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Mr. Nicholas Steven Stathakis
Mathematical Studies
For your convenience, I reproduce here the Exam 2 of the year which was emailed to you after completion.
For your convenience, I reproduce here the Exam 1 of the year which was emailed to you after completion.
For your convenience here is the emailed Revision Set.
17/5/2012: I wish to remind you that on May 28, I expect you to submit (in writing) your first input on the course Project (see previous announcement on 5/4/2012).
17/5/2012: Today we will start the last piece of material to be covered for this year. It completes IB Topic 3, Ch. 14 of the book, LOGIC. It is very straightforward and should not cause any problems.
17/5/2012: You have been sent per email the solutions to Examination 6. Furthermore, a Revision Set containing all material covered during the year has also been emailed to you. Please make a hard copy of it and have it with you in class for the remaining time so that we can work on it bit by bit in class.
8/5/12: The material on Sets and on Probability (part of Topic 3, IB; ch 13, 15 of the book) is hereby complete. You must have done (or be doing) the odd questions of the book. There will be Examination 6 on Tuesday May 15, on this material.
24/4/2012: Yesterday we started Ch 13, Sets, (part of IB Topic 3). Today the chapter is almost complete. You may start the odd exercises. The material will be completed on Thursday 26/4/12 and more examples will be done.
5/4/2012: We completed the second meeting on the Ma St Project. On May 28, 2012 you will submit in writing the following:
i) Topic chosen for project
ii) Method of approach
iii) Number of data you intend to collect
iv) General outline of your project
You will get my feedback on this by the end of the current academic year.
The next deadline is September 14-2,0 2012 when a detailed first draft is expected.
5/4/2012: Examination 5 analytical solutions were emailed to you yesterday. Please study them and I will answer any remaining questions in class.
3/4/2012: Examination 5 is complete. Analytical solutions will be emailed to you on the evening of April 4, 2012. You will get back your scripts on April 5, 2012 during class.
2/4/2012: Reminder: Tomorrow April 3, 2012, there is Examination #5 in class. Primary coverage: IB Topic 6, corresponding to Ch. 18,19,20 of the book. Review by doing as many questions as you can from the corresponding chapters. Make sure you bring Formulae Booklet and GDC.
27/3/2012: After Easter we will cover IB Topic 3, Sets, Probability, Logic which corresponds to Ch. 13,14,15 of your book. You may do a preliminary reading of the material during the Easter break if you so wish.
27/3/2012: On Thursday March 29, Monday April 2, and Thursday April 5 we will be discussing the Project of the course. You must study the pertinent subject in the Handbook of the course, emailed to you back in September 2011.
27/3/2012: We have finished the contingency tables (matrices) thus finishing the entire IB Topic 6, pertaining to Ch. 18,19,20 of the book. All odd exercises are to be done. The revision is already under way in class preparing for the next Examination 5 to take place on Tuesday April 3, 2012.
20/3/2012: We have finished bivariate analysis (2 variable statistics) and have moved on to Ch.20, contingency tables which wrap up the material of IB Topic 6. At this point we have done the theoretical calculation of chi^2 test and today we have introduced it on the GDC. On Th 22/3/2012 we will do ALL problems on the GDC and this topic will be complete.
7/3/2012: We have finished Ch. 18 and since Monday March 5, we moved on to Ch. 19 (called in your book Bivariate Analysis) more commonly known as Corellation and Regression. This is the corresponding title from Topic 6 in your IB Syllabus. The theoretical material has been covered. Do the odd exercises from your book.
13/2/2012:We began Topic 6 of IB Syllabus, Ch. 18 of your book. Read the chapter, do at least one exercise from each section. preferably an odd.
13/2/2012: Solutions of Midyear exam have been mailed to you since last week. Study them.
Review: The following are recommendations for Mid-year Exam Review
Ch.4: 4.1, 4.2:6, 4.3:3, 4.4:1,2, 4.5:1, 4.6:9
Ch 5: 5.1:1, 5.2:11, 5.3:15, 5.4:3, 5.6:5
Ch 6: 6.1:4,5, 6.2:2,3, 6.3.1:1, 6.3.2:4
Ch 7: 7.1:1, 7.2.1:4, 7.2.2:4, 7.2.3:3, 7.3:2, 7.4.2:1, 7.4:4, 7.6.1:1,2, 7.7:25, 27
Ch 8: 8.1:1,2, 8.2:2,6, 8.3.1:1, 8.6.2:2
Ch 10: 10.1:1, 10.2:1, 10.3:4
Ch 11: 11.1:1,4,5, 11.2:10, 11.3:5, 11.4:4
Ch 12: 12.1.1:5,7,8, 12.1.2:2,5, 12.1.3:6,7, 12.2.1:1,2,5,9, 12.2.2:5,9, 12.2.3:2, 12.3:5
Ch 21: 21.1.1:1, 21.1.2:4, 21.2.1:6, 21.2.2:6, 21.3.2:3, 21.3.3:5, 21.5:45
Technically the review should be on all the ODDS that I have assigned throughout the semester. However, I strongly urge you to do AT LEAST the above. Bring your questions to the Review Sessions on 24, 26/1/2012.
11/1/2012: Quadratics (Ch. 10) will be completed tomorrow. Then I will start Ch.10. Read it and do a few exercises from the odds.
20/12/11: You must review all homeworks and exams that we have done so far over the Christmas break. Do at least 10% of the previously assigned homework.
19/12/11: Ch. 6 is (for the 2nd time) completed. Tomorrow Ch 7. will be redone. You are to do the odd problems from both.
12/12/11: I will begin tomorrow with IB Topic 4 - Functions. This is Ch. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 from the book. However, Ch. 6, 7 have already been covered in the past. They will be reviewed at a fast pace. Start reading Ch. 8.
5/12/11: Ch 21. is complete. Do all (or as many as you can) from the odd numbered problems in Ch. 22.
2/12/11: Solutions for Exam 3 have been emailed and you confirmed reception.
29/11/2011: Solutions for Exam 3 are pending.
29/11/2011: We have started ch 22 on FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS (Topic 8). You may do all problems on section "exchange currencies" and prepare the remaining chapter.
14/11/2011: All sequences and series have been completed. Prepare for exam by doing tomorrow`s work and all questions in your book.
1/11/2011: Read from Ch 12, the geometric sequences and series. Do the odd exercises.
25/10/2011: EXAMINATION 3: On Tuesday November 22, 2011.
25/10/2011: EXAM SOLUTIONS WILL BE E-MAILED TO YOU TODAY. STUDY THEM VERY CAREFULLY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I WILL ANSWER THEM IN CLASS ON 31/10/2011.
24/10/2011: PREPARE FOR EXAM TOMORROW! NATURALLY, THERE ARE NO GEOMETRICAL SEQUENCES IN THE EXAM AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED YET.
17/10/2011: Ch 12, all odd exercises
11/10/2011: Start preparing Ch. 12.
10/10/2011: EXAM 2: October 25, 2011. Covers ALL material until from START until October 24, 2011.
10/10/2011: All exercises in Ch. 7.
5/10/11: GET A GDC!!
5/10/11 Start preparing Ch. 7. Quadratics.
5/10/11 Solutions to Exam 1 will be sent over email.
29/9/2011: Ch. 6 All odds.
26/9/2011: Start Ch. 6. Do as many as you can from the odds.
Examination 1: Tuesday October 4, 2011. All material covered in class until October 3, 2011. (Ch. 4,5,6)
22/9/2011: Do all odds (or at best as many as you can) from Ch. 5.
Remember TI 84 plus (click to read the letter)
15/9/11: Do the odd questions from 4.1 to 4.5 from your book. then do the odds from 4.6.
Mathematics Standard Level
24/4/2012: On April 17, you received solutions of exams M `8, TZ1, M `09, TZ1, M `10, TZ2. On April 18 you received the questions of N `11. On April 23 you received the solutions to it. Your set of exams and solutions is hereby complete. Bring any and ALL questions you have during the revision period.
8/4/2012: On April 7, 2012 you received the analytic solutions of the Revision Set D of your book accompanied by the transcription code to the Ma HL Revision Set C. I strongly advise that you study these exercises carefully, especially the last one.
5/4/2012: Today I will finish Linear Algebra and start the Statistics and Probability review. Notice that I did another review of this topic prior to your mock exams. The entire material will be completed after the Easter break as per school`s schedule.
5/4/2012: With regard to Revision Cycle 3, the analytical solutions of the Revision Set C of your book were sent to you by email. You will need the Transcription code to Ma HL Revision Set E. This was sent to you last weekend along with the solutions of the Revision Set E of your book. On April 7 you will receive the analytical solutions to the Revision Set D of your book along with the appropriate transcription code to the Ma HL book. When this is done the entire Revision Cycle 3 will be complete. I do suggest that you do as many exercises as you can from these Revision Sets. They contain difficult but very rewarding exercises, and the effort is weel spent.
3/4/2012:The examination style preparation, as I have repeatedly explained in class, consists of the following steps.
Step 1: Choose a paper.
Step 2: Answer the paper within 90` . Do not allow any interruptions and/or other distractions. Consult ONLY Formulae Booklet and GDC as appropriate.
Step 3: At the end of 90` stop writing. Change color of pens (Blue to black etc) and CONTINUE working on the paper, this time using ALL available sources, for as long as you want or can.
Step 4: When you think that you can do nothing constructive anymore, stop working, take a short break,open up the file with the solutions, take a RED pen and GRADE yourselves the ORIGINAL work you did. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY GRADE YOUR OWN WORK. Do so fairly!
Step 5: After 48 hours go back to Step 1.
3/4/2012: Today you received per email the examinations of May `08 TZ1, May `09 TZ1, May 10 TZ2 both papers for each. They are supposed to be your MAJOR review over Easter break. Analytical solutions have NOT been sent, on purpose. They will be emailed to you on the evening of April 17, 2012. The November `11 examination will, again on purpose, be emailed to you on April 18, 2012, without solutions again on purpose. Solutions for the November `11 will be emailed to you on April 23, 2012. You should study these papers along with all the others that you already have in examination style preparation.
2/4/2012: During the weekend you received per email the analytical solutions of the exercises Revision Set E of your book along with the necessary transcription code to Ma HL Revision Sets D and E. You now have solutions for Revision Sets A, B, E. The rest will be dealt with during the current week. I VERY strongly advise that you try to do as many exercises of these sets as possible. They are deep and intricate exercise, far from trivial and very strongly recommendable.
20/3/2012: Last week we completed all material prerequisite and needed for the Calculus topic (the largest and most important in your syllabus). During the past weekend you received the solutions of your Revision Set B from your book (SL and HL transcription code). During this week and the next we will cover Calculus which comprises your Revision Set E. Although the solutions to this have been sent to you in the past, I intend to send them again after we finish the topic. The topics Linear Algebra and Statistics/Probability will be covered next.
28/2/2012: You have received as Revision Cycle 3 homework, the Revision Set A of your book along with detailed solutions of these exercises. I strongly advise that you at least read the solutions if you do not solve them yourselves.
13/2/2012: Both portfolio projects are due tomorrow, agreed on Jan 23.
13/2/2012: The Review cycle 1, IB Exams and Solutions is ALWAYS in effect.
13/2/2012: The material covered in Review cycle 3 should be of great help to complete the exercises of Review cycle 2 (problems from your book) set over the Christmas break.
13/2/2012:Review cycle 3 has begun. Subject is the Revision Sets (A through E) of your book. As these are challenging exercises, I will supply analytical solutions. Revision Set E (most important and difficult of all) has been set for work and solutions have been emailed over the weekend. Study them for the next 10 days until next set. (Make sure you understand the Transcription code between HL and SL from your book)
13/2/2012:Questions and Solutions of Mock Exam have been emailed to you since last week. Study them and keep for your records.
24/1/2012: Remember that, as AGREED, I expect the last and FINAL version of the Portfolio (both types) on February 14, 2012.
18/1/2012: Completion of the Binomial Distribution will be effected tomorrow and the Normal on Th 19/1 and Tue/We 24/25/1. Thu 26 will be review and question session.
GFor the Mock Examination ALL Ma SL material as described in the Syllabus will be examined under EXACT IB Examination conditions.
STRONGLY suggest to revise the sent book questions AND MOST IMPORTANT: ALL OLD EXAMINATIONS ALONG WITH THEIR SOLUTIONS WHICH YOU POSSESS SINCE Dec. 23, 2011.
16/1/2012: I will do tomorrow a short review of Discrete Random Variables and I will do the Binomial distribution. On 19, 24, 25/1/2012 I will do the Normal Distribution along with some review. Review session on 26/1/2012. Bring your questions.
11/1/2012: The topic Calculus is now complete. As of tomorrow I will do Binomial Distribution and the week next the Normal Distribution. Then the syllabus will be complete. You must start working on the Exercise Set that I mailed you over the break. You must also start working seriously on the old exams all of which you now have (along with their solutions).
21/12/11: Finish the exercises on Volumes of revolution, areas etc. After the break I will do the kinematical applications. Normal distribution and Binomial is for January 2012 before the mocks. For Christmas break you know what to do! The May 2011 exam which closes the cycle will be emailed today or tomorrow! Season greetings to all!
12/12/11: I will do areas under curves tomorrow. And Volumes of revolution on Thursday. Prepare them from your book, Ch. 22.
7/12/11: Study definite integrals from Ch. 22. Do all odd (or more) problems.
5/12/11: You started receiving the last and final cycle of the IB examinations with solutions. Pay EXTREME attention to them and study them very carefully.
5/12/11: I remind you that IA BOTH projects are due (for 2nd round) on Tue. Dec. 20. You will get feedback after the break and you will turn them in for on a terminal basis at the end of January 2012.
5/12/11: Proceed with Ch. 22 and slowly complete it (in alignment with class) Study the rule of substitution. Do the odd problems.
29/11/2011: Ch 22 has begun. Read the first two sections and do as many exercises as you can. Slowly prepare the rest of the chapter and combine with past papers and solutions at hand.
29/11/2011: Exam 3 solutions are still pending! Hopefully, I will get them pdf soon!
23/11/2011: On November 29 we commence with the study of integration. Start preparing Ch. 22. Read and do some of the easy exercises. There will be more IB Examinations to be emailed to you over the weekend.
16/11/2011: Please study ch. 21.4 and do all odd problems. Will answer questions on Tue 22/11/11.
14/11/2011: Pleas do the work in class (15/11/2011) and take home to complete. Consider it preparation for exam next week.
2/11/2011: Ch 20 is complete. Do all odds. I will answer questions in class.
1/11/2011: Read Ch. 20. Do some (ie as many as you can) exercises from each section. Study the solutions of the exam and ask any questions in class.
24/10/2011: Examination 3 on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24. THIS IS A CUMULATIVE REAL EXAM.
24/10/2011: Absentees, MG, PP, SL, will be taking a modified exam tomorrow. Make arrangements so that you get the information regarding the project to be discussed in class, probably from a classmate of yours.
24/10/2011: Remember to bring a copy of "China" from the project file that I sent you over the weekend. We will be discussing it IN CLASS tomorrow.
17/10/2011: Ch. 19, all odds.
11/10/2011: Read Ch. 19. Try all the odds.
5/10/11 More material will be sent over weekend.
5/10/11 Start ch 18. Derivatives.
5/10/11: Solutions to Exam 1 have been sent over email. Overall class performance was good.
29/9/2011: Examination 2 on Th. October 20, 2011. Material up to 19/10/2011.
29/9/2011: Solutions/copies of Exam 1, by email after Mo. Oct.4, 2011 (A.K. absent)
26/9/11: Start preparing Ch. 18, 19.
26/9/2011: You received exams and solutions for 2002, 2003, 2004. Keep reviewing.
Examination 1 has been set for Sept. 29, 2011. Subject Vectors. (was confirmed in class yesterday 21/9/2011).
19/9/11 : STANDING YEAR-LONG HOMEWORK.
You received General info, Exams and Solutions for 2000, 2001. I expect that you print exam papers and commence with review and further studying of new material. The emails will continue on a regular basis.
19/9/11: Complete Ch. 12. Try all odd exercises (or as many as you can).
19/9/11: Start preparing Linear Equations. Ch.5. Do Topics 4,5 from Study Guide.
