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A-Math: Kinematics Vocabulary List on Displacement, Velocity & Acceleration (Includes a printable note)

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Many students don't like the topic in A-Math known as 'Kinematics'. My guess is that it is linked closely to Physics which is a subject not favourited by many too.

To be able to understand Kinematics, I always get my students to be familiar with what I call a 'Kinematics Vocabulary List'. [Click here to download a printable note]

I hope you find this list useful. I would like to hear from you how you find Kinematics in Differentiation & Integration. Do you like it or dislike it? Leave me a comment.

A-Math-KinematicsVocabList

A-Math: Kinematics Step by Step Solution (Strategy To Answer Distance Question Correctly)

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In the previous post on the typical questions on Kinematics, I am going to show up the step by step solution to answer a typical Kinematics exam question taken from my A-Math TREQ Book.

Things to take note:

  1. How to get the acceleration equation?
  2. What does it mean by 'momentarily at rest' ?
  3. How to find greatest velocity?
  4. *How to find distance accurately (using a diagram, I called it DD-Diagram; Displacement Distance Diagram)

Every year and in almost every paper, you will be asked to find Distance. The examiners are testing on your understanding of displacement, displacement, momentarily at rest. You must learn how to find it accurately and within the shortest period of time.

Learn from this example well!

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