Best book to boost my maths GCSE to A*?

I'm currently on an A grade in maths but I really want an A*. The problem is, I haven't been taught most of what I need to know because the rest of my class sucks at maths. Could you guys recommend me any books that focus solely on A/A* content?

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Reply 1

Knee Grow

*Shameless bump*

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Reply 2

EastGuava

well I don't know a specific book, but if you have any maths textbook/revision guide, they [usually?] divide topics and put the grades next to them accordingly so you can just focus on the specific sections
you can also try mymaths if you have access to it - there are some A/A* booster packs

Oh and past papers - there will be a few high level questions so if you don't get one right, find out how to do it and then do similar questions.

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Reply 3

SomePaleChick

*cough* Mathswatch *cough*

*cough* mymaths *cough*

I didn't use textbooks for maths , only a practice book and the mathswatch CD

Practice and more practice is essential for maths in my opinion

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Reply 4

teenhorrorstory

http://bland.in/gcse/newpapers_combined.pdf Every single maths A* question for every topic ever known to man. It's edexcel by the way. Not sure what your exam board is :-)

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Reply 5

Stillreading

For my maths GCSE (which I got an A* in) I used mathswatch and a lot of past papers, as well as my class textbook.

Honestly, the best way to revise maths isn't even by using a book. You need to practise. Then practise some more. Good luck :smile:

Reply 6

Knee Grow

Original post by pearl_ake

http://bland.in/gcse/newpapers_combined.pdf Every single maths A* question for every topic ever known to man. It's edexcel by the way. Not sure what your exam board is :-)

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That file looks great, thanks a lot!

Original post by economicsrocks

The problem is I haven't been taught a lot of what I need to know which is why I was asking for a book which would cover the things I didn't know. Thanks for the encouragement though :smile:

Original post by pearl_ake

http://bland.in/gcse/newpapers_combined.pdf Every single maths A* question for every topic ever known to man. It's edexcel by the way. Not sure what your exam board is :-)

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Thank you thank you thank you!!! That's very helpful!

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Reply 9

Stillreading

Original post by Knee Grow

That file looks great, thanks a lot!

The problem is I haven't been taught a lot of what I need to know which is why I was asking for a book which would cover the things I didn't know. Thanks for the encouragement though :smile:

Oh ok! Have you got a textbook from school? You could go through that and teach yourself it. Or, find your syllabus online, then use various online teachers (there's a whole list of them here) to teach you those topics. Some others:
http://www.examsolutions.net/
http://www.suffolkmaths.co.uk/
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/gcse.htm
:smile:

Reply 10

teenhorrorstory

Original post by Knee Grow

Maybe you should buy the Collins linear maths gcse revision book. It goes through all the topics and has exercises to work through :-)

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