their earlier mathematics concepts. Make sure there should be a balance between mistakes and learning. Some students make it as a habit.

3) As success comes from understanding, similarly understanding come from engage of students. When students engage in mathematics they understand concepts easily and quickly.

4) Use a wide range of tasks and resource to engage students in math. We all have heard that math is fun and students like fun. By using online math help, online gaming students can get engaged easily.

5) Create a fun environment in the classroom. Create math classroom as a time for talk. Let the students teach you their concepts. This will help you to engage students in a better way.

6) Create model thinking, not solutions or answers thinking. Mathematics needs more practice and most of the students hate practice. Rather than telling students how to solve a problem give them a live and real world examples.

7) Make use of math stories, games and so on. Teach with the emotions that students have for math. Ask students about their conclusions on math.

8) Provide plenty of opportunities for students to show their experience success. Encourage students by small awards time to time, which will help you to engage students.

9) Ask for guesses, which students like most. Guessing is engaging, before you disclose the answer engage students using guessing game. This will help you most try it.

10) Gradually increase the task of complexity, start from the basics. Measure the student's understanding level first. Present math task in a different way which engage students in mathematics.

Sunday, 22 June 2014

Math Study Tips for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students

Math Study Tips for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students
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Math Study Tips for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:15 PM PDT

"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there." – Charles Darwin

"A mathematical pun is the first sine of madness." - Anonymous

$Tetris is more fun than math.$

The word "mathematics" has been threatening students for centuries. To help prevent common pre-exam symptoms of shock and horror, I've provided you with some CRUCIAL tips which will make your HSC less intimidating and ultimately help you achieve that outstanding test score.

What to expect. The paper will be out of a total of 100 marks, marks that will be harder to get as you progress (so don't get cocky at the beginning and zone out).

Take all the help you can get. There will be a list of Standard Integrals attached to your question booklet, so use it. Attempting to guess them when they are delivered to you is completely idiotic.

What's up for grabs? The more marks a question is worth, the more love and devotion you should be showing it. If a question is worth more than one mark, you will be required to show your work for it. So show your work for it.

Calculator at the ready. Figure out if it's DEG or RAD you want to use and then make sure your calculator is in the right mode! There's nothing more upsetting than completing an exam and realising that every answer will be wrong because of your failure to press buttons correctly.

$Find x$

Basic steps. There is no point in doing the work if you're not actually answering the question. Read each question carefully, more than once if necessary. Write down the formula you are using for each question before you dive into equating and calculating willy-nilly.

Don't undo. Don't go wild with the eraser if you think something's wrong – you can still get marks for showing your work if you're demonstrating correct problem solving methods. Leave all your scribbling behind as proof that you do (if only partially) know what you're doing.

Re-check. Once you have completed every question, go back and check each one carefully, making sure you've answered all the components of a question. Use your calculator to re-trace your problem-solving steps and make sure you come up with the same solution. If you don't, you've got a little detective work to do to find out where you strayed from the path of correctness.

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5 Tips To Deal With Math Exam Stress - The Educator's PLN

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 05:31 AM PDT

Stress is a natural part of being human and some stress can be good as it motivates us to work hard. When it comes to math exam, most of the student's sweat as the date of examinations approaches. In today's world exams are unfortunate necessity and math exam stress is the big part of student's life. This article cannot make math exam away, but still it will help you to deal with math exam stress.

Here are some tips to beat exam stress,

1) Display positive feeling about math:

This is the most important thing to beat math examination stress. Having a positive feeling about math can beat half of your stress. Choose your own way to study. Develop a positive attitude about math. To develop positive attitude you can take help from Math Tutor. If you are afraid of math this will impact in your work, so students should develop positive feelings about math.

2) Recognize stress:

Learn to recognize stress this will save your time during exam preparation. When you are stressed take a break go online chat with the experts to overcome with exam stress.

3) Plan schedule:

The most important mistake which students make is they depend on the last moment study. Make a study plan before 2-3 weeks of examination. Gather notes and study tips for the exam. Develop the time table to monitor your progress.

4) Practice:

The best way to beat stress at a math exam time is to practice math as much as possible. Practice makes perfect. This is very much true with mathematics.

5) Develop the strong support system:

Strong support system reduces anxiety and stress. Students do better when they are not isolated. For example a student has a geometry exam and he/she need some support to overcome with the stress, in this case he/she can take help from geometry helper. Similarly, students can develop a strong support system.

JEE (Advanced) 2014 : Study Tips - Tips Study Mathematics Blog

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 07:39 AM PDT

With JEE (Advanced) 2014 just over a month away, it is time engineering aspirants pep-up their preparations for the exam.

The JEE (Advanced) question paper consists of questions from: Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.

Students may find Mathematics a little overwhelming while preparing for the exam. Here are a few helpful tips for students which will them master the subject.

Paper pattern :

The exam consists of two objective type (MCQ) question papers, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates. Both the papers will be held for a duration of three hours and are made of three separate sections on Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.

Candidates can answer the questions in English or Hindi. Negative making is applicable for every wrong answer.

Mathematics syllabus :

Algebra -

Quadratic Equations and Expressions, Complex Numbers, Probability, Vectors and 3D Geometry, Matrices

Coordinate Geometry -

Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola

Calculus -

Functions, Limits, Continuity and Differentiability, Application of Derivatives, Definite Integral

Tips :

If we analyse the previous year JEE papers, they suggest that the candidates should pay more attention to Vectors and 3-D than Probability or Indefinite integration as vectors and 3-D offers very less scope to examiner, as far as variety in problem is concerned. Each year 2-3 questions are asked from Complex Number. Therefore mastering complex numbers, vectors, 3-D and Definite integral should be their top priority.

Students can make Algebra easier if they can harness the ability to picture functions as graphs and are good at applying vertical and horizontal origin shifts carefully as zeroes of functions and other specific values can be done in much less time using these techniques.
Differential calculus again relates well to roots of equations, especially if you use the Rolle's and Lagrange's theorems.
Students can use Complex numbers to solve questions in co- ordinate geometry too. Trigonometric questions require applications of De Moivre's theorem.
Permutation, Combination and Probability is another very important topic in algebra. Students have to be thorough with the basics of Bayes theorem, derangements and various ways of distribution, taking care of cases where objects are identical and when they are not.
Matrices can be related to equations, hence a 3×3 matrix can actually be visualized as being three-planed in 3D geometry. Determinants have some very nice properties, for instance, the ability to break them into two using a common summand from a row/ column, which should be made use of in tougher questions.
Integral calculus can be simplified using tricks and keeping in mind some basic varieties of integrable functions. Remembering the properties and applying them wisely saves lot of time.
Coordinate geometry requires a good working knowledge of the parametric forms of various conic sections and an ability to convert the other, tougher ones to these basic forms and then interpret the solutions accordingly.

The most important point to keep in mind is that Mathematics can only be mastered with regular practice. Hence the students should try and solve as many sample papers and problems as possible on a regular basis.

Live My Life - Tips Study Mathematics Blog - Blogger

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:57 AM PDT

I know everyone has different ways to study Add Maths. I write this post is to share my ways to study add math and I hope my study tips may help those who need it.

Ok, there's a quote for you: Keep calm and learn Add Maths.

I only found this picture. :P Haha...So, keep calm and love add maths.

Quite many of my friends asked me before: How do you learn additional mathematics? So, I try to write this post.

Year 2012 - I started my student life as a science student. Have to study AddMaths. When I first study chapter 1 - function, I thought it was not so difficult. So, for my revision, I just read the notes given, and do homeworks and exercises given by our add maths teacher. (This tips work) I bought exercise book for add maths, but I was quite lazy to do it everyday. So, I did it every week. (This won't really work)In March, we had monthly test. I was not so satisfied with the marks that time.

Day by day, I found that Add Maths is different from mathematics, it is more difficult. I was quite stress that time and always get frustrated when I can't find a solution for a question. But, just don't want to give up.

One day, I asked my addmaths teacher: How to learn addmaths? The answer is: Do more exercise. I asked my teacher again: What is the simplest way to learn addmaths? The answer is: Do more exercise lor. Well, same answer, I decided to do more exercises for addmath. (This tips really work. That's why when my friends asked me how do I learn addmaths, my answer will always be: DO MORE EXERCISES.)

So, I tried. Everyday, I took 1 hour to do addmaths exercise. I found that addmaths actually is so interesting and challenging. No matter what, everyday I will do exercise for addmaths at least 30minutes. After that, I found that addmath is not so difficult as what I thought before. For the next exam, I was able to score for my additional mathematics.

Year 2013 - For SPM, I achieved my target for addmath and get the grade that I targeted.

Ok, that's part of my story, the point is NEVER GIVE UP.

Come to the study tips:

- You need to pay attention in class. Listen to what teacher are teaching.

- You have to finish all the exercises/assignments given by your teacher. Listen to your teacher's advice.

- You need to have a reference book. I suggest you to buy Pelangi/Oxford one.

- You need to buy exercise book for additional mathematics and do all the exercises. For suggestion, you should buy exercise book which there are steps for the answer. I used "1201 Bank Soalan Matematik Tambahan"(Pan Asia Publication), Cerdik Publication also not bad (Fly High series if i am not mistaken, during my year lah...)

- For SPM candidates, you should do SPM past years questions. Somemore, you should do Koleksi Kertas Percubaan SBP. You should also do all the SPM trial papers, for me, I use Pelangi one.

- For your timetable, try to get 1 hour or at least 30 minutes for your AddMaths revision.

- Form a study group. You will not get bored when you study addmath with you friends in the form of study group. You can ask them when you have question and discuss with each other. (This tips really work for me. When I don't know how to solve a question, I will discuss with my friends. And when we got to solve the problem together, we'll feel happy and satisfied. :D )

- You should ask teacher when you have problem or you cannot solve a question. You must listen and pay attention when your teacher is teaching about the steps in solving the problem.

- When doing your addmaths homework, you can listen to mp3. Listen to your favourite song or some relaxing music. This can help in reducing stress.

- You need to UNDERSTAND. Learning additional mathematics is not like learning history or reading novel. You need to understand the concepts. It won't work if you memorize.

- You need to MASTER the formulas.

- Don't just think harder, you need to THINK SMARTER.

- When doing exercises for addmath, remember to write the answer STEP BY STEP. This is important to keep it as habit, so that during exam, you won't skip the step for your solution.

- Don't be stress when study addmath.

- Be well prepared for the exam. All the best! ;)

- Always think positive and believe that you can do it! Never give up! Ok?

I think these are what I can share. Maybe my study tips are not the best tips and maybe not complete, but hopefully can be helpful. If you don't think the tips are useful/helpful, please go refer to other people study tips especially the PRO one. :)

*** Sorry if I've wrote something wrong especially for the grammar mistakes. Thank you for reading my blog. :)

Math Study Tips for your HSC - Tips Study Mathematics Blog - Blogger

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 07:41 AM PDT

"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there." – Charles Darwin

"A mathematical pun is the first sine of madness." - Anonymous

$Tetris is more fun than math.$

What to expect. The paper will be out of a total of 100 marks, marks that will be harder to get as you progress (so don't get cocky at the beginning and zone out).

$Find x$

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Friday, 13 June 2014

Test Day Tip: Mental Math Warm-Up | Manhattan Prep GRE Blog

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:21 PM PST

Come GRE test day, there isn't much left to do in the way of studying. Cramming new material on the day of your exam is stressful and won't give you much of a positive return on time invested. However, there are some things that you can do on test day to further your GRE success. One thing that I found very useful when I took my GRE was performing a math warm-up.

The day before your test, pick out a few questions (five or so should suffice) from your study materials. These shouldn't be the toughest problems in the book, just regular problems that you have confidently solved before. They should require some critical thinking and calculation, but shouldn't be problems that give you fits " you don't want extremely taxing problems that will trip you up and make you second guess yourself. Flag the questions, and their answers, in your book for the next morning.

On the morning of your test before leaving for the testing center, solve the problems; this will act as a simple jump-start for your brain. Your mind will click into the mode where it looks for GRE clues in word problems. With a few calculations under your belt, will become more able to add, subtract, and multiply simple numbers without writing the operations out on your paper. After a few questions, you will have kicked the rust off of your synapses and boosted your confidence.

This might sound silly, but believe me, it will help. If any of you do the KenKen puzzles in your morning newspapers, you should know why. Unless you are an actuary by profession, you probably don't wake up in the morning ready to start doing mathematics. When I start solving a KenKen, simple arithmetic takes time to solve, but after a while I start multiplying and dividing in my head without any problem. It takes a little time to get into a grove with math, and you want to walk into the testing center in the middle of that groove.

Timing on the GRE can come down to the wire; 30 extra seconds can mean one or two extra right answers. Simple warm-up problems are like the weighted bats that baseball players swing in the on deck circle " the sluggers lose the weights, step up to the plate, and their bat speed improves by a fraction of a second. Doing a few warm-up problems before heading out to the testing center can help shave a few seconds off of your first 5 or so GRE math problems, which can be a big help.

Try this out on test day (or even before your next simulated practice test). I think you'll be pleased with the results.

JEE (Advanced) 2014: Study tips for Mathematics - Maharudra ...

Posted: 15 May 2014 02:14 AM PDT

With JEE (Advanced) 2014 just over a month away, it is time engineering aspirants pep-up their preparations for the exam.
The JEE (Advanced) question paper consists of questions from: Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
Students may find Mathematics a little overwhelming while preparing for the exam. Here are a few helpful tips for students which will them master the subject.
Paper pattern:
The exam consists of two objective type (MCQ) question papers, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates. Both the papers will be held for a duration of three hours and are made of three separate sections on Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
Candidates can answer the questions in English or Hindi. Negative making is applicable for every wrong answer.
Mathematics syllabus:
Algebra:
Quadratic Equations and Expressions, Complex Numbers, Probability, Vectors and 3D Geometry, Matrices
Coordinate Geometry:
Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola
Calculus:
Functions, Limits, Continuity and Differentiability, Application of Derivatives, Definite Integral
Tips:

If we analyse the previous year JEE papers, they suggest that the candidates should pay more attention to Vectors and 3-D than Probability or Indefinite integration as vectors and 3-D offers very less scope to examiner, as far as variety in problem is concerned. Each year 2-3 questions are asked from Complex Number. Therefore mastering complex numbers, vectors, 3-D and Definite integral should be their top priority.
Students can make Algebra easier if they can harness the ability to picture functions as graphs and are good at applying vertical and horizontal origin shifts carefully as zeroes of functions and other specific values can be done in much less time using these techniques.
Differential calculus again relates well to roots of equations, especially if you use the Rolle's and Lagrange's theorems.
Students can use Complex numbers to solve questions in co- ordinate geometry too. Trigonometric questions require applications of De Moivre's theorem.
Permutation - Combination and Probability is another very important topic in algebra. Students have to be thorough with the basics of Bayes theorem, derangements and various ways of distribution, taking care of cases where objects are identical and when they are not.
Matrices can be related to equations, hence a 3x3 matrix can actually be visualized as being three-planed in 3D geometry. Determinants have some very nice properties, for instance, the ability to break them into two using a common summand from a row/ column, which should be made use of in tougher questions.
Integral calculus can be simplified using tricks and keeping in mind some basic varieties of integrable functions. Remembering the properties and applying them wisely saves lot of time.
Coordinate geometry requires a good working knowledge of the parametric forms of various conic sections and an ability to convert the other, tougher ones to these basic forms and then interpret the solutions accordingly.
The most important point to keep in mind is that Mathematics can only be mastered with regular practice. Hence the students should try and solve as many sample papers and problems as possible on a regular basis.

The above tips have been compiled with inputs from FIIT JEE.

Saturday, 7 June 2014