Studying tips REVESION K LIYE JITNI CHEEZAIN KI THI SARI KR DALO PHIR SE

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- When your teacher is teaching in class, pay attention to what your teacher says. Make sure you understand
everything taught by your teacher. If you do not understand anything, ask your teacher or friends.
- You need reference books that are complete. I recommend you to use the following reference book for each paper:
Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 for Cambridge International A Level, by Bostock, L, Chandler, S and Jennings, T
(Nelson Thornes, UK)
Paper 2 & Paper 3: Pure Mathematics 2 and 3 for Cambridge International A Level, by Bostock, L, Chandler, S and
Jennings, T (Nelson Thornes, UK)
Paper 4: Mechanics 1 for Cambridge International A Level, by Bostock, L, Chandler, S and Lee, D A (Nelson
Thornes, UK)
Paper 5: Mechanics 2 for Cambridge International A Level, by Bostock, L, Chandler, S and Lee, D A (Nelson
Thornes, UK)
Paper 6: Probability and Statistics 1 for Cambridge International A Level, by Chambers, J, Crawshaw, J and
Balaam, P (Nelson Thornes, UK)
Paper 7: Probability and Statistics 2 for Cambridge International A Level, by Chambers, J, Crawshaw, J and
Balaam, P (Nelson Thornes, UK)
- When studying a chapter for the first time, read through the notes in the reference book. Make sure that you
understand the concept for that chapter and relate them to what your teacher had taught in school.
- You need to know how to apply what you have learnt to solve questions. Go through all the example questions in
the reference book. Make sure that you understand how every question is solved.
- Then, you have to do a lot of exercises. You can start by doing questions in the reference books topic by topic.
When you have understood all topics, proceed with doing past year A Level questions. They are available on the
internet. After doing the questions, refer to the mark scheme and do self marking. The mark schemes can usually be
found on the same website as the past year questions.
- You should understand how the mark schemes are used. In the mark schemes for Mathematics, there are 3 types of
marks, which are M, A and B. The A marks are always dependent on the M marks before them, which means that A
marks can only be scored if the M marks before them are also scored. On the other hand, B marks are independent
of any other marks, which means that they can be scored without other marks also being scored.
- When doing revision before exam, you should go through the example questions for all chapters in the reference
book. If you have forgotten the concept for any chapter, go through the notes in reference book for that chapter
again. You should also do some past year questions.
- AS and A Level Mathematics also requires knowledge gained from SPM, IGCSE or equivalent, although it does
not test on them directly. Make sure that you do not forget them.

2. Answering tips for all papers (Paper 1 to 7)

- When answering, read the question and information given carefully. For questions involving diagrams, mark any
important details on the diagram. For some questions without diagram, sometimes it may be helpful to draw a
diagram so that you can illustrate the information given in the question. Apply what you have learnt in mathematics
in order to solve the questions and get the answer. Use the correct concept or formula for every question. Certain
formula are provided in the formula booklet, refer to them if necessary.
- You must show all workings for every question. You should not skip any important steps. You do not need to write
down the formula used to solve the question. The number of marks allocated for a question usually shows the
amount of working needed. 1 mark will be given for each important step and the final answer. Marks can only be
given for the final answer if the marks for working are scored. Therefore, correct answer without working usually
scores 0 mark.
- On the other hand, if your final answer is wrong but some of your working is correct, you may still be given some
marks. You are not allowed to write extra solutions or answers for any question. If you do so and any of the
answers/solutions is wrong, marks will be deducted. When copying figures from the question or from your answer
for the previous part of the question, be careful not to copy wrongly.
- For a part of question which requires you to use your answer from the previous part, even if your answer for the
previous part is wrong and you use it for this part, causing your answer for this part to be wrong, you will still get
the working marks (M marks) for this part as long as your calculation for this part is correct, but you will usually
lose the answer marks (A marks) for this part.
- If the question does not state that you must or you cannot use a particular method, then you can use any suitable
method to solve the question. You can also use methods that are not learnt in the A Level syllabus, if you know
them. If the question states that you must use a particular method, then you can only that method to solve the
question. If the question states that cannot use a particular method, then you cannot that method to solve the
question.
- If the final answer is a number with infinite decimal places, you should round up to at least 3 significant figures,
unless if the question states that you have to give your answer to a specific number of significant figures. You can
also write your final answer as a fraction or in surd form if possible. However, if the question states that you must
express your answer as fraction, as decimal or in surd form, then you must follow the instruction. If a number with
infinite decimal places is involved in between the workings, you should take at least 4 or 5 significant figures (3
significant figures is not sufficient) or the value stored in the calculator to ensure accuracy of the final answer.
Otherwise, marks may be deducted if the final answer is less accurate.
- For questions involving Pi, you should use the value of Pi from the calculator, unless if the question asks you to
use Pi = 22/7 or Pi = 3.142 . You must also follow all other special instructions given in the question. After you have
answered all questions, you should recheck your answers for mistakes. Leave at least 15 minutes to recheck your
answers if possible. When rechecking, use a different method to solve the question or directly use the calculator if
possible.