What did you think of the exams?

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 05:21PM

jumpguy wrote: »

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

i got the answer for brand A & B but got it wrong for C!..
But i put down brand B as being the cheapest!..
so i guess i would get most marks, right?

jumpguy · 04-06-2009 05:30PM

soccymonster wrote: »

i got the answer for brand A & B but got it wrong for C!..
But i put down brand B as being the cheapest!..
so i guess i would get most marks, right?

Yeah should do. If you misread and put in a wrong number you might get a slip, 9 marks. If you made a error in calculation you'll probably get 7 marks.

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 05:33PM

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
b) i) 7.6x10^-3

Q2.
b) ii) 8
iii) 33%

Q3.
c) i) 1/4
ii) 2/x
iii) 6

Q4.
ii) 1.68

Q6.
iii) 9x^2 - 6x

c) i) x=4 , x= 6/5

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

I got different answers for them questions

Q1 B
I got 5.8 x 10^-2

Q2 B
(ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x
(iii)12

Q4
0.37 and -1.37

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) i got MINUS 6/5 and plus 4.

jumpguy · 04-06-2009 05:37PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

I got different answers for them questions

Q1 B
I got 5.8 x 10^-2

Q2 B
(ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x(iii)12

Q4
0.37 and -1.37

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) i got MINUS 6/5 and plus 4.

All the bolded ones are wrong I think. I can't remember the rest. Question 4 must be a positive number, because it's the measure of line. It can't be negative.

Setheme · 04-06-2009 05:37PM

Oh, yeah, I ment minus 6/5.

And with the pool, I took part i) as a different question than parts ii) and iii).
So I was calculating the time for the whole pool, not 3/4...

fkt · 04-06-2009 05:39PM

Why the f'ucking hell is the hardest equation there's ever been come up the year I'm doing it. Unbelievable. seriously pissed off with some of the maths.

Might scrape a pass. Need to do a good paper 2.

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 05:39PM

jumpguy wrote: »

All the bolded ones are wrong I think. I can't remember the rest. Question 4 must be a positive number, because it's the measure of line. It can't be negative.

you have to show both answers coz u use the formula -b+- bla bla bla

jumpguy · 04-06-2009 05:42PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

you have to show both answers coz u use the formula -b+- bla bla bla

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 05:43PM

jumpguy wrote: »

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

ah well

RoscoBosco93 · 04-06-2009 05:47PM

i this is what i did for the pool question. i think its right

1/4 + 1/x = 1/3

as it takes three hours to fill the whole pool with both, so one third will be full after one hour

1/x = 1/3 - 1/4

1/x = 1/12

i think they were looking for the fraction that would be full with only the small pipe after one hour, so the answer is 1/12

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 05:49PM

fkt wrote: »

Why the f'ucking hell is the hardest equation there's ever been come up the year I'm doing it. Unbelievable.

yeah, i was really pissed off with that part alright..
I was running outta time so I just wrote dwon any old equation that came to my head..
and they mixed up the layout of the paper as well which really confused me as well since q.5&6 are usually based on functions.
grr...:(:mad:

are they trying to punish us or something?:(
must admit though, that irish paper today was sh-weet!:D

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 05:50PM

Thats the solution for the pool question

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

its easy

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

Yeah,the irish was easy arite. I think P II will be impossible though

RoscoBosco93 · 04-06-2009 05:56PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Thats the solution for the pool question

they asked how much would be full with just the small pipe in one hour, not how long it would take in total so its 12 hours total, 1/12 for one hour

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 05:58PM

RoscoBosco93 wrote: »

they asked how much would be full with just the small pipe in one hour, not how long it would take in total so its 12 hours total, 1/12 for one hour

Im talking about Q3 c iii

"It takes 3 hours for the two pipes working together to fill the pool. Find X"

daisy17 · 04-06-2009 05:58PM

for the ones everyone seems 2 be talking about!

Q1 B
(i)7.6x10^-3
(ii) B

Q2
A. 15
B. (ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x
(iii) x = 12 they were looking for x, the question just says 'Find x.'

Q4
0.37 and some negative answer which i put a strike over as it has to be positive

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) x = -1.2 or x = 4
(ii) t = -0.1 or t = 2.5

Meller · 04-06-2009 06:07PM

Thought maths was easy enough, not saying l did well though... l must have kept on making small mistakes because my answers were always really messed up, crazy decimals and fractions all over the place when l was expecting even numbers...

Did some pretty brainless things tbh, for some reason l didn't think and thought the answer to the question about the cabin should be less men so kept wondering 'why am l getting 15?!!'.

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 06:11PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Yeah,the irish was easy arite. I think P II will be impossible though

Am I the only person here that doesn't mind paper two?
What are ye all so worried about?
Studied Poetry and Stories are just 30 marks (15 each)..

Dicksboro_man · 04-06-2009 06:12PM

soccymonster wrote: »

Am I the only person here that doesn't mind paper two?
What are ye all so worried about?
Studied Poetry and Stories are just 30 marks (15 each)..

Yeah but i find all the unseen poems impossible. Sometimes the unseen prose is hard as well.

Any predictions on what themes are gonna come up?

Fairy Princess! · 04-06-2009 06:16PM

No idea...i am praying 4 greann to come up in the seen pros!:)

soccymonster · 04-06-2009 06:18PM

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Yeah but i find all the unseen poems impossible. Sometimes the unseen prose is hard as well.

Any predictions on what themes are gonna come up?

yeah the unseen poems suck actually!..
hoping for grá in either filiocht or pros!..
probably will since it comes up most years for either..

Bonkers_xOx · 04-06-2009 06:19PM

Grá and uaigneas nearly always come up!:)

daisy17 · 04-06-2009 06:22PM

Yeah I'm hoping that brón will come up for studied prós and grá for filíocht!
And I agree! The unseen poems are so difficult for me - in my mocks I started writing about people dying in forests, when it was actually just talking about nature in general???

Fairy Princess! · 04-06-2009 06:22PM

How many poems have you studied in detail?my teacher was terrible and we only did 1...

sammypsammy · 04-06-2009 06:26PM

Fairy Princess! wrote: »

How many poems have you studied in detail?my teacher was terrible and we only did 1...

We did 4... One in greater detail than the others tho.:pac:

j'aime · 04-06-2009 06:27PM

we did 2 or 3 .. not to worry like you can make them up ar an lá !! ..
wat do you think is coming up for geography ?
maths was impossible !!!
but saying that I still think I got around a B .. low though ...
any chance of still getting an a ??
reli wanted one !!

daisy17 · 04-06-2009 06:27PM

We did 3, but only one in detail (Teilifís by G Rosenstock)

Fairy Princess! · 04-06-2009 06:29PM

does anyone else think the mock was easier for eng nd irish?i thought the essay titles were pretty bad...hope 2 still get a B!

daisy17 · 04-06-2009 06:32PM

Fairy Princess! wrote: »

does anyone else think the mock was easier for eng nd irish?i thought the essay titles were pretty bad...hope 2 still get a B!

Yeah I thought the irish essay titles were harder in the real thing, but I thought the english poems were the same standard - really hard!!

Fairy Princess! · 04-06-2009 06:36PM

Maths was pretty easy i thought but then again im not to sound full of myself but i got lyk 98 in the mocks...so im hoping 4 an a!i think study population,maps nd photos and features of sea and river depoisition and erosion but dont depend on me...thats just my judgement from looking through the papers!

Dancing-Ferret · 04-06-2009 06:37PM

jumpguy wrote: »

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

becuz it asks 4 both, you dont have to show correct or incorrect.
my teacher is one of people who check marking is correct, and she said you get all marks if you just left the two answers

What did you think of the exams?

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