Students and teachers have reacted positively to both the higher and ordinary level maths exams, despite some surprise that financial maths did not appear on the paper. Teachers said that the higher-level paper was dominated by calculus, whereas usually algebra is more prominent. Eamonn Toland, founder of TheMathsTutor.ie, said the higher-level paper was “very accessible, especially as they were able to choose their preferred questions this year. Time will tell.”‘Lovely’The ordinary level paper was “lovely”, according to Jean Kelly, a maths teacher at the Institute of Education in Dublin. “This is perhaps a fitting metaphor for the Covid-19 era.”Try this at home: Ordinary level maths, paper oneThe first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are -5, k, 1.

Source: The Irish Times June 11, 2021 18:50 UTC