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Description:
- An introduction to what The Maths Guide is all about and how the course works.
- An introduction to the major topics that are on the course
Summary: To achieve success in the Junior Cert, you need to be able to apply a range of skills to various different problems that you encounter. You will need to build up these skills which you will do with daily exercises from Monday to Friday. You will need to be able to analyse a situation, recall all the knowledge that might apply to that situation and use your skills and knowledge together to solve the problem.
So, you will need to learn skills and also memorise information. To do this you will need memory techniques which are provided and must be practised.
Sunday Exercise: Memory Techniques
- Read the following page on memory techniques and then use image linking to link a list of 10 random objects together
- Ask a friend or family member to write down a list of 10 random nouns and take some time using your imagination to link them together. See how well you can remember the list.
Monday Exercise: Number
- Review the following video and then complete the following Number exercises .
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Check you remember them perfectly. If you didn't, see if you can figure out what you could change in your story to help you be perfect.
Tuesday Exercise: Sets
- Review the following video and then complete the following Sets exercises.
- Revision: Like you do every day except Sunday. Do your assignments by clicking on Assignments.
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Check you remember them perfectly. If you didn't, figure out what you could change in your story to help you be perfect.
Wednesday Exercise: Functions
- Review the following video and then complete the following Functions exercises.
NB. There are TWO exercises, you need to do both! - Revision Like you do every day except Sunday. Do your assignments by clicking on Assignments.
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Check you remember them perfectly. If you didn't, figure out what you could change in your story to help you be perfect.
Thursday Exercise: Algebra
- Review the following video and then complete the following Algebra exercises
- Revision Like you do every day except Sunday. Do your assignments by clicking on Assignments.
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Time how long it takes to remember them.
Friday Exercise: Area Shape Volume
- Watch the following video and then complete the following Area Shape and Volume exercises.
- Revision Like you do every day except Sunday. Do your assignments by clicking on Assignments
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Time how long it takes to remember them.
Saturday Exercise : Memory and Revision
- Like you do every day except Sunday. Do your assignments by clicking on Assignments.
- Pick a new list of 10 nouns and link them together into a story to remember them. Time how long it takes to remember them.
- Create a memory Journey with 15 items on it.
- For next week's exercises you will need blank sheets of paper (printer paper) and squared paper (it doesn't have to be graph paper, just a maths copy is fine).