Maths

Maths

“He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god” – Plato

“Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit” – Stefan Banach

“May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the mathematician thinks music: music the dream, mathematics the working life” – James Sylvester

 

Department Members:

                                     Mr S. McNamara

                                 Mr J. White

                                  Mr S. Hayes

                                 Ms M. Kenneally

 

 

Leaving Certificate Mathematics is offered at three levels – Foundation, Ordinary and Higher.

There is no coursework, your result is decided by the final examination.

 

Level Foundation Ordinary & Higher
Exam Paper(s) One Paper (300 marks)

Section A (200 marks)

Section B (100 marks)

Paper 1 (300 marks)

Section A – Concepts and Skills (150 marks)

Section B – Contexts and Applications (150 marks)

 

Paper 2 (300 marks)

Section A – Concepts and Skills (150 marks)

Section B – Contexts and Applications (150 marks)

 

Topics Coordinate Geometry

Geometry

Statistics

Probability

Area and Volume

Trigonometry

Algebra

Number

Patterns

Financial Maths

Functions

 

Algebra

Number

Patterns and Sequences

Financial Maths

Functions

Calculus

 

Coordinate Geometry

Statistics

Probability

Area and Volume

Geometry

Trigonometry

 

The Mathematics Leaving Certificate syllabus is available at:

https://curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/f6f2e822-2b0c-461e-bcd4-dfcde6decc0c/SCSEC25_Maths_syllabus_examination-2015_English.pdf

 

Textbooks

Text & Tests 3 (Ordinary Level)

Text & Tests 4 (Higher Level)

Text & Tests 5 (Higher Level)

Other Required Material

Maths copy

Casio scientific calculator

Mathematical set

Leaving Certificate Mathematics examination papers

Formulae and Tables booklet

Careers

Careers that need a knowledge of Mathematics ?  All of them.