Maths grading system - urgent!

BJC

Do you know if you have to pass both papers. For instance:
I get 250/300 on paper one
I get 100/300 in paper two.

Collectivley thats 350/600 so 58% altogether.
But it's only 33% in paper two. Anyone know if that causes a fail??

T-b0n3

No it doesn't cause a fail at all as far as i know don't worry.

Adam

cHaTbOx

no it doesnt lol dont worry

rainbowtrout

No, it's the total mark that counts. Once you get 240 or more between the two papers, you've passed.

MathsManiac

rainbowtrout wrote: »

No, it's the total mark that counts. Once you get 240 or more between the two papers, you've passed.

Make that 228.

irishbucsfan

MathsManiac wrote: »

Make that 228.

oooh, that guy just got mathsed

minty16

Looking at about 250 for paper one myself. Need a B3 so that means 170 in Paper 2 gets me it, thats grand .

pinkmist

BJC wrote: »

Do you know if you have to pass both papers. For instance:
I get 250/300 on paper one
I get 100/300 in paper two.

Collectivley thats 350/600 so 58% altogether.
But it's only 33% in paper two. Anyone know if that causes a fail??

Hi,

I'm a secondary school Maths teacher. You don't have to pass the two papers independently-you only have to achieve 40% overall when the two are combined. Hope that helps!

BJC

MathsManiac wrote: »

Make that 228.

Why 228, that's only 38%

Thanks for the reply's guys, I'm very relieved.

delta214

38% is the pass mark

BJC

delta214 wrote: »

38% is the pass mark

Really? Is that just maths or all subjects..?

spurious

delta214 wrote: »

38% is the pass mark

I know that is the case for Junior Cert. where every effort is made to pass the maximum number of candidates - is it also the case in the Leaving Cert.? At Higher Level?

Mark200

delta214 wrote: »

38% is the pass mark

I don't know about that....

I'm fairly confident it's 40%. I know there's a thing where if you get 39% or 38% then examiners will go through your paper again and try to give you those few extra marks if they can. But if they can't then you can fail with 39.9999999999999999%

Fad

no, they go on about it in all the exam guides that come with newspapers that the pass mark is in fact 38% but ive never heard a single teacher mention it ever, so try and aim for 40%?

FJH

Anyone know the grades and what percentage they link to

E.g. is a C3 is 60% ??

Bryan4president

No a C3 is 55-59% but 60 marks. And the pass mark is 38% for maths definitely. Not sure about other subjects

ShogunWarrior

Hope this helps.

Percentage, Grade, Points
90-100, A1, 100
85-89, A2, 90
75-79, B2, 80
70-74, B3, 75
65-69, C1, 70
60-64, C2, 65
55-59, C3, 60

Mark200

The whole thing can be found on wikipedia....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Certificate