AS Maths and FM Self Teaching

Bump, What Unit is best to start off with?

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Core 1 seeing as a lot of its the top end of GCSE so it eases you in, do FP1 alongside it.

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Original post by c_k62

Core 1 seeing as a lot of its the top end of GCSE so it eases you in, do FP1 alongside it.

Okay, Do you know of any good resources for FP1? My school wont even let me have a copy of what they use :frown:

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Original post by FrankHudd

Okay, Do you know of any good resources for FP1? My school wont even let me have a copy of what they use :frown:

Use the official Edexcel textbooks, they are by far the best resource.

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Original post by PythianLegume

Use the official Edexcel textbooks, they are by far the best resource.

Okay, Is there one text book for FP and Core? Or just the separate books?

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H0PEL3SS

In addition to the edexcel textbooks, also, use the CGP books like this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AS-Level-Maths-Edexcel-Student/dp/1847628117/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380302882&sr=8-2&keywords=cgp+c1+maths
They have CD's with exam questions, and will provide a different way to learn. They're available for C1-4, S1-2, M1-2 and D1.

Original post by FrankHudd

Okay, Is there one text book for FP and Core? Or just the separate books?

There's one textbook for each module, but there are two editions AFAIK. The content is the same, they just look different aesthetically.

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Original post by FrankHudd

Okay, Is there one text book for FP and Core? Or just the separate books?

They are for individual modules; one book per module.

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They are separate books for core and further seeing as one is maths and one is further maths :smile:

you can get text books with all the maths AS units and all the FM AS units though, might be cheaper than buying them individually :smile:

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Original post by c_k62

They are separate books for core and further seeing as one is maths and one is further maths :smile:

you can get text books with all the maths AS units and all the FM AS units though, might be cheaper than buying them individually :smile:

Yes ahah, Thank You! Would you say Maths and FM is hard? like really hard?

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Original post by FrankHudd

Yes ahah, Thank You! Would you say Maths and FM is hard? like really hard?

It's completely subjective. Some people find it virtually impossible, others don't struggle with it at all.

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Original post by PythianLegume

It's completely subjective. Some people find it virtually impossible, others don't struggle with it at all.

I do struggle with some of the basics but, I love maths aha! I want to get BB in maths so will have to work hard.

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Original post by FrankHudd

Yes ahah, Thank You! Would you say Maths and FM is hard? like really hard?

Na it's all totally doable! If *I* can do it, anyone can do it :wink:

but I think when you're studying Core and FP, FP makes you realise how simple Core is so that's quite handy! A lot of people say FM isn't harder, it's just different stuff... Hahah

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Original post by c_k62

Na it's all totally doable! If *I* can do it, anyone can do it :wink:

but I think when you're studying Core and FP, FP makes you realise how simple Core is so that's quite handy! A lot of people say FM isn't harder, it's just different stuff... Hahah

Oh good ahah! I can't wait to get my results in it and just see the teachers face! But I want to study disease modeling so I need a high level of maths. Would you say FM is interesting?

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Original post by FrankHudd

Oh good ahah! I can't wait to get my results in it and just see the teachers face! But I want to study disease modeling so I need a high level of maths. Would you say FM is interesting?

I think it's quite interesting, especially given the AS involves FP1 and 2 applied modules, meaning you do all sorts of maths; core, mechanics, stats, decision.

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Original post by FrankHudd

Oh good ahah! I can't wait to get my results in it and just see the teachers face! But I want to study disease modeling so I need a high level of maths. Would you say FM is interesting?

Hahah what a moment! Yeah, I think FM is interesting, we do edexcel and started with matrices which personally I just found dull, but you do imaginary and complex numbers after, and sigma notation which I really enjoyed and found interesting! There will be some bits making you want to rip your hair out hahah but it's worth it!

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Original post by PythianLegume

I think it's quite interesting, especially given the AS involves FP1 and 2 applied modules, meaning you do all sorts of maths; core, mechanics, stats, decision.

Cool! I am trying to avoid mechanics as it is not relevant to what I want to do, would you say that D1 is easy?

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Do C1 and FP1 together :smile:

I'm doing the same as you, a lot of the modules interlock.

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