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How to revise for FSMQ?

I did get an A for my mocks but I was 2 marks away from a B which is way too close. I don't know how to revise or where I should practice so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Reply 1

if i were you i'd do past papers, and then any topics you don't score well in do practice questions/watch youtube videos. if you can't find fsmq specific questions just do AS/A-level ones for your topics, it'll probably be pretty similar

Reply 2

Original post by Homemokamura
I did get an A for my mocks but I was 2 marks away from a B which is way too close. I don't know how to revise or where I should practice so any suggestions would be appreciated.

First of all, an A in your mocks now is a pretty good start - I think I got a B in my mocks, but with a little bit of extra work, that became a decently high A.

Integral have some fabulous resources for the OCR FSMQ - their worksheets are great for practice considering that there aren't a great deal of actual past papers for this qualification.

I really liked the Hodder Education textbook for the FSMQ - it has loads of questions (and examples with explanations for topics you might be less confident with). I don't usually recommend textbooks but this one is particularly good.

You might want to have a look at Dr Frost Maths for topic-specific questions too.

If you run out of past papers, it's not a bad idea to look at OCR AS Level questions - you'll find that there's a lot you can do!

@DerDracologe Any ideas?
(edited 3 months ago)
Original post by Homemokamura
I did get an A for my mocks but I was 2 marks away from a B which is way too close. I don't know how to revise or where I should practice so any suggestions would be appreciated.

I watched the video tutorials from CaptainGoodSpeedMaths and BareauMaths and then did practice questions off of MadasMaths which were a level questions but i only did the ones on the fsmq topics if that makes sense.

Reply 4

Original post by klafow
if i were you i'd do past papers, and then any topics you don't score well in do practice questions/watch youtube videos. if you can't find fsmq specific questions just do AS/A-level ones for your topics, it'll probably be pretty similar

Thank you!

Reply 5

First of all, an A in your mocks now is a pretty good start - I think I got a B in my mocks, but with a little bit of extra work, that became a decently high A.
Integral have some fabulous resources for the OCR FSMQ - their worksheets are great for practice considering that there aren't a great deal of actual past papers for this qualification.
I really liked the Hodder Education textbook for the FSMQ - it has loads of questions (and examples with explanations for topics you might be less confident with). I don't usually recommend textbooks but this one is particularly good.
You might want to have a look at Dr Frost Maths for topic-specific questions too.
If you run out of past papers, it's not a bad idea to look at OCR AS Level questions - you'll find that there's a lot you can do!
@DerDracologe Any ideas?

Thank you for your reply! I’ll look into it.

Reply 6

Original post by DerDracologe
I watched the video tutorials from CaptainGoodSpeedMaths and BareauMaths and then did practice questions off of MadasMaths which were a level questions but i only did the ones on the fsmq topics if that makes sense.

Thank you for your advice :smile:

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