2005 TEE – CALCULUS

Essential Information from the Examiners’ Report:

The Rules of the Game…
NB: These sheets were written by experienced teachers and are intended
as a GUIDE only.

GENERAL
1 This was a difficult paper. Mean = 51.8%. Don’t be disheartened if
you find it difficult! An average student could only do half of this paper.

2 This paper proves don’t give up, do as much as you can and don’t rush
questions you are good at. Silly slip-ups are costly on a hard paper.

3 In questions where results are given, if you can’t do an earlier part of

the question you can still use the given results to do latter parts.
[ IE: Q4 – use answer in part (a) to do part (b), even if you can’t
show how the expression was derived ]
4 Make your work legible – this needs to be addressed all year!

5 A4 notes can make a big difference. Questions 14 & 17 are prime

examples. Add to your A4 notes throughout the year with the attitude:
“what could have been on these notes that would have helped me get
this type of question correct?”

6 MARKERS HATE PENCIL ANSWERS!

Use pencil ONLY for diagrams

SPECIFIC TIPS RELATING TO QUESTIONS

Q1 • Newton - Raphson
Start with the given value or perish!
• It is good technique in any exam to underline the key information in
the question.
X0 = 0 5 decimal places
• Indicate the degree of accuracy means: comment on the number of
correct decimal places (In this case = 2).

Q2 • Where Particle Stops – miss this and you lose an easy mark on a
hard paper.

Q3 • Good to remember: 1 – 1 functions have inverses.

Q4 • If a question says: “justify your answer using calculus techniques”
and you use your calculator – expect AT BEST half marks.
You must use a derivative test.

Calculus 2005 TEE Review

Q5 • Part (c) – In integration if numerator and denominator are similar,
differentiate the top line and you may just find it is the bottom line –
it is worth a try.
• Part (d) – Ignore the examiner’s hint at your peril

Q6 • Part (a) – Know your tables book. Radian measure formulae are
on Page 5.
• Part (b) – “Hence” means use the result you just found.

Q9 • Clearly the type of question where a CALCULATOR should be

used.
• Beware inequalities! If you multiply by 4x, you have to consider the
possibility that “x” is negative.

Q10 • Part (a) – Show some working: put in two values at least and show
results in a table. Just the answer is not good enough.
• Never substitute a ridiculously large number – it produces errors.

Q11 • Part (a) – First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: you must learn
it.
• Part (b) – CHAIN RULE!

Q12
• │z – (4+5i) │l means the distance between z and (4+5i)

Q13 • Part (b) – SHOW questions. Put in as many lines as necessary.

Markers allocate marks for each line needed – miss it out and lose
the mark.
• Note: ln(2e) = ln2 + lne = ln2 +1

Q14 • This is the sort of information you should have on your A4 notes:
dT
 If: = - k(T - 20) then T – 20 = Ae-kt
dt
Q17 • Firing projectiles should be on your A4 notes.

Fired from 200m at 500m/s at an angle of 30o

Then: x(t) = 500 cos 30ot
9.8 2
y(t) = 200 + 500sin 30ot – t
2
You can adapt this for different velocities and angles. If fired from
the ground the 200 disappears.

Q19 • Sometimes more steps are quicker than doing it in your head.
Don’t forget middle terms and remember: i2 = -1

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