Completing the square questions are becoming more popular with GCSE maths, as the technique can be useful if you're intending to study at a higher level. The main use is factorising and finding out the maximum and minimum values of a quadratic equation. Once you're familiar with the method, completing the square becomes quite straightforward. This video is a reminder of … [Read more...]

Here's a few videos on how to solve a simultaneous quadratic and linear equation, that I hope might be useful. They are becoming a little more popular on GCSE mathematics as you need to demonstrate a clear, logical method. Occasionally you are given an instruction, such as 'by eliminating 'y',' and I've added a few examples on this post. The main things to remember when you … [Read more...]

GCSE mathematics proof questions appear on many exam papers and you can download the questions here. They can be a little challenging and please do practice all of the problems. The main things to remember when working with GCSE mathematics prrof questions are: Make sure you read the question thoroughly Remember that any number is 'n' and an even number is always … [Read more...]

GCSE mathematics vector questions appear on many exam papers and you can download the questions here. They can be a little challenging and please do practice all of the problems. The main things to remember when working with GCSE mathematics vector questions are: Make sure you read the question thoroughly - there's usually lots of A, B and C's to show angles or straight … [Read more...]

This post is just a random collection of tough maths questions - asked by YouTube subscribers, tutoring students, or occasionally my own study. Many of the questions are 6 - 9 grade and present a good level of challenge for all students. It's quite likely that the videos will include word problems, statistics, geometry, algebra and some of the new topics that will be on … [Read more...]