A-Level Mathematics Study Group 2024-25

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Welcome to the A-Level Mathematics Study Group!
:albertein:

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Mathematics at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.

Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.

Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!

Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.

To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within A-Level Mathematics do you find most challenging/interesting?

Reply 1

DerDracologe

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Hi! Im in year 12 and doing OCR maths 🙂 I did fsmq last year so im finding it to be not so difficult so far thankfully! The topic from fsmq I enjoyed most was probably integrals because i find the derivation of the methods really satisfying. I do find algebraic manipulation really enjoyable too though! Im not really sure what im find hard so far, i do need to work on graphing functions from equations though as i did that last week.

Reply 2

Trickia

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Ciao

I'm doing AQA (feels like I got the wrong end of the stick)
And currently enjoying the pure maths over stats and mechs
I currently find everything hard 😞 but it's interesting so it's keeping me engaged!
I recommend maths genie, Corbett maths, revisely.
if anyone has anything like Corbett maths 5 a day please let me know thank you or even more maths resources!

Reply 3

agent_duck343

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Heyyy
I'm in year 12 and do edexcel maths
I prefer pure at the moment because applied is a lot of physics which is not my cup of tea tbh
We use dr frost maths which I kinda like

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 4

scar-the-queen

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Hii I do Edexcel Maths! I most enjoy pure and struggle with mechanics ☹️

Reply 5

sdfj

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Hiya, I do OCR MEI Maths and Further Maths (Y12). I did the OCR FSMQ in Y11 like @DerDracologe. It covered like half of AS maths which was helpful. I think all parts of maths are enjoyable - currently no preference between pure and applied. I think maths is brilliant because it promotes logical and analytical thinking, and the satisfaction of getting questions correct is immense :colondollar:

Reply 6

DerDracologe

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Original post

by agent_duck343

Heyyy
I'm in year 12 and do edexcel maths
I prefer pure at the moment because applied is a lot of physics which is not my cup of tea tbh
We use dr frost maths which I kinda like

My school also uses DrFrost- i get like an hour of it per week. I dont like how it sometimes wont accept a correct answer for input differences but other than that i dont mind it too much- prefer Mathswatch though which we used to use.

Reply 7

t3rminator

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by scar-the-queen

Hii I do Edexcel Maths! I most enjoy pure and struggle with mechanics ☹️

Same, but I'm doing OCR!! Mechanics will definitely be my downfall 😭

Reply 8

Trickia

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Original post

by sdfj

Hiya, I do OCR MEI Maths and Further Maths (Y12). I did the OCR FSMQ in Y11 like @DerDracologe. It covered like half of AS maths which was helpful. I think all parts of maths are enjoyable - currently no preference between pure and applied. I think maths is brilliant because it promotes logical and analytical thinking, and the satisfaction of getting questions correct is immense :colondollar:

So real the satisfaction is a drug💔😔

Reply 9

agent_duck343

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Original post

by DerDracologe

My school also uses DrFrost- i get like an hour of it per week. I dont like how it sometimes wont accept a correct answer for input differences but other than that i dont mind it too much- prefer Mathswatch though which we used to use.

Same we used mathswatch at my secondary and I prefer that but dr frost isn’t too bad either

Reply 10

Ravenke

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Original post

by DerDracologe

Hi! Im in year 12 and doing OCR maths 🙂 I did fsmq last year so im finding it to be not so difficult so far thankfully! The topic from fsmq I enjoyed most was probably integrals because i find the derivation of the methods really satisfying. I do find algebraic manipulation really enjoyable too though! Im not really sure what im find hard so far, i do need to work on graphing functions from equations though as i did that last week.

hello how are you

Reply 11

Ravenke

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by scar-the-queen

Hii I do Edexcel Maths! I most enjoy pure and struggle with mechanics ☹️

hello I can help you with mechanics

Reply 12

DerDracologe

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by Ravenke

hello how are you

Im good thanks, on half term atm so taking the opportunity to catch up on making some revision resources 🙂 You having a good day so far?

Reply 13

Jahnavireddy

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by Blinkr

Welcome to the A-Level Mathematics Study Group!
:albertein:

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Mathematics at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within A-Level Mathematics do you find most challenging/interesting?

i follow cbse boards

Reply 14

i_eishh

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by Blinkr

Welcome to the A-Level Mathematics Study Group!
:albertein:

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Mathematics at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within A-Level Mathematics do you find most challenging/interesting?

Cambridge
Problems
Trigonometry and function

Reply 15

AcademicWeapon29

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Original post

by Blinkr

Welcome to the A-Level Mathematics Study Group!
:albertein:

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Mathematics at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within A-Level Mathematics do you find most challenging/interesting?

Hi, I'm doing AQA maths and im not finding it too bad because I did igcse further maths last year. My favourite topic is logs and im just about to start mechanics so I'll see how that goes I guess

Reply 16

faisal071

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Original post

by Blinkr

Welcome to the A-Level Mathematics Study Group!
:albertein:

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Mathematics at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within A-Level Mathematics do you find most challenging/interesting?

Hi Everyone,

I'm in Year 13 doing OCR B MEI Maths and further maths.

I like parametrics and calculus the most, and mechanics, and hate anything to do with geometry, and the large data set.

Reply 17

faisal071

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by sdfj

Hiya, I do OCR MEI Maths and Further Maths (Y12). I did the OCR FSMQ in Y11 like @DerDracologe. It covered like half of AS maths which was helpful. I think all parts of maths are enjoyable - currently no preference between pure and applied. I think maths is brilliant because it promotes logical and analytical thinking, and the satisfaction of getting questions correct is immense :colondollar:

You're one of the first people I know that does MEI! Our collage does it too but it seems no one else does it throughout the country, with most people on Edexcel

Reply 18

t3rminator

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by faisal071

Hi Everyone,
I'm in Year 13 doing OCR B MEI Maths and further maths.
I like parametrics and calculus the most, and mechanics, and hate anything to do with geometry, and the large data set.

I’ve heard OCR B is pretty hard apparently there’s like a comprehension section?? My teacher told me about it briefly but I’m doing OCR A maths and further maths. I also hate the large data set I swear it’s the most irrelevant topic in the curriculum

Reply 19

sdfj

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by faisal071

You're one of the first people I know that does MEI! Our collage does it too but it seems no one else does it throughout the country, with most people on Edexcel

My experience too! Don't really know that many people doing MEI of OCR A.

Out of curiosity, do you do the MEI Ritangle Challenge?

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