Maths paper's Leaving teens in trauma
Irish Daily Mirror|June 12, 2023
Students say Einstein would have struggled
PAT FLANAGAN
Maths paper's Leaving teens in trauma

A LEAVING Cert maths exam which one student claimed “even Einstein” couldn’t complete has sparked a glut of complaints.

Teachers have admitted the higher level Paper 1 was “challenging and unsettling”.

Some said their students were extremely disappointed that all their hard work had not prepared them for what they faced.

They found Question 3, which featured logs particularly challenging, as well as Question 4c which dealt with complex numbers.

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