maths gcse help please

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Hi, so I got a 5 in my maths gcse in summer but I need a 6 if I want to do accounting at uni, so I'm resitting in November. Does anyone know the best way I can go from a 5 to a 6/7 In a month? I can do like 15 hours of revision each week and I can buy that like 100 pound CASIO FX-CG50 calculator too.

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username6990201

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by Lebronjamesfr

Hi, so I got a 5 in my maths gcse in summer but I need a 6 if I want to do accounting at uni, so I'm resitting in November. Does anyone know the best way I can go from a 5 to a 6/7 In a month? I can do like 15 hours of revision each week and I can buy that like 100 pound CASIO FX-CG50 calculator too.

Do not buy the calculator. You do not need this for GCSE maths. The fact that you didn't get a 6 in GCSE maths is not due to not having a graphical calculator, it's because you aren't comfortable with fundamental skills.

Improving your maths skill is a process, and I will try to outline what that could look like for you.

This is what would improve your grade:

PHASE 1

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Go through each topic in your textbook one by one and decide whether you understand it properly or not.

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If you do not, then read what the textbook says about the topic and watch some youtube videos to grasp it better, in order to understand the topic properly.

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Once you understand it, or if you skip step 2 because you already understood the topic, do all the questions in the textbook on it.

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Do the steps of phase 1 in this order for every topic in the textbook.

PHASE 2

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Once you have practiced these skills by doing the textbook questions, do as many past papers as you can.

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For incorrect questions you get in past papers, make a note of what topic it is. If you see certain topics coming up frequently as ones you get questions wrong on, then go back and revise the topic to learn it properly again with youtube videos and textbook, and perhaps some topic question packs from PhysicsAndMathsTutor website.

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Lebronjamesfr

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by sound-famous-

Do not buy the calculator. You do not need this for GCSE maths. The fact that you didn't get a 6 in GCSE maths is not due to not having a graphical calculator, it's because you aren't comfortable with fundamental skills.
Improving your maths skill is a process, and I will try to outline what that could look like for you.
This is what would improve your grade:
PHASE 1

•

Go through each topic in your textbook one by one and decide whether you understand it properly or not.

•

If you do not, then read what the textbook says about the topic and watch some youtube videos to grasp it better, in order to understand the topic properly.

•

Once you understand it, or if you skip step 2 because you already understood the topic, do all the questions in the textbook on it.

•

Do the steps of phase 1 in this order for every topic in the textbook.

PHASE 2

•

Once you have practiced these skills by doing the textbook questions, do as many past papers as you can.

•

For incorrect questions you get in past papers, make a note of what topic it is. If you see certain topics coming up frequently as ones you get questions wrong on, then go back and revise the topic to learn it properly again with youtube videos and textbook, and perhaps some topic question packs from PhysicsAndMathsTutor website.

Thankyou so much, I'm currently on AQA do u know what the best textbook for me to get is?

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username6990201

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AQA will have one for their specification, just get that one.

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username7315759

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🙂 Hello, I highly recommend you use Maths genie as it has coverage of content from Grades 9-1 applicable to every exam boards. Start by learning / revising topics you are struggling and find challenging first, then focus on the others including the ones you find alright. Do the exam style questions along with it until you mastered every topic and use the solutions to mark your work and see where you made mistakes and correct them. To add the icing on the cake, do a lot of past papers if you can.

PMT, the GCSE maths tutor (YouTube), Corbett maths, MMErevise and Textbooks specifically from the exam board themselves are also good resources to use.

Hope that helps,

Good luck.

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