Leaving Cert Maths

dunner515

Hi all

I might be in the wrong section here but is there anyone out there that can answer me this

Does anyone know what maths book they are using this year?
any replies are welcome just to put me in the right direction

Cheers
Dunner515

RexMundi

We are using Text & Tests 4 & 5

dunner515

cheers buddy for that


oh and if there are anymore books out there will people please let me know thank you

pathway33

Text and tests 4 and 5 for higher level

text and tests 3 for ordinary level

blubloblu

Concise Maths 4 & 5

Reillyman

Discovering Maths 4- higher level

jumpguy

pathway33 wrote: »

Text and tests 4 and 5 for higher level

text and tests 3 for ordinary level

Same

irish-anabel

Never knew there were others! I'm using Concise maths 4 and 5 too.

Aoifums

Texts and tests 4 and 5 for higher level

Concise Maths 3 for ordinary level.

dustintheturkey

I'm using my brain.
Far better than any maths book written by non-mathematicians.

Aoifums

dustintheturkey wrote: »

I'm using my brain.
Far better than any maths book written by non-mathematicians.

And your brain can magically explain algebra to you

dustintheturkey

yes,
i can give you a demonstration if you like.

I taught myself maths, couldnt stay awake in class.
I have had 7 100 percent scores, including at honours level.

Students are very smart if they are not tricked into thinking something simple is difficult

DancingQueen:)

You could e mail Easons and they could tell you or contact the Dept. of education website.

dustintheturkey

I wrote a book 90 pages long with all the solutions to the honours level leaving cert maths paper 2009 in early July.
I write tutorial booklets for students to get A in honours level.

dunner515

hey guys thanks for all your input there have to do some serious thinking on which ones to go for as I was thinking for resitting my leaving cert maths

jumpguy

dustintheturkey wrote: »

I'm using my brain.
Far better than any maths book written by non-mathematicians.

But how did you learn to do linear equations without a book? Even the most intelligent person in the world needs to have a good deal of prior knowledge to work with before he/she can do anything.

dustintheturkey

textbooks are mainly just for class,
getting yourself prepared for an exam is another ball game.

The exam has a certain structure.
If you are doing O level,
then there are 3 calculus questions on one paper.
You must know how to differentiate from first principles,
differentiate powers of x and constants,
know that the derivative is the slope of the tangent,
realise it is called f'(x), dy/dx, the derivative and the slope of the tangent,
you must be able to use the quotient rule, you don't need the product rule really, but it's simple if you can use the quotient rule,
you must understand how to use the chain rule,
know that the slope of the tangent is zero at maximums and minimums on the graph,
finally, be able to sketch asymptotic graphs and understand their shape.
If you could master those (takes about a month usually if done right),
successfully work through the calculus questions for previous years,
not stopping until you've got it,
you'd have half a paper covered.

On top of that, if you examine the marking scheme, you would know what it takes to get any result you're after.

O level is about 1/5th content of honours level.
It's easier than most students think

dustintheturkey

Hi Jumpguy,

that's a good question.
I learned linear equations by knowing they were graphs of multiplication and division tables basically, with additions and subtractions thrown in.

I never remembered the formulas, didnt need to....
it's pure geometry
and it's never in your textbooks.

I wrote an Adobe .pdf tutorial for students that want to understand that.

Simultaneous linear equations is just finding the point of intersection of two lines.

Linear equation formulae are based on a right angled triangle of same shape in two dimensions being the same triangle at different distances in three dimensions.

From that everything follows.

Believe me, most of the simplicity is avoided in school.

Why? not fully sure yet

By the way, the slope of a line is called "m" instead of "s" because it's the multiplier of the variable (usually x) in the equation.

The linear equation IS the slope equation, which is simply the ratio of perpendicular sides in a right angled triangle.
Maths in school is a big problem.
It's presented in a way that makes it look mysteriously hard.
It's not.

eVeNtInE

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timsnewbridge

dustintheturkey wrote: »

I wrote a book 90 pages long with all the solutions to the honours level leaving cert maths paper 2009 in early July.
I write tutorial booklets for students to get A in honours level.

ummm im just wondering why you would do that seen as the solutions are put on examinations.ie? and also what the name of this book is and your name and where i can purchase it?

ironclaw

j.forbes = dustintheturkey = RayDarcy?

Anyone else spot the connection to the Den on RTE?

In addition, official solutions are available from the day correcting begins if you ask examiners.

KnifeWRENCH

j.forbes banned for being a rereg.

The OP has enough answers to the original question so to prevent another off topic mess I'm going to lock this.