Leaving Cert Higher Maths Textbook

RodSteel

Can anyone recommend a good textbook for self teaching higher level leaving standard maths please?

LeixlipRed

Text and Tests 4 & 5 by O.D. Morris should do the job.

ray giraffe

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Text and Tests 4 & 5 by O.D. Morris should do the job.

I used Text and Tests 4 and 5 for self-teaching about 15 years ago. I found them quite difficult and advanced. A few years later I heard that this was also the general opinion from maths teachers at the time.

Since then many other text books have been written, indeed text and texts 4 and 5 may also have been rewritten in this period. I don't know about much about the current books.

I would say ring up a few schools and ask them which book is on their book list for higher level- you may then get an idea what the preferred choice is currently.

PM me if you are interested in getting a maths grind in the south dublin area

RolandIRL

well, i used Texts & Tests 4 and 5 for my leaving last year. it might be a bit hard when you don't have a teacher to explain, but you could looking at the useful links sticky above if you get into any trouble. some good links there.

PaulieBoy

Text & Tests 4 and 5 FTW!
If you find them in any way difficult then you should add T&T 3 to that list, using 3 as an introduction to the topics in 4, you should then be well able to handle 5 without much trouble.
I used 3,4 and 5 as a self teaching crash course when I started college level maths and found them fantastic.
One of the few book which is fully self contained, no need to look for extra material on any topic they covered.

RodSteel

Thanks guys, picking them up today

Permabear

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Ruski

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There is a single-volume edition of Aidan Roantree's book but I never seen it.

Rioga na hEireann

RodSteel wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good textbook for self teaching higher level leaving standard maths please?

"project maths notes" is good

MathsManiac

WARNING: this is a recently resurrected old thread. The syllabus has changed since the recommendations in the first 7 posts were made, so I would suggest that they should be considered obsolete.

Hopefully, the OP has long since fulfilled his or her dreams of mathematical competence, having bough a book 7 years ago!

Yakuza

MathsManiac wrote: »

WARNING: this is a recently resurrected old thread. The syllabus has changed been shockingly dumbed down since the recommendations in the first 7 posts were made, so I would suggest that they should be considered obsolete.

FYP :rolleyes: