Madam, – I sympathise deeply with those students who found the higher-level maths paper 1 difficult (Home News, June 11th). As a retired maths teacher, I cannot understand the mentality of those who set this type of exam.
We should be encouraging young students and not alienating them.
I enjoy reading the various comments of students and teachers on the exams of the previous day.
May I respectfully mention that the “Try This at Home” sample question taken from the the higher-level paper of the new Project Maths programme is not “doable” as printed.
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If the minus sign is replaced by the equals sign, then you have an excellent question which bodes well for this new programme. – Yours, etc,