Tag: Cambridge
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Student Finds Embarrassing Error in Cambridge Exam
The Cambridge IGCSE is the international equivalent of England’s GCSE, a qualification typically taken by students aged 14 to 16. Recently, a student on Reddit’s AskMath community questioned the official mark scheme for one of the exam’s questions, believing it contained an error. Many other users examined the problem and agreed that the mark scheme…
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Are You Smart Enough To Get Into Cambridge University?
This maths challenge comes from the University of Cambridge. It’s a test for students looking to study computer science and maths-related subjects at the prestigious institution. Specifically, we are tasked with finding the minimum value of a function. There are 6 choices but only 1 is the correct answer. Once again, this is a good…
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A Cambridge University Admission Question
This is question 4 from the Test of Mathematics for University Admission practice paper by the University of Cambridge. The sequence does look a bit scary at first glance, but fret not, writing out the first few terms will help you find the summation from n = 1 to 39. Now I did this in…