The advance information from the exam boards has been published and so we are truly on the final stretch to the first Summer exams since 2019. If you are looking for the information for your specific exam board they can be found here (make sure you use the one for the correct exam board as they are different!!) 

Following the publication we had a conversation about how best to support our students and one of the ideas we came up with was “Take 5” which is 5 questions (as it turns out some of them may only have 3 questions or as many as 10) pulled together in some form of ascending difficulty to give them the opportunity to practice the skill/topic. The questions have primarily been taken from older papers so they shouldn’t interfere with any final mocks that are taking place and are also not under any padlocks. I tweeted the idea and the response was phenomenal  … a colleague is working on pulling some together for the Higher tier and so I thought I’d share more widely. In terms of the question choice some of you may have chosen different questions, thats ok … having spent the last 4 and a bit years working with the Kangaboys writing revision guides (there is now a Key Stage Two one too …. check them out … www.justaroo.co.uk ) I  know that what questions we’d write today for a specific topic may not always be the ones that we’d do a few months later. … remember no one is forcing you to use them … they’re there if you want to!

This post will be updated with w/sheets on an ongoing basis and the Higher tier will be added shortly … I’ll also make it a “sticky” post at the top of the blog until the Summer exams are done.  

 

I also used the money worksheet in after school revision on Monday and it worked really well with students. THERE IS A MASSIVE HEALTH WARNING HERE : There is no guarantee that a specific topic will be examined this way in the summer and students cannot rely on it to limit their revision in terms of not mixing up topics but something is better than nothing for some students! 

THE BELOW IS A TRUNCATED TABLE FOR HIGHER AS IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND SO IS NOT THE COMPLETE ADVANCED INFORMATION FOR HIGHER   … ALSO SEE THE ABOVE HEALTH WARNING!!! 

 

EDEXCEL / PEARSON FOUNDATION TIER
Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3
Number (see also ratio – some overlap of topic areas)
Arithmetic
 Money  (MS) Money   (MS)
Four Operations   (MS)
Negative Numbers   (MS) Negative Numbers   (MS) Negative Numbers   (MS)
Fractions
 Order Fractions, Decimals, Percentages   (MS)
Fraction of an Amount   (MS) Fraction of an Amount   (MS)
One Amount as a Fraction of Another   (MS)
Fraction Arithmetic   (MS)
Order Fractions   (MS)
Equivalent fractions   (MS)
Properties Place value   (MS)
Order integers    (MS)
Multiples   (MS)
Factors    (MS)
Lowest Common Multiple     (MS)
Product of Prime Factors   (MS)
Powers and Roots Square Root
Standard Form
 Conversion   (MS)
Calculation   (MS)
Approximation and Estimation
 Rounding (MS) Rounding (MS)
Estimation (MS)
Error Intervals (MS)
Other Mathematical Symbols Calculator Use     (MS)
Algebra
Manipulation Simplification   (MS) Simplification   (MS) Simplification   (MS)
Expansion of Bracket   (MS) Expansion of Bracket   (MS)
Factorisation   (MS) Factorisation   (MS)
  Substitute Values    (MS)
  Change Subject of a Formula    (MS)
  Forming an Expression    (MS)
Laws of Indices   (MS)  
Equations and inequalities 
   Linear Equation   (MS) 
Linear Inequality    (MS)    
Linear Simultaneous Equations     (MS)  
  Form an Equation    (MS)
Quadratic Equation    (MS)    
Graphs
 Coordinates    (MS)  
Straight Line Graph    (MS)  
Quadratic Graph     (MS)    
Functions Number Machines    (MS)  
Sequences Linear Sequence    (MS)   Linear Sequence    (MS)
Ratio, proportion, and rates of change (see also Number – some overlap of topic areas)
Conversion
 Length    (MS) Mass, Time, Area    (MS)  Time    (MS) 
  Compound units    (MS) 
Scale Drawing    (MS) Scale Drawing    (MS)
Percentages   Percentage to fraction   (MS)  
Decimal to percentage   (MS)   
Percentage of an amount    (MS)    
Percentage increase   (MS)     
  Percentage decrease   (MS)
Percentage profit   (MS)   
  One quantity as a percentage of another    (MS) 
Depreciation    (MS)   
  Reverse percentage    (MS) 
Ratio
 Write as a ratio   (MS)  Write as a ratio   (MS)  Write as a ratio   (MS) 
Share in a ratio     (MS)     
Use of Ratio    (MS)   
  1 : n form     (MS) 
Proportion  Direct proportion    (MS)  Direct proportion    (MS)  Direct proportion    (MS) 
Currency conversion    (MS)   
Compound Measures
 Speed    (MS)     
  Average speed    (MS) 
Density    (MS)     
Geometry and Measures
Shape
   Triangle properties   (MS) 
  Quadrilaterals    (MS) 
Polygons    (MS)   
  Triangular prism    (MS) 
Circles     (MS)  
Parallel and perpendicular lines    (MS)  
Reflection    (MS)    
Transformations    (MS)  
Plan and elevation    (MS)    
Angles
 Angles in a triangle    (MS) Angles in a triangle    (MS)
Vertically opposite angles    (MS) Vertically opposite angles    (MS)
  Angle properties of parallel lines    (MS)
Angles in a polygon    (MS)    
  Bearings    (MS)

Length, area and volume

Area of a rectangle    (MS)  
  Area of a triangle    (MS)
  Area of a trapezium     (MS)
Volume of a cube    (MS)    
Volume of a cylinder    (MS)    
Pythagoras’s Theorem and Trigonometry   Pythagoras’s Theorem    (MS)
Exact trigonometric values    (MS)    
Probability 
Probability   Probability scale    (MS)
Probability   (MS)   Probability   (MS)
Frequency tree   (MS)    
Tree diagram   (MS)  
Combined events   (MS)  
Statistics
Diagrams Pictogram   (MS)    
Bar chart   (MS)    
Interpret graph   (MS)  
Two-way table   (MS)  
Frequency table   (MS)  
Stem and leaf diagram   (MS)    
  Frequency polygon
Measures Mode, median, mean     (MS)  Median and range     (MS)
Population   Comparison of distributions   (MS)
MORE WORKSHEETS WILL BE ADDED HERE SOON … WATCH THIS SPACE!!

 

Thanks must go to my colleague in pulling some of the the worksheets together for the Higher tier (*waves at Darbo & Mr Man!!) 

EDEXCEL / PEARSON HIGHER TIER
Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3
Number (see also ratio – some overlap of topic areas)
Arithmetic Negative number    (MS)
Fractions Fraction of an Amount    (MS)
Fraction Arithmetic     (MS)
Recurring Decimal to Fraction     (MS)
Properties Product of Prime Factors    (MS)
Laws of Indices    (MS)
Negative and Fractional Indices    (MS)
Powers and roots Simplification of Surds     (MS)
Standard Form
Approximation and Estimation Error Interval     (MS)
Bounds     (MS)
Other Use of a Calculator    (MS)
Product Rule for Counting    (MS)
Algebra
Manipulation Simplification   (MS) Simplification   (MS) Simplification   (MS)
Expansion of Bracket    (MS) Expansion of Bracket    (MS) Expansion of Bracket    (MS)
Factorisation     (MS)
Laws of Indices    (MS)
Substitute Values    (MS)
Change Subject of a Formula    (MS)
Forming an Expression    (MS)
Expansion of Brackets    (MS)
Difference of Two Squares    (MS)
Algebraic Fractions    (MS) Algebraic Fractions    (MS)
Equations and Inequalities  Linear Equation    (MS)
Form an Equation    (MS) Form an Equation   (MS)
Linear Inequality     (MS)
Quadratic Equation    (MS)
Quadratic Inequality    (MS)
Equations of Parallel Lines    (MS)
Equation of a Tangent to a Circle    (MS)
Set up and Solve Equations  (MS)
Simultaneous Equations Linear / Quadratic   (MS)
Graphs Coordinates   (MS) 
Quadratic Graph    (MS)
Gradient of a Straight Line Graph    (MS)
Gradients of Parallel & Perpendicular Lines    (MS)
Speed-time Graph   (MS)
Gradient of a Curve    (MS)
Transformations of Functions     (MS)
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions    (MS)
Functions Inverse and Composite Functions    (MS)
MORE HIGHER TIER STUFF TO BE ADDED HERE … SOON! 

 

As always, may or may not be useful. I’ve done Pearson/Edexcel as thats the board we use (we use them for lots of reasons but that’s a whole other blog post) Now if someone wants to do similar for AQA and OCR … happy to host here too …. mail me … if you’re serious you’ll find my email address! 

Have a I said “read the above Health Warning”?

PS: For JustMaths Online I’ve already set up a folder in revision / exam prep and they will appear in there first. As usual I’ll add an update to the homepage when I do this.Â