Graphs worth no marks (1 Viewer)

[<METALHEAD>]

There are in a lot of past papers questions which ask you to copy out the graph shown, especially in 3unit. They give no marks for this and often the questions can be worked out by looking at the graph already given. This seems like a waste of time to me, should i bother copying out those graphs if it is allocated no marks?

 

[Jumbo Cactuar]

I think that is so you don't end up scribbling all over your pretty book of past papers (which they woulda been reproduced for).

Can it hurt?

You aren't gonna be asked in the real thing to do stuff for no marks, but then again you aren't going to use that paper more than once!

 

[<METALHEAD>]

Right, yeh i meant if they did that in the exam.

 

[ND]

I'm not really sure, but maybe they only do it when no scale is given on the axes, so then you would have to copy it, otherwise they don't know what you're doing.

 

[freaking_out]

u know the best and quickest way is to just trace the graph onto ya answer paper...

 

[<METALHEAD>]

Thats not a bad idea... Depends on the thickness of the paper tho.

 

[Hotdog1]

I've never thought about that. Great Idea!

 

[ezzy85]

the graphs are usually too small to work with, so i make them huge on my page. if they ask you to sketch, theres probably a reason and itll most likely help. for me, it seems to help because i see the different circle geo properties more clearly.

 

[Lazarus]

They can't deduct marks from questions where no marks have been allocated.

They instruct you to copy your graph for your own benefit - it, more often than not, assists you in understanding the question and allows you to 'evolve' the graph with the question by marking other relevant key features on it.