A Level Math RevisionA Level Maths: final exam countdown
A 14-day checklist for the run-up to the exams: the topics Examiner Insights ranks highest, the most common mistakes, then a full timed paper. Tick each day off; your ticks are saved in this browser only.
Paper 1: confirmed dates
Your 14-day checklist
- Day 1
Functions: inverse, composite, modulus and domain/range
Revise
Notes · Practise algebra and functions · What the examiners say
- Day 2
Integration techniques and differential equations
Revise
Notes · Practise integration and differential equations · What the examiners say
- Day 3
Trig equations under "detailed reasoning"
Revise
- Day 4
Differentiation, including implicit and parametric
Revise
- Day 6
Exponential models: find, state and critique the model
Revise
Notes · Practise exponentials and logarithms · What the examiners say
- Day 7
Binomial and normal, and telling them apart
Revise
Notes · Practise binomial and normal distributions · What the examiners say
- Day 8
"Show that": skipped steps, working back from the answer, no final line
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 9
"Explain" and "interpret" answers without context
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 10
"Detailed reasoning": answers from the calculator
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 11
Inverse and composite functions: domain left out, fg and gf mixed up
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 12
"Show that": skipped steps, working back from the answer, no final line
Check this mistake
Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.
- Day 13
Sit a past paper for your board under timed conditions
Full paper
Prediction Papers (the first 5 questions of each are open to everyone; the full mark scheme comes with a paid plan). Or a paper from the past papers.
- Day 14
Formula sheet, equipment and an early night
Last day
Read the formula sheet once, pack your equipment, and stop revising early.
More for the final weeks
- Examiner Insights
- Skill Builders
- Question of the Day a few minutes a day
- Revision timetable fit the checklist around school
- Exam dates
Other plans for A Level Maths: Mock prep · Back to school · Results day · 30-day challenge · all exam-season plans