The Junior Cycle Ordinary course contains 13 geometry constructions. Geometry constructions have been examined almost every year in the Junior Cycle Ordinary exam. If you are aiming for a high grade, you can’t afford to neglect this part of the course. For general guidance on how to learn and revise constructions, click here. Here’s the full list of JCO constructions, and the demo videos are embedded below this. Construction 1 – Bisector of an angle, using […]
The Junior Cert Higher course contains 15 geometry constructions. Geometry constructions have been examined almost every year in the Junior Cert Higher exam. If you are aiming for a high grade, you can’t afford to neglect this part of the course. For general guidance on how to learn and revise constructions, click here. Here’s the full list of JCH constructions, and the demo videos are embedded below this. Construction 1 – Bisector of an […]
The Leaving Cert Ordinary course contains 19 geometry constructions, 13 of which you will have already covered in Junior Cert constructions. Some of these first 13 form the basic steps of the more advanced constructions, so it is important to master these first. When you are comfortable with constructions 1 to 13, you can move on to the remaining 6 constructions which are required for the Leaving Cert Ordinary course. Geometry constructions have been examined [...]
All Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert students (Higher and Ordinary level) have a set number of geometric constructions that they need to be able to do. In this article, we’re going to look at geometric constructions in general, and how to learn and practise constructions. For those in a hurry, we’re adding links to demo videos, which show you exactly how to do each of the constructions that you need. We suggest you review the […]
Exam Script Viewing and Exam Appeals - Key Facts, Dates and Resources for Leaving Cert 2019 SummaryAll Leaving Cert students are entitled to view their exam scripts free of charge. There are set dates and times to apply for this, and set dates and times for viewing (see below for details). Some scripts (such as maths) are viewed online, others at the examination centre. All Leaving Cert students are entitled to appeal their exam grade, for [...]
UPDATED ADVICE FROM 8th June 2019 Summary: Leaving Cert maths students can continue to use pencil for diagrams, graphs and constructions, but it is strongly recommended by the SEC that they use black or blue ink (not gel pens) for other parts of their maths exam. Notwithstanding this recommendation, we believe that students will not be penalised if they used pencil throughout, as long as it is clearly legible using an appropriate pencil e.g. a […]
Click HERE for a printable PDF of this post! Warning: long post ahead, but students and parents really need to read this! Should I stay in higher or drop to “pass” maths? Not an easy choice, but the key thing is to make an informed decision, not a snap decision! We’re going to guide you through the process. So, let’s look at the pros and cons associated with doing higher level maths, and the […]
We also received a lot of coverage in the print editions, including Junior Cert commentary. We hope it was interesting for teachers, parents and students!
TV3 came out to interview Eamonn about the Euromillions odds - great fun!
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It is easy to get flustered in an exam, especially when things aren’t falling into place: you know that the answer should be a whole number, and you are getting a screen-load of digits. You will very well know at this point that to do well in an exam you need to keep a cool head. Is this a problem for you? Have you ever been able to just move on to a different question without fixating on the previous one and blaming yourself for not being prepared?
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We also wrote an “explainer” article for TheJournal.ie, which certainly drew a lot of interesting comments.
Have a look and let us know what you think – was LCO Paper 1 too hard compared with the LCH paper 1?
Congratulations to our students from the Irish Naval Service on their exam success in Leaving Cert 2014!
This was part of a successful pilot project in blended learning, using our system both ashore and at sea.
The initiative will now be extended across the entire fleet of the Irish Naval Service in the coming school year.
You can read all about it in this article in the Irish Independent.
This will give you the approximate number of minutes to spend on a given question, and will also give you about 15 to 20 minutes of a “cushion”, for checking, over-runs etc.
Connemara Maths Academy are running a very exciting course this summer – it’s a bit like going to the Gaeltacht, but instead of improving your Irish, you get yourself fluent in Maths!
So how does this work? Do you go sit on a rock in Clifden and do lots of hard sums? Not quite!
I was invited on to Tipp FM to discuss the exam paper error seen in Leaving Cert Higher Paper2
Thanks to Seamus, Tom and the team for having me on the show, I enjoyed chatting about ‘The Bermuda Triangle’ as they’re calling it in Tipperary!
So that’s our Top Ten on getting it all down on paper and maximising your maths grade on the day!
Here’s our top tips that will save you a lot of marks and could even save your grade:
1. Be careful with minus signs – the single most common source of error.
2. Don’t try to do too much in one step – break it down into smaller steps.
We’re thrilled to work with the Navy to help some of their people attain their Leaving Cert in order to progress in their careers!
Eamonn was invited on to the Tommy Marren Show again, on Mid West Radio, to talk about our licencing deal with the Irish Naval Service. Thanks to Tommy and the team, it’s always a pleasure to be on the show!
Eamonn took part in the Project Maths debate on Joe Duffy’s Liveline last week.
There was a lot of negativity about Project Maths, so Eamonn went on air to challenge the critics to do something positive to help Irish students, especially those with exams coming up in June.
The Irish Independent ran an article recently about the growth in online learning support in Ireland. It was nice for themathstutor.ie to be mentioned as one of the main websites in this area.
We’ve been contacted by a few national journalists recently, so look out for more coverage of our system in the newspapers soon!
Judges, Mentors, Students and Teachers
I was delighted to be asked to judge the North Mayo Regional Final of the Student Enterprise Awards last week.
There were 9 finalists from 4 local schools, and first prize went to a team from St Muredach’s, Ballina, with a very interesting (and tasty!) food product for allergy sufferers!
We have also taken on Hugh to help us with the video production and Moodle side of things. Jonny is continuing to work hard on new quizzes.
So much to tell, but the highlights included meeting the Taoiseach, chatting with Colm O’Neill (CEO of BT) and Sean O’Sullivan (of Dragon’s Den) about e-learning, but most of all, checking out the amazing projects and meeting the students who created them!
I’m delighted to be asked to participate, and I’m looking forward to meeting some of the past winners of the award as well as this year’s hopeful entrants like ourselves!
First up was a slot yesterday, in studio, with the legendary Tommy Marren on Midwest Radio.
It’s taken a while to get organised, as we have been so busy since MathsFest, but we finally had the draw on Hallowe’en night
PS If you twist his arm, Eamonn might do his world-famous mind-reading act (ok, famous to his kids anyway). It’s actually quite spooky so be sure to ask him about it!
We’ve come away with even more inspiration, energy and drive for the task in hand, and with the support of Irish teachers, we know we can help make a big difference to even more Irish maths students.
Really looking to this event – if you are attending please make sure to come to our stand, we’d love to meet you on the day!
We’ve created a comprehensive guide to exam technique for Irish maths students called ‘Maximise Your Maths Grade’, and we are launching it this weekend in Cork.
Our friends at Essential French have invited us to give a seminar to Leaving Cert students this weekend, and over 120 have already confirmed their attendance!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our user feedback survey which we conducted recently. Some great comments and suggestions, which we are using to make TheMathsTutor.ie even better ongoing!
Our maths paper 2 reviews also featured in the Irish Times and the Irish Independent this week.
We were contacted by the main national newspapers on Friday for our views on Leaving Cert Maths Paper 1.
So we decided to do something about that, and, even better, we’re giving you the solutions in video format!
Type in your question (if it’s an exam question, you can just tell us what year, paper and question number e.g. 2008 P1 Q3a), and we will help you with it.
This is a comprehensive handout for the Distance / Velocity / Acceleration application of differentiation question which comes up in Leaving Cert Ordinary Level paper 1.
This type of question has come up every year since 1998. Lots of people find it difficult but it’s easy when it’s explained properly.
This is Lesson 4 of our free live maths grinds for Leaving Cert (O) level students!
This one is on Distance / Speed / Acceleration, and it’s on Wed 30th May at 8pm. We’ll look at some typical exam questions.
The main thing is that we have made it much easier to pick your exam level, and we’ve de-cluttered the tabs. We think you are going to love the new, simpler navigation.
This one is on Graphs and Functions, on Wed 23rd May at 8pm. I am going to show you how to tackle some typical exam questions. Remember you also need to understand this stuff when you do applications of differentiation questions.
We have started running some free online grinds coming up to the Leaving Cert exams.
The second one is on Differentiation, on Saturday 19th May at 8pm. I am going to show you how to tackle some typical exam questions.
We are going run some free online grinds coming up to the Leaving Cert exams. The first one is on Algebra, on Wed 16th April at 8pm.
You can join the class at the following link, from 7.55pm onwards:
Leaving Cert (O) Algebra Class
Remember that you DO need to cover Arrangements / Permutations at LCO and LCH.
It’s almost 2 months now since we went live, and I am only now getting time to give a quick update – I guess that is a good sign!
We have been delighted with the response, with lots of people using the system and some great feedback.
We are in the final couple of weeks before we launch our online maths learning system at the end of the month, and we are burning lots of midnight oil at the moment to give it a final polish!