Year 11 information evening GCSE Mathematics GCSE Mathematics

Year 11 information evening. GCSE Mathematics.

GCSE Mathematics § 3 exam papers. § Edexcel (1 MA 1) ▪ Higher tier covers grades 9 to 4. ▪ Foundation tier covers grades 5 to 1. ▪ Each paper lasts 90 minutes. ▪ Each paper is worth 80 marks.

GCSE Mathematics Exam dates: § Paper 1 (non calc): Tuesday May 21 st § Paper 2 (calc): Thursday June 6 th § Paper 3 (calc): Tuesday June 11 th

GCSE Mathematics Paper 2 & Paper 3 require the use of a scientific calculator. We recommend Casio fx-83 GT Plus. £ 7

GCSE Mathematics Grade boundaries: Higher: June ‘ 17 June ‘ 18 5 68 79 6 96 109 7 124 139 Foundation: June ‘ 17 June ‘ 18 4 122 136 5 158 169

GCSE Mathematics Next assessments: § W/b February 11 th § W/b March 25 th (one paper)

What you can do to help: § Encourage your son/daughter to seek out their maths teacher if they are struggling with work in class. § Revise relevant topics.

Relevant topics: December mock QLA. Hegarty. Maths. com

What you can do to help: § Use the following maths websites which are an invaluable resource.

Websites students should be using: Hegarty. Maths. com

Websites students should be using: hegartymaths. com

Websites students should be using: hegartymaths. com

Websites students should be using: mathsgenie. co. uk No login needed.

Websites students should be using: Pensbyhighschool. com

corbettmaths. com No login needed. There are videos, worksheets, practice papers to use.

corbettmaths. com

Need to remember key facts/formulae Area of triangle: base x height 2 Area of circle: 1 metre = 100 cm 1 litre = 1000 ml radius² x Π

Best way to revise Maths…… …… is by doing it.

GCSE Mathematics Period 6 sessions: § Every week B, on a Monday § Monday February 4 th § Monday February 25 th § Monday March 11 th § Monday March 25 th

GCSE Mathematics Pearson ( Edexcel) revision workbooks £ 5