How to improve at maths!

d1234

Hi all,

I'm currently a past fifth year (I'm afraid to say sixth!!) student doing higher level maths. I got an A in my junior cert but for my summer exam I got a C1. Although I'm delighted with that, I still think that I can do better.

My question is - how does one master LC maths?

Is it...

Practice questions over and over
Buy another text book or
Learn off actual methods of doing qs??

I would love to hear back from ye mathematicians with any suggestions ye may have!

Thanks in advance!

David

ride-the-spiral

Practice questions would be the way. I always found that you have to be quite critical of yourself to do maths, as one of my lecturers said "only try the questions which you can't do."

d1234

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

Practice questions would be the way. I always found that you have to be quite critical of yourself to do maths, as one of my lecturers said "only try the questions which you can't do."

Thanks for that!

Iwasfrozen

practice is the answer, and try to understand why you're doing something. Just don't learn off methods.

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www.khanacademy.com

d1234

Thanks everyone!!

eoins23456

Practicing questions of course but you also need to have a solid understanding so you can apply your knowledge , method and skills if a question were to come up in a different way. If your book doesn't explain a concept properly and your teacher can't help the situation maybe you should try youtubing the concepts youre having difficulty with.

Nappy

I'd spend 80% of your time doing exam questions. Give each question a go and then study the solutions whether you get it right or wrong. 20% of time for the text book! A lot of textbooks are out of date and contain some sections that are a waste of time.