Maths Higher Level notes for next yr?

Register1 · 10-06-2009 4:10pm #1

HI guys,

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in selling on their maths notes. I am going in to LC in Sept, have a crap teacher and was hoping to get some notes worked out examles etc. I have solutions to exam papers.

Thanks,

Reg1

10-06-2009 4:14pm

Oops... It's a pity you didn't get to me 3 hours earlier...

I'm after having one of the best mornings of my life: I've just shredded every single English, geography, Irish and maths note that I had. Such a good feeling!

likely_lass · 10-06-2009 4:17pm

id have to think about it because i am planning on doing grinds next year pm me your email and ill let you know after the leaving

challengemaster · 10-06-2009 4:18pm

Maths....notes?

Who takes notes in maths?! o.O

ironclaw · 10-06-2009 4:19pm

challengemaster wrote: »

Maths....notes?

Who takes notes in maths?! o.O

Good point actually. Buy the revision books and do lots of papers. Much better idea.

ya-ba-da-ba-doo · 10-06-2009 4:22pm

Buy the solutions book off leavingcert.com its by john brennan and it literally saved me this year. Its much better than any kind of notes.

likely_lass · 10-06-2009 4:23pm

i think hes looking for people who've gone places where they give you notes like the institute (even though its illegal to sell them)

~Candy~ · 10-06-2009 4:24pm

ya-ba-da-ba-doo wrote: »

Buy the solutions book off leavingcert.com its by john brennan and it literally saved me this year. Its much better than any kind of notes.

i agree..but the ring thingy is annoying...lol

Reilly616 · 10-06-2009 4:27pm

Register1 wrote: »

HI guys,

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in selling on their maths notes. I am going in to LC in Sept, have a crap teacher and was hoping to get some notes worked out examles etc. I have solutions to exam papers.

Thanks,

Reg1

My teacher is amazing. We have a handout for every question on the paper. Each handout is about 20 pages and contains EVERYTHING you need to know for the question. Each section also starts with a sheet of all the past papers q1s q2s etc, so that you don't have to go looking for them. Also have each proof. If you're interested, please send me a PM. There's about 500 pages in all. Seems daunting, but really helpful taking it just a topic a week. For LC, I never revised from the books or revision books. These notes along with the online marking scheme should be all you need.

mardybumbum · 10-06-2009 4:30pm

No offence Register1, but I think notes in Maths might be a bit pointless.
Your best bet would be to buy a copy of "Discovering Maths" and work through all the questions.
When you have a certain area of maths completed (e.g. algebra, trigonometry, statistics) then you can try the exam questions on that particular area.
I got a great CD last year with the solutions to the last 15 exam papers.
You should be able to get it in your local bookshop.

BLARG · 10-06-2009 4:37pm

Sin^2 + Cos^2 = 1
gimme money.

Delta Kilo · 10-06-2009 4:38pm

ironclaw wrote: »

Buy the revision books and do lots of papers. Much better idea.

I agree. That is what improved my maths no end. I was getting D's in maths until I started doing this and my result started going up to B's. I had a crap teacher too. I bought Mathematics - Suggested solutions. Its a big red book by the Celtic Press and it has all the solutions from 2000 to 2008. Best way to learn maths imo.

EDIT: The rapid revision revision book is the best I think, not full to the gills like most revision books. Its clear and layed out well on A4 size pages. I also bought the thing like a road map too. Really handy aswell.

Reilly616 · 10-06-2009 4:45pm

Delta Kilo wrote: »

I agree. That is what improved my maths no end. I was getting D's in maths until I started doing this and my result started going up to B's. I had a crap teacher too. I bought Mathematics - Suggested solutions. Its a big red book by the Celtic Press and it has all the solutions from 2000 to 2008. Best way to learn maths imo.

Glad I had it easy. Our teacher also gave us that book if we wanted it.

Register1 · 10-06-2009 4:50pm

Thanks for replies!

Have being going through Papers myself and have bought solution books.

Just looking to do extra examples and brush up on techniques!

Reg1

Reilly616 · 10-06-2009 4:53pm

BLARG wrote: »

Sin^2 + Cos^2 = 1
gimme money.

Except that's wrong...:P

ironclaw · 10-06-2009 6:45pm

Register1 wrote: »

Have being going through Papers myself

Slow. Down.

Seriously.You have 12 months to go. Put them away. Seriously. Relax, because you'll find you'll run out of papers that have easy to find solutions (its happened me). Take it a year every two ish weeks from Easter next year. Plenty of time.

Des23 · 10-06-2009 8:34pm

Yeah, I wouldn't go killing yourself this early at all at all, enjoy you summer you'll hear enough of the usual BS in september. In terms of notes, if you have a maths book, use it. Know every section inside out THEN move on to exam questions. I was amazed how many people exclusively used exam papers when studying, this will only lead to holes in your knowledge, I wasn't aware of logarithmic differentiation being on the course over a month after my pres, and that is going to come up eventually. If you understand what you are doing you will have achieved more than any 'magic bullet' notes ever could.

After that in terms of exam papers, whoever reccommended one of those celtic press books, they are excellent. I found my brothers one from 1997 - 2004 and it was the best help ever. Just go through the entire exam papers and you will be fine.

You don't want to go through all the exam papers too early, you are better off pacing yourself a bit and keep attempting questions that you have'nt seen before right the way up to the exam. If you burn through the exam papers you will have nothing to challenge yourself with and your critical reasoning and problem solving abilities will become atrophied.

Prowetod · 10-06-2009 9:14pm

I highly recommend the revise wise books, I used them and them only!

Swizz · 11-06-2009 10:13am

Register1 wrote: »

HI guys,

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in selling on their maths notes. I am going in to LC in Sept, have a crap teacher and was hoping to get some notes worked out examles etc. I have solutions to exam papers.

Thanks,

Reg1

www.examinations.ie <- Marking Schemes (Solutions and where you get the marks).

KokaNoodles · 11-06-2009 1:06pm

mardybumbum wrote: »

No offence Register1, but I think notes in Maths might be a bit pointless.
Your best bet would be to buy a copy of "Discovering Maths" and work through all the questions.
When you have a certain area of maths completed (e.g. algebra, trigonometry, statistics) then you can try the exam questions on that particular area.
I got a great CD last year with the solutions to the last 15 exam papers.
You should be able to get it in your local bookshop.

Higher level maths notes can be usefull for quick learning.

Register1 · 11-06-2009 1:21pm

Thanks again for replies.

No intention of swotting over the summer, just want to be prepared for next year.

Thought this was appropriate to post here as perhaps some people would be finisheed with notes etc.

All notes would be up in smoke come september!

Reg1

Fringe · 11-06-2009 1:59pm

http://www.skoool.ie/examcentre_senior.asp?id=2091

That has all you need really for notes. In the end, the best way to improve maths is by doing loads of questions. That site has all the things you need to know.

Overature · 11-06-2009 2:36pm

Register1 wrote: »

HI guys,

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in selling on their maths notes. I am going in to LC in Sept, have a crap teacher and was hoping to get some notes worked out examles etc. I have solutions to exam papers.

Thanks,

Reg1

some guy has done a lot of tutorials to the the 2008 honours paper on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/xplanor

very useful

aine-maire · 11-06-2009 2:40pm

Reilly616 wrote: »

Except that's wrong...:P

No it's not? ^2 means squared...: P

11-06-2009 2:44pm

aine-maire wrote: »

No it's not? ^2 means squared...: P

It is wrong.

He has sin^2 + cos^2 = 1. Sin^2 what and cos^2 what? That equation is useless without some variable. It's really sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1.

coffey-16 · 11-06-2009 4:42pm

Iv two A4 copies full of honours maths notes if ya want them!:)

Jam-Fly · 11-06-2009 6:06pm

Reilly616 wrote: »

My teacher is amazing. We have a handout for every question on the paper. Each handout is about 20 pages and contains EVERYTHING you need to know for the question. Each section also starts with a sheet of all the past papers q1s q2s etc, so that you don't have to go looking for them. Also have each proof. If you're interested, please send me a PM. There's about 500 pages in all. Seems daunting, but really helpful taking it just a topic a week. For LC, I never revised from the books or revision books. These notes along with the online marking scheme should be all you need.

Jesus, how is there 500 pages?

Kareir · 11-06-2009 8:32pm

Reilly616 wrote: »

Except that's wrong...:P

http://www46.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28sin%5E2%29%2B%28cos%5E2%29

Wolfram begs to differ, i think...

_Kar.

11-06-2009 8:45pm

Wolfram automatically inputs a variable. Sin^2 + cos^2 means absolutely nothing (because you're squaring the sine and cosine of *nothing*), whereas sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) means something. It's a pretty pedantic reason to say it's wrong, but it's wrong nonetheless.

likely_lass · 11-06-2009 8:48pm

Kareir wrote: »

http://www46.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28sin%5E2%29%2B%28cos%5E2%29

Wolfram begs to differ, i think...

_Kar.

yeah it implies that its x your talking about, you dont actually have to write the variable but its much neater to write it

PurpleFistMixer · 12-06-2009 12:55am

challengemaster wrote: »

Maths....notes?

Who takes notes in maths?! o.O

I took notes in Maths. Piste has them though. Notes are useful, but you can't beat doing problems for learning maths.

Maths Higher Level notes for next yr?

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