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Project Maths Query - All input is appreciated

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  • 31-05-2013 11:44am
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    FutureGuy
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    Hi to everyone here, hope ye are all working hard. Having sat my JC in 1995, I'm probably one of the older people posting here!

    In my spare time, I volunteer to teach Numeracy and Literacy to adults. One of my students is an elderly lady who has decided to sit the Project Maths exam in June. She never had the opportunity to sit the exam earlier in her life and is working hard.

    I'm wondering if anyone knows the topics that come up each year? We have covered everything but, as we enter the final week, I'd like to focus on the questions that always come up.

    Thanks for your input!


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    MmmPancakes
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    The Proof comes up every year, you have to write out 1 proof out of a possible 5


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    DublinArnie
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    Area and Volume, statistics and probability come up every year i'm sure.


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    Jack_OLantern
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    Trigonometry (sin, cos, tan) is very common, and very annoying. Pythagoras' Theorem usually comes up in some form.


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    FShiwani
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭FShiwani


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Hi to everyone here, hope ye are all working hard. Having sat my JC in 1995, I'm probably one of the older people posting here!

    In my spare time, I volunteer to teach Numeracy and Literacy to adults. One of my students is an elderly lady who has decided to sit the Project Maths exam in June. She never had the opportunity to sit the exam earlier in her life and is working hard.

    I'm wondering if anyone knows the topics that come up each year? We have covered everything but, as we enter the final week, I'd like to focus on the questions that always come up.

    Thanks for your input!

    Know the proofs. Pythagoras Proof may come up this year. Functions come up every time. Probablillty, Statistics(Stem and leaf, etc.), Sets(venn diagrams)

    Best of Luck


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    dixiefly
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    My wife teaches JC and my daughter is sitting it. My wife tells me that there is no pattern to the questions.

    However, she said Area and Volume will definitely be Q 1 on paper 2 and 50 marks just like the old course. There will be a few questions on probability and statistics. The rest will be a mixture of coordinate geometry, geometry and trigonometry. In the lower level paper there are no formal proofs of theorems and whereas on the higher there are 5 formal proofs.

    Paper 1 hasn't changed.


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    The Union Forever
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    One of the constructions is likely to come up


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    FShiwani
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    Statistics and Probabilty is a pretty big part. Make sure you can do the easy first few questions as most students will answer them correctly therefore most marks for those.


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    positivealf
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    WHAT CONSTRUCTIONS ARE COMING UP


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    FShiwani
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    positivealf wrote: »
    WHAT CONSTRUCTIONS ARE COMING UP

    There is no definite prediction. Just know the main ones(parallel line with/without set square, bisect angle, line, etc) If you do T.G, this should be very easy


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    positivealf
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    FShiwani wrote: »
    There is no definite prediction. Just know the main ones(parallel line with/without set square, bisect angle, line, etc) If you do T.G, this should be very easy

    Dude....my...teacher...didn't....do.....constructions. Are there any online resources i can use to find them? I do TG too but he always leaves during class so we have to learn from book


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    FShiwani
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    positivealf wrote: »
    Dude....my...teacher...didn't....do.....constructions. Are there any online resources i can use to find them? I do TG too but he always leaves during class so we have to learn from book

    This is the official Project Maths syllabus constructions, scroll down the page a bit and you will find them.

    http://www.projectmaths.ie/students/cd-strand1and2/strand2-geoandtrig-junior.asp


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