Grades & CAO
How the common points scale works, what the 25 bonus points need, and what each grade is worth on results day.
Until then: count your CAO points
Straight answers
The H1 Owl blog
Straight answers about Leaving Cert Maths: grades, points, papers and how to study.
The first articles are coming soon
We are rebuilding the blog from scratch, one deep guide at a time. Nothing here yet, so meanwhile count your CAO points or try the question of the day.
What the blog will cover
Five kinds of question students actually search for. Every article starts from the published rules and syllabus, and every number is checked against its source.
Strand guides
One strand at a time: what it covers, what the papers ask, and where marks are usually lost.
Until then: look up a term in the glossary
Study & revision
Daily habits that hold up through sixth year, and how to revise when there is no free weekend.
Until then: try the question of the day
Mocks
What the mocks are for, how to read a mock grade, and what to change between the mocks and June.
Until then: see how the app grades a mock
Exam life
Calculators, the formulae booklet, timing, the day before: the practical side of sitting the exam.
Until then: read the support answers
Where next
CAO points calculator
Grades in, points out: the official scale, the Maths bonus and your best six.
Count your pointsGlossary
Every key term from the question bank in plain English, Higher and Ordinary.
Look up a termQuestion of the day
One real Higher Level Maths question, new every day, with the explanation.
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