Leaving Cert numbers add up for ‘fair’ maths paper

The weekend finally arrived for Leaving Certificate students after the afternoon maths exams in which record numbers are expected to have taken the honours paper.

Leaving Cert numbers add up for ‘fair’ maths paper

That higher-level Paper 1 was described as fair by Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) subject spokesman Tony McGennis.

He said it followed Project Maths syllabus principles, integrating different parts of the course into practical situations, such as a question on the rate at which boiled water cools for use by a father preparing food for his baby.

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