quinnib10 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Hi everybodyy, was just wondering - what is considered to be the hardest topic of the SL course? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Animistic Anaemia Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Uhm I guess it's calculus... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim luffy Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 calculus and integration Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs44 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Personally, I would say Volumes of Revolution (Chapter 28 if you have the Haese and Harris textbook). But it really builds on the previous two posters' topics, basic calculus and integration. If you understand them, it shouldn't be too hard! Good luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avan:) Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 definitely calculus and probablility Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriety Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I would say calculus, more specifically the part dealing with trigonometric and exponential functions. Trigonometry itself is quite hard too. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppincus Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 IMO it would probably have to be probability and statistics, vectors and calculus. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberal Lady Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Out of the lessons I've learned so far this year, vectors was the hardest. We haven't started Calculus yet. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 VECTORS. I did not understand that chapter..at all and probably never will. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Glau Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Calculus Also the log/ln stuff was hard too. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 It's all relative I guess (TOK). Most people have problems with Mathematics; But I feel very insecure about my French. Off Topic: In my class (7 students), we have finished SL Math except for Probability which we will start after march break. Also, we will start HL topics. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
omri Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Definite Integrals can get a tad tricky. Differentiation is pretty simply.Vectors are really annoying.Everything else is quite straightforward. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyboi Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Lol it was all hard for me and that's why I switched to Studies but from what I hear from my friends in Math SL, calculus is by far the hardest topic and what they cover in junior year is easier than what they cover in senior year (aka Calculus) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmi Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Pfft calculus was easy.Vectors.......can go die. I consider vectors to be the hardest part of the SL course. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulareo Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Umm...... I'm still up to Discrete random variables...but...... How hard is calculus??. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outis Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Umm...... I'm still up to Discrete random variables...but...... How hard is calculus??.If u have a fairly good command of mathematics, calculus shouldn't be too hard. Just do the worksheets assigned and try to understand the concepts. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandoon96 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Probability annoys me..... 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus92fan Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I don't know why everyone thinks calculus and vectors are so hard. Vectors are easy. Calculus is easy, I find it really builds on itself, reinforcing it in your mind better. The hardest thing in calculus is probably optimisation and related rates, which can range from not that bad to ugly.Statistics and probability are by far the hardest part of the course. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elpachinobashir Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Probability and Vectors!!!!!!!! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Butter Jelly Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Just wondering, how hard is statistics and probability? My teacher hasn't taught us this yet, saying it was 'quite' easy. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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