What did you think of the exams?

Setheme

Not yet. There should be on examinations.ie tomorrow, because english was added today.

jumpguy

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
a) 1260
b) i) 7.6x10^-3
ii) B
c) i) 60km/h
ii) 12:40

Q2.
a) 15
b) ii) 8
iii) 33%

c) i) 2898
ii) Aideen = 3999, Brian = 5332
iii) 5418

Q3.
a) 10x^2-23x=-12
b) i) 5 1/3t + 1
ii) t= -0.1275
c) i) 1/4
ii) 2/x
iii) 6

Q4.
a) y=3
b) i) -2.5 < x ≤ 4
ii) x=15, y=42

c) i) (2x+2)^2 = (x+1)^2 + (x+2)^2
ii) 1.68

Q5.
a) a=3
b) ii) (2.5,8.4)
c) ii) -15
iii) -4 ≥ x ≥ -3
26 ≤ x ≤ 3

Q6.
a) -x / 20 + 2.15 (or 43 / 20)
b) i) (5x-6y) (5x+6y)
ii) (11x-2)(x+7)
iii) 9x^2 - 6x

c) i) x=4 , x= 6/5
ii) t= 2.5, t= -0.1


Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

I just took a brief glance and I'm pretty sure Question 1 (b) (ii) is Brand C. I almost made the same mistake. B has the highest price per gram. C has the CHEAPEST (lowest) price per gram.


Overall I got a shock when I saw paper 1, it was harder than I expected because it was harder than the 2006, 2007 and 2008 papers (in my opinion) but I think it did good. I got full marks in the first two questions and made a few minor mistakes from then on. Couldn't solve the quadratic equation on Question 6 (c) (i) and I forgot the number line for Question 4 (b) (i)

I got (8, 2.5) for Question 5 (b) (ii). My graph was poor, I drew the lines freehand (I didn't know they were meant to be straight). Anyone know if that's in the leeway?



Irish wasn't too bad. As always, I did useless on the tape.

soccymonster

omg im sucha retard!..
on question 5 (b) i put funtion f & g on separate graphs!

partyatmygaff

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
a) 1260
b) i) 7.6x10^-3(Probably wrong...)
ii) B
c) i) 60km/h
ii) 12:40



Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

6stringmaniac

In the second graph question, I taught that the graph could only go up in 5s/10s for some reason. Which lead to my graph going off the squared part of the paper. Will I lose marks for that?

partyatmygaff

Irish was completely random this year, the listening was pretty average except for Cuid B, everything was said fast and mumbled for all of Cuid B and that guy from Donegal sounds impossible to understand.

Paper 1, pretty bad choice of Aiste and scéal, I did the aiste where you describe what job you would like after you leave school and why, wrote about 1 1/2 pages saying how being a musician is great and how you meet new people and get to express yourself from the heart
Waffley bullsh1t, had nothing prepared for something like that at all.

Agallamh was fine, did it with Arnold Schwarznegger as the movie star and lasted about a page.

reading comprehension was very very good, No problems at all with it.

beano-lawd

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

No....... it says that that the power is an element of Z which are all positive and negative whole numbers -3 is right

cianserian

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I think that that notation question was that the power must be within 1<x<10 so -3 can't be right. I gave 0.5208 x 10^1 which comes up correct but somehow I feel it can't be right

No, that notation is correct. Question says "express your answer in the form ax10^n, where n is an element of Z and 1<a<10"

Setheme

a has to be in the range 1 < a < 10. Its 7.6
n hast to be in Z (which means Integers - Negative numbers are numbers that are less than zero) so its -3.


and with the gum..

Brand A :
3 x 100g = 300g for 135c [135/300 = 0.45] So its 0.45cent for 1 gram.
Brand B :
6 x 100 = 600 for 240c [240/600 = 0.40] So 0.40 cent for 1 gram.
Brand C :
4 x 125 = 500 for 238c [238/500 = 0.476] Which gives 0.486 for each gram.

I still think brand B is the cheapest..

soccymonster

6stringmaniac wrote: »

In the second graph question, I taught that the graph could only go up in 5s/10s for some reason. Which lead to my graph going off the squared part of the paper. Will I lose marks for that?

i went up in 3's because i couldnt fit it?..

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Irish was completely random this year, the listening was pretty average except for Cuid B, everything was said fast and mumbled for all of Cuid B and that guy from Donegal sounds impossible to understand.

Paper 1, pretty bad choice of Aiste and scéal, I did the aiste where you describe what job you would like after you leave school and why, wrote about 1 1/2 pages saying how being a musician is great and how you meet new people and get to express yourself from the heart
Waffley bullsh1t, had nothing prepared for something like that at all.

Agallamh was fine, did it with Arnold Schwarznegger as the movie star and lasted about a page.

reading comprehension was very very good, No problems at all with it.

i liked the essay choice because they were so simple and easy to understand:p.. i did the one on my area and just blabbered on about how we have a pitch and a shop:pac:.. and at one stage i was so desperate for ideas that i wrote about how the farmers didnt wash the cows (lack of irish vocab!) and it made the area smelly!!:p

Frank3142

animalcrazy wrote: »

Well for the target audience thing everyone said it was aimed at young people because the style of shoe is mostly worn by young people etc.

For how to get young people interested in talk-raidio or whatever it was called, I talked about having competitions, talking about topics teenagers are interested in e.g. sports, music, fashion. Having a ring-in and text-in service etc.

my friend said it was mostly worn by hippies

Rexsplode

not that bad today. Maths I no major problems with.

Irish I did the sceal and worked it into a story involving robbery and accident vocab. Got about 2 and 1/3 pages out of that.

I did the comhra and it ended mostly "me" and my my father arguing and slagging eachother.

Leamhtuiscint was easy.

Setheme

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

6stringmaniac

At the start of the Irish sceal part does it not say "dont write more than a page"



Edit: just checked, says "Ní gá níos mó ná leathanach go leith a scríobh"
Does that mean not to write more than a page?

partyatmygaff

Setheme wrote: »

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

I'd be more worried of Irish P2, I have f*ck all hope of getting over a C in that and realising now, If i dont absolutely ace Paper 2 maths I can kiss that B goodbye.

soccymonster

Setheme wrote: »

What chapters would you study for Geography tomorrow?

EVERYTHING!..:D

Zipp101

Irish was handy out.
Especially the comprhension.If you can understand the questions your sorted.
They tell you how much to write....what a joke lol
Tape was mumbly..
Tell me I'm not the only one who had very dodgy spelling for some of the key words on the tape?

Rexsplode

6stringmaniac wrote: »

At the start of the Irish sceal part does it not say "dont write more than a page"

Our teacher has always told us two pages na dthe revision books say 1 1/2 pages so I just did as much as it took to write the story.

jumpguy

Setheme wrote: »

a has to be in the range 1 < a < 10. Its 7.6
n hast to be in Z (which means Integers - Negative numbers are numbers that are less than zero) so its -3.


and with the gum..

Brand A :
3 x 100g = 300g for 135c [135/300 = 0.45] So its 0.45cent for 1 gram.
Brand B :
6 x 100 = 600 for 240c [240/600 = 0.40] So 0.40 cent for 1 gram.
Brand C :
4 x 125 = 500 for 238c [238/500 = 0.476] Which gives 0.486 for each gram.

I still think brand B is the cheapest..

Damn you're right! I put the money in euros. So I was dividing by 2.40 Euro instead of 240 cent.

Zipp101

6stringmaniac wrote: »

Edit: just checked, says "Ní gá níos mó ná leathanach go leith a scríobh"
Does that mean not to write more than a page?

It means you don't have to write more that a page and a half.

soccymonster

jumpguy wrote: »

Damn you're right! I put the money in euros. So I was dividing by 2.40 Euro instead of 240 cent.

i got the answer for brand A & B but got it wrong for C!..
But i put down brand B as being the cheapest!..
so i guess i would get most marks, right?

jumpguy

soccymonster wrote: »

i got the answer for brand A & B but got it wrong for C!..
But i put down brand B as being the cheapest!..
so i guess i would get most marks, right?

Yeah should do. If you misread and put in a wrong number you might get a slip, 9 marks. If you made a error in calculation you'll probably get 7 marks.

Dicksboro_man

Setheme wrote: »

Maths - Higher Lever - Paper 1.

My (probably wrong :P) Results :

Q1.
b) i) 7.6x10^-3

Q2.
b) ii) 8
iii) 33%

Q3.
c) i) 1/4
ii) 2/x
iii) 6

Q4.
ii) 1.68

Q6.
iii) 9x^2 - 6x

c) i) x=4 , x= 6/5

Hows that? Did I make lots of mistakes? ;]

I got different answers for them questions

Q1 B
I got 5.8 x 10^-2

Q2 B
(ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x
(iii)12

Q4
0.37 and -1.37

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) i got MINUS 6/5 and plus 4.

jumpguy

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

I got different answers for them questions

Q1 B
I got 5.8 x 10^-2

Q2 B
(ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x(iii)12

Q4
0.37 and -1.37

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) i got MINUS 6/5 and plus 4.

All the bolded ones are wrong I think. I can't remember the rest. Question 4 must be a positive number, because it's the measure of line. It can't be negative.

Setheme

Oh, yeah, I ment minus 6/5.

And with the pool, I took part i) as a different question than parts ii) and iii).
So I was calculating the time for the whole pool, not 3/4...

fkt

Why the f'ucking hell is the hardest equation there's ever been come up the year I'm doing it. Unbelievable. seriously pissed off with some of the maths.

Might scrape a pass. Need to do a good paper 2.

Dicksboro_man

jumpguy wrote: »

All the bolded ones are wrong I think. I can't remember the rest. Question 4 must be a positive number, because it's the measure of line. It can't be negative.

you have to show both answers coz u use the formula -b+- bla bla bla

jumpguy

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

you have to show both answers coz u use the formula -b+- bla bla bla

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

Dicksboro_man

jumpguy wrote: »

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

ah well

RoscoBosco93

i this is what i did for the pool question. i think its right

1/4 + 1/x = 1/3

as it takes three hours to fill the whole pool with both, so one third will be full after one hour

1/x = 1/3 - 1/4

1/x = 1/12

i think they were looking for the fraction that would be full with only the small pipe after one hour, so the answer is 1/12

soccymonster

fkt wrote: »

Why the f'ucking hell is the hardest equation there's ever been come up the year I'm doing it. Unbelievable.

yeah, i was really pissed off with that part alright..
I was running outta time so I just wrote dwon any old equation that came to my head..
and they mixed up the layout of the paper as well which really confused me as well since q.5&6 are usually based on functions.
grr...:(:mad:

are they trying to punish us or something?:(
must admit though, that irish paper today was sh-weet!:D

Dicksboro_man

Thats the solution for the pool question

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

its easy

3 (1/4 + 1/x)=1
3/4 + 3/x =1
3/x=1/4
x=12

Yeah,the irish was easy arite. I think P II will be impossible though

RoscoBosco93

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Thats the solution for the pool question

they asked how much would be full with just the small pipe in one hour, not how long it would take in total so its 12 hours total, 1/12 for one hour

Dicksboro_man

RoscoBosco93 wrote: »

they asked how much would be full with just the small pipe in one hour, not how long it would take in total so its 12 hours total, 1/12 for one hour

Im talking about Q3 c iii

"It takes 3 hours for the two pipes working together to fill the pool. Find X"

daisy17

for the ones everyone seems 2 be talking about!

Q1 B
(i)7.6x10^-3
(ii) B

Q2
A. 15
B. (ii)x=7
(iii)35%

Q3 C
(ii)1/4 + 1/x
(iii) x = 12 they were looking for x, the question just says 'Find x.'

Q4
0.37 and some negative answer which i put a strike over as it has to be positive

Q6
(iii)6x-9x^2

C(i) x = -1.2 or x = 4
(ii) t = -0.1 or t = 2.5

Meller

Thought maths was easy enough, not saying l did well though... l must have kept on making small mistakes because my answers were always really messed up, crazy decimals and fractions all over the place when l was expecting even numbers...

Did some pretty brainless things tbh, for some reason l didn't think and thought the answer to the question about the cabin should be less men so kept wondering 'why am l getting 15?!!'.

soccymonster

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Yeah,the irish was easy arite. I think P II will be impossible though

Am I the only person here that doesn't mind paper two?
What are ye all so worried about?
Studied Poetry and Stories are just 30 marks (15 each)..

Dicksboro_man

soccymonster wrote: »

Am I the only person here that doesn't mind paper two?
What are ye all so worried about?
Studied Poetry and Stories are just 30 marks (15 each)..

Yeah but i find all the unseen poems impossible. Sometimes the unseen prose is hard as well.

Any predictions on what themes are gonna come up?

Fairy Princess!

No idea...i am praying 4 greann to come up in the seen pros!:)

soccymonster

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Yeah but i find all the unseen poems impossible. Sometimes the unseen prose is hard as well.

Any predictions on what themes are gonna come up?

yeah the unseen poems suck actually!..
hoping for grá in either filiocht or pros!..
probably will since it comes up most years for either..

Bonkers_xOx

Grá and uaigneas nearly always come up!:)

daisy17

Yeah I'm hoping that brón will come up for studied prós and grá for filíocht!
And I agree! The unseen poems are so difficult for me - in my mocks I started writing about people dying in forests, when it was actually just talking about nature in general???

Fairy Princess!

How many poems have you studied in detail?my teacher was terrible and we only did 1...

sammypsammy

Fairy Princess! wrote: »

How many poems have you studied in detail?my teacher was terrible and we only did 1...

We did 4... One in greater detail than the others tho.:pac:

j'aime

we did 2 or 3 .. not to worry like you can make them up ar an lá !! ..
wat do you think is coming up for geography ?
maths was impossible !!!
but saying that I still think I got around a B .. low though ...
any chance of still getting an a ??
reli wanted one !!

daisy17

We did 3, but only one in detail (Teilifís by G Rosenstock)

Fairy Princess!

does anyone else think the mock was easier for eng nd irish?i thought the essay titles were pretty bad...hope 2 still get a B!

daisy17

Fairy Princess! wrote: »

does anyone else think the mock was easier for eng nd irish?i thought the essay titles were pretty bad...hope 2 still get a B!

Yeah I thought the irish essay titles were harder in the real thing, but I thought the english poems were the same standard - really hard!!

Fairy Princess!

Maths was pretty easy i thought but then again im not to sound full of myself but i got lyk 98 in the mocks...so im hoping 4 an a!i think study population,maps nd photos and features of sea and river depoisition and erosion but dont depend on me...thats just my judgement from looking through the papers!

Dancing-Ferret

jumpguy wrote: »

Yes, but you must clearly indicate which one is correct.

becuz it asks 4 both, you dont have to show correct or incorrect.
my teacher is one of people who check marking is correct, and she said you get all marks if you just left the two answers