The Student Room Group
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>

Edexcel GCSE Maths Foundation Tier 1MA1F Paper 1,2,3 3/5/9 Nov 2020 - Exam Discussion



Edexcel GCSE Maths Foundation 1MA1F - Paper 1,2,3 - 3rd/5th/9th November 2020

Exam technique, night before breakdowns and discussion regarding this exam... It's all here Feel free to add resources to the thread as well as anything that may be helpful to others

This thread covers the following papers:


•

1MA1F Paper 1,2,3 3rd/ 5th / 9th November 2020






The official specification:

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/mathematics/2015/specification-and-sample-assesment/gcse-maths-2015-specification.pdf




List of Recommeded Resources:






Scroll to see replies

Grade boundaries predictions?
Reply 2
Avatar for SH191
SH191
5
gonna be hard?
How do I go from a U to a weak 1? Tips wanted please on revision techniques too.
Original post by tinygirl96
How do I go from a U to a weak 1? Tips wanted please on revision techniques too.

use flashcards to memorise equations, and test yourself every morning or night (personal preference, but once a day), do equations like sohcahtoa, the cosine rule, area of shapes etc (without these u wont be able to do the question, at least if u know the equation and u write it down you'll get a mark). use mathswatch (if ur school does it), hegarty maths and use youtube videos if you don't understand something.

do past papers and exam questions, they repeat some questions sometimes and if you've practiced it before then you'll be good at it
Original post by xxarooj786
use flashcards to memorise equations, and test yourself every morning or night (personal preference, but once a day), do equations like sohcahtoa, the cosine rule, area of shapes etc (without these u wont be able to do the question, at least if u know the equation and u write it down you'll get a mark). use mathswatch (if ur school does it), hegarty maths and use youtube videos if you don't understand something.

do past papers and exam questions, they repeat some questions sometimes and if you've practiced it before then you'll be good at it

Thanks. I’m going to start tomorrow morning. No I do not have access to maths watch as I am a mature student however I can use mathgenie and download past papers from there too. YouTube skill videos, where to find them?
Original post by tinygirl96
Thanks. I’m going to start tomorrow morning. No I do not have access to maths watch as I am a mature student however I can use mathgenie and download past papers from there too. YouTube skill videos, where to find them?

What do you mean by 'mature student' lmao, and you find the videos on youtube. Just search up the topic you're struggling with and something is guaranteed to come up.
Reply 7
Avatar for SH191
SH191
5
Original post by xxarooj786
What do you mean by 'mature student' lmao, and you find the videos on youtube. Just search up the topic you're struggling with and something is guaranteed to come up.

mature student means above age 21
Reply 8
Avatar for hkur
hkur
3
Original post by tinygirl96
How do I go from a U to a weak 1? Tips wanted please on revision techniques too.


Hi, these are the website that I have used for maths:
https://corbettmaths.com/ (they sell flashcards too)
https://primrosekitten.org/gcse-maths/
https://www.onmaths.com/ (they have predicted questions that might come up in the exam. Worth using it as a revision)
https://justmaths.co.uk/2015/11/29/9-1-exam-questions-by-topic-foundation-version-2/
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse.html

Hope that these will help :smile: Good Luck!!
Original post by SH191
mature student means above age 21

ah okay
Original post by hkur
Hi, these are the website that I have used for maths:
https://corbettmaths.com/ (they sell flashcards too)
https://primrosekitten.org/gcse-maths/
https://www.onmaths.com/ (they have predicted questions that might come up in the exam. Worth using it as a revision)
https://justmaths.co.uk/2015/11/29/9-1-exam-questions-by-topic-foundation-version-2/
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse.html

Hope that these will help :smile: Good Luck!!


thanks!
Reply 11
Avatar for 653000
653000
1
Hi, guys i moved to the Uk this year and i will be taking the gcse exams for the first time this year. what should i really be good at to get a grade 4(pass) in foundation maths?
Original post by 653000
Hi, guys i moved to the Uk this year and i will be taking the gcse exams for the first time this year. what should i really be good at to get a grade 4(pass) in foundation maths?

dw its not hard to get a 4 with soe revision.
Did anyone find paper 1 fairly easy? What questions did everyone struggle with?
Hi, some of it was easy. Does anyone remember every answer lol cos I want to check if I got them right
that bearings question and the angle one
Reply 16
Avatar for MrGPro
MrGPro
8
Pretty sure the bearing angle question for (a) was 205
Original post by MrGPro
Pretty sure the bearing angle question for (a) was 205

I put 25 😭
Reply 18
Avatar for MrGPro
MrGPro
8
Original post by MuniraIbra
that bearings question and the angle one

Let me know if you got differently

Furthermore for the reasoning of the stem leaf graph what did you put ? I put because the boys have a wider spread in terms of data ( height in cm)
Reply 19
Avatar for MrGPro
MrGPro
8
Original post by Mathsresit
Hi, some of it was easy. Does anyone remember every answer lol cos I want to check if I got them right

I’m pretty sure the bearing one was 205 bro

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you