Leaving Cert Maths: Number & Arithmetic questions

Number systems and everyday numerical problem-solving: fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, indices, scientific notation and number theory.

65 past Maths questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Number & Arithmetic question pack

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2025 · 1 question

Paper 2 · Q850 marks

pyramids, trigonometry, sine rule

2024 · 1 question

Paper 2 · Q630 marks

coordinate geometry, perpendicular distance, probability, combinatorics

2023 · 3 questions

Paper 1 · Q330 marks

logarithms, indices

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

financial maths, compound interest, geometric series, expected value

Paper 1 · Q950 marks

graphs, tangents, calculus, geometry

2022 · 3 questions

Paper 2 · Q230 marks

coordinate geometry, line, slope

Paper 2 · Q530 marks

statistics, confidence interval, hypothesis testing

Paper 2 · Q950 marks

trigonometry, area of triangle, cosine rule, equations

2021 · 4 questions

Paper 1 · Q430 marks

proof by induction, arithmetic sequences

Paper 2 · Q230 marks

coordinate geometry, line, distance from point to line

Paper 2 · Q530 marks

volume, sphere, cone

Paper 2 · Q750 marks

trigonometry, cosine rule, area of triangle

Show 2 earlier years (2017 to 2019)

2019 · 1 question

Paper 1 · Q625 marks

surds, statistics

2017 · 1 question

Paper 2 · Q225 marks

correlation, line of best fit

Number & Arithmetic question pack

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2025 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q330 marks

linear inequalities, quadratic factorisation

Paper 1 · Q630 marks

profit and margin

Paper 1 · Q750 marks

graph reading, exponential functions, linear functions

Paper 2 · Q130 marks

mean and standard deviation, quartiles, interquartile range

2024 · 7 questions

Paper 1 · Q130 marks

depreciation, vat

Paper 1 · Q330 marks

quadratic equations, simultaneous equations

Paper 1 · Q430 marks

linear equations, indices

Paper 1 · Q630 marks

graph reading, trapezoidal rule

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

distance-time graphs, arithmetic sequences

Paper 1 · Q950 marks

exchange rates, linear functions, quadratic equations

Paper 2 · Q1050 marks

surface area, volume, spheres, cylinders

2023 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q130 marks

compound interest, house prices

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

area, trapezoidal rule, currency conversion

Paper 1 · Q950 marks

exponential models, graphs

Paper 1 · Q1050 marks

volume of cylinder

2022 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q330 marks

income tax, financial maths

Paper 1 · Q530 marks

graph interpretation, inequalities

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

weighted average, euler's polyhedral formula, algebraic manipulation

Paper 1 · Q950 marks

depreciation, exponential model, linear model, financial maths

Paper 1 · Q1050 marks

quadratic function, differentiation, graph plotting

2021 · 3 questions

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q735 marks

compound interest, depreciation

Paper 1 · Q855 marks

quadratic functions, differentiation

Paper 2 · Q855 marks

statistics, mean, pie chart

2019 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q125 marks

income tax, financial maths

Paper 1 · Q525 marks

trapezoidal rule, area

Paper 1 · Q625 marks

inequalities, indices

Paper 2 · Q125 marks

stem-and-leaf, probability

Paper 2 · Q525 marks

area and perimeter, circle, volume of cone

2018 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q125 marks

linear equations

Paper 1 · Q755 marks

arithmetic sequences, arithmetic series

Paper 1 · Q930 marks

formula rearrangement, surds

Paper 2 · Q525 marks

area, pythagoras, circumference

Paper 2 · Q940 marks

volume of sphere, margin of error, hypothesis testing

2017 · 4 questions

Paper 1 · Q955 marks

linear functions, formula rearrangement

Paper 2 · Q325 marks

coordinate geometry, equation of a line, trigonometry

Paper 2 · Q955 marks

statistics, margin of error, hypothesis testing

2016 · 5 questions

Paper 1 · Q125 marks

formula, linear equations

Paper 2 · Q755 marks

volume of sphere, surface area, cylinder

Paper 2 · Q945 marks

coordinate geometry, parallelogram, trigonometry

2015 · 2 questions

Paper 1 · Q125 marks

currency exchange

Paper 1 · Q225 marks

volume of a sphere

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