C3 – non-standard multi-step problems, often requiring the application of skills from a variety of topics, worth three, four, or more marks. However, students find the topics themselves more challenging, so these are not necessarily ‘easier’ marks. For example, when teaching mutually exclusive events, give students plenty of problems requiring an understanding of fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios. This book can also be bought as a standalone Online Edition – we'll send you a code to redeem immediately.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Include plenty of context-based problem-solving on perimeter, area, volume, and surface area, making sure students can flexibly apply these skills to 2D and 3D shapes and other problems. Formulae are used in everyday life, from working out areas and volumes of shapes to converting units of measurement.Frequency analysis by strand and topic – which strands or topics are the heaviest hitters at Foundation level? Please read our Cookies Policy for information on how we use cookies and how to manage or change your cookie settings.

Classifying some of the multi-mark, deeper problem-solving questions presented a bit of a challenge, so I decided to pick a main topic for each question and classify it under that heading, rather than try and assign marks for topics within questions. Knowing how to use decimal points and places when adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying is an important mathematical skill. Pearson's resources* for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics take an innovative mastery approach to build students' confidence, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning in readiness for GCSE and beyond. A unique code in the front of the book gives you access to the free Online Edition of the whole book on your PC, Mac or tablet.View all revision topics in one place, take quick quizzes, track your progress and link to the Revision Guide for more in-depth study.

Sequences, functions and graphs, with focus on procedural ‘easy wins’ in straight line graph work and sequences. Please note again that this only looks at categorisation by the main topic, or the initial knowledge needed to gain any marks on the question.Furthermore, we need to consider the frequency at which topics like quadratic equations or factorising quadratics appear on Foundation papers.

PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE SESSIONS PER STUDENT PER WEEK AS WE ARE UNABLE TO GIVE REFUNDS IF YOU SIGN UP FOR MORE THAN ONE SESSION, AS THAT STOPS SOMEONE ELSE FROM HAVING THE OPTION OF A PLACE. We’ll be bringing in our expert contributors to analyse each paper and identify key topic areas to focus your revision. However, as the question is inaccessible without some knowledge of the area of a rectangle, I classified this as ‘perimeter and area’. There are a lot of topics here that rarely, if ever, go beyond standard procedural C1 marks, and some topics do not seem to attract C2 marks either. Testing yourself with GCSE maths past papers is a great way to identify which topics need more revision, so you can ensure that you are revising as effectively as possible to help you get ready for your GCSE Maths exam.

e. fraction arithmetic, fractions and percentages as operators) are assigned to Number, whereas percentage change is assigned to Ratio and Proportion.