Do you do Additional Maths?

Well the new Furthe Maths GCSE is not equivalent to Additional Maths FSMQ.

Further Maths GCSE is a GCSE so is Level 2 qualification

Additional Maths FSMQ is a Level 3 qualification equivalent to half an AS-Level.

So it is quite clear, since Level 3 is harder and greater than Level 2, that Additional Maths FSMQ is harder and more respected than Further Maths GCSE. I am sorry but that is axiomatic!

I thought you were doing Level 2.

No I am doing Additional Maths FSMQ. That is Level 3 ( A-Level) so it is definitely harder than Further Maths GCSE.


Don't think I said I was doing Level 2 but fair enough.

You actually can get a super grade,if you take it and Further Maths GCSE is not Additional Maths GCSE,it is completely different,with Additional Maths ending last year I think and Further Maths starting this year and I have looked at the Additional Maths papers and the specimen Further Maths papers and Additional Maths GCSE is 10 times easier-the new Further Maths GCSE should be equivalent to the Additional Maths FSMQ I think and it contains differentiation and lots of A-Level content,preparing me for Further Maths A-Level,which I plan to take.

I don't do FSMQ and I'm not going to do Further Maths GCSE but surely further maths GCSE will prepare you more for A-Level maths rather than A-Level further maths? Could be wrong, though...

But FSMQ does seem to be as hard as C1 and C2 at AS maths (unless I'm mistaken)

Further Maths includes A-Level Maths content,which means that you have the foundation for learning Further Maths already and without it GCSE to Further Maths is a big jump.To add to this,FSMQ in Additional Maths is harder than C1 and C2 because like the FSMQ Additional Maths level 2,that builds on GCSE knowledge,it builds on that level-I'd say its probably got half of AS/half of A2 maths in its content.The GFurther Maths GCSE that I plan to do includes content from C1 and C2.

Further Maths includes A-Level Maths content,which means that you have the foundation for learning Further Maths already and without it GCSE to Further Maths is a big jump.To add to this,FSMQ in Additional Maths is harder than C1 and C2 because like the FSMQ Additional Maths level 2,that builds on GCSE knowledge,it builds on that level-I'd say its probably got half of AS/half of A2 maths in its content.The GFurther Maths GCSE that I plan to do includes content from C1 and C2.

Does it contain A2 stuff? I can't find too much A2 maths in there (it definitely contains lots of AS stuff though). And the jump from AS maths to A-Level further maths is still quite big you know

Briefly looked at the spec for Further Maths GCSE (AQA)

Things that FM GCSE has that FSMQ doesnt - Geometric Series, Matrices

Things OCR FSMQ has that FM GCSE does not - Integration (Area under graph, Binomial, Kinematics (both constant and variable acceleration), Maybe more? it's been 2 years since i did it

And no, it's not half of A2 lol, yes it's harder than AS maths but there's no A2 maths that i can see and the only A2 maths in add maths is Binomials (S2) and Variable Acceleration (M2). But the GCSE does have FP1 (Matrices)

I would say FSMQ is harder than the GCSE but both will prepare you for A level maths, but no way Further Maths.

Yeah. further Maths will have nothing really at all from the Addmaths FSMQ right?

Briefly looked at the spec for Further Maths GCSE (AQA)

Things that FM GCSE has that FSMQ doesnt - Geometric Series, Matrices

Things OCR FSMQ has that FM GCSE does not - Integration (Area under graph, Binomial, Kinematics (both constant and variable acceleration), Maybe more? it's been 2 years since i did it

And no, it's not half of A2 lol, yes it's harder than AS maths but there's no A2 maths that i can see and the only A2 maths in add maths is Binomials (S2) and Variable Acceleration (M2). But the GCSE does have FP1 (Matrices)

I would say FSMQ is harder than the GCSE but both will prepare you for A level maths, but no way Further Maths.

From the look of this,the FSMQ isn't that much different to Further Maths GCSE in terms of difficulty,yet it is a level 3 qualification and Further Maths,is a level 2 qualification?They prepare you for Further Maths because my getting the A-Level content out of the way,or some of it,you are ready to start taking on Further Maths at college because without it you would have to jump straight into Further Maths,with no understanding of A-Level Maths and this sounds difficult-it also says on the AQA website,on the roots of mathematics page,can't remember how you access it,that Further Maths GCSE leads onto A-Level Maths and A-Level Further Maths.

I'm doing OCR wbu?

FSMQ is harder than GCSE Further Maths. Trust me it is! That is why one is Level 3 and the other Level 2. If they were both of equal difficulty they would both be the same level. Even you can't deny that!

Fine. I'm thinking a good solid A. The exam was quite a lot easier than some of the practice papers.

The whole of my class found it alot harder than past papers. Not good at all