STATE EXAMS: Water tank appears in both levels of Junior Cert maths

A water tank featured on both the higher and ordinary level Junior Certificate maths exam.

But Tony McGennis of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) said tasks of different levels of difficulty about the scenario were set on each paper, a practice that lends itself well in future to students changing levels and to group work in mixed-level classes.

In line with the Project Maths syllabus, one higher level question combined trigonometry with area and volume, Mr McGennis said.