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A Level maths revision help

I finished the content for both pure and applied and now going to just do heaps and heaps of practice questions but idk where from. Do I do the questions from the edexcel book or MadAS? Is there any other sites and how should I do practice papers? I'm planning of doing 4 weeks of both pure and applied and then the last week before the first pure exam focus on just pure and then a bit applied untill the second pure exam and then fully focus on applied? Is this a good plan?

Also does any1 have a list of Edexcel Maths most topics that appear in the 3 papers or even just paper 1 and 2? So I can focus on these to get most marks.

Please provide me with some advice and guidance please. Thank you.

Reply 1

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by Golden_Roof
I finished the content for both pure and applied and now going to just do heaps and heaps of practice questions but idk where from. Do I do the questions from the edexcel book or MadAS? Is there any other sites and how should I do practice papers? I'm planning of doing 4 weeks of both pure and applied and then the last week before the first pure exam focus on just pure and then a bit applied untill the second pure exam and then fully focus on applied? Is this a good plan?
Also does any1 have a list of Edexcel Maths most topics that appear in the 3 papers or even just paper 1 and 2? So I can focus on these to get most marks.
Please provide me with some advice and guidance please. Thank you.


TL maths website has bumper books of differential equations, integrals etc. some are free for download others you have to pay for

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by Alex_H_
TL maths website has bumper books of differential equations, integrals etc. some are free for download others you have to pay for


Would you recommend buying the A Level book that has all the questions? The £42.99 one. Idk if it's good or not.

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i dont do edexcel i do aqa but madasmaths has really good papers, a bit harder than normal ones so theyre good for practice. drfrost maths is also good, and westies workshop. good luck!!

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by Golden_Roof
Would you recommend buying the A Level book that has all the questions? The £42.99 one. Idk if it's good or not.

I have never used the TLmaths textbook. I bought one that the school recommended and was approved by AQA, my exam board. It sounds like their textbook has loads of examples, which is what you are looking for so it might be worth getting.

Physics and maths tutor also have questions by topic that are free to download

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by Golden_Roof
Would you recommend buying the A Level book that has all the questions? The £42.99 one. Idk if it's good or not.

the book from TL is good; however there is no step by step solution.

Reply 6

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by Golden_Roof
I finished the content for both pure and applied and now going to just do heaps and heaps of practice questions but idk where from. Do I do the questions from the edexcel book or MadAS? Is there any other sites and how should I do practice papers? I'm planning of doing 4 weeks of both pure and applied and then the last week before the first pure exam focus on just pure and then a bit applied untill the second pure exam and then fully focus on applied? Is this a good plan?
Also does any1 have a list of Edexcel Maths most topics that appear in the 3 papers or even just paper 1 and 2? So I can focus on these to get most marks.
Please provide me with some advice and guidance please. Thank you.

Don't buy anything. Dont use Madas - it's out of date.

Do past papers and then RAG rate them. Your teacher has access to lots of additional resources - ask them.

Dr Frost is good.

https://www.drfrost.org/explorer.php?coid=12815

Examples of every topic: https://www.drfrost.org/downloadables.php?rid=926

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by Muttley79
Don't buy anything. Dont use Madas - it's out of date.
Do past papers and then RAG rate them. Your teacher has access to lots of additional resources - ask them.
Dr Frost is good.
https://www.drfrost.org/explorer.php?coid=12815
Examples of every topic: https://www.drfrost.org/downloadables.php?rid=926


R u sure? I heard it's a really good website, but it does look outdated. They were telling me to do the questions and work up to 5 stars. Also what about mrdominomaths is that a good website to use instead?

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by Golden_Roof
R u sure? I heard it's a really good website, but it does look outdated. They were telling me to do the questions and work up to 5 stars. Also what about mrdominomaths is that a good website to use instead?

It was good - I teach Maths and don't advise my own students to use it! There's so many better ones now plus the Emporium [edexcel's teacher-only website]
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by Muttley79
It was good - I teach Maths and don't advise my own students to use it! There's so many better ones now plus the Emporium [edexcel's teacher-only website]


Oh ok thank you, I'll use mrdominomaths, the edexcel book and then past papers then. Is there anything I'm missing or could improve upon?

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by Golden_Roof
I finished the content for both pure and applied and now going to just do heaps and heaps of practice questions but idk where from. Do I do the questions from the edexcel book or MadAS? Is there any other sites and how should I do practice papers? I'm planning of doing 4 weeks of both pure and applied and then the last week before the first pure exam focus on just pure and then a bit applied untill the second pure exam and then fully focus on applied? Is this a good plan?
Also does any1 have a list of Edexcel Maths most topics that appear in the 3 papers or even just paper 1 and 2? So I can focus on these to get most marks.
Please provide me with some advice and guidance please. Thank you.

Madas has never failed me, but be sure to clear out all of your exam board's past papers and focus on the kinds of questions you see on them.

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by Phelena
Madas has never failed me, but be sure to clear out all of your exam board's past papers and focus on the kinds of questions you see on them.

There are better now - it has very little focused on the new spec.

Reply 12

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by Golden_Roof
Oh ok thank you, I'll use mrdominomaths, the edexcel book and then past papers then. Is there anything I'm missing or could improve upon?

Dr Frost is good - does your teacher use the Emprium shadow papers?

https://www.drfrost.org/explorer.php?coid=12815

https://www.drfrost.org/worksheets.php?wdid=13435

Reply 13

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by Muttley79
There are better now - it has very little focused on the new spec.

It works well for me but I do OCR MEI so there are some differences, usually only with easy topics though.

Reply 14

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by Muttley79
Dr Frost is good - does your teacher use the Emprium shadow papers?
https://www.drfrost.org/explorer.php?coid=12815
https://www.drfrost.org/worksheets.php?wdid=13435


Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm a private candidate so idk all the resources that are available.

Reply 15

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by Golden_Roof
Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm a private candidate so idk all the resources that are available.

you can use Dr Frost

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