Mocks 09 Maths

Mick_Grif · 26-01-2009 08:16PM #1

ughh mocks in a week and a half and I have very little done

, like really nothing at all (all those teachers telling us to put the work in in 5th year... why didnt i listen????:rolleyes:). I'm finding it very difficult to study for Maths (higher

:() and was wondering how you people study for it, I mean it aint like other subjects where you just learn off stuff.....its..impossible.
help please??

SarcasticFairy · 26-01-2009 09:10PM

Practice your exam paper questions like there's no tomorrow. Learn your formula. After that, it kind of just depends on how the questions come up in the exam. You can't 'study' as such, you just kind of have to practice a lot, especially if you're like me, and you look at pretty much every question and go, ehh what?! The more questions you do (even if it feels like you've done the same paper four million times) the more it sinks in basically! I haven't found any other way anyway...

26-01-2009 09:33PM

I find the best way of studying for maths is to try and actually understand what's going on, and what it is that you're doing. The internet is your best friend in doing this.

Apart from that: just do exam paper after exam paper.

awhir · 26-01-2009 09:35PM

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

I find the best way of studying for maths is to try and actually understand what's going on, and what it is that you're doing. The internet is your best friend in doing this.

Apart from that: just do exam paper after exam paper.

X2 , higher maths is acc quite easy when you understand whats happing

MrDrifter · 26-01-2009 10:12PM

Reading through stuff a few times helps me, to understand whats going on. If you dont understand you ahvent a hope. after that, id pick a topic, start at 2008 and go back ten years doing question after qustion, and see how you feel after that.

what Im doing at the minute

Mick_Grif · 27-01-2009 05:03PM

Thanks for all the replys Yea I think I will do some of the things suggested, so long as I past I will be very happy

Dubs · 27-01-2009 08:38PM

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

I find the best way of studying for maths is to try and actually understand what's going on, and what it is that you're doing. The internet is your best friend in doing this.

Apart from that: just do exam paper after exam paper.

any good websites for this?

27-01-2009 08:59PM

Dubs wrote: »

any good websites for this?

Am... there's a few I used to use alright.

LectureFox have University lectures on many, many things. But, if you sort down through the list, you may find something relevant to what you're trying to study.

This TCD maths revision site is pretty good, too. Everything is orientated about the LC, too.

KhanAcademy and PatritJMT on YouTube are pretty good, too. But, again, they're not orientated around the LC, so, you'll have to look for what's relevant.

Apart from that, Google and Wikipedia are your best friends. I usually google a word/term that I don't understand, then Wikipedia will completely clarify it: making the problem you were trying to do a lot easier - at least for me, anyway.

Hope this helps. If I remember any more I'll most them here.

Dubs · 27-01-2009 09:21PM

many thanks

Piste · 27-01-2009 09:44PM

I was going to close this thread in exasperation when I saw the title, but then I saw it was just asking about methods for studying for maths and the feeling past.

I haven't started studying for maths and my mocks begin next week. I'm a bit scared too as I'll be overwhelmed by how much I don't know

YourName · 27-01-2009 09:51PM

Unlike last years 30 page long thread that had every mock paper attached to it so everyone could just take a look at their next exam, don't know why it lasted so long here, but it got me through my mocks with flying colours, but in the end it did me no good.

Best of Luck All

Mick_Grif · 29-01-2009 05:32PM

Piste wrote: »

I was going to close this thread in exasperation when I saw the title, but then I saw it was just asking about methods for studying for maths and the feeling past.

I haven't started studying for maths and my mocks begin next week. I'm a bit scared too as I'll be overwhelmed by how much I don't know

how come you were going to close the thread??

Davidius · 29-01-2009 06:26PM

Mick_Grif wrote: »

how come you were going to close the thread??

Around this time last year every thread that had something to do with the mocks was asking for papers so they could cheat. Cheating be bad as is the posting of copyrighted material.

Around this time of year you can only choose to be cynical when you see a title like that. :pac:

However I do look forward to the "wtf y no mocks modz r geh" thread.

Adventure · 29-01-2009 06:57PM

Start off in Section A in the chapter you are studying.
Study the example, learn any formulae encountered then practise the questions in the section. Once you are comfortable with it and understand it move on to section B etc. You'll then gradually build up to have the ability to do an exam question. Once at that stage, do every exam question there ever was on the topic and you'll pick up the tricks along the way and will be able to spot the 'nasty bits' on the day of the exams.

Oh and don't forget the proofs!

Piste · 29-01-2009 09:34PM

Davidius wrote: »

Around this time last year every thread that had something to do with the mocks was asking for papers so they could cheat. Cheating be bad as is the posting of copyrighted material.

It's mainly the copyright thing. Do you think me or any of the mods care if people cheat? Nah, nothing to do with us, couldn't care less! We just don't want Boards.ie getting in trouble for hosting copyrighted material is all.

Around this time of year you can only choose to be cynical when you see a title like that. :pac:

Too true, every time I see a thread with "mocks" in the title, I die a little inside.

OP: I was only going to lock the thread because I thought it was going to be a question about the maths mock, and we slready have a mocks thread. This thread's fine as it is

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