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Leaving Cert Higher Maths Textbook

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  • 16-06-2010 8:52pm
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    RodSteel
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    Can anyone recommend a good textbook for self teaching higher level leaving standard maths please?


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


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    ray giraffe
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    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 :)


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    RolandIRL
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    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.


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    PaulieBoy
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    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.


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    RodSteel
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    Thanks guys, picking them up today


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    Permabear
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    Ruski
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    donegalfella wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    There is a single-volume edition of Aidan Roantree's book but I never seen it.


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    Rioga na hEireann
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    RodSteel wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a good textbook for self teaching higher level leaving standard maths please?

    "project maths notes" is good


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    MathsManiac
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    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!


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    Yakuza
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    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:


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