Here's a range of older curriculum GCSE practice papers. View YouTube videos here for new 9-1 grade. I'll add the answer papers soon, although I'm sure you're working through plenty of practice exam papers. Here's 6 tips to help you answer maths word problems and developing independent learning skills. You never know, you might be heading for one of 10 seriously brilliant … [Read more...]
How to work out the prime factors of a number
Did you know that any number is either a prime number; or can be made by multiplying its unique prime factors together? So: This is called 'the fundamental theory of arithmetic' and prime factors are very important in lots of different applications. The most well known is called RSA encryption, named after the 3 creators, Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman. They realised that … [Read more...]
Numeracy skills – how to work out percentages
Good arithmetic is the foundation of numeracy skills and learning how to work out percentages is an important foundational skill. Learn these, practice them and always keep to the same methods! There are 6 main numeracy skills that will help with your maths. Click here to read more. Click here to visit addition skills , subtraction skills , division skills , fraction … [Read more...]
How to add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals
How to add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals is an important foundational numeracy skill. Learn these, practice them and always keep to the same methods! There are 6 main numeracy skills that will help with your maths. Click here to read more. Click here to visit addition skills , subtraction skills , division skills , fraction skills videos. A decimal number is a … [Read more...]
How to add, subtract, multiply, divide fractions
How to add, subtract, multiply, divide fractions is an important foundational skill. Learn these, practice them and always keep to the same methods! There are 6 main numeracy skills that will help with your maths. Click here to read more. Click here to visit subtraction skills, multiplication skills, divisions skills videos. Fraction manipulation represents around 1/3rd … [Read more...]