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A-Math: Differentiation & Integration Application : Examples of Typical Kinematics Questions
4 Comments · Posted by alwaysLovely in A-Math, Exam Matters, The A-Math Book, Weekly Question
I was looking through 2008 GCE O Level Additional Mathematics Exam Papers (Subject Code: 4038) and as expected, there was a Kinematics question (worth 6 marks) in Paper 1.
Kinematics is a application topic for Differentiation and Integration. To master this topic, you do not necessarily need to bring in your physics knowledge though it could be useful at times.
Instead, how I get my students to be a master in this topic is to be familiarize with a KINEMATICS VOCABULARY LIST.
Here’s some of the vocabulary words that are useful and common:
- Momentarily at rest, instantaneously at rest, changes direction of motion, stationary
- Initial displacement, initial velocity, initial acceleration
- Greatest displacement, greatest velocity, greatest acceleration
- Distance travelled in the 4th second VS Distance travelled in the first 4 seconds
- Maximum distance from Point O
- Particle returns to Point O
- Constant Velocity
I would say for Kinematics, it is one of the few topics in A-Math which uses extensive vocabulary. This is also the reason for you to decipher the meaning behind these words.
So do you know the meaning behind these words? I would love to hear about it in the comments section.
I have also taken a few questions from my A-Math TREQ book(Topical Real Exam Questions) to illustrate some common exam questions on Kinematics, further highlighting the importance of knowing your Kinematics well. (Click on the image for bigger view)
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Mr Jeya · April 29, 2010 at 9:04 am
Being an O level and A level teacher in Brunei, I find
your approach towards all topics in Maths is excellent
We big brains think alike.
Keep up the good work Ai Ling Wong.
From Mr Jeya Brunei.
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alwaysLovely Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Mr Jeya, I’m honoured by your comment.
Thank you. I look forward to learning from you.
Do drop me an email, we can explore more.
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n zubair · August 3, 2010 at 11:19 pm
The best way i explain to my students is by taking different examples. let say a particle starting from the origin and travelling in the positive x axis and after time t1 returning (vel is zero ) and coming back towards the origin and again stopping ( vel zero ) and the distance increasing the positive x axis… or coming back towards the origin and again stopping (vel zero)this time behind the origin ,negative x axis and back again returning toward the +x axis..some times the starting point is +2 instead of origin or -2 etc..
i do different case study before doing the questions and make them to come out with their own problems.finding the total distance travelled in a given time is a tricky one because in some cases you have to see whether it has gone up to the maximum and returning. I can explain better verbally.Bye
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