How to prepare for Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Maths Exam

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Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Maths

Paper 1

Substitute values & evaluate (10 marks) Question 2(a)
Solve or Transpose Equation (10 marks) Question 3(a)
Simultaneous Equations (20 marks) Question 2(b) or 3(b)
Factor Theorem (20 marks) Question 2 or 3, (b) or (c)
Differentiate by rule (10 marks) Question 7(a)
Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Chain Rule (20 marks) Question 7(b)
Distance, Speed & Acceleration (20 marks) Question 7(c)
Differentiate by first principles (20 marks) Question 6(b) or 8(b)
Sketch Graph (10 marks) Question 6(c) or 8(c)
Max/Min (20 marks) Question 6(c) or 8(c)


Paper 2

Simpson's Rule (20 marks) Question 1(b)
Volume of Cylinder, Cone and/or Sphere (at least 10 marks) Question 1(c)
Triangle/Circle/Sector Evaluation (at least 10 marks) Question 5
Sine Rule & Cosine Rule (10 marks) Question 5
Permutation/Combination Calculation (10 marks) Question 6(a)
Statistics
Average using Mid-Interval values(10 marks) Question 7
Draw Histogram and/or ogive (at least 10 marks) Question 7
Linear Programming
Write inequalities from graph (at least 10 marks) Question 11
Write inequalities & graph them (10 marks) Question 11
Test for optimisation (at least 5 marks) Question 11

Enemy Of Fate

So.....this is just a list of what you think is going to come up then?Kinda pointless.

cson

You chose that as your first post? Wow....

I was expecting something like "When your back is against the wall, all you can do is turn around and fight".....Classic, saw it in the Indo today.

Spliffany692000

Right...have you actually got a pair of exam papers?? If you do...LOOK AT THEM!! The same things come up every year...you just have to prepare the questions your doing...oh god I cant beleive Im even explaining this....do me a favour and....HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR EXAM PAPERS!!

Steve01

Spliffany692000 wrote:

Right...have you actually got a pair of exam papers?? If you do...LOOK AT THEM!! The same things come up every year...you just have to prepare the questions your doing...oh god I cant beleive Im even explaining this....do me a favour and....HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR EXAM PAPERS!!

My sentiments exactly. I think Maths is the most straight-forward exam to prepare for - look over the exam papers and practise practise practise! After all its the exact same format year after year

Enemy Of Fate

Spliffany692000 wrote:

Right...have you actually got a pair of exam papers?? If you do...LOOK AT THEM!! The same things come up every year...you just have to prepare the questions your doing...oh god I cant beleive Im even explaining this....do me a favour and....HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR EXAM PAPERS!!

...............What are Exam papers?

:-O

shazzyshaz

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

...............What are Exam papers?

:-O

they is wot u get gived on the day wen u go in2 skul to do da exsam!



disclaimer: this post is purely for ignoramus'-benale and impurale.