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Thread ID: 75000	2006-12-13 02:48:00	Ncea Maths	Dally (6292)	PC World Chat

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506364	2006-12-14 08:11:00	The interest is not compounded. It would have said in the question. You need to answer maths questions with only the information given and do not assume something like compounding. I agree in part, that the question must contain all of the information necessary to answer the question, but that must be without ambiguity and the meaning of the question must be absolutely clear, require no assumptions unless those assumptions are stated, i.e "you may assume that......" and all facts necessary to correctly answer the question must be present. As an ex national examiner (for 10 years) with sole responsibility for the writing and marking of four tertiary papers critical to qualification and the right to practice in the candidates' chosen field, I believe I am qualified to say with some authority that the NCEA question we have been considering is poorly worded, inadequately or incompetently moderated and unfair to students. Nothing further needs to be said, but I have no doubt that more will. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth:	Billy T (70)
506365	2006-12-14 10:11:00	Ah, but them wiv a mathamjic kumpuder chewder would be like 5,000,000% happya gedn it dun. It's advertised, so it must be good	R2x1 (4628)
506366	2006-12-14 10:21:00	If I remember correctly, the money after 2.5 years was exactly the same, obviously the latter i.e. The 6 month plan is better because if you choose to withdraw early, you don't wait so long for your interest to be paid back. I think I failed some of those math papers though... :(	Cornot (10386)
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