2007-02-09 00:06:09 · 21 answers · asked by Sammi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
To start with, I'd make sure you have a copy of your exam specification - you can get them from the board's website. That will give you a breakdown of everything you need to know, including examples - they come up a lot, so learn them.
As you get closer to the exam, practice exam papers are good. Like other people have said, they're often free to download from the website or you could ask your teacher for some. Get a full mark scheme so you know where you've gone wrong and how to approach it next time.
Revision guides help some people and not others. Personally, I don't use one for maths. If you do, I find that CGP are usually the best. Loughborough University Engineering department also do lists of necessary identities etc which are good for quick reference.
Finally, check what you're going to get given on the formula sheet. You need to know which equations you'll be able to find and which you'll need to memorise. Most of the trig identities need to be memorised and, from experience, you're likely to need a lot of them in the module they're introduced in.
Good luck!
2007-02-09 09:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get a tutor. I work as a tutor for GCSE maths (I have 10 students this year) and charge £17 an hour, so you can probably get an A Level tutor for between £20 and £25 an hour (not sure if you are in London, will be more there). Ask people in your year group/6th form if any of them have a tutor they can recommend or try www.yell.com/yellow pages.
2007-02-11 06:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by ArchieBabes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of those A level revision guides would probably be helpful. I remember getting alot from them when I did my a levels. Infact if I remember correctly (was a few years ago now) I think you could buy them from the school. Ask your Maths tutor.
2007-02-09 08:11:16 · answer #3 · answered by purpleandroid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Problem is that there are no wall-marts in the UK Tyler.
Try a revision guide book that lists the key points, and do past exam papers, get your teacher to go over the answers with you and where you went wrong. Many questions are repeated each year so if you know how to answer one then you can answer the next years one too.
2007-02-09 08:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by whycantigetagoodnickname 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soon a coin will come to you. You'll know it, you may even feel it. Hold it between the thumb and third finger (ring) of the hand you write less with. When you're ready, go to the high up place you know, and ask for the comprehension and understanding and ease of frustrations you seek. When you're ready, hold your question in mind while you give the coin back to SOURCE (don't watch where it goes), and keep your secret, especially when it starts to work. :)
2007-02-09 08:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by downtheupslide 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way I have found to pass exams is to practise doing past exam papers, and then practise some more. Most past papers are downloadable from the exam boards websites, along with the mark scheme.
2007-02-09 16:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by njrichards25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a SCIENTIFIC calculator which can raise a number to any power and find any root.
Then get past exam papers and practice, practice, practice.
In the end you will be wondering why you were scared of something so easy.
2007-02-09 18:17:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul McKenna has a cd called Exam Busting. I used it to pass my Accountancy Exams - it works!
2007-02-09 08:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by Richard A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well surely a maths book but you can always do lots kind of exercises and then ask your teacher to kindly correct them.
2007-02-09 08:09:26 · answer #9 · answered by Linn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A math tutor from your local university.
2007-02-09 08:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by JT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋