Exam day
Your A Level Maths exam checklist
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🗓 Week before
Timetable each remaining topic — allocate more time to your weak-topic radar hits
Do at least one full past paper under exam conditions (no calculator? — no calculator)
Review the formula sheet — memorise the ones NOT given (all trig identities, product/quotient/chain, standard integrals)
Confirm your calculator model is on the permitted list (Casio fx-991EX / TI-Nspire non-CAS both work)
🌙 Night before
No new topics. Only light review — do the "Look at me" trick on each formula sheet section
Charge your calculator (or fresh batteries) and put it in your exam kit
Pack: 2× black pens, 2× pencils, sharpener, eraser, ruler, protractor, compass
Set two alarms. Sleep by 22:30.
☀️ Morning of
Eat breakfast — protein & slow carbs. Avoid sugar spikes.
Photo ID + clear pencil case + water bottle (label removed)
Arrive 30 min before the start time
✍️ In the exam
First 3 minutes: read the whole paper, note "attack first" and "come back to" questions
Method marks first: even wrong final answers get credit if working is clear
Check units, sig-figs and "give your answer in the form…" hints
Leave 10 minutes at the end to re-read every "Explain / Show that" question