Further Maths isn't timetabled at my school so it is mostly self taught - I'm just doing a past paper a week and seeking help with the questions I don't understand.
It's exactly the same at my school, however I have around 4 days completely free to revise for paper 1 after my other exams and 8 days for paper 2 so lots of cramming
Hi, I'm taking further maths too. the whole of top set at my school has to take it, and I hated it at first but now it's ok! I'm not sure why, I find it easier than GCSE Maths.
Hi, I'm taking further maths too. the whole of top set at my school has to take it, and I hated it at first but now it's ok! I'm not sure why, I find it easier than GCSE Maths.
I'm not sure why you'd think that but I can assure you that there is no hostility whatsoever
I'm a teacher and I've honestly never heard of a student doing better in Further Maths than maths at GCSE. I find it intriguing.
If you want me to put my serious hat on, there has to have been some failing by your school if you don't get an A* in maths but can get an A* in Further Maths.
I'm not sure why you'd think that but I can assure you that there is no hostility whatsoever
I'm a teacher and I've honestly never heard of a student doing better in Further Maths than maths at GCSE. I find it intriguing.
If you want me to put my serious hat on, there has to have been some failing by your school if you don't get an A* in maths but can get an A* in Further Maths.
Ah well, my primary school never taught me maths properly, since when I didn't understand they simply moved me down maths groups, instead of explaining it to me. I've improved a lot since then, but I get panicky in exams etc., I had a panic attack yesterday in the maths exam which is why I think my target is a bit lower, to lower the pressure.
In my mock GCSE exams, I ended up getting something like 98/100 (A*) on my Add Maths exam and 85/100 (A) in my Maths exam, it was a mock, so no scaling or UMS or anything and I got an A* in both in the actual exams. It wasn't that I found maths harder per se, just that I was more prone to not reading the question properly in maths and ended up making stupid mistakes. I did better mark-wise in my Add Maths real exam than the maths exam as well, I think I misread a question on probability in the maths exam and answered the wrong thing.
I make wayyy less mistakes in further maths than normal GCSE, so even though the content is harder, I tend to drop less marks in further. Also the grade boundaries are so low that it's easier to get an A* in further (especially since there's the A^ too) than it is in GCSE. That's probably why you find it easier to get A*s in it.
Hi, I'm taking further maths too. the whole of top set at my school has to take it, and I hated it at first but now it's ok! I'm not sure why, I find it easier than GCSE Maths.
Once you take the 3 outside the brackets, you need to keep it there for the rest of your working.
I don't have time right now to give a better explanation. I recommend you ask this and future questions in the maths forum. This thread isn't very active.
Once you take the 3 outside the brackets, you need to keep it there for the rest of your working.
I don't have time right now to give a better explanation. I recommend you ask this and future questions in the maths forum. This thread isn't very active.
I don't understand it is outside the brackets, is this answer not right then?
hi! I'm doing further maths but I lowkey wish I wasn't rn because both of my exams clash with ocr science ones (further bio and further physics) I'm good at maths and I'm taking it for A level but I do find some stuff in further quite difficult...I struggle to apply things to questions. Good thing you can get an A with like 50%