IB . Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Hello IBers, I have recently finished my Math EE. However, my word count is over the 4000 word limit. I have found that I used many textboxes so that I can label my screen captures with "Figure x". Also, I used many symbols such as " C1 " (to label the objects in a plane) since my topic is in geometry. I was wondering about what defines a "word" in a maths essay. I have read the EE guidelines which say that the limit does not include: · the abstract· acknowledgements· the contents pages· maps, charts, diagrams, annotated illustrations and tables· the references/bibliography· appendices· EQUATIONS, FORMULAS, AND CALCULATIONS In maths, C1 isn't an equation nor is a formula; I have used it to denote an object in a geometric plane. Therefore, does this count in the word count? Also, I don't see anything about captions/textboxes not being included in the word limit. Help would be very much appreciated. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameera95 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 the text boxes with "figure x" don't count, it is the body of your essay which counts. If you're annotating your diagrams with C1, as you said you've labelled the objects in a plane, then that shouldn't count either, but if you're using it in your actual essay then it probably does count. I hope this helps 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB . Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 the text boxes with "figure x" don't count, it is the body of your essay which counts. If you're annotating your diagrams with C1, as you said you've labelled the objects in a plane, then that shouldn't count either, but if you're using it in your actual essay then it probably does count. I hope this helps Thank you very much! Your comment very much helped me! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameera95 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 the text boxes with "figure x" don't count, it is the body of your essay which counts. If you're annotating your diagrams with C1, as you said you've labelled the objects in a plane, then that shouldn't count either, but if you're using it in your actual essay then it probably does count. I hope this helps Thank you very much! Your comment very much helped me! No problem, happy to help! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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