NSW year 12 students said this math test was ‘ridiculously hard’. How would you have done?

Some students say they are thinking of ‘backup uni course options’ after Monday exams but tutor says test was ‘comparable to previous years’

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Year 12 students in New South Wales have taken to social media to say they are “thinking about backup courses” after sitting the “ridiculously hard” HSC maths exam on Monday.

On Monday, around 60,000 students across the state sat the mathematics advanced, standard one, standard two, and extension two papers.

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What is 4.26819 when rounded to 3 decimal places?

A. 4.26

A tap is dripping at the rate of 4mL per minute. Which expression shows how many litres this would amount to in one year?

A. (4 × 1000)/(60 × 24 × 365)