First time taking math test under new 'impossible to fail' program, what are candidates afraid of?

As the first year of structural innovation to suit the new program, this year's math test is divided into 3 parts: multiple choice test, true-false test and short answer test.

A candidate "checks in" before the high school graduation exam in math.

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According to information from the Ministry of Education and Training, the math test will have 3 parts. Part 1 includes multiple-choice questions, with 4 options to choose 1 correct answer. For each correct answer, the candidate will receive 0.25 points. Part 2 includes 4 true/false multiple-choice questions, all correct answers will receive 1 point (each question has a different score). The final part is 6 short-answer multiple-choice questions, with each correct answer, the candidate will receive 0.5 points.

With this new exam structure, some candidates told Thanh Nien that they "cannot completely lose" like in previous years' exams. This is a disadvantage, but it also helps differentiate more clearly the abilities of candidates.

At the exam site of Ban Co Secondary School (HCMC), Phi Minh Tuan, a student at Marie Curie High School (HCMC), said that the structure of this year's math exam has a high level of differentiation because there are many new parts such as short essays and true-false multiple choice questions. "In particular, the short essay part of the exam does not require writing, we just need to fill in the answer in the form of numbers in the blanks," the male student shared.

Having taken part in solving math problems on Casio calculators, Tuan believes that even if the exam structure changes, mathematical thinking and memorizing mathematical formulas will still be the key ways to study for high scores, along with learning how to solve problems quickly on a calculator. According to the male student, the true-false multiple choice test requires students to deeply understand the problem and use the correct data to solve it.

Cute moment of mother and daughter in front of the exam school gate

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Agreeing with Minh Tuan, Phan Hoang Nhat Dang, a student at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School (HCMC), said that the multiple choice test would have the highest differentiation because "Each question is a long math problem, I have to solve it all to know if it's right or wrong, plus there's a special way to calculate the score," the male student shared.

In this exam, Nhat Dang plans to focus on the questions that are “sure to score” and take less time first, such as multiple choice questions, and then do the questions with higher differentiation, such as true-false questions. Dang added that he has a “special strategy” of solving the questions by hand instead of using a calculator, because “even though it takes a little longer, I am used to it so the correct rate will be more certain.”

Le Dien Thieu Tuoc, a student at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School (HCMC), confessed that he was most afraid of the short answer section because it had the most difficult questions. “Today, I prioritized doing the easy questions first, leaving the difficult ones for later. I hope to get 7 points in this subject,” said the student, who plans to take the entrance exam for the mechanical engineering major at the University of Technology (Ho Chi Minh City National University).

Candidates enter the exam site with excitement.

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This afternoon, June 26, candidates nationwide will take the high school graduation exam in mathematics until 4 p.m. Tomorrow, June 27, candidates will take the optional exam (with the new program) and the natural science and social science exam (with the old program). By the afternoon of June 27, only candidates with the old program will continue to take the foreign language exam.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lan-dau-thi-toan-theo-chuong-trinh-moi-khong-the-lui-thi-sinh-so-phan-nao-185250626155701027.htm