Maths Paper I

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Weh-hey how did everyone do?

I did ordinary level - half disappointed I never kept doing the honours this year, a foundation paper would have been harder. I was out the door in about 3/4's of a hour.

eVeNtInE

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echoindia756

Yea, I couldn't get over how hard it was, last years was easier. You know the one on the concentrated juice, how did u do that one? lol

pp_me129

It was easyy

the jusice one 19:1 20 parts divide 500 by 20 and thats 25ml each part of 19:1 = 25ml

part too same thing but with suge adn its 30ml..

part 3 added both of them together and you get 28:2 or 14:1

eVeNtInE

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Lorthas

I think that paper 1 was pretty much as hard as the other years, only one i didn't get was the area of the inner section of the graph, i still have no idea how to do it

eVeNtInE

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Lorthas

I'm not completely sure about the method, but i messed around with some equations and got 2650.980312

pp_me129

pp_me129 wrote: »

It was easyy

part 3 added both of them together and you get 28:2 or 14:1

Thats wrong .. different volumes... sorry :o

Cathal93

Yeh i got a much different answer for the volumes one......lik 149:16 or sumtin lik that......dunno if i'm rite.....any1 else get sumtin lik that?????

Overall it was soooo much easier i think that previous years.....the first 3 questions took me half and hour......nd i even got to triple check the whole exam and still get out early!!!!!!:):):)

Piste

Ordinary maths seemed super-easy, made me feel good at maths for once

shantow

i got something like 149:16 aswell.

i'm pretty sure thats right

eVeNtInE

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Cathal93

shantow wrote: »

i got something like 149:16 aswell.

i'm pretty sure thats right

Brilliant!!!!!!!!! Youve made me day cuz no one else in my class got that!!!!!

shantow

you have to get the volume of ml in both and add the similiar ones together,
and break it down!

how many marks would you say were going for that?:pac:

ch252

I found it tough, but by no means impossible. my graph was an epic failure, after that it was just little bits and pieces. I needed an extra booklet for it!

Cathal93

shantow wrote: »

you have to get the volume of ml in both and add the similiar ones together,
and break it down!

how many marks would you say were going for that?:pac:

most b questions are about 20 marks....but because it was the difficult part of the question......it might be worth 10 maximum

shantow

the graph was easy!

aine92

I found it really easy, i totally messed up the last question though, it was tricky! When i did my graph table and i was multiplying out -x2 by the xterms and i got HUGE numbers up to like 200 so i copped on i was wrong and did it right! Nearly started crying i didnt know what id done :eek::eek:

ch252

aine92 wrote: »

I found it really easy, i totally messed up the last question though, it was tricky! When i did my graph table and i was multiplying out -x2 by the xterms and i got HUGE numbers up to like 200 so i copped on i was wrong and did it right! Nearly started crying i didnt know what id done :eek::eek:

Same...except I didnt have time to rectiify it!

conormurphy

I didnt do q 6 at all

jc2008

Thought Maths Paper 1 was very easy, apart from the Loan Repayment Question

The answer I got for the ratio question was 149:11 and I'm almost sure that is correct

Here is how I did it

Ratio = (475ml + 270ml) : (25ml + 30)
Ratio = 745 : 55 (divide by 5)
Ratio = 149 : 11

That's it!

Lorthas

jc2008 wrote: »

Thought Maths Paper 1 was very easy, apart from the Loan Repayment Question

The answer I got for the ratio question was 149:11 and I'm almost sure that is correct

Here is how I did it

Ratio = (475ml + 270ml) : (25ml + 30)
Ratio = 745 : 55 (divide by 5)
Ratio = 149 : 11

That's it!

Thats exactly the same answer that i got, I hope its right

winner92

I messed up graph on Q6 i read it as as x2 (squared) rather than -x2. do you think that i will lose many marks?

eVeNtInE

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Cathal93

Does anyone have sum sorted of soloution to the last part of 1(c)

Reckle

pp_me129 wrote: »

It was easyy

the jusice one 19:1 20 parts divide 500 by 20 and thats 25ml each part of 19:1 = 25ml

part too same thing but with suge adn its 30ml..

part 3 added both of them together and you get 28:2 or 14:1

woo exactly what i did!
just hope i did it right!

Reckle

i thought my whole exam went grand
just had no idea on the loan repayment those sort of questions arent my strong point

Cian92

Lorthas wrote: »

Thats exactly the same answer that i got, I hope its right

I got that answer aswell:)

ClaireTheGreat

Well I dunno really what to think of that paper (Maths Higher Level). There were some questions such as the one on rounding to the nearest hundred that I felt were insulting to ones intelligence...I mean seriously adding on a higher level paper?? Although that was easy I think the rest of the paper was quite challenging. The second part of question one (c) completely confused me and to be honest I only figured out the answer by complete fluke in the last five seconds of the paper. I'd say that that will probably be one of the worst answered q's of the paper. The problem leading to a quadratic equation was alright though not that challenging. Oh for the one about the concentration of the juices did anyone get the ratio of like 149:11??:confused:

winner92

Oh for the one about the concentration of the juices did anyone get the ratio of like 149:11??

Yes I got that too!!!:D:D:p

Colm07

149:11 is correct or u could even do 13.5:1

or u could have done it the easy way and got 28:2 and just divided by 2 ^^ to get 14:1

aine92

I got 28:2 was that right?

It was like 800ml=28:2?

Colm07

well not reli tbh cos if u just said 800=28:2 u wont get marks

to get 28:2 u just added 19 (ratio of a) and 9(ratio of b) to get 28 and then 1+1
which is 28:2 which is 14:1

to get it with

745:55
divide by 5 to get
149:11 and divide by 11 and get
13.5:1
or 14:1

ch252

Yea I got that.

Burkie08

uh uh.... i got like 13.5:1

you have 2 put it something:1 ppl!!!!!!!!!

but u prob wont lose marks !:)

but did any1 get 13.5:1?? or something like dat?

nitromaster

Mr Crystal wrote: »

You were able to get the last part of c on question one? Nobody ive talked to was able to get that.

That was easy
You just put x=yearly repayment and you end up with an equation.
Answer = something like 2650.something

Lorthas wrote: »

I'm not completely sure about the method, but i messed around with some equations and got 2650.980312

Yep that would be the right answer

I found this paper pretty easy except part c in question 5/6.

ayumi

in ordinary level what did pple for the q on shane is x age and eileen is 3 yrs younger?

leakd

I got 149:11 on the ratio question as well... Part 1(c) took ages but I'm pretty sure I got it right.

tracker-man

Didn't like paper 1 in the maths, but in saying that if I do as well in paper 2 I'd say I'll get the honour!

Burkie08

i thinnk it was a reli easy paper
but no sets indices or surds...its was reli unpredictable but it made ya think which is good
instead of just learning off formulas

t-mobile1892

Did ny1 get Q1 Part (c) (ii)? U know th one "Walter wants to pay his loan in equal installments"? It wz really hard

tracker-man

t-mobile1892 wrote: »

Did ny1 get Q1 Part (c) (ii)? U know th one "Walter wants to pay his loan in equal installments"? It wz really hard

No I didn't get it and have never come across it before. Most people guessed it and had no real method for it

t-mobile1892

tracker-man wrote: »

No I didn't get it and have never come across it before. Most people guessed it and had no real method for it

Ya no1 in my class got it..... they tend to throw in weird questions like that now nd again....remember the "Snowman Melting at 0.2% of its mass" question a few years ago? :rolleyes:

tracker-man

t-mobile1892 wrote: »

Ya no1 in my class got it..... they tend to throw in weird questions like that now nd again....remember the "Snowman Melting at 0.2% of its mass" question a few years ago? :rolleyes:

Yep, but i the snow man one was more straightforward i think!
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Colm07

snowman was easy u just used the depreciation forumla

nitromaster

tracker-man wrote: »

No I didn't get it and have never come across it before. Most people guessed it and had no real method for it

I don't know why anybody would have trouble with it, my method was to insert x as the amount which seems correct and it works out.

Thought I should upload the paper as I've got nothing better for doing :L (What about studying for Paper 2? :L)

Paper 1
Question 1: http://imgpire.com/images/bm3c0e38ipf8s3z7xb4.jpg
Question 2: http://imgpire.com/images/d99429csldo3cech5zw.jpg
Question 3: http://imgpire.com/images/wkuh8dtutj18e0387f7.jpg
Question 4: http://imgpire.com/images/5ppcy808c0dwv2ql7u6i.jpg
Question 5: http://imgpire.com/images/zkyaq2dxq7lqtm0bn4u.jpg
Question 6: http://imgpire.com/images/npsewlg8u88ddlgvdywc.jpg

EDIT:They've posted them on the state exam commision site already. Oh well

lolipops

i was totally dissapointed with the paper..
it started off simple.. i only had a difficulty with the last part of question 1 when he paid off the loan in two equal installments.
but then in one of the questions it asked the find b and c and i totally forgot how to do it..
i thought it was by far the hardest paper 1 of maths i have done, the previous years were much easier.

tracker-man

nitromaster wrote: »

I don't know why anybody would have trouble with it, my method was to insert x as the amount which seems correct and it works out.

Ya i guess it was just unusual and hadn't seen anything even similar to it in previous years i guess me and others just had no idea of where to start with it!

lauratkd

nitromaster wrote: »

I don't know why anybody would have trouble with it,

Kind of a selfish and silly thing to say really!

Of course there will always be people who find parts of questions difficult, otherwise why would we need to bother with Foundation, Ord level and higher level?? Also, just because you could do it, please don't insult others who did find it difficult. It's very disheartening. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but it is a very thoughtless thing to say.