Crying out to all my fellow M1 Students! Also one general question for Edexcel Maths

Your revision technique for M1?

PS: If I do C2,C3,S1,S2 next year can I swap my S1 grade for my M1 grade?

Just do past papers. I got 100 for AQA.

You need to take C4 too or you won't get an A-level from it.
If you take these, plus C4:
If you get a higher UMS in S2 than M1, you will use S1 and S2 in your A-level.
If you get a higher UMS in M1 than S2, you will use M1 and S1 in your A-level.

1) Your revision technique for M1?
2) In your opinion the hardest topic in M1?
3) Any good websites that aid revision?
4) Confidence for the exam (0-being not at all and 10-being very very confident)

I sat Edexcel's M1 last year, and also found it tough in places.

I just went over the content and practiced as many questions as possible from the textbook, and went on to do past papers under exam conditions and learnt from my mistakes. For each topic I also thought about what the general question is like, what kind of things I need to find (eg for an objecto on a slope, which way friction acts, the reaction force, whether there's a force acting on it etc).

I'd say the hardest topic is the one where you resolve forces for a stataic particle. I never really understood what to do if there was a question about a ring/bead on a string against a wall (and I hoped it wouldn't come up in the exam), but there are a few questions in the textbook for those. There's also the situations where one mass is on top of another which is on a lift of some sort, and it can get quite confusing.

I didn't use any particular websites, though I would have suggested the ones you're already using.

It can be a challenging module, but practice as much as you can and when you can't find the answer, try to understand what you've missed.

Good luck!

I love teaching M1 - draw large diagrams, mark all forces and explain what you are doing. For example, 'system in equilibrium - resolving vertically gives ....'.

Marks are lost by not explaining ...