After last year's HSC Extension 2 maths exam finished with one of the hardest questions students had ever encountered, the class of 2019 was anticipating the worst before last Friday's assessment.

Renowned for setting final questions so difficult even top mathematicians have to pause for thought, this year the script has flipped on the HSC’s most challenging exam. While peers in the standard ...

Each year, the toughest HSC maths exam ends in a question notorious for its sheer difficulty, often stumping even the state’s best students. The blistering heat on Wednesday afternoon was no deterrent ...