**OL Maths Paper 1 - Before/After **

stephenjmcd

Jordan537 wrote: »

q9 was on the paper for me.....

Dunno what test u did then

shawki

ray2012 wrote: »

You just had to move the decimal place back 8 places, which makes 1.49597871x10(power) of 8

And it was to 2 significant figures, so it would have been 1.50 x 10 (power of 8) .. no ?

I put 1.5 aswell

Daniel7740

Clandestine wrote: »

that question wasn't on the paper. There was a q on speed,height - calculus instead.

Awh thank f*ck I thought I left out a question!!

mayoman1995

http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2013/LC003GLP100EV.pdf i did this one with 8 QS
http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2013/LC003GLP130EV.pdf this one has 9Qs

stephenjmcd

mayoman1995 wrote: »

http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2013/LC003GLP100EV.pdf i did this one with 8 QS
http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2013/LC003GLP130EV.pdf this one has 9Qs

I did the one with 8 qs there

FrankLamar

What was the answer to solve the equation with like 27 to the power of 2x = 3 to the power of 10 + x?

stephenjmcd

The paper with 9 qs was phase 3 , 8 qs phase 2

shawki

FrankLamar wrote: »

What was the answer to solve the equation with like 27 to the power of 2x = 3 to the power of 10 + x?

X= 2

Daniel7740

FrankLamar wrote: »

What was the answer to solve the equation with like 27 to the power of 2x = 3 to the power of 10 + x?

Think I got x=2

markjh

The paper with 9 questions was for the 24 pilot schools. They're a year ahead of the rest of the schools.

eoinoc2509

NellyDean wrote: »

OH MY GOD just clicked that .. totally did NOT see q.9



How badly will this **** me over?

I'm after doing the same:(

The Pheasant

I got x=2 for that 27 power one but I did it in my head, didn't know how to do it algebraically....would I still get marks?

shawki

The Pheasant wrote: »

I got x=2 for that 27 power one but I did it in my head, didn't know how to do it algebraically....would I still get marks?

Yes but if you got it wrong there would be no work for them to check so you would got zero instead of attempt marks

eoinoc2509

markjh wrote: »

The paper with 9 questions was for the 24 pilot schools. They're a year ahead of the rest of the schools.

What schools are they?

N64

defiantly failed the exam

markjh

eoinoc2509 wrote: »

What schools are they?

There's only 24 of them... the majority of students all over the country would have taken the paper with 8 questions....

The functions and differentiation part was from the old course on the 8-question paper.

Those who had the 9-question paper had new, 'project maths' type questions in the functions & differentiation parts.

If you're not in a pilot school, don't be stressing... there was only 8 questions on your paper... you didn't miss one!

eoinoc2509

markjh wrote: »

There's only 24 of them... the majority of students all over the country would have taken the paper with 8 questions....

The functions and differentiation part was from the old course on the 8-question paper.

Those who had the 9-question paper had new, 'project maths' type questions in the functions & differentiation parts.

If you're not in a pilot school, don't be stressing... there was only 8 questions on your paper... you didn't miss one!

I cant find a list of them anywhere? Im kind of worried about it...:(

markjh

eoinoc2509 wrote: »

I cant find a list of them anywhere? Im kind of worried about it...:(

I'm pretty sure you'd know if you were in a pilot school!

stephenjmcd

say i get 160 marks in p1, and 100 marks in p2, that takes me to 260 overall, even though i will have failed p2 do i still pass the whole exam

Jordan537

i had 9 questions, my school is a pilot school

markjh

stephenjmcd wrote: »

say i get 160 marks in p1, and 100 marks in p2, that takes me to 260 overall, even though i will have failed p2 do i still pass the whole exam

yes it's the overall mark they use... as long as you get 40% overall that's all they count.

stephenjmcd

markjh wrote: »

yes it's the overall mark they use... as long as you get 40% overall that's all they count.

grand, reckon i got about 160 or there abouts on p1, p1 is my best of the 2

The Pheasant

shawki wrote: »

Yes but if you got it wrong there would be no work for them to check so you would got zero instead of attempt marks

Yeah of course, but I got it right so...is that full marks?

shawki

The Pheasant wrote: »

Yeah of course, but I got it right so...is that full marks?

Yup full marks

ryanch09

I did the Project Maths paper, gotta say it was the easiest paper I've ever done. I was out nearly an hour early!

N64

how are attempt marks given exactly? Is it just the case that for example, you forgot to do the ending bit of the question?

markjh

N64 wrote: »

how are attempt marks given exactly? Is it just the case that for example, you forgot to do the ending bit of the question?

In general, any correct step you make in a question will get you some marks because any understanding you show of the question earns you marks...
If you want to get some idea of how the marks are given, have a look at page 24 onwards of this ... gives you some idea how the project maths is marked. No such thing as attempt marks really... they're disguising them as things like 'partial credit' now... same thing really

http://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2012/LC003GLP030EV.pdf
There are different scales, some allow for right or wrong answers only, other questions (such as 25 mark q's) are marked on a scale of how right it is.

shootie

ray2012 wrote: »

You just had to move the decimal place back 8 places, which makes 1.49597871x10(power) of 8

And it was to 2 significant figures, so it would have been 1.50 x 10 (power of 8) .. no ?

AARRRRGGGHHHH I forgot to round up to 1.5, I said 1.4. So stupid.

Sporty_Kate

Really liked that paper, hope Paper 2 doesn't screw me over now, or i could be off course for a high grade.

Jade.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Not even the 60 marker ???

Ah no that was very easy alright! just the end of the paper really!