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Maths GCSE exam
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This is the only GCSE exam I'm dreading. I feel like I don't know anything. I'm going the higher tier, and I need at least 52% to pass. But in the practise papers in class, I've only managed no where near that. I really need to get a C. HELP!
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However, for genuine helpful suggestions make use of your resources, bitesize is good, and your teachers are there for a reason, get you and a couple of mates (ones you can trust to WORK) sit down with a paper and maybe the numerical solutions and go through it together.
To be honest there's not a lot of help other than that you could get here.
In fact, just to emphasise, I've just been playing around on bitesize, it does look really helpful.
writethe formulars on the case of ur calculator and smuggle that into the exam, that will be very helpful. (n.b. only a suggestion)
And just do plenty of practice papers
Seriously tink, go try out bitesize. And if you want you can always post problems here and I'll work through them for you with explainations.
Trigonometery always looks a lot more complecated than it is. Practice the cosine rule, and area of a triangle, all you have to do is put numbers in a formular
i just had a go at loads of past papers and had my teacher look through them and show me where i was going wrong.
bbc bitesize is useful as well.
most of all, just don't panic. i found that panicing just made things worse.
i came out with an A in the end, so it must have worked.
anyway, good luck :thumb:
that was quick !!
good luck
I'm totally dreading maths too...it's too much to remember.
If you actually know something it should come to you naturally in the exam.
This is exactly what I did and I got a C.
it doesnt help that my teacher just tells us that we're not good enough to 'pass' (by that he means get a C which is balls) all the time either, so i don't feel confident
Depending on what you're stuck on, I could probably help you if you want me to?
I see what you mean about not being able to remember stuff. I have this problem as well.
Ok, So remember the following.
Sex On Hard Concrete Always Hurts The Old Arse
Sin - Opposite/Hypoteneuse Cos - Adjacent/Hypoteneuse Tan - Opposite/Adjacent.
is that not easier?
Yeah, only if you're intelligent. :rolleyes:
Wasn't when i took it. Like 4 years ago.
I did intermediate an it was fuckin difficult. Got a D. Was so proud
this isn't a good thing, it would of course be much better if the average was higher
I have 5 C's (rest are lower grades), and that doesn't include Maths or Science. Most employers don't really care about you having exactly 5 or if they are certain subjects. A lot of jobs say a-c in maths or english but i've never had a problem getting a job. They just have a broad look to see if your half intelligent or not.
Now with A Levels slightly different, cos like these are likely to matter with employers (hardly any though)
It's so funny how schools make out GCSEs are like the most important thing ever. They're not! Only time they really count is if your going on to further education.
Well i never went to uni so not sure how much consideration they give GCSEs. Really i think the gist of it all is they are important because you need them for A levels, which in turn you need for uni.
For me and anyone else that didn't bother with all that, they don't really mean fuck all.