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kandykissesxox

Can I do well in my AS maths exam (edexcel) with just past paper practice ?

Reply 1

Mr M

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Original post by kandykissesxox

Can I do well in my AS maths exam (edexcel) with just past paper practice ?

Why ask impossible questions? None of us know you.

Reply 2

Muttley79

You can if you understand the content of the syllabus and can apply it.

Reply 3

TenOfThem

Original post by kandykissesxox

Can I do well in my AS maths exam (edexcel) with just past paper practice ?

Reply 4

Junk_Warrior

Original post by kandykissesxox

Can I do well in my AS maths exam (edexcel) with just past paper practice ?

I think you can. doing past papers shows you holes in your knowledge, but you have to learn the sections you got wrong in your past paper

Reply 5

TenOfThem

Original post by Junk_Warrior

I think you can. doing past papers shows you holes in your knowledge, but you have to learn the sections you got wrong in your past paper

So you say "no" as well

Reply 6

ombtom

I'm teaching myself maths and I very rarely do textbook questions. On track for an A. Obviously everyone's different though.

On the other hand, the less generic questions sometimes catch me out, and going through a textbook would definitely help. An example is this question from C2 January 2012 (Edexcel). I had to do a couple of practice questions to fully understand it (part ii).

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Reply 7

_quantumsuicide

Does anyone know what the 'R' stands for in the paper reference? I've found that AS edexcel maths past papers with the 'R' at the end of the paper reference have proven to be harder than those without the 'R'.