How To Pass A level Maths

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A level maths. The challenge of all challenges. Students across the country struggle with this subject, and even more so when it comes to applying the academic knowledge at A level. A levels are a huge step up from GCSE, so what are the best ways to ensure that you pass it? Let’s find out!

Past papers

Paper after paper after paper will help you become more familiar with A level maths, along with any other A level subject too. Past papers are great for projecting what kind of things will come up in the real exam to best prepare you for the big day – you can observe the types of questions that you’ll face, the kind of things that you often struggle with, and the mark schemes.

The mark schemes are great for helping you work out the method for a question that you couldn’t understand – by identifying the issues and solutions to a question, you can learn from this and hopefully tackle the question better next time.

Get a tutor

For this one, it depends on how much money you’re willing to pay, but if you feel as if you could get more help than you can source at college, then hiring a professional tutor could be the route to go down. You can get an in-person or online maths tutor: whichever works best for you.

You may grow to have a personal relationship with your tutor which could motivate you to do better in your studies, and a tutor could also help target the areas that you’re struggling with the most.

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Put in the effort

No one said that A level maths was going to be easy – so don’t expect a brilliant grade if you’re lazy and can’t be bothered putting the work in.

For a challenging subject such as maths, it’s recommended that you revise throughout the whole year.

You don’t have to take up whole evenings on maths – especially at the start of the year – but pinpointing your weak areas and practising questions regularly could boost your performance. Work through the whole of the textbook you’ve been supplied with at college; do every single question in the book, and if you get one wrong, learn why you did it wrong and go back to tackle it again at a later date.

If you’re still struggling with something and can’t seem to find an explanation in the textbook, it never hurts to ask your college teacher – after all, they’re getting paid for a reason. One of the key things with maths is to understand the concepts.

If you can work to understand each concept, either with the textbook, teacher, tutor, or online videos, you should be able to tackle each concept in the exam.

We offer tutoring as well as intense half term revision courses to aid your A level maths revision, so don’t hesitate to seek this extra help instead of doing everything by yourself.

These revision resources exist for a reason, it’s just about learning which revision techniques work best for you.

Good luck with passing your maths A level! Hopefully, you can take these tips on board to get a better grade today.

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