Algebra | MAT livestream 2024

The Oxford MAT Livestream is a weekly livestream talking about maths problems and discussing problem-solving strategies, with a particular focus on Oxford's Mathematics Admissions Test (MAT).
0:00 Intro
4:35 Revision
32:05 Revision Qs
1:05:10 MAT 2014 Q1A
1:13:20 MAT 2014 Q1G
1:24:43 MAT 2015 Q2
1:48:00 MAT 2011 Q3
2:03:20 Questions and wrap-up
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[@VioletBrown-bp3oq]

Will the 2-mark and 3-mark multiple choice questions be designed to be quicker and/or easier than the 4 mark questions? Will the 4-mark questions be a similar difficulty to past multiple choice questions and the 2/3 mark questions easier/quicker? Or is another system being used?

[@OxfordMathematicsPlus]

No comment on the difficulty of the questions, sorry! I'll note that we compare candidates' scores to the average score, so that if the average score ends up being a bit higher or lower than the previous year, that doesn't make any difference to the admissions process. ^James

[@namesurname-rr5ym]

Hello, thank you for the lesson. By the way, you look like Tobey Maguire.😁

[@Mathophilia007]

wIll we know the marks allotted to the MCQ questions

[@OxfordMathematicsPlus]

Yes, it's displayed as part of each question. ^James

[@user-ph8kg1uj8e]

Q12: is it not just (3/10) * (7/9)? As in 3/10 is probability for 1st contestant to be chosen and 7/9 is probability for 2nd one not to be chosen.

[@OxfordMathematicsPlus]

That gives you the right answer, but why have you said 7/9 rather than 7/10? So yes, but I disagree with the word just! 7/9 is the probability of something quite subtle - it's the probability for the 2nd contestant not to be chosen given that the 1st contestant has already been chosen, which is a bit harder to explain. ^James