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Moncrieff · September 14 · 14 min

Was Leaving Cert maths harder 40 years ago?

When someone says something was harder ‘back in their day’ - how often is that true? For example, was the Leaving Cert maths paper in 1986 harder than the one in 2026? Brendan Guildea, Maths Teacher, author and Maths Consultant joins Seán to discuss.

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When someone says something was harder ‘back in their day’ - how often is that true? For example, was the Leaving Cert maths paper in 1986 harder than the one in 2026?

Brendan Guildea, Maths Teacher, author and Maths Consultant joins Seán to discuss.