2. BRING YOUR CALCULATOR

3. How to revise for Maths

4. BRING YOUR CALCULATOR

7. Practise

8. BRING YOUR CALCULATOR

11. Don't leave your revision to the last minute. START NOW!!! Plan it well. Break it down into sections and topics.

12. BRING YOUR CALCULATOR

13. You need strong foundations in basic Maths to build on. Spend about ten minutes a day reading through the area(s) that cause you the most problems on a website or from a revision book. Start with simple examples until you are sure you know what you are doing. Move onto more difficult examples.

14. SHOW YOUR WORKING

17. Area of trapezium = ½(a + b) h Formulae Sheet Foundation Tier Find out which formulae are printed on your exam paper and which ones you have to learn.

18. SHOW YOUR WORKING

19. Work through past papers from Moodle, or a revision book. Use the revision programme on Moodle; go to Maths-GCSE-GCSE Revision. Edexcel have sample papers on their website.

20. SHOW YOUR WORKING

21. Websites http://learning.princesrisborough.bucks.sch.uk Maths – GCSE – GCSE Past Papers http://www.edexcel.com Qualification family: GCSE from 2010 Subject: Mathematics B http://www.mymaths.co.uk Booster Packs http://www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize

22. SHOW YOUR WORKING

24. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

25. Equipment Make sure you have the correct equipment: 2 pens 2 pencils Ruler (30cm with scale visible) Rubber Sharpener Compasses (that work and don't slip) Protractor Calculator (that you know how to use) - Make sure you know how different functions like sin, cos, tan, square root etc. work on your calculator.

26. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

27. The Exam!!! When you are allowed to start your exam, take a few minutes to settle down. Read the paper through carefully. Find a question you are comfortable with starting, even if it is near to the end of the paper. Write something!!!

28. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

31. The Exam!!! Read every question through, read it again and underline any important information, decide what calculation you need to carry out, SHOW ALL YOUR WORKING, even if you are using a calculator; you get marks for your method if it is correct. Write your answer in the correct space and if necessary round the answer to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

32. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

33. The End of the Exam Leave yourself enough time to thoroughly check your working answers. Actually read each question again and pay attention to your calculations and your answer including any units.

34. Don’t Panic!!!