These are form five chapters or form four ?

I'm pretty okay with Physics , Chemistry , Maths and Add Maths .
Just need to brush up on light , salts , manufactured substances in industry and solutions of a triangle .

The same can't be said about Biology and Sejarah though . May need to do some intensive studying on the later chapters of Biology and also the long Islamic Civilisation chapters .

You've covered your Biology and Chemistry chapters already ? All of them ? Wow , you're fast .

I procrastinate a lot , and distractions here and there tempt me all the time . Especially with the internet and non-SPM books lying around .

Done . I hope you'll contribute something though , discussions , questions , new findings or updates and etc . How's your SPM prep going ?

I've got the plannings/head-cracking stuff done earlier , most probably it would be either preparing for my SAT / Pre-U or scholarship hunting .

Wow , L.I.E . I wanted to take it , but after taking into account that there isn't any tutor around my area for L.I.E , I gave up . I took Ekonomi instead .

But around November I got the info from my friend saying that there is an experienced L.I.E tutor in close proximity . Gahh .

Before including your username in the list , I need to confirm , you're taking 10 subjects ?

Now there's PMR , SPM 2012 , SPM 2013 and Form Four 2013 running concurrently .

It's an unofficial tradition that the SPM Thread be kept running before the announcement of the results . After that it dies off or will be closed by the TS .

I don't get the part about equating B to one of the roots of the first equation . Any hints ? Should the second cubic equation be solved also ?

The question isn't about proving the second equation ? They want us to find the root the fits the B equation ?

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Added on December 22, 2012, 9:56 pmOh I kinda got it : Since B is a root of the first equation , if 1 fits the second equation , we have shown that the second equation is indeed true . Haha . Thanks by the way .

This post has been edited by maximR: Dec 22 2012, 09:56 PM

After hours of revision , I've finally finished my form four Chemistry . Phew . Salts wasn't that bad after all . (=

Now , for Physics ...

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Added on December 30, 2012, 10:26 pmIf you can handle Biology , Physics shouldn't be a problem , right ? The hardest science paper ( difficulty in scoring an A+ ) is Biology . The experiments are way more simple than Chem and Bio too . A question : Done memorising the experiments in Bio ? And done with the Nutrition chapter ?

This post has been edited by maximR: Dec 30 2012, 10:26 PM

I don't see why people are saying that Salts requires a lot of memorising . In fact , if your basic is good , only a little memorising is necessary .

Study in chunks : That's what I did .

Start with solubility of salts . Then methods of preparing soluble salts ( very important to know the procedures well -- you will be asked in the essay section ) . If you're done , you can start studying method of preparing insoluble salts ( this is fairly easy , choose 2 soluble salts where the product will be insoluble , hint : choose a nitrate salt and add a potassium or sodium salt ) .

Then , jump to the qualitative analysis of salts ( stoichiometry , this is easy if you still remember how to balance equations and do some calculations involving chemical reactions , you should be able to cover this in no time ) .

With that aside , start with the gas tests ( oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen dioxide , etc ) which will help you in determining the presence of anions in a salt compound .

Go on with anion tests ( again , pretty easy -- only four of them . )

Cation tests have may be a bit tricky -- you should know the colours of ions , copper ( II ) blue , iron ( II ) green , iron ( III ) brown , zinc -- yellow when hot , white when cold , lead -- brown when hot , yellow when cold , lead ( II ) oxide -- black , copper ( II ) carbonate - green , potassium manganate ( VI ) purple , etc ) .

Then all you have left are the solubility tests using NaOH and ammonium solutions , these are the important ones . Also remember specific tests like Nessler's reagent , potassium hexacyanoferrate ( II ) , potassium iodide ( to test for the presence of lead ( II ) ions which forms a yellow insoluble salt ) .

That's about it . You got to refresh every day after reading this chapter by reading short notes , even after multiple readings I still am not 100 % sure of certain things , and I'd have to refresh later ( I've left my Chemistry aside for four days now -- concentrating on Physics ) .

All the best !

If you specify your question , just a bit , I think I can . Which chapter are you having trouble with ?

Modification and justification involves more answering technique / common sense than Physics concepts , to be honest .

My advice would be to use tables to answer these questions . Modification on one side , and the reason on the other . The reasons needn't be complex , just think simple . For example :

Modification : The car should be made of low density carbon fibre
Reason : Light and strong , enable car to move faster

It is that simple . Look at trial answer schemes and SPM answer schemes . Looks like your problem is more on answering techniques rather than your understanding on Physics . Don't worry , most of us are still not sure of the answering techniques for all the subjects , I'm sure we'll get there before SPM .

Resolution of forces involves the breaking up of forces into their components -- sorry man , I can't help you here because it gets technical when there are more than two forces involved . Maybe posting a question here would help . You just need to practice more on this , plus make sure your basic trigonometry knowledge is there ; without it you can't do much . Is your Maths good ? If you are , you should be able to grasp this quite easily .

Again , you're being too general . What Archimedes ? The person ? His principle on buoyancy ? Calculations involving buoyant force ? Apparent weight and actual weight ?

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Added on December 31, 2012, 8:44 pmIf you can remember the names of game characters , you should be able to know all the colours of important ions pretty easily .

Don't rush , you have ample time before SPM . Take your time and take it one step at a time .

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Added on December 31, 2012, 8:45 pmYup . It was in the news some time ago .

This post has been edited by maximR: Dec 31 2012, 08:45 PM

Slow is better than not knowing anything before SPM .

The application parts don't come easy , friend . Even I , who claim to be passionate about Physics , have to read the applications part multiple times to get them right -- especially the hydraulic brakes part , aneroid barometer , etc .

Do you have good teachers ?

Simple answer : I understand . I rarely memorise anything in Physics , with F = ma as an exception ( if you would want to call it memorising , I remember all of the form four equations due to frequent encounters with them when practising calculation questions . )

I try to understand even the equations , like impulsive force , when time of impact increases , the overall impulsive force decreases , and then relate it to the equation . I ask myself , why , when throwing a ball upwards , the gravitational acceleration must be negative ; when going downwards , positive ; when involving both upwards + downwards motion , it's taken to be negative . I ask questions all the time -- I think this is an integral and a healthy attitude that must be in everyone when studying Physics .

It's official , THE BATTLE BEGINS HERE .

SPM 2013 , peeps !

These questions just won't stop , will they ? There are some issues regarding not reading previous posts, no matter how many times I've reiterated the fact that there are similar questions with answers .
I'd leave these for you to answer then , if you can tolerate them .

I've a question for you that cropped up :

Where do you learn the techniques of answering Biology Paper 3 ?

You're from DJ right ?

This may be random , but Sekolah Tinggi Kluang is a great school for STPM .