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Anyone taking IGCSE Additional Maths (CIE)?

Siddd

How're you guys finding it? Post any problems here so we can help each other work out the answer and revise.

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Reply 1

clissa

Hehe.. you're 4 years too late!! :smile:

I did IGCSE Maths through Cambridge in 2005 and struggled terribly.. ended up getting a D, I'm resitting it this year!!

Reply 2

waleedwal

did it in 2007 and i got an A :biggrin:

Reply 3

Chunkeymonkey62

I did it in 2008 and got an A* :woo:

Reply 4

roosel

No point of this post but I am doing FSMQ, similar, but not the same

Reply 5

Siddd

Chunkeymonkey62

I did it in 2008 and got an A* :woo:

Great! I'm going for an A myself. Although, I still need to brush up on permutation and combination and functions. Of course, by brush up on, I mean revise completely xD Any tips you'd like to share?

Reply 6

Siddd

roosel

No point of this post but I am doing FSMQ, similar, but not the same

what sorts of things do you study?

Reply 7

Siddd

waleedwal

did it in 2007 and i got an A :biggrin:

Congratulations! I had a friend who took it that year too. He ended up with a B :redface:

and he was apparently a boy-Dexter, per se xD

Reply 8

Siddd

clissa

Hehe.. you're 4 years too late!! :smile:

I did IGCSE Maths through Cambridge in 2005 and struggled terribly.. ended up getting a D, I'm resitting it this year!!

That's too bad. I suppose you're much better prepared now :P

Reply 9

Chunkeymonkey62

Siddd

Great! I'm going for an A myself. Although, I still need to brush up on permutation and combination and functions. Of course, by brush up on, I mean revise completely xD Any tips you'd like to share?

Permutation? :eek3:

I don't remember that being in the syllabus.

Just do all the pst papers as much as possible, once you've done them all, redo them again until you get 100%, showing your working out and not skipping anything.

I also found it useful to teach people it. If I explained it to them, in basic easy maths language, it would stay in my brain? I guess it may not work for you but it is worth a try? :yep:

Reply 10

waleedwal

Siddd

Great! I'm going for an A myself. Although, I still need to brush up on permutation and combination and functions. Of course, by brush up on, I mean revise completely xD Any tips you'd like to share?

permutation and combination was perhaps the hardest topic in add maths, i had a hard time mastering that one but finally got the hang of it in the end.

btw relative velocity was another troublesome topic, i hated that one

Reply 11

BackDoorEntry

additional maths is ass.
People who get full rows of a*'s/a's get E's and F's in additional maths. I had a few lessons of it and i rebuked it instantly.

Reply 12

Siddd

waleedwal

I'm not sure. For me, the most difficult topic is circular measure. It seems that the same sorts of questions on permutation and combination are repeated year after year. Regardless, there's bound to be a 5 mark question on it :P

Reply 13

Siddd

BackDoorEntry

additional maths is ass.
People who get full rows of a*'s/a's get E's and F's in additional maths. I had a few lessons of it and i rebuked it instantly.

Not necessarily. People with analytical minds tend to do quite well in Add. Maths. However, I'm aware that Add. Maths has the highest proportion of D-E candidates than any other IGCSE :redface:

Reply 14

darkestsunshine

I'm taking it next year! and i need HELP!

Reply 15

amy.qtr

I'm taking it NOW lol

Reply 16

tashaaaness

BackDoorEntry

additional maths is ass.
People who get full rows of a*'s/a's get E's and F's in additional maths. I had a few lessons of it and i rebuked it instantly.