What do you think is the hardest part of A Level Maths?

Hey i jus twanna hear what part of A Level maths do you find THE MOST challenging? ie even if you find maths easy still say what you found the least easiest....

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Reply 1

TomX

Discrete 1: Easy (Hardest topic was probably those scheduling topics, route inspection I think, though that was simple)
Core 1: Easy (Increasing and decreasing functions a little hard to explain in practice papers but do-able)
Core 2: Easy (Hardest being Binomial Expansion)
Statistics 1: Hardest, though moderately easy (Hardest is probably explaining things without Maths).
Core 3: Moderately easy (Simpsons rule and change in symbol being hardest).
Core 4: Moderately easy (Vectors being difficult to grasp, I'm sure I'll understand it when I revise it though.

To sum it all, most are easy (Easy enough to get an A) but the hardest is probably Stats 1 (it just doesn't interest me).

c4 - intergration

I found 3D vectors difficult in the later stages when I felt I should be able to visualise situations and couldn't!

Aitch

Reply 4

trixx

nas7232

c4 - intergration

:dito: :dito: :dito:
I have a hard time deciding which method to use.

Reply 5

melbourne

trixx

:dito: :dito: :dito:
I have a hard time deciding which method to use.

ive got summin i'll post in a min wen i can be bothered to scan it lol

Reply 6

chats

melbourne

ive got summin i'll post in a min wen i can be bothered to scan it lol

about what?

Reply 7

nas7232

c4 integration questions i think or p3...

differential equations is causing me some problems - integration, haven't quite mastered integration by parts either.

Reply 8

m:)ckel

I never liked vectors.

Although integration was tricky, I always enjoyed the challenge. So I actually look forward to doing integration questions. This is the same for P5.

Reply 9

melbourne

nas7232

c4 integration questions i think or p3...

differential equations is causing me some problems - integration, haven't quite mastered integration by parts either.

Or anything that brian "taught" us hehe!

Reply 10

Aitch

TomX

Core 3: (Simpsons rule and change in symbol being hardest).

You mention Simpson's Rule here - which board are you doing?

Thanks.

Aitch

Reply 11

melbourne

chats

about what?

Integration- which method

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Reply 12

BloodyValentine

I quite like the hard intergration in P5 and P6 (that's FP2 and FP3 to those taking maths this year) but vectors are pretty crap actually most of P6 is crap because it's not a big jump in difficulty from P5 it's just dull. The bit of maths i find the toughest though is probably complex numbers and vectors i just can't really visualize it (for vectors)

3d vectors

El Stevo

3d vectors

i assume 3d vectors are on the further maths course.

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BLUREMI

ryan750

i assume 3d vectors are on the further maths course.

nope its in p3 a bit, but that could be easy 3d vectors. the hardest part for me was logs, everything else was easy ish

Reply 16

TomX

Aitch

You mention Simpson's Rule here - which board are you doing?

Thanks.

Aitch

AQA I think, I'm sure Simpsons Rule will come to me once I have revised it, me and my Further Maths class have finished the A Level Maths syllabus this year and now we have 5-6 weeks of solid revision :biggrin:

I doubt anybody will get less than an A.

Reply 17

Gaz031

I think that P5 coordinate geometry is probably the trickiest part of M/FM.

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Gaz031

I think that P5 coordinate geometry is probably the trickiest part of M/FM.

dont know why, but i'm finding proof by induction and the transformation of complex numbers hard....esp proof...don't see the logic in it!

In normal maths, i found the P2 trig and function theory quite tricky....the odd/ even function stuff, and all those identities messed me up!

Pk

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