What did you think of the exams?

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 12:53PM

its easy

3 (1/4 + 1/x)=1
3/4 + 3/x =1
3/x=1/4
x=12

Although in Q 5 C (the graph)
My graph wasnt very right i thought. All the points were correct but it wasnt semetrical

partyatmygaff · 04-06-2009 12:59PM

mine was steep, I had to use a 1:4 scale

from 13 to -14 IIRC

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 01:00PM

yeah.i did as well. my lowest point was -15 (0,-15).

janja93 · 04-06-2009 01:00PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Although in Q 5 C (the graph)
My graph wasnt very right i thought. All the points were correct but it wasnt semetrical

yeh mine wasnt either..
is it supposed to be?

the paper was alright overall
id be happy with a b

partyatmygaff · 04-06-2009 01:02PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

yeah.i did as well. my lowest point was -15 (0,-15).

thats right, then 1,12 I think?

Strange exam, I got x=-3 for my venn diagram....

I just dont know what happened.

Im gonna die if Irish turns out to be impossible. I am hopeless at it and was lucky to get a B in the mock

iam_serpentine · 04-06-2009 01:08PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

its easy

3 (1/4 + 1/x)=1
3/4 + 3/x =1
3/x=1/4
x=12

Argh.
Oh well, at least I got 1/4 + 1/x right for the second part of the question. =|

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 01:11PM

I hope the listening will be nice and easy, as well as the comprehension...:p

Setheme · 04-06-2009 03:01PM

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
a) 1260
b) i) 7.6x10^-3
ii) B
c) i) 60km/h
ii) 12:40

Q2.
a) 15
b) ii) 8
iii) 33%

c) i) 2898
ii) Aideen = 3999, Brian = 5332
iii) 5418

Q3.
a) 10x^2-23x=-12
b) i) 5 1/3t + 1
ii) t= -0.1275
c) i) 1/4
ii) 2/x
iii) 6

Q4.
a) y=3
b) i) -2.5 < x ≤ 4
ii) x=15, y=42

c) i) (2x+2)^2 = (x+1)^2 + (x+2)^2
ii) 1.68

Q5.
a) a=3
b) ii) (2.5,8.4)
c) ii) -15
iii) -4 ≥ x ≥ -3
26 ≤ x ≤ 3

Q6.
a) -x / 20 + 2.15 (or 43 / 20)
b) i) (5x-6y) (5x+6y)
ii) (11x-2)(x+7)
iii) 9x^2 - 6x

c) i) x=4 , x= 6/5
ii) t= 2.5, t= -0.1

Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

GirlsAloud · 04-06-2009 03:59PM

I did so bad. D= that swimming pool question got me... 1 and 2 were very easy... I think I did okays in them but 3 4 5 and 6 I failed.

Diggy78 · 04-06-2009 04:05PM

QUick question, is there any website where the paper is available for a look?

Setheme · 04-06-2009 04:08PM

Not yet. There should be on examinations.ie tomorrow, because english was added today.

jumpguy · 04-06-2009 04:46PM

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
a) 1260
b) i) 7.6x10^-3
ii) B
c) i) 60km/h
ii) 12:40

Q2.
a) 15
b) ii) 8
iii) 33%

c) i) 2898
ii) Aideen = 3999, Brian = 5332
iii) 5418

Q3.
a) 10x^2-23x=-12
b) i) 5 1/3t + 1
ii) t= -0.1275
c) i) 1/4
ii) 2/x
iii) 6

Q4.
a) y=3
b) i) -2.5 < x ≤ 4
ii) x=15, y=42

c) i) (2x+2)^2 = (x+1)^2 + (x+2)^2
ii) 1.68

Q5.
a) a=3
b) ii) (2.5,8.4)
c) ii) -15
iii) -4 ≥ x ≥ -3
26 ≤ x ≤ 3

Q6.
a) -x / 20 + 2.15 (or 43 / 20)
b) i) (5x-6y) (5x+6y)
ii) (11x-2)(x+7)
iii) 9x^2 - 6x

c) i) x=4 , x= 6/5
ii) t= 2.5, t= -0.1

Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

I just took a brief glance and I'm pretty sure Question 1 (b) (ii) is Brand C. I almost made the same mistake. B has the highest price per gram. C has the CHEAPEST (lowest) price per gram.

Overall I got a shock when I saw paper 1, it was harder than I expected because it was harder than the 2006, 2007 and 2008 papers (in my opinion) but I think it did good. I got full marks in the first two questions and made a few minor mistakes from then on. Couldn't solve the quadratic equation on Question 6 (c) (i) and I forgot the number line for Question 4 (b) (i)

I got (8, 2.5) for Question 5 (b) (ii). My graph was poor, I drew the lines freehand (I didn't know they were meant to be straight). Anyone know if that's in the leeway?

Irish wasn't too bad. As always, I did useless on the tape.

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 04:46PM

omg im sucha retard!..
on question 5 (b) i put funtion f & g on separate graphs!

partyatmygaff · 04-06-2009 04:51PM

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
a) 1260
b) i) 7.6x10^-3(Probably wrong...)
ii) B
c) i) 60km/h
ii) 12:40

Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

6stringmaniac · 04-06-2009 04:53PM

In the second graph question, I taught that the graph could only go up in 5s/10s for some reason. Which lead to my graph going off the squared part of the paper. Will I lose marks for that?

partyatmygaff · 04-06-2009 04:55PM

Irish was completely random this year, the listening was pretty average except for Cuid B, everything was said fast and mumbled for all of Cuid B and that guy from Donegal sounds impossible to understand.

Paper 1, pretty bad choice of Aiste and scéal, I did the aiste where you describe what job you would like after you leave school and why, wrote about 1 1/2 pages saying how being a musician is great and how you meet new people and get to express yourself from the heart
Waffley bullsh1t, had nothing prepared for something like that at all.

Agallamh was fine, did it with Arnold Schwarznegger as the movie star and lasted about a page.

reading comprehension was very very good, No problems at all with it.

beano-lawd · 04-06-2009 04:57PM

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

No....... it says that that the power is an element of Z which are all positive and negative whole numbers -3 is right

cianserian · 04-06-2009 04:58PM

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

No, that notation is correct. Question says "express your answer in the form ax10^n, where n is an element of Z and 1<a<10"

Setheme · 04-06-2009 04:59PM

a has to be in the range 1 < a < 10. Its 7.6
n hast to be in Z (which means Integers - Negative numbers are numbers that are less than zero) so its -3.

and with the gum..

Brand A :
3 x 100g = 300g for 135c [135/300 = 0.45] So its 0.45cent for 1 gram.
Brand B :
6 x 100 = 600 for 240c [240/600 = 0.40] So 0.40 cent for 1 gram.
Brand C :
4 x 125 = 500 for 238c [238/500 = 0.476] Which gives 0.486 for each gram.

I still think brand B is the cheapest..

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 05:00PM

6stringmaniac wrote: »

In the second graph question, I taught that the graph could only go up in 5s/10s for some reason. Which lead to my graph going off the squared part of the paper. Will I lose marks for that?

i went up in 3's because i couldnt fit it?

..

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Irish was completely random this year, the listening was pretty average except for Cuid B, everything was said fast and mumbled for all of Cuid B and that guy from Donegal sounds impossible to understand.

Paper 1, pretty bad choice of Aiste and scéal, I did the aiste where you describe what job you would like after you leave school and why, wrote about 1 1/2 pages saying how being a musician is great and how you meet new people and get to express yourself from the heart
Waffley bullsh1t, had nothing prepared for something like that at all.

Agallamh was fine, did it with Arnold Schwarznegger as the movie star and lasted about a page.

reading comprehension was very very good, No problems at all with it.

i liked the essay choice because they were so simple and easy to understand:p.. i did the one on my area and just blabbered on about how we have a pitch and a shop:pac:.. and at one stage i was so desperate for ideas that i wrote about how the farmers didnt wash the cows (lack of irish vocab!) and it made the area smelly!!:p

Frank3142 · 04-06-2009 05:01PM

animalcrazy wrote: »

Well for the target audience thing everyone said it was aimed at young people because the style of shoe is mostly worn by young people etc.

For how to get young people interested in talk-raidio or whatever it was called, I talked about having competitions, talking about topics teenagers are interested in e.g. sports, music, fashion. Having a ring-in and text-in service etc.

my friend said it was mostly worn by hippies

Rexsplode · 04-06-2009 05:08PM

not that bad today. Maths I no major problems with.

Irish I did the sceal and worked it into a story involving robbery and accident vocab. Got about 2 and 1/3 pages out of that.

I did the comhra and it ended mostly "me" and my my father arguing and slagging eachother.

Leamhtuiscint was easy.

Setheme · 04-06-2009 05:12PM

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

6stringmaniac · 04-06-2009 05:14PM

At the start of the Irish sceal part does it not say "dont write more than a page"

Edit: just checked, says "Ní gá níos mó ná leathanach go leith a scríobh"
Does that mean not to write more than a page?

partyatmygaff · 04-06-2009 05:15PM

Setheme wrote: »

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

I'd be more worried of Irish P2, I have f*ck all hope of getting over a C in that and realising now, If i dont absolutely ace Paper 2 maths I can kiss that B goodbye.

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 05:16PM

Setheme wrote: »

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

EVERYTHING!..:D

Zipp101 · 04-06-2009 05:18PM

Irish was handy out.
Especially the comprhension.If you can understand the questions your sorted.
They tell you how much to write....what a joke lol
Tape was mumbly..
Tell me I'm not the only one who had very dodgy spelling for some of the key words on the tape?

Rexsplode · 04-06-2009 05:19PM

6stringmaniac wrote: »

At the start of the Irish sceal part does it not say "dont write more than a page"

Our teacher has always told us two pages na dthe revision books say 1 1/2 pages so I just did as much as it took to write the story.

jumpguy · 04-06-2009 05:19PM

Setheme wrote: »

a has to be in the range 1 < a < 10. Its 7.6
n hast to be in Z (which means Integers - Negative numbers are numbers that are less than zero) so its -3.

and with the gum..

Brand A :
3 x 100g = 300g for 135c [135/300 = 0.45] So its 0.45cent for 1 gram.
Brand B :
6 x 100 = 600 for 240c [240/600 = 0.40] So 0.40 cent for 1 gram.
Brand C :
4 x 125 = 500 for 238c [238/500 = 0.476] Which gives 0.486 for each gram.

I still think brand B is the cheapest..

Damn you're right! I put the money in euros. So I was dividing by 2.40 Euro instead of 240 cent.

Zipp101 · 04-06-2009 05:20PM

6stringmaniac wrote: »

Edit: just checked, says "Ní gá níos mó ná leathanach go leith a scríobh"
Does that mean not to write more than a page?

It means you don't have to write more that a page and a half.

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