Maths revision is not a spectator sport! If you want to win, get stuck in!

Know your calculator Make sure it is in DEG mode... Make sure it is in DEG mode... Estimate your answers before you calculate them…is your final answer reasonable? Estimate your answers before you calculate them…is your final answer reasonable? Know how to use these functions: Know how to use these functions: Everyone: Higheronly:

Show all of your working out! NO working + wrong answer = NO marks Correct working + wrong answer = SOME marks

Diagram not drawn accurately Don’t use a ruler and protractor Don’t use a ruler and protractor Use an appropriate calculation Use an appropriate calculation USE THE NUMBERS, not the picture! USE THE NUMBERS, not the picture!

Accuracy Read questions carefully and be able to round to decimal places and significant figures Read questions carefully and be able to round to decimal places and significant figures Don’t round too early… do this at the end of your calculations, it is more accurate. Don’t round too early… do this at the end of your calculations, it is more accurate. Do you need to answers? Do you need to simplify answers? Don’t forget units of your answers Don’t forget units of your answers

Check your answers Pie Charts – do your angles add up Pie Charts – do your angles add up to 360 degrees? to 360 degrees? Mean, median and mode averages – is your answer sensible? Mean, median and mode averages – is your answer sensible? Pythagoras – the longest side is the hypotenuse Pythagoras – the longest side is the hypotenuse Probability – answer between 0 and 1 when written as a fraction or decimal ! Probability – answer between 0 and 1 when written as a fraction or decimal ! HIGHER… Trigonometry – if your angle is less than 1 degree you have probably HIGHER… Trigonometry – if your angle is less than 1 degree you have probably forgotten to use the inverse function

Be equipped It is always good practice to have the following equipment of your own: BLACK pen Pencil Rubber Sharpener Ruler Protractor A good compass

Is this you? …then there’s something you can do!

Grab a revision guide Please ask your maths teacher for a revision guide. We have made sure there is everything in here you need to know for your exam!

Need some help? Weekly revision sessions available with the maths super heroes (that’s your teacher!)

Maths revision sessions: Morning Sessions Every Monday and Thursday from 8 till 8:30am. Every pupil in year 11 is invited to go through all exam questions from past papers on a specific topic. Please turn up and you will be assigned a teacher to work with. Foundation Tuesday lunchtime 13:05-13:30 in MA3 and MA6. Open to all pupils who will be doing the foundation paper. Higher Thursday lunchtime 13:05-13:30 in MA2. Open to all pupils who will be doing the higher paper.

Recognise this? ….then PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE!

Try some past papers Work at a mark a minuteWork at a mark a minute Read the questions carefullyRead the questions carefully Show all working outShow all working out Check the Formula SheetCheck the Formula Sheet

Large space indicates workings required! Don’t forget units! Write answer on line

Draw useful lines onto graphs

Amount of room is a hint about how much working out is necessary

Dotted lines indicate writing is required

When reading off any graph always draw lines on!

I pity the fool that does not revise!