Some candidates finished the Math exam for the 2025 high school graduation exam and cried, saying that the Math exam was difficult. So is the Math exam for the 2025 high school graduation exam really difficult? Mr. Tuan Anh, a Math teacher at Thu Duc High School (HCMC), analyzed the Math exam in detail.

According to Mr. Tuan Anh, the 2025 High School Graduation Math exam is the first official math exam that marks a major change in the philosophy of student assessment. In the past years, despite the change from essay problems to multiple choice problems, the Math exam still mainly assessed students' calculation skills, mathematical transformation techniques, and even tricks and tips in the problems.

The Math exam for the 2025 high school graduation exam according to the new program (2018 program) has a clear difference from the form and structure of the Math exam (in terms of question types, there are additional true-false questions, short answer questions) to the philosophy of student assessment: Switching to assessing the application of Mathematics in practice, solving practical situations using mathematics, not getting caught up in calculation techniques that are not related to reality. Teacher Tuan Anh analyzed the Math exam for the 2025 high school graduation exam, specifically as follows:

Regarding the structure: The official exam has the same structure as the reference exam, consisting of three parts. Multiple choice questions (12 questions), true or false questions (4 questions), short answer questions (6 questions). Thus, the structure is exactly according to the reference exam given by the Ministry of Education and Training.

On innovation under the 2018 Program: The 2025 high school graduation math exam is designed according to the 2018 General Education Program. This is the first time the math exam has a structure with additional true-false questions and short answer questions. The content of the questions is also oriented according to the requirements of the new program for students, not getting lost in mathematical techniques, orienting mathematical thinking closely related to practice, students know how to apply mathematics in practice, ...

Difficulty of the exam: The 2025 High School Graduation Math exam has a certain level of difficulty (in terms of scoring points) because the new structure no longer has additional points of luck due to the cheating factor (previous year's exams had 50 multiple choice questions with 4 options), true-false questions cause students to lose points (compared to if they answered the questions correctly) if they make many mistakes.

On the other hand, the difficulty of the test can also be felt from the difference in the questions, from reading Math questions with a short number of words to reading and solving questions with many words, in a short time. Even for easy questions, reading and summarizing to understand the requirements of the problem takes quite a lot of time and also requires time to process information.

The classification questions of the test belong to the true-false question section and the short answer question section, in which the most difficult question belongs to the combination question section.

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Tears after the final math exam.

Regarding the level of differentiation of the questions: The 2025 High School Graduation Math exam has a fairly good classification, partly because there is no longer a chance factor and the questions have many high requirements for students (requirements for mathematical modeling, applying mathematics to handle real-life situations, perseverance, etc.).

Practical problems are the main focus: The exam has integrated many questions using practical materials such as: Advertising messages, charity fundraising, business profits, secret letters, etc. This is a positive sign in accordance with the 2018 program, encouraging students to apply mathematical knowledge to solve problems in life, students see the practical meaning of mathematics.

Difficult questions, questions with good and excellent scores are problems with practical elements that show the main nature of practical problems in this year's exam.

Effective in student assessment: The 2025 Math exam structure will assess students more closely than the 50 multiple choice question format of previous years. With the previous 50 multiple choice question format, students also have "blind points", so the exam scores of candidates are not close to reality. Meanwhile, with the 2025 Math exam structure, the true-false question section is also a good initiative in assessing and selecting students. For short answers, if you cannot do it, the probability of getting a score is considered zero, there is no more blind points from luck.

Mr. Tuan Anh emphasized that the 2025 High School Graduation Math exam clearly demonstrates the innovations according to the 2018 General Education Program, especially in terms of structure with new question types (true-false, short answer). The exam has a good differentiation, requiring candidates not only to have a solid grasp of knowledge but also to have the ability to apply, think logically and solve practical problems. The integration of practical elements is a big plus, helping the exam to be closer to life and in the right direction to assess students' abilities. However, the difficulty is considered to have increased, which can put pressure on some candidates, especially those who are not familiar with new question types and high applicability.

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