Opinion adds a new level to maths paper

The inclusion of questions of student opinion on higher level maths for Leaving Certificate students was among the main talking points outside exam halls at lunchtime yesterday.

Eamonn Toland, founder of TheMathsTutor.ie said the contexts and applications section was very biased towards statistics and students who were a bit weak in this area might have struggled.

He said that several questions about the analysis of employment data asked for subjective opinions and might have no clearly correct answer. While this is typical of the new Project Maths syllabus, he said, a lot of students might find it difficult.