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Which Further Maths modules should i choose?

Hi i'm planning on studying Edexcel further maths privately all in a year and was wondering which modules are the best to do in terms of content and ease (I've done A-level maths and got an A already).
Thank you.

Reply 1

for the love of god do NOT do decision

Reply 2

Original post
by quirky-modulatio
Hi i'm planning on studying Edexcel further maths privately all in a year and was wondering which modules are the best to do in terms of content and ease (I've done A-level maths and got an A already).
Thank you.

How did you find pure, stats and mech in a level?
What do you want to do after a level?

Reply 3

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by DerDracologe
How did you find pure, stats and mech in a level?
What do you want to do after a level?


found them all good but mechanics and pure were my better ones and stats was worse for me but still did well. I want to do econ or geography at uni

Reply 4

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by quirky-modulatio
found them all good but mechanics and pure were my better ones and stats was worse for me but still did well. I want to do econ or geography at uni

Assuming you have to pick at least 2?
Mechanics is a good idea as you were good with that one on a level
Stats would probably be most relevant for econ and geog but further pure is good for econ too id think, especially if you prefer pure to stats. I dont know much about decision maths I’ll be honest.

Reply 5

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by DerDracologe
Assuming you have to pick at least 2?
Mechanics is a good idea as you were good with that one on a level
Stats would probably be most relevant for econ and geog but further pure is good for econ too id think, especially if you prefer pure to stats. I dont know much about decision maths I’ll be honest.


okay thank you very much . i’m thinking fm1 + fm2 or fm1 + fs1

Reply 6

Original post
by quirky-modulatio
okay thank you very much . i’m thinking fm1 + fm2 or fm1 + fs1

Nice plan! I wish you the best of luck with your studies 😁

Reply 7

Original post
by DerDracologe
Nice plan! I wish you the best of luck with your studies 😁


thank you!

Reply 8

Original post
by quirky-modulatio
found them all good but mechanics and pure were my better ones and stats was worse for me but still did well. I want to do econ or geography at uni

i did decision 1 and further mechanics 1 (also in one year funnily enough), decision is horrifically boring and there's no actual maths in it so definitely steer clear, further mechanics is mostly energy (except for collisions questions, but they're pretty formulaic) so if you did A-Level physics you should be chilling with most of it already

Reply 9

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by mysnowwhitequeen
i did decision 1 and further mechanics 1 (also in one year funnily enough), decision is horrifically boring and there's no actual maths in it so definitely steer clear, further mechanics is mostly energy (except for collisions questions, but they're pretty formulaic) so if you did A-Level physics you should be chilling with most of it already


is decisions easy tho

Reply 10

Original post
by quirky-modulatio
is decisions easy tho
Yes but a lot of methods.

Reply 11

Original post
by quirky-modulatio
is decisions easy tho

content is easy but time pressure is the main thing in the exam, just pick something else bro, trust me

Reply 12

mechanics 2 has easier questions than mechanics 1 imo and has ridiculously low boundaries. m1 + m2 are goated

Reply 13

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by mysnowwhitequeen
i did decision 1 and further mechanics 1 (also in one year funnily enough), decision is horrifically boring and there's no actual maths in it so definitely steer clear, further mechanics is mostly energy (except for collisions questions, but they're pretty formulaic) so if you did A-Level physics you should be chilling with most of it already

There's absolutely nothing wrong with decision and it's very popular in my school especially for CS people.

Reply 14

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by quirky-modulatio
is decisions easy tho

Yes most of it was in A level when it was modular.

Why not look at Dr Frost as he covers all of them - and it's free to register.

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