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Thursday, November 04, 2004
today was the most tiring O level day since, well, the beginning of the O level days. and i've decided that cambridge's favourite word for 2004 is "ambiguity".
i'll tell u why. u see, so far in the exams, numerous questions have appeared to be open to candidate's interpretation. first up was, of course, the cursed prawn in bio prac. next was the section 2 qn in english paper 1. now we have the kotc and 12th night essay qns for lit.
which brings me to today's papers:
emath 1
lit 1 & 2
the verdict for lit? ambiguous. personally i felt it was quite simple, but there was this little voice at the back of my head telling me "there's a catch! u just havent found it yet.."
still, im quite sure i did the qns to the best of my ability. kotc essay was interesting..we had to define the scope of our essay, put forth our point and discuss it. i said the statement in the qn was completely true, which is probably not very wise when it comes to O levels..still, i think i hinted that i think there's evidence to the contrary, just not enough to convince me.
now the qn is whether the old ah-soh marking my paper all the way in england will catch it. "do like the english do", and i have no idea if i did that or not..
12th night was the suspiciously straightforward one..like, its almost a listing qn! i have no idea if i wrote enough, and im hoping i did. still, straightforward is good i guess..essay qn was easy. then came the passage-based qn. part i: simple. part ii: killer..dunno if i wrote enough..was abt malvolio..i have the ideas, but very probably not enough content, not enough quotes.
still, i think i can do pretty well for lit.
ooh, before i forget: emath. again, simple to the point where i wonder if there's a catch. been comparing answers and, with the exception of a few careless mistakes, prospects look good. now i just hope that i can do as well for paper 2. i need the A for math..its a compulsory subject in my L1R5..
*must..not..flip..axis..on..graph!!*
..and
i ate fried rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner!! wow!! record man..no more fried rice for me in a while..at least till monday..i'll probably have to eat it for breakfast again..
run out of things to say liao..till nxt time..
~waves~
GCSE O LEVEL 2004: EMATH PAPER 1
ANSWER SCHEME v1.0 build CJ
1a) 2.4x10^-2 b) -2.0x10^-1
2a) A,E b) D,F
3a) 1/3 b) 2.82
4a) 2.5, -1 b) 2n+(n-2)
5a) 16.66m b) 0.04km^2
6a) 42.5% b) 9
7a) 120cm^3 b) 184cm^2
8a) 5/12 b) -5/13
9a) 300deg b) 120deg
10a) 11deg C b) -4 ≤ x < -2
11a) k=-12 b) i. l=-4 ii. m=3
12a) 6.8x10^-24 b) 0.702g
13a) coloumn vector 14,0 b) h=2 h=5.5
14a) $225 b) $132.40
15a) p= cube root of 24 b) y=0.36
16a) x+2 b) 50
17a) x = 111deg b) p=3 q=12
18a) many reasons, lazy to list *grin* b) i. 9:16 ii. dunno how to do..
19b) 5.2cm
20a) 18 b) i. x=70deg ii. y=105deg
21a) 1.9min b) 420m c) 0m/min d) 500m/min
22a) (1-3c)(a-2b) b) 5t^2 +6 c) x=10.5 y=-2
23a) 8h20min b) i. 120km/h ii. 4h24min
24b) 103deg d) PA=11.9cm
25a) (o,-1) b) reflect abt y=-x c) i. x=0 ii. 2
*that's all folks!*
Cheong Chee Jun scribbled
at 11:22 PM