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Exam Countdown - Your Ready-Made Revision Plan!

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Need a revision plan for maths?

Follow our exam countdown plans (one for each exam level!), which run from now until the exams in June!

These structured plans are based on our famous video lessons, using carefully selected examples from past LC and JC exam papers.

This will help you to to cover the course efficiently, in bite-sized chunks, and be confident going into your exams in June!

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Need a revision plan for maths?

Follow our exam countdown plans (one for each exam level!), which run from now until completion of the 2022 exams.

These structured plans are based on our famous video lessons, using carefully selected examples from past LC and JC exam papers.

This will help you to to cover the course efficiently, in bite-sized chunks, and be confident going into your exams!


Full (Paid) Members

If you’re a Full Member, you can log on to the system to access the revision plans for your exam level:

Leaving Cert (Higher)

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

Junior Cycle (Higher)

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

As one of our Full Members you have full access to the full plans at all times, and all resources and support on our system.

We’ve got you covered!


Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!

Week 2 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 24th Jan 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2014 – Sample Paper 1 – Question 1
Polar form. DeMoivre’s Theorem. Geometric properties of multiplication by scalar, by i, and addition.

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 6
Simplifying and solving quadratic equations

 

Junior Cycle (Higher)

2015 – Paper 1 – Question 7
Multiplying algebraic expressions. Factorising. Adding algebraic fractions

 

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

2016 – Paper 1 – Question 8
Multiplying algebraic expressions. Factorising

 


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 3 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 31st Jan 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2016 – Paper 1 – Question 8b
“The Heptathlon” – using formulae, indices, logs

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 9
“The Tsunami” – using a formula, rearranging a formula

 

Junior Cert (Higher)

2017 – Paper 1 – Question 12
Factorising. Substitution. Long division of a cubic equation

 

Junior Cert (Ordinary)

2018 – Paper 1 – Question 15
Multiplying algebraic expressions. Factorising


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 4 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 7th Feb 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 4
Proof by induction. Simplifying a complex number raised to a power, DeMoivre’s theorem

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2017 – Paper 2 – Question 7
“Cones Sculpture” – cone slane height, surface area, sector, arc length. Cost calculations, exchange rates

 

Junior Cert (Higher)

2019 – Paper 1 – Question 4
Income tax calculations. Debt and interest. Depreciation

 

Junior Cert (Ordinary)

2019 – Paper 1 – Question 2
Profit, ratio, exchange rates


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 5 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 14th February 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 9
“The Sierpinski Triangle” – Exploring geometric sequences. Limits as n approaches infinity

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2016 – Paper 1 – Question 8
“Fencing a Garden” – linear, quadratic functions, derivative, maximum value

 

Junior Cert (Higher)

2013 – Paper 1 – Question 8
Identifying types of sequences

 

Junior Cert (Ordinary)

2019 – Paper 1 – Question 6
Exploring a quadratic sequence


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 6 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 21 Feb 2021.

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2017 – Paper 1 – Question 5
Roots of a cubic function. Local max and min. Real roots

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 7
“Theatre Seating” – arithmetic sequences and series. Sales calculations

 

Junior Cert (Higher)

JCH 2018 – Paper 1 – Question 8
Solving a quadratic equation. Identifying a quadratic function from its graph

 

Junior Cert (Ordinary)

JCO 2019 – Paper 1 – Question 11
Pay calculations, interpretation of a linear graph, deriving the equation from the graph, graphing a linear function


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 8 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 7th March 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

LCH 2019 –  Paper 1 – Question 4
Integrating a cubic function. Exploring the graph, roots and derivative of a cubic function

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

LCO 2017 – Paper 1 – Question 1
Depreciation and compound interest

 

Junior Cert (Higher)

JCH 2016 – Paper 1 – Question 14
“The Harbours” – graphing a quadratic function, interpreting the graph. Deriving a function from a graph.

 

Junior Cert (Ordinary)

JCO 2018 – Paper 2 – Question 6
Two-way table, outcomes


Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 9 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 14th March

Leaving Cert (Higher)
2018 – Paper 2 – Question 4
Trigonometric equations

 

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

2015 – Paper 2 – Question 1
Permutations

Junior Cycle (Higher)

 

2014 – Paper 2 – Question 1
Counting outcomes and probability

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

2018 – Paper 2 – Question 2
Probability calculations, probability scale. Payment calculations

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 10 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 21st March 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

2018 – Paper 2 – Question 7
“The Garden Railing” – volume and surface area of a sphere, geometric series, arithmetic sequence, theorem of Pythagoras

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

2017 – Paper 2 – Question 1
“Birth Statistics” – probability calculations

Junior Cycle (Higher)

2017 – Paper 2 – Question 1

Identifying geometrical transformations

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

2019 – Paper 2 – Question 5
Angle types. Angle chasing. Similar and congruent triangles

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 11 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 28th March 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

2017 – Paper 2 – Question 3

Coordinate geometry of a centroid, orthocentre

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)
2016 – Paper 2 – Question 8
“Water Usage” – pie chart, cost and VAT calculations
Junior Cycle (Higher)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 7
Perimeter of a triangle. Isosceles triangle. Graph of a quadratic function, axis of symmetry. Theorem of Pythagoras, area of a triangle calculations

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

2018 – Paper 2 – Question 9
Angles in an equilateral triangle and square. Theorem of Pythagoras. Construction of a composite shape

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 13 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 11th April 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

2017 – Paper 2 – Question 6
“The Cliffs of Moher” – angle of depression. Theorem of Pythagoras. Alternate angles. Solving a triangle

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

2015 – Paper 2 – Question 4
Angles in a parallelogram. Area of parallelograms and triangles
Junior Cycle (Higher)

2018 – Paper 2 – Question 12
“The “Horcrux” symbol” – axial symmetry, trigonometric ratio. Construction 2: Perpendicular bisector of a segment. Construction 1: Bisector of an angle

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)

2016 – Paper 2 – Question 9
Coordinates of points. Calculating midpoint, length of a line segment, area of a triangle. Central symmetry.

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 14 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 18th April 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)
2017 – Paper 2 – Question 5
Similar triangles. Area of a quadrilateral

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)
2015 – Paper 2 – Question 7
“The Logo” – enlargements

Junior Cycle (Higher)
2014 – Paper 2 – Question 7
“The Swing” – coordinate geometry, trigonometry

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)
2018 – Paper 1 – Question 5
Timetable calculations. Average speed

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 15 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 25th April 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 6
Probability of independent events, probability using Venn diagrams

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)
2017 – Paper 2 – Question 6
Sine rule, cosine rule calculations

Junior Cycle (Higher)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 10
Circumference and radius calculations

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)
2018 – Paper 2 – Question 7
Reading co-ordinates, area, perimeter, axes of symmetry, slope

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 16 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 2nd May 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)

2018 – Paper 2 – Question 1
Expected value calculations

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)

2019 – Paper 2 – Question 9
“The Radar Station and the Ships” – solving triangles using trigonometry, cosine rule. Arcs and sectors

Junior Cycle (Higher)
2013 – Paper 2 – Question 15
Cylinders, curved surface area and volume, ratios

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)
2018 – Paper 2 – Question 1
Measurement, scale calculations, volume of a cylinder

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 17 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 9th May 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)
2018 – Paper 2 – Question 2
Standard normal curve, mean, standard deviation, normal distribution, empirical rule

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 2
Calculating slopes. Equation of a line. Area of a triangle

Junior Cycle (Higher)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 2
Data types, mode, analysing tabular data, constructing a pie chart, interpreting a line chart

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)
2019 – Paper 2 – Question 6
Interpreting bar charts, plotting on a bar chart. Probability calculations, ratio

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

Not a Full Member Yet?

We’re giving you a free taster lesson every week from now until the exams!  These are examples of the full suite of resources that are available to our Full Members.

We’ll add a new lesson for every level, every week, so feel free to bookmark this page!


Week 18 Taster Lesson – available until Sun 16th May 2021

Leaving Cert (Higher)
2018 – Paper 2 – Question 1
Expected value calculations

Leaving Cert (Ordinary)
2014 – Paper 2 – Question 9
“The Zip Line” – cosine rule

Junior Cycle (Higher)
2017 – Paper 2 – Question 3
“The Ball Bearings” – volume of spheres, recasting spheres

Junior Cycle (Ordinary)
2016 – Paper 2 – Question 5
Conversion of units. Volume of a cuboid

Check back next week for your next taster lesson!  Or click here to find out more about how we can help you!

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