Edexcel GCSE Higher tier Maths Paper 1 1H (1MA1) - 19th May 2023 [Exam Chat]

I did this exam 4 years ago but this thread I guess.

any tips to get a grade 9 in a month?

any tips to get a grade 9 in a month?

I got a grade 9 on my last mock for this paper in March (my score was 69/80).
What I did was do past papers. If you school has mathswatch, this is really useful as the practice papers there are modelled off the question styles of the corresponding past paper (if the practice paper says June 18, every question will test the same thing as the corresponding question in June 2018 paper but is a different question so you get the practice in that way). Also look at the hard questions from past papers and see if you can solve them. If you can't, watch people on youtube solving them in videos as this will give you the method. Or take things you don't understand to your teacher for them to explain.
Although, a very dedicated teacher at my school runs an after school 7, 8 and 9 clinic for maths where we go through all the difficult questions so that might be quite a big reason why I did well in the mock.

I didn't get a grade 9 (only a grade 5 with 0 seconds of revision) but there's also OnMaths that has like online practice papers that you can do digitally I think. I personally hated OnMaths 😅 (not because of the software but because of what I had to do (An online paper)). https://www.onmaths.com/

Whoa, I just looked at that site and it has predicted papers for free?! Thank you so much!! I'm definitely going to do those as revision, and also tell my friends about the site! Genuinely thank you, this looks like a really useful site!

y'aaaalllllll what r ur best tips on doing last min revision for gcse maths higher???? idk what to dooooo altho my first exam is i think a month away i still dkkkkkk how to revise for it ))))): i'm jus watching random vids n practicing them & doing past paper things kinda but fr how would i actually start revising? (btw them revision checklists kinda bs for me)

Tbh, past papers/mark schemes and revision guide/videos are the main thing. Depending on the level youre aiming for you might try some collection of harder questions. Also came across these recently
https://www.draustinmaths.com/revision
and the "new" revision grids 1..5 seem good and grouped by level. A bit like a revision checklist but ... Shes done 2 of the areas number/algebra and the others are coming shortly.

but the mark schemes literally make no sense to me????? i do the past papers but when marking it's not clear so i end up learning nothing,,, but i am trying hard questions n i'm doing kinda good i think,,,, also is there any way to see the topic?? of a specific question in the past papers jus so i can focus on that topic i suffer in???? ++ thank u sm for the practice things <3333333

The mark schemes are not model solutions, but you should be able to interpret them enough to understand what theyre awarding marks for. If youve not really used them, try and work through a few questions/mark schemes (ask on here if necessary) to make sure youre giving appropriate explanations/working and not losing marks unnecessarily.

Drfrost has questions grouped by topic and usually the harder question books are similar, as are the revision grids in the previous post.

Search up GCSE Maths Tutor on yt.

mark schemes in general r jus confusing lol but thank u for the tips <333333333

y'aaaalllllll what r ur best tips on doing last min revision for gcse maths higher???? idk what to dooooo altho my first exam is i think a month away i still dkkkkkk how to revise for it ))))): i'm jus watching random vids n practicing them & doing past paper things kinda but fr how would i actually start revising? (btw them revision checklists kinda bs for me)

any tips to get a grade 9 in a month?

got a heavy grade 9 last year.

I really recommend the predicted papers. Past papers are really good but the predicted papers (especially from physics and maths tutor <if you wanna buy them>) really really topped it off. Although there was the monster question at the end, you can still get a good grade. Make sure that u also work on speed with maths. It’s more key than you think!! Best of luck

Last year the predicted papers were much more useful than any other year because of the advanced information. It's impossible to make any predictions about this year's exams at this stage so students should prioritise exam board past/practice/specimen papers over any predicted papers.