The One Hour Revision – Edexcel GCSE Higher Maths Non Calculator Questions post has proven to be popular, so I thought I’d add a similar post dealing with AQA Past Papers - GCSE Higher Maths Non Calculator Questions. This specifically looks at the new specimen papers published June 2015. As before you can download the AQA past paper here, work through each of the questions, … [Read more...]
Edexcel Maths Paper – Higher Maths Non Calculator With Video
This type of one hour revision of Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper - Non Calculator Questions is a bit of a change to the normal 3minutemaths posts! However, as I've been working with a number of extremely talented students during the past few years, I thought it would be a useful way of offering some focussed revision. The Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper - Non Calculator Questions sample … [Read more...]
Convert recurring decimals to fractions – GCSE maths level 7+
Recurring decimals to fractions questions seem to appear fairly frequently on GCSE papers - especially non calculator, if there is some degree of cancelling down required. You need to be able to follow the same sort of method each time, but be prepared for occasional arithmetic. The whole idea is to create a way of subtracting two values of 'n' in order to get rid of the … [Read more...]
nth term of a quadratic sequence – GCSE maths level 8 onwards
nth term of a quadratic sequence questions ... can seem extremely difficult, although in this video, I've tried to give you a fairly straightforward method to use. If you apply the same idea each time, you should be able to calculate an expression for the nth term with most of the questions in GCSE maths. The whole idea is that you are creating an expression with the … [Read more...]
Quadratic formula ‘show that’ questions GCSE level 7
Quadratic formula questions ... ... are usually something along the lines of: solve 2x2 - 5x - 6 = 0 and you are asked to 'give your answer to 2 decimal places.' This usually means that you will need to use the quadratic formula: Here's a link to a playlist with a number of different examples. However you might also get questions asking you to 'show that.' … [Read more...]