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Good enough for further maths?

I'm thinking of self teaching further maths. Got an 8 in gcse maths and I'm finding AS maths fairly straightforward, wouldn't call it a walk in the park though. How can I figure out whether I'm good enough for further maths?

Reply 1

sbwhoexists

anything can be self-taught if u work hard enough
the specification/syllabus, at least for edexcel, requires knowledge of the entire a level maths spec/syllabus, so u might want to try a2 maths first to see if u want to continue with further maths or not
as maths is supposed to be a nice little "bridge" from gcse to a level, so isn't too difficult
a2 maths can easily mastered if u put in enough practice, but it's a level up from as maths

Reply 2

mskr710

trying doing the AS level for FM, if you can ace that, you should be good for A2. If you teach yourself FM, normal maths would be sort of easy. I'd say maybe do some AS past papers, if you can get maybe 80% or above, I'd say you're good

Reply 3

Marvel_fan

Original post by quickquestion805

In my opinion it's possible as long as you love (or at least really like) maths. Certain topics do require a fair bit of time and doing questions, so as long as you have the dedication and patience to go through them then you're likely to be alright!