Mathematics GCSE

Revision Tips

1. Use the past topic frequencies to prioritise which topics are more likely to gain you marks in the real exam:

https://www.1stclassmaths.com/topic-frequencies 

2. Use your Personal Learning Checklist (Red, Amber, Green) to see what your specific gaps are and focus on those topics. A video guide on how to use this is here:

Dr Thompson-Poole's Guide to Using your PLC 

3. Make use of Sparx Maths independent learning; the 'introduce' questions are good to give you basic revision on the topic but you must move to the higher difficulty questions to be ready for the exam.

www.sparxmaths.com 

4. Complete a balance of revision on specific topics you need to improve upon and whole past papers. You can find most past papers here:

https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/papers.php 

5. When completing past papers, put your phone, notes and any other revision away and ask a friend or family member to time you for 90 minutes while you focus on completing the paper in full, similar to real exam conditions.

6. Use the mark schemes for the papers you have been given to find out how many method or process marks you would receive, even if your final answer is not correct. A guide to the exam codes can be found here:

Edexcel Maths Marking Codes 

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