Leaving Cert maths paper 1: ‘A challenging paper’

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Leaving Cert 2023: Higher-level maths students faced a challenging paper one, teachers have said

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“While some questions contained pleasantly simple demands, the phrasing of the questions would have given students a cause for pause. Once overcoming the initial ‘wow’ reaction, they could really get to grips with the questions.” Mr Roantree said that section B would have posed a challenge for many, as the applications required yet more active engagement with the questions’ demands.

Stephen Begley, maths teacher at Dundalk Grammar School, Co Louth, said the higher level paper was a “busy, diverse and challenging exam” which tasked students across all the usual paper one topics.

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