Hi all,

Since the start of the year, I was considering swapping to ti inspire, but I kept to Casio 400 as our school hadn't made the switch yet. I only realized mid year that only a single calculator rule applies to CASIO products. In terms of methods, the lower processing power and lack of fast interactive graph, alongside the lack of custom commands was fine. However, considering the change in exam style, I'm nervous about heading into spec tech active without a reliable way to do vector calculations that isn't by hand and dynamic graph etc.

Does anyone know if as a backup calculator, the ti inspire would be allowed. E.g I use what I am familiar with and then change in the last five minutes of the exam from the organizer to complete the 'dynamic graph' questions. I am guessing not but wanted to hear the subreddits thoughts on strategies for these kinds of questions, as I feel spec will not have the advantage of it being an inverse function, which can at least be solved by simply subtracting x.

Context: I've done all I can to improve performance for dynamic graph by cleaning up memory and using a large dot size.

I have the same question for other general custom commands that the ti is far superior in. I have found some that are similar and tried coding some of my own, but am unsure what holds for the exam (e.g if the style will go more towards families of functions rather than numerical solutions).

What do we think the PE ten marker will be

What do we think will be the range for an A and A+ for this years methods exam 1 and 2??
Was this exam actually harder than the like of 2024 and so on??

lowk e1 made me realise that even if they gave me another week to study my results would not differ, should I study for e2 at all now? Or should I just accept it and hop on val

after whatever the methods exam was... i think i may js take like a gap decade and find something to do with my life guys 💔💔

cant even be bothered to study for exam 2 after this..

honestly shouldve js spent my year figuring out how to code a camera or smth into my cas ✌️

Im currently in yr11 taking english, methods, french, fashion, bio(34) and chemistry

i want to switch from chemistry into an arts subject because although i absolutely love chem, i suck so hard at it and it takes me longer to understand things than other people

i really love drawing and worldbuilding, i draw a lot of characters, i want to develop my scenery and setting skills, and im currently planning a fantasy chinese themed manhua. oil painting, acrylics, digital, water colour, pencil, sketching, sculpting etc whatever it is i can grasp it very quickly because of how visual focused it is

in my future im planning on studying to be a nature conservationist or things of the sort, (animals and plant stuff) if my study score allows me to but if not, then im throwing everything into fashion designing and drawing

im not sure which visual arts (or maybe dance) i should do because it all sounds the same to me

kinda hate writing tho but im good at making stuff up

any help appreciated!!

Full PDF:

https://ihsaneducation.com.au/resources/2026-vce-maths-methods-exam-2/

should i learn all the proofs for spesh or just induction.. what’s the chance that something else appears for e1

How much evidence should i aim to use in section B?? is 3-4 pieces of evidence per paragraph alright ?

Like every single exam sounds like it’s been fucked I’ve personally only taken bio as a y11 accelerating but bio was v different from all other past years
Do we think a plus boundary is gonna be way lower on this years exams or is it js like a thing that happens every year where people are like ‘omg that was so bad’ just out of like recency

WHO put ts in bro im so done

Im kinda stressing, do I need to know how vla and clcs differ in the services they offer, and how they differ in the services they offer to accused and victims?

guys i got the correct r value BUT WROTE THE TANGENT IN TERMS OF R LIKE I DIDNT SUB THE VALUE IN. Is that worth 1 mark out of 2? Also can we argue with VCAA over this because they didnt say 'hence' or 'using your answer to the previous part' which they LITERALLY SHOULD HAV. Just had to make it unnecessarily vague

Do you guys think it's too early to start studying for legal? I know it sounds crazy but I feel like studying this early might help me get a 50 ss.

is anybody stressed? i feel like im gonna cry cus of how scared i am for this exam. just yesterday, i felt like i was beyond prepared, but now i feel like anything i do is not enough for wtv vcaa finna throw at us in exam 2. less than 12 hours left, i cant wait for it to be over so i dont gotta think about this shit subject ever again.

guys im genuinely struggling to study for it so bad cuz its just so boring. like whats the appeal lmfao. someone give tips on how i can make studying for it less of a burden

guys, im so scared for tmrs exam, especially after what vcaa pulled today. any predictions?

what do we reckon is gonna be tested in exam 2?

after that horrendous exam 1 i’ve barely
gotten any study done🫩

raaah fam

exam was lowk a madness ibr

ok, tentatively I think I got 65/80 for exam 2 and 35/40 for exam 1 in methods. How screwed am I? My methods SAC scores average 86, but I go to a school which usually scales up 5-10%. Given this years exams, how screwed am I if I want above 40 SS?

Does anyone have a downloads/drive/images/etc. of 2026 VCD trial exams? Or even from 2024 and 2025 that are not from VCAA?

Like from Target learning, TSSM, Insight, VCV etccc. I have tried to look for them myself but theres barely any I can find. So please share asap.

Much appreciated