A level maths help!

I am doing A2 maths. I got a B at GCSE and a D at AS. C1 A C2 D S1 E. i havent given it my 100% yet. but im willing to because my uni offer wants me to get an A in maths. ive fu**ed up so far. i barely know any c3 or c4. i need to get that A this year no matter what. any suggestions on how i should start and how i should revise. i do edexcel and i am retaking all the units from AS to maximise my UMS points so its easier for me to get an A. Someone please help

Reply 1

fatima1998

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Original post by Krazy7

I am doing A2 maths. I got a B at GCSE and a D at AS. C1 A C2 D S1 E. i havent given it my 100% yet. but im willing to because my uni offer wants me to get an A in maths. ive fu**ed up so far. i barely know any c3 or c4. i need to get that A this year no matter what. any suggestions on how i should start and how i should revise. i do edexcel and i am retaking all the units from AS to maximise my UMS points so its easier for me to get an A. Someone please help

Do past papers and watch videos on youtube on a certain topic and then do practice questions on them
i know that there are many stupid questions on the exam that also throws me off but when i read the question i usually think that i can't do it but if you do step by step... e.g. read the whole question first and then read back again but read maybe first 2 line and see if you have to do something, maybe need to find something that you may need in your 2nd step... Just do step by step
http://www.hegartymaths.com/
http://www.themathsteacher.com/a_level_maths.php
http://www.examsolutions.net/
these are the websites that are helpful
i dunno if you are familiar with them or not but check them out

Reply 2

the bear

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http://www.hegartymaths.com/ is not accessible ?

This webpage is not available

A secure connection cannot be established because this site uses an unsupported protocol.

Reply 3

Krazy7

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Original post by fatima1998

Do past papers and watch videos on youtube on a certain topic and then do practice questions on them
i know that there are many stupid questions on the exam that also throws me off but when i read the question i usually think that i can't do it but if you do step by step... e.g. read the whole question first and then read back again but read maybe first 2 line and see if you have to do something, maybe need to find something that you may need in your 2nd step... Just do step by step
http://www.hegartymaths.com/
http://www.themathsteacher.com/a_level_maths.php
http://www.examsolutions.net/
these are the websites that are helpful
i dunno if you are familiar with them or not but check them out

Shall i do all the exercises in my book first? Shall i do solomon past papers? What order shall i do eeverything in?

Reply 4

Headingtonian

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Original post by Krazy7

Shall i do all the exercises in my book first? Shall i do solomon past papers? What order shall i do eeverything in?

Personally, I would do some questions from the textbook/Solomon worksheets(these are different to Solomon exam papers) on each topic first and watch videos if stuck. Then once I had got the hang of the different topics a bit then move onto Solomon papers. Definitely do papers though as sometimes the questions in the textbook are very different to the exam questions.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 5

fatima1998

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Original post by Krazy7

Shall i do all the exercises in my book first? Shall i do solomon past papers? What order shall i do eeverything in?

sure... do whatever you can :smile:

this is the subject that requires you to do as much practice as you can...
:h:

Reply 6

fatima1998

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Original post by the bear

http://www.hegartymaths.com/ is not accessible ?

This webpage is not available

A secure connection cannot be established because this site uses an unsupported protocol.

it is accessible!
maybe try from their youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/HEGARTYMATHS
they also have a youtube channel, just in case if the website doesn't work for you
:h:

Reply 7

Krazy7

OP

But shall i do the past papers first or the exercises in the book. i know if i get stuck on a poast paper question the examsolution guy shows the solution but i dontknow whether to do past papers first or the exercises from the book?

Reply 8

Chemisathtics

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In my opinion exam solutions doesnt teach c3 and c4 well, however it's useful for exam questions. Hegarty maths is amazing for C3 and C4 you'll learn so well, that any type of question wont be able to put you off. Goodluck!

Reply 9

fatima1998

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Original post by Krazy7

But shall i do the past papers first or the exercises in the book. i know if i get stuck on a poast paper question the examsolution guy shows the solution but i dontknow whether to do past papers first or the exercises from the book?

well pastpaper is complete thing... it is on pretty much everything
but the exercises are on a specific topic
so i'll say exercises first, do some question on each topic and then do a pastpaper, that way you can be prepared for the paper
:u:

Reply 10

Psst.

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Original post by Krazy7

I am doing A2 maths. I got a B at GCSE and a D at AS. C1 A C2 D S1 E. i havent given it my 100% yet. but im willing to because my uni offer wants me to get an A in maths. ive fu**ed up so far. i barely know any c3 or c4. i need to get that A this year no matter what. any suggestions on how i should start and how i should revise. i do edexcel and i am retaking all the units from AS to maximise my UMS points so its easier for me to get an A. Someone please help

As you got an A in C1 just keep spamming past papers.

As for C2, I would say do all the questions in the book if you asked this in September. However, it's Feb & you still have to cover C3 & C4. So, do all the exercises in the book but only do the hardest questions in the exercises. Then keep spamming past papers for C2. I've not properly started S1 but it's not every difficult so again hardest questions from each exercise. For C3 & C4 you really should do every question, so you get exposed to a lot of different type questions.
It's going to be hard work but very possible if you're serious about yourself.

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