Almost 3500 Year 12 pupils were challenged with one of the “toughest” problems to ever feature on the higher-level exam, designed to challenge Australia’s most advanced mathematical students. Students ...

An extra booklet for Standard maths students at the beginning of the exam befuddled some students while a bizarre extended question about crickets chirping left them utterly confused. This year’s ...

Year 12 maths students have scratched their heads through a series of HSC exam papers so tricky that one question alone took Australia’s most famous maths teacher three attempts to solve. The 2024 ...

Success in Maths Standard 2 was all about mind over matter for the state’s top ranked student. See his tips for your trial HSC exam. Mario Baroud, a 2022 graduate of Marist College in Kogarah, was ...

While peers in the standard and advanced maths courses were left “in tears” by their own maths papers, Cherrybrook Technology High School Extension 2 students Aditya Patel, 17, and Xinda Zhar, 18, ...

And one in particular has become the subject of intense backlash – and memes – after countless students struggled to answer it at all. The issue arose after the syllabus was tweaked by the NSW ...