Ho Chi Minh City's 10th grade math exam concluded on the morning of 2/6, with approximately 151,000 candidates completing the test.
Most candidates have now finished the public 10th grade entrance exam. Over 11,300 students will compete for specialized and integrated classes, taking their respective 150-minute exams this afternoon.
Detailed solutions for the exam problems were provided by a panel of educators. The experts include Vo Quoc Ba Can, Nguyen Le Phuoc, and Nguyen Tien Dung from Archimedes Academy, Hanoi; Tran Duc Hieu from Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted; Phan Quang Linh from Giang Vo Secondary School; Vu Minh Duc, Nguyen Van Quy, and Dao Phuc Long from CMATH club; and Tran Quang Do from the Institute of Mathematics.
Problem one:
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Ho Chi Minh City candidates taking the 10th grade public school entrance exam at Dong Da Secondary School on 1/6. *Photo: Thanh Tung* |
Problem two:
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Admission scores for general 10th grade classes are calculated as the sum of scores from three subjects, plus any priority or incentive points. For specialized classes, the formula involves the total score of the three aforementioned subjects with a coefficient one, combined with the specialized subject score with a coefficient two.
Last year, before the merger, out of about 76,000 candidates in the Ho Chi Minh City area, 36 achieved a perfect score in math. Approximately 63% of the exam papers scored above average, with 7 being the most common score, achieved by over 4,500 students.
The city's general 10th grade cut-off scores ranged from 10.5 to 24.5 out of 30, with Tran Dai Nghia Secondary and High School leading. In the specialized block, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted's Biology class had the highest entrance score, at 37.5 out of 50 points, while other specialized classes generally required 27 or above.
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Thanh Hang
