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Maths Standard 2 mock exam
Higher School Certificate Examination - Mathematics Standard 2. Sit it in one block, time yourself with the on-screen clock, then self-mark against the model answers.
Paper structure from the official NESA page.
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Paper at a glance
Reading time
10 min
Working time
150 min
Total marks
100
Sections
2
| Section | Questions | Marks | Recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section I - Objective response | 15 | 15 | 25 min |
| Section II - Free response | 25 | 85 | 125 min |
Before you start
What this mock covers
- Section I - Objective response: 15 multiple-choice questions, auto-marked when you submit.
- Section II - Free response: 25 short-answer questions (85 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
20 syllabus dot points covered
Syllabus dot points examined in this paper:
- Annuities, future value and superannuation for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Area of a triangle using two sides and the included angle for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Blood alcohol content (BAC) for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Break-even analysis and linear cost or revenue models for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Compound interest and investments for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Critical path analysis: precedence tables and minimum project duration for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Exponential models for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Linear models for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Minimum spanning trees and Prim's algorithm for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Network terminology and graph representations for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Pearson's correlation coefficient $r$ for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Rates, unit conversions and the unitary method for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Ratios, scale drawings and the trapezoidal rule for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Reciprocal models and inverse variation for HSC Maths Standard 2
- Simple interest for HSC Maths Standard 2
- The cosine rule for HSC Maths Standard 2
- The least-squares regression line for HSC Maths Standard 2
- The sine rule for HSC Maths Standard 2 (including the ambiguous case)
- Wages, salaries and overtime for HSC Maths Standard 2
- z-scores, standardisation and comparing normal distributions for HSC Maths Standard 2
Multiple-choice questions are drawn from the Critical path analysis (HSC Maths Standard 2), Financial mathematics (HSC Maths Standard 2), The normal distribution (HSC Maths Standard 2) quizzes.
Your answers, the clock and your self-marks save on this device as you go, so a reload picks up where you left off.