From foundation to higher
High everyone recently after year 10 mocks last I’ve gone up from foundation to higher but I find myself behind the other students in my class as there are many topics I’m missing and I feel like if I stay at this rate I will fail my maths gcse does anyone have any tips I on how to revise for maths and if possible atleast get my grade to stay at a 5 for November mocks
Original post by Asrix
High everyone recently after year 10 mocks last I’ve gone up from foundation to higher but I find myself behind the other students in my class as there are many topics I’m missing and I feel like if I stay at this rate I will fail my maths gcse does anyone have any tips I on how to revise for maths and if possible atleast get my grade to stay at a 5 for November mocks
yo! i thought i was gonna get a 3 in igcse maths... but i got a 6!! here's what i did:
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past papers
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seneca learning
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read my old notes
•
learning the basics like indices and stuff and mastering them before moving on to the harder topics and questions
Original post by Asrix
High everyone recently after year 10 mocks last I’ve gone up from foundation to higher but I find myself behind the other students in my class as there are many topics I’m missing and I feel like if I stay at this rate I will fail my maths gcse does anyone have any tips I on how to revise for maths and if possible atleast get my grade to stay at a 5 for November mocks
Maths is all about practise. You need to be doing past exam questions, especially focusing on topics you're weaker on.
Since you've moved to higher maths, I recommend using the specification as a checklist for topics you've gone over so you know what you still need to focus on.
Maths Genie has plenty of past paper questions and they're really useful because they're separated by topic, and the topics are separated by grades (go to the mathsgenie website and go to gcse revsion, then you'll know what I mean).
For content you don't understand, I found youtube videos very useful. GCSE Maths Tutor and Mathsgenie as great videos on nearly every topic and they go through questions of different difficulty. GCSE Maths Tutor had a video called 'everything you need for higher GCSE maths', so this is a good video if you're concerned about the new content that comes with higher maths.
To make sure you're exposing yourself to as many questions as possible, I recommend Corbett Maths 5 a day. It's 5 maths questions a day and there's different 'sets' based on difficulty. You need to do as many questions as possible for maths as the types of questions tend to repeat, just with different numbers, so the more questions you do the better prepared you are.
If you have any other questions I'll be happy to answer the best I can
Original post by Asrix
High everyone recently after year 10 mocks last I’ve gone up from foundation to higher but I find myself behind the other students in my class as there are many topics I’m missing and I feel like if I stay at this rate I will fail my maths gcse does anyone have any tips I on how to revise for maths and if possible atleast get my grade to stay at a 5 for November mocks
I was in the same position as u last yr. but I end up getting a 7 almost an 8 in math better than most people who did higher since yr9, it all about practise and genially u haven't miss much because the grade8/9 topics are covered in yr. 11 so u just need to learn the grade6/7 topics.
Watch GCSE Math tutor and Mathsgenie on YouTube to learn and understand the content.
Then practise the topic u just watch using mathsgenie website and also PMT for practise on more exam based question.
do this for all grade 6/7 topics and also use the Specification to check any topics,
I also recommend doing like table were u rank how good u are in specific topic that would really help u see where u need more practise.
I did past papers every month June and November paper. then I would not any topic that i got wrong and work on them again. even if it means repeating paper when u run out of them then do so. when predicted paper come out then do it Aswell (few days after one paper) u can find then on Omnath website.
if u have any friends who need help then help them it shows u that u can really do the topic.
that all i did to get a grade 7 hope it helps.
Original post by Asrix
High everyone recently after year 10 mocks last I’ve gone up from foundation to higher but I find myself behind the other students in my class as there are many topics I’m missing and I feel like if I stay at this rate I will fail my maths gcse does anyone have any tips I on how to revise for maths and if possible atleast get my grade to stay at a 5 for November mocks
I am in the same position as you
Original post by olaseni
i am in the same position as you
we will get through this together!
Original post by elareare
yo! i thought i was gonna get a 3 in igcse maths... but i got a 6!! here's what i did:
•
past papers
•
seneca learning
•
read my old notes
•
learning the basics like indices and stuff and mastering them before moving on to the harder topics and questions
Tysm this gave me some extra confidence for my gcses ty for making it simple
Original post by always-anxious
Maths is all about practise. You need to be doing past exam questions, especially focusing on topics you're weaker on.
Since you've moved to higher maths, I recommend using the specification as a checklist for topics you've gone over so you know what you still need to focus on.
Maths Genie has plenty of past paper questions and they're really useful because they're separated by topic, and the topics are separated by grades (go to the mathsgenie website and go to gcse revsion, then you'll know what I mean).
For content you don't understand, I found youtube videos very useful. GCSE Maths Tutor and Mathsgenie as great videos on nearly every topic and they go through questions of different difficulty. GCSE Maths Tutor had a video called 'everything you need for higher GCSE maths', so this is a good video if you're concerned about the new content that comes with higher maths.
To make sure you're exposing yourself to as many questions as possible, I recommend Corbett Maths 5 a day. It's 5 maths questions a day and there's different 'sets' based on difficulty. You need to do as many questions as possible for maths as the types of questions tend to repeat, just with different numbers, so the more questions you do the better prepared you are.
If you have any other questions I'll be happy to answer the best I can
Since you've moved to higher maths, I recommend using the specification as a checklist for topics you've gone over so you know what you still need to focus on.
Maths Genie has plenty of past paper questions and they're really useful because they're separated by topic, and the topics are separated by grades (go to the mathsgenie website and go to gcse revsion, then you'll know what I mean).
For content you don't understand, I found youtube videos very useful. GCSE Maths Tutor and Mathsgenie as great videos on nearly every topic and they go through questions of different difficulty. GCSE Maths Tutor had a video called 'everything you need for higher GCSE maths', so this is a good video if you're concerned about the new content that comes with higher maths.
To make sure you're exposing yourself to as many questions as possible, I recommend Corbett Maths 5 a day. It's 5 maths questions a day and there's different 'sets' based on difficulty. You need to do as many questions as possible for maths as the types of questions tend to repeat, just with different numbers, so the more questions you do the better prepared you are.
If you have any other questions I'll be happy to answer the best I can
Ty! I’ll be sure to come back to you for help ❤️
OKAY we have a new development my maths mocks are next week!?!?! I was expecting them to be sometime in November but it’s alright our teacher told us 2 weeks before and honestly I’m not confident at all because school only recently started and my revision has been light and slow to ease me in and it was a mistake and should’ve 100% locked in and for maths I’ve done like 3 past papers only to help me realise I’m cooked! If I don’t At least get a 4 I’m moving back down to foundation tier there’s so much content I need to learn how do i do it in such a short amount of time???
Original post by Asrix
OKAY we have a new development my maths mocks are next week!?!?! I was expecting them to be sometime in November but it’s alright our teacher told us 2 weeks before and honestly I’m not confident at all because school only recently started and my revision has been light and slow to ease me in and it was a mistake and should’ve 100% locked in and for maths I’ve done like 3 past papers only to help me realise I’m cooked! If I don’t At least get a 4 I’m moving back down to foundation tier there’s so much content I need to learn how do i do it in such a short amount of time???
I recommend doing past papers and marking them and then focus on the questions you get wrong. The more past papers you do the better as you'll be able to identify and improve more of your weaker areas in time for the exam.
MathsGenie had exam questions separated by topic so you can work on the questions you get wrong until you get them right. GCSE Maths Tutor has tutorials on how to answer different types of question if you need help approaching/understanding the question.
The more questions you do the more prepared you'll be for your mock. It's best to focus on the topics you're weaker on because it's better to get things wrong now and improve on them so you can get them right in the exam.
You've got a week so you've got time to revise and build your confidence. Best of luck with your mock; I hope it goes well for you
(edited 1 week ago)
Original post by always-anxious
I recommend doing past papers and marking them and then focus on the questions you get wrong. The more past papers you do the better as you'll be able to identify and improve more of your weaker areas in time for the exam.
MathsGenie had exam questions separated by topic so you can work on the questions you get wrong until you get them right. GCSE Maths Tutor has tutorials on how to answer different types of question if you need help approaching/understanding the question.
The more questions you do the more prepared you'll be for your mock. It's best to focus on the topics you're weaker on because it's better to get things wrong now and improve on them so you can get them right in the exam.
You've got a week so you've got time to revise and build your confidence. Best of luck with your mock; I hope it goes well for you
MathsGenie had exam questions separated by topic so you can work on the questions you get wrong until you get them right. GCSE Maths Tutor has tutorials on how to answer different types of question if you need help approaching/understanding the question.
The more questions you do the more prepared you'll be for your mock. It's best to focus on the topics you're weaker on because it's better to get things wrong now and improve on them so you can get them right in the exam.
You've got a week so you've got time to revise and build your confidence. Best of luck with your mock; I hope it goes well for you
TYSM!
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