High School Math Exam 'Easy', Many Candidates Likely to Get High Scores

After the second exam, candidates at the Vinh city exam site walked out of the exam room in the pouring rain. Although the movement was quite difficult, many candidates were quite optimistic about their exam.

Many parents in Vinh city wait for their children in the rain. Photo: Duc Anh

The rain made it difficult for candidates to move around. Photo: Duc Anh

Student Nguyen Thi To Nhu - Huynh Thuc Khang High School said: This year's exam was easy, equivalent to the previous year's exam sets and as the Ministry said, "the real exam has a similar structure and is easier than the reference exam. I also found this exam easier than the exam set of the Department of Education and Training."

This candidate also said: From question 1 to question 35 are easy questions at the recognition and understanding level for those taking the graduation exam. The last 15 questions have a different level, in which questions 35 - 45 are for students with average academic ability. The last 5 questions are difficult, I did all of them but I am not sure if they were correct. I think with this question, I got 80% of the test correct. There are also no questions with strange elements or that puzzle students.

Candidates discuss their answers after the Math exam. Photo: My Ha

Students taking the Math exam this afternoon at Co Do High School (Nghia Dan) commented: This year's Math exam has a high level of classification, students who study carefully can complete the basic questions. For good students, this exam is an opportunity for them to demonstrate their abilities.

Candidates in Thai Hoa town exchange papers after the Math exam. Photo: Minh Thai

Candidate Tran Doan Trang - student of Co Do High School said: The test has 50 questions, about 2/3 of which are quite easy for most students, within their ability and close to the sample test. But the last 10 questions are very difficult. I expect to get about 7 points, to get 8 points or more, I have to review all types of questions carefully.

This year's Math exam has 50 questions and is 5 pages long. Photo: My Ha

Meanwhile, candidate Thai Thi Hien, who took the exam at 1/5 High School, said: "I took the natural science exam, but I personally found the questions from number 40 onwards difficult and riddled with questions, especially the questions about graphs and logarithmic functions, the questions about finding sets, and the questions about antiderivatives... Almost all of my classmates could not do this question."

Candidates at the exam site of Quy Chau High School. Photo: Luong Nga.

For this year's Math exam, many candidates at Quy Chau High School exam site assessed that it was much easier than last year, most of them did quite well. Commenting on this year's exam, Le Xuan Tung, a candidate at Quy Chau High School exam site said: I registered for admission to Hanoi University of Science and Technology, so I reviewed the subjects of group A very carefully, especially Math. In my opinion, this year's exam is very suitable, the knowledge focuses on what the teachers teach. I am confident that I will get over 9 points.

Tran Thi Ha My, also one of the candidates at Quy Chau High School, said: I like the Geometry test the most, it is easy to get a perfect score. This year, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, it has greatly affected our review, however, the knowledge in this year's test is not too difficult and is mainly learned every day in class, so it is relatively easy for me.

Candidates at the exam site of Nguyen Sy Sach High School. Photo: An Nam

At the Nguyen Sy Sach High School exam site in Thanh Duong Commune (Thanh Chuong), after the second exam session, many students walked out of the exam site in an unhappy mood. Nguyen Thi Trang, a student in class 12C5, said: For me, the math exam was moderately difficult. Out of 50 questions, I can only confirm that I got about 30 correct, the rest I marked subjectively, not sure if they were right or wrong. I predict that my answer will be about 6 points.

Also in a bad mood, Nguyen Huu Phi, a student of class 12C8, shared: “The math test this afternoon was a bit difficult, I could only do the first 25 questions, I randomly circled the next 25 questions. Overall, my test was only average, I was afraid I wouldn’t get 5 points. I saw many of my classmates saying that they didn’t do well on the test” – Phi said.

Candidates at the exam site of Con Cuong High School. Photo: Ba Hau.

After 90 minutes of taking the test, most of the candidates leaving the exam room said that this year's test had clear differentiation, however, if they reviewed carefully, average students could still achieve an average score of 5-6 points or higher.

After the exam, Vi Thi Suong, a student at Con Cuong High School, commented that this year's Math exam was highly differentiated. There were difficult questions to classify excellent students to get 9 and 10 points. Specifically, questions 1 to 41 are suitable for all students, average students can also do them. Only students with good academic performance can do questions from 41 onwards. However, the exam questions were mainly in the curriculum that we had reviewed, if we reviewed carefully, average students can also do 60% of the exam well. As for me, I majored in social sciences, so I got about 5-6 points in Math.

Candidates at the exam site of Quynh Luu 1 High School. Photo: Hong Dien.

In Quynh Luu district, Ngo Quang Truat - class 12A1, Quynh Luu 1 High School said: This year's Math test is relatively easy compared to last year. I did the first 40 questions quite quickly, but I saw some differentiation in the last 10 questions. Therefore, to be able to do the last questions, students need to read the questions carefully, think logically, and come up with scientific solutions to calculate the results accurately. For me, I did 100% of the questions, but I expect to only get 8 points.

Candidates from Do Luong district. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

In Do Luong district, candidates left the exam site in pouring rain. However, they were all very excited because they had finished the exam. Many students assessed that the exam was not difficult and within their ability.

Nguyen Thi Huong, a student of class 12D1, Do Luong 1 High School, said: "I did 45/50 questions, and my classmates also did well." According to a quick survey, most students said that the last 5 questions were quite difficult. Le Sy Sang, a student of class 12D3, shared: "I only did 45 questions, but that's still very happy, meeting the requirements I set."

Some students who are good at Math said that every exam code has some difficult questions, for example, exam code 116 has 3 very difficult questions 44, 45, 49. Nguyen Nhu Hoang, a student in class 12D, happily said: "I'm sure I will get a score of 9".

The exam ended in heavy rain, but at the exam sites in Do Luong district, the security forces worked very well, preventing traffic jams.

According to the report of the Department of Education and Training, at the end of the first day of the 2021 High School Graduation Exam in Nghe An province, 31 candidates were absent from the exam. However, no candidates or exam staff violated the exam regulations. There were no unusual incidents at the exam sites. The exam took place normally, safely, and in accordance with regulations.