Saturday, September 19, 2009

GCSE Maths: Get A Top Grade With Seven Methods Best Students Use

By Luke Redding

Anyone can get an A grade at GCSE maths if they prepare properly for a whole year or six months before the exam with these seven simple methods. Some of the best maths tutors use these tricks to help their students excel at the exam.

Nothing can replace practice in maths so you must set aside an hour every day to work on sums, formulas, diagrams etc. It's like working on your tennis or swimming. You don't need more than an hour to practice every day to excel. The secret lies in regularity of your sessions. If you find difficulty in handling some sections of your GCSE maths course, don't worry but keep returning to it in your practice sessions and soon you will improve. Instead of going in for a marathon practice session, try and space your practice hours.

Handle your GCSE maths course in bits and pieces by dividing your revision time into sections like shapes, space & measures, numbers, algebra and data handling. You can then mix and match your sessions according to your choice on a daily or weekly bases with different sections.

Maths is all about having fun and you should approach it with this idea in mind. Even before you schedule your practice sessions you can play Java games available for free on the Internet. These games improve your maths skills without you making any effort. Ask a friend to join you and both of you can prepare quizzes and mock tests for each other too. Start a hobby of collecting maths-related trivia.

Sticky Notes - Prepare small pieces of paper by writing a formula or maths tip on each. Stick some of these pieces around your room. Open your wardrobe and put some of these pieces of paper or small cards into the pockets of all your clothes. When you go out the next morning not only will you have fun discovering which card comes out but it will all add to your preparation for the GCSE maths exam. Whenever you are a little free during the day, check your cards and memorize the formulas or calculation tips you have written on them. Once home you stack the 'used' cards. You should get through a stack of at least 50 cards every week.

Don't spend too much time struggling with all the difficult formulas relating to spheres, areas etc. Just familiarize yourself with these tedious formulas because they will be there in the formula sheet you get at the GCSE maths exam. What you should focus upon is learning up the simpler formulas and using them at a real fast speed during calculations. This will improve your overall efficiency at the maths exams.

Spend extra energy in doing your coursework because it will account for as much as 20 per cent of your final grade. It will also keep you away from stress when you finally attempt your GCSE maths exam.

Even scientists use many simple short-cut methods for handling numbers like recognizing whether a six digit number will be divisible by a certain single digit or not. You can make a diary of all these 'short-cal methods' and attempt your GCSE maths exam with greater confidence. Most of these 'short-cal methods' are listed on various sites on the Internet. Getting a high grade at your GCSE maths can be effortless if you try these simple methods of studying for at least six months.

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