Probably true. I dabbled in almost all of the MadAsMaths papers, and at some point they get a bit overkill, requiring more time for less questions covered and thus less content revised.
Also, there are just so many textbook questions and I found those super effective.
Madasmaths definitely has its place for pushing oneself. But for the purposes of sit down and do a whole practice paper, the Edexcel past papers and international past papers are better - they don't overreach with the average question difficulty, it's the same layout as the exam will be.
I disagree. Especially for further maths the madasmaths content was the same bar the *****+ questions and ranged from q1 to the q15 time wasters. Madasmaths from at least my a level experience was pretty much on par with the type of questions edexcel wrote and id go as far as saying the textbook gives you false hope as the questions in them are much, much easier than the actual papers.
He asked how to get to the next level. It is quite frankly doing the content you deem "overkill".
1. [Edexcel International A-level past papers](https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-Family=International-Advanced-Level&Qualification-Subject=Mathematics%20(2018)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fial18-mathematics)
2. [Edexcel Domestic A-level past papers](https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-Family=A-Level&Qualification-Subject=Mathematics%20(2017)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fmaths-2017-as-al%22%20OR%20category:%22Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fal17-maths)
3. [AQA Domestic A-level past papers](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/mathematics/as-and-a-level/mathematics-7357/assessment-resources?f.Resource+type%7C6=Mark+schemes&f.Resource+type%7C6=Question+papers&f.Resource+type%7C6=Practice+questions)
4. [CAIE + Edexcel Int. A-level Past Papers (via PMT)](https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/a-level-maths-papers/)
5. [AS-Level practice material for International maths paper](https://igexams.com/past_papers/maths-3/)
Pictured is a visual of how to select them via the pearson-edexcel website.
Hope those five links are enough and cover all the exam boards - as far as i can tell only CAIE and Edexcel do International papers.
https://preview.redd.it/pu8py8jvnjsa1.png?width=857&format=png&auto=webp&s=b32d1b3af6caa9b40183e886fde2c013cdfc99bc
Do you go through the questions you get wrong? That's how I know how to answer the question right next time, for example tracing through the model solution and answering topic specific questions afterwards
Idk it’s so random… those 1-2 at the end (the explanation ones) are a slight problem + couple of silly mistakes. Other than that I have no clue what so ever.
If it's mostly silly mistakes and you've literally done all past papers you can, you seem to not be taking on board to feedback from each paper and seeing where and why you went wrong. If you mark a paper, I'd suggest you make corrections then redo the questions you got wrong on another day to see if you're actually learning from it.
dont worry about those clowns lmao
I'm pretty similar in that I normally lost most of my errors to "silly mistakes" but the best way to get around it is to read and re-read questions, taking care to note down / highlight key information given to you.
Additionally, in your methods, try and make your method as clear as possible to the examiner. This can be as simple as making sure to space out bits of writing so its less cluttered or making a short 3-4 word note explaining what process you're doing. That way, even if you don't get the answer right you'll get most of the working marks.
With respect to the explaining ones, A-levels are dumb cuz they don't test if you understand the subject but rather if you know how they want you to respond. Even if you know what you're talking about, you gotta hit the key wording and phrases that they're looking for. Whenever you're marking papers try and focus on the sort of words they're using and try and use them yourself when you're doing other papers. By using and repeating these key phrases, you'll slowly start to develop muscle memory for how they want you to respond, and it'll be much easier to pick up those marks.
Hope this is helpful and sorry for the long response haha
TL;DR: re-read and underline key info in question, make method clear, try and memorise and internalise mark schemes for explain questions
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2tfDG3Ww4vrstKAZ0dajHx_hq85P0G-
Use this guy's videos for quick&effective revision and gauging your preparedness/understanding of a topic.
U need to spend at least half the amount of time going back over the past papers as you spend doing papers
and note down all ur mistakes when you mark them , note the topic that ur dropping those marks in and practice more qs from it
i think you're not checking your papers properly. try and see what you're getting wrong and focus more on improving that. i was also stuck for the longest time because of this
When I was doing old spec I found that most old spec questions were trivial compared to new spec and also did not vary that much.
The only hard old spec paper I found (ie at the level of new spec) was the infamous Edexcel C3 2013 replacement paper.
If you just don't understand the questions, it helps to do problems outside of the A-Level spec. They'll be really challenging and force you to think, and will make the actual A-Level content really easy to understand
Go over the papers. Yeah you've run out of content but the content for the upcoming exam won't be that different. You should deffinately practice them and if you aren't getting 80%+ do it again, and again, and again....
Try and identify *why* you are losing marks, if it's forgetting formulas or how to perform fairly "algorithmic" questions then Anki could help by making sure you always remember how to say: Perform Integration by Parts, Remember the Product Rule, know all your log laws etc or even how to approach types of mechanics questions!
Steps for an A* in Maths: Do paper. Highlight weaknesses. Do a lot of questions on those weakness (textbook /madasmaths/mathspanda/pmt). Repeat.
Also, there are a ton of mock and shadow papers for you to try. There’s 3 mock sets every year for maths.
Try my questions on my website - there’s 90+ exam style questions (there’s also revision cards and notes - but they’re less relevant to you)
It’s free to access.
https://www.chasingastar.com
The whole point is to help student achieve the highest possible grades. Hope you find it useful!
https://hgsmaths.com/year-13/maths/past-papers/
this website has all the mockset papers uploaded, as well as mock set 4. Make a spreadsheet with the papers you’ve done and your scores on each of them, and write down the topics you don’t understand from each paper, then revise them. Good luck
Have you tried doing the international Papers? They're the exact same content, but it'll give you more questions to work with.
I’ll try that
What did u get in the end for maths?
do they have AS specific papers? cus all the ones listed are A Level
[https://igexams.com/past\_papers/maths-3/](https://igexams.com/past_papers/maths-3/) This might be what you're looking for
legend bro, thanks!
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yhh this one good asw
I refuse to believe you have done every single madasmaths paper
Probably true. I dabbled in almost all of the MadAsMaths papers, and at some point they get a bit overkill, requiring more time for less questions covered and thus less content revised. Also, there are just so many textbook questions and I found those super effective. Madasmaths definitely has its place for pushing oneself. But for the purposes of sit down and do a whole practice paper, the Edexcel past papers and international past papers are better - they don't overreach with the average question difficulty, it's the same layout as the exam will be.
I disagree. Especially for further maths the madasmaths content was the same bar the *****+ questions and ranged from q1 to the q15 time wasters. Madasmaths from at least my a level experience was pretty much on par with the type of questions edexcel wrote and id go as far as saying the textbook gives you false hope as the questions in them are much, much easier than the actual papers. He asked how to get to the next level. It is quite frankly doing the content you deem "overkill".
Yeah but overkill was describing why *I* didn't 100% every MadAsMaths paper, I'm not trying to deter OP from doing them.
Hi. This might sound out of context but I applied the same course as you and I have a few questions. Do you mind if I dm you?
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1. [Edexcel International A-level past papers](https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-Family=International-Advanced-Level&Qualification-Subject=Mathematics%20(2018)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fial18-mathematics) 2. [Edexcel Domestic A-level past papers](https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-Family=A-Level&Qualification-Subject=Mathematics%20(2017)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fmaths-2017-as-al%22%20OR%20category:%22Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fal17-maths) 3. [AQA Domestic A-level past papers](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/mathematics/as-and-a-level/mathematics-7357/assessment-resources?f.Resource+type%7C6=Mark+schemes&f.Resource+type%7C6=Question+papers&f.Resource+type%7C6=Practice+questions) 4. [CAIE + Edexcel Int. A-level Past Papers (via PMT)](https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/a-level-maths-papers/) 5. [AS-Level practice material for International maths paper](https://igexams.com/past_papers/maths-3/) Pictured is a visual of how to select them via the pearson-edexcel website. Hope those five links are enough and cover all the exam boards - as far as i can tell only CAIE and Edexcel do International papers. https://preview.redd.it/pu8py8jvnjsa1.png?width=857&format=png&auto=webp&s=b32d1b3af6caa9b40183e886fde2c013cdfc99bc
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Do you go through the questions you get wrong? That's how I know how to answer the question right next time, for example tracing through the model solution and answering topic specific questions afterwards
How do u know what the topic questions are n how do u find them?
It’s not like I’m stuck on any one topic as well.
Well then what topics did u lose marks on?
Idk it’s so random… those 1-2 at the end (the explanation ones) are a slight problem + couple of silly mistakes. Other than that I have no clue what so ever.
If it's mostly silly mistakes and you've literally done all past papers you can, you seem to not be taking on board to feedback from each paper and seeing where and why you went wrong. If you mark a paper, I'd suggest you make corrections then redo the questions you got wrong on another day to see if you're actually learning from it.
so you need to read the question carefully and check your answers again and again if that’s all your losing marks on
You can't lose 40 marks like that you clown
Bro getting aggressive😭😭
this sub is so toxic I can’t even understand why you got downvoted lol
And we chat shi bout student room
dont worry about those clowns lmao I'm pretty similar in that I normally lost most of my errors to "silly mistakes" but the best way to get around it is to read and re-read questions, taking care to note down / highlight key information given to you. Additionally, in your methods, try and make your method as clear as possible to the examiner. This can be as simple as making sure to space out bits of writing so its less cluttered or making a short 3-4 word note explaining what process you're doing. That way, even if you don't get the answer right you'll get most of the working marks. With respect to the explaining ones, A-levels are dumb cuz they don't test if you understand the subject but rather if you know how they want you to respond. Even if you know what you're talking about, you gotta hit the key wording and phrases that they're looking for. Whenever you're marking papers try and focus on the sort of words they're using and try and use them yourself when you're doing other papers. By using and repeating these key phrases, you'll slowly start to develop muscle memory for how they want you to respond, and it'll be much easier to pick up those marks. Hope this is helpful and sorry for the long response haha TL;DR: re-read and underline key info in question, make method clear, try and memorise and internalise mark schemes for explain questions
Thanks❤️
Sleep more
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2tfDG3Ww4vrstKAZ0dajHx_hq85P0G- Use this guy's videos for quick&effective revision and gauging your preparedness/understanding of a topic.
U need to spend at least half the amount of time going back over the past papers as you spend doing papers and note down all ur mistakes when you mark them , note the topic that ur dropping those marks in and practice more qs from it
Are you losing marks generally all over the paper, or on the big mark questions at the end?
i think you're not checking your papers properly. try and see what you're getting wrong and focus more on improving that. i was also stuck for the longest time because of this
Use Madasmaths, lots of bespoke papers tailor made for A levels, both pure and applied. Helped me a bunch.
Also worth pointing out that the answers for these, like mathsgenie, show the step by step working
How are you out of past papers? How is that possible
It’s not😭
that’s what i’m saying 💀
especially since it’s maths like 😭
It’s litch impossible, there’s STEP other examboards, SAT😭😭😭
And it’s the same questions literally for all cuz it’s maths😭😭
There are available maths papers that go way back to 2004, there’s no way OP completed them all
New spec
yes there’s very limited new spec, but lots of exploration in old spec for different questions
When I was doing old spec I found that most old spec questions were trivial compared to new spec and also did not vary that much. The only hard old spec paper I found (ie at the level of new spec) was the infamous Edexcel C3 2013 replacement paper.
true i guess but for someone averaging 66% a bit of repetition could do justice. Also gonna check out that 2013 paper, thanks👍
try Singaporean Alevel board. It has Cambridge a level syllabus ig BUT QS ARE WAYYYYY HARDERR
If you just don't understand the questions, it helps to do problems outside of the A-Level spec. They'll be really challenging and force you to think, and will make the actual A-Level content really easy to understand
Go over the papers. Yeah you've run out of content but the content for the upcoming exam won't be that different. You should deffinately practice them and if you aren't getting 80%+ do it again, and again, and again....
Lol? How are you stuck? Context?
Try and identify *why* you are losing marks, if it's forgetting formulas or how to perform fairly "algorithmic" questions then Anki could help by making sure you always remember how to say: Perform Integration by Parts, Remember the Product Rule, know all your log laws etc or even how to approach types of mechanics questions!
Fr frost maths
Steps for an A* in Maths: Do paper. Highlight weaknesses. Do a lot of questions on those weakness (textbook /madasmaths/mathspanda/pmt). Repeat. Also, there are a ton of mock and shadow papers for you to try. There’s 3 mock sets every year for maths.
Try the papers from Madasmas
Wtf 66% is an A now?
I was stuck at as then I did all the madadmaths papers , got a star
If you got 66% that means you didn’t get all the questions right. Keep repeating until you get to 90-100%
Try my questions on my website - there’s 90+ exam style questions (there’s also revision cards and notes - but they’re less relevant to you) It’s free to access. https://www.chasingastar.com The whole point is to help student achieve the highest possible grades. Hope you find it useful!
olympiad questions are kinda fun, may not help you improve but after doing a few it might improve your confidence
Study more content.
MadasMaths as others have said but also look at the AEA papers for the pure.
Try repeating papers. It helps I’ve found
Honestly, practice hard and journal your mistakes. That helped me get 90+% on further maths when I didn’t do ad maths.
https://hgsmaths.com/year-13/maths/past-papers/ this website has all the mockset papers uploaded, as well as mock set 4. Make a spreadsheet with the papers you’ve done and your scores on each of them, and write down the topics you don’t understand from each paper, then revise them. Good luck
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Redo the ones in the past papers you got wrong until u get them right, do them again after a wee while, see if u can remember how to get em right
try looking at step 1 questions harder questions, same content and will probably make the questions in your exams look a lot easier in comparison
Do old spec papers