AS AQA Mathematics Mechanics 1 MPM1 16 June 2014

I'm doing M1 as part of my A2 and not AS (we did C1, C2, D1 last year and C3, C4, M1 this year.) I've got to get an A in Maths (I got a B last year ), so I'm revising like crazy. I do have a couple of tips for anyone struggling with M1.

1) Don't make any assumptions about what the questons are asking you. M1 tends to be pretty formulaic, but they could throw you a curveball so read the question properly and check you're doing the right calculation

2) Remember: the maths itself is easy. Sine rule and cosine rule? Subbing stuff into suvat? Simultaneous eqns? This is all stuff we can do. So when you get a question and you think "WHAAAAAAT HOW DO I EVEN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THIS!!?!?!", breathe. Don't panic. Use common sense and you will probably be able to work it out unless it's a really horrible question.

3) Draw diagrams, as many as is necessary. It's worth the extra time taken. You will be less likely to make mistakes and you will be able to see exactly what you need to work out.

Hope this helps someone. This is kind of self advice as well as advice for everyone else.

This is the one exam I am not ready for. Aha, no, this is one of the exams I am not ready for.

I literally haven't looked at mechanics in MONTHS. Gonna really use the ten days after my Stats exam just to focus on the exam!!


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i am going to start revising this from tomorrow. i have forgotten everything in mechanics. i hope these 13 days are enough to get an A

Should really start revising for this, but have 2 chemistry and 2 physics exams next week. By the way when dealing with vectors in mechanics and it says find the velocity in north east, why d you have to do i=-j?


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How should i go about revising for this exam please. Bear in mind that i have forgotten everything.

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Do you do physics at all? If so then I'd go over the mechanics unit of that to get used to the concepts, key words and ideas before looking at videos you might find online to go through questions. Look through any notes you might have and once you feel ready, go through papers and repeat this process until you start to rely entirely on past papers for revision


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Ok thanks. But i dont do physics. I am going to AS physics next year while i do my A2s

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Oh nice are you dropping something you do ATM as well or taking AS physics as an extra? Because I'd advice you drop and swap if that makes sense because I personally don't find that physics is a light subject ahaha


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I am dropping english and going to do physics instead.
I am currently doing maths, biology, chemistry and english. I hate english soo much.
I know phsics is hard but i need it if i want to do the uni course i want to do and so i may stay in college for three years. So i can also do A2 physics.

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Oh yeah you're perfectly right to switch if that's the case. I'm sure you'll find it fine, especially if you're also doing those other subjects! Are there any topics in M1 you particularly despise? For me it's always been position vectors


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It is resolving forces. That i always make mistakes in. Today and tomorrow i am just answering questions on all of the topics and then from thursday i am going to start doing past papers. I am pretty sure i am going to get 45% maximum in the first paper i do. Lol.

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