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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rafqa Touma and Caitlin Cassidy

DARK SECRETS: These hsc maths exam questions left many nsw students baffled how many can you answer | Rare Historical Photos

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Reactions to the first HSC maths exams ranged from ‘what the actual hell’ to ‘I was holding in tears’. Photograph: Maryna Terletska/Getty Images

“WTF was that exam,” was the resounding sentiment of HSC students in New South Wales after Monday’s mathematics papers.

More than 60,000 students sat exams across Mathematics Standard 1 and 2, Mathematics Advanced and Mathematics Extension 2. Mathematics Extension 1 students have to wait another week to sit their exam.

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