Most learners can lift their Maths mark by 10–20% in 6–8 weeks. The trick isn't more hours — it's more deliberate hours.
Stop re-reading the textbook
Reading feels productive. It isn't. Active recall — doing problems, getting them wrong, fixing them — is what moves marks.
Practise weak topics, not strong ones
Most learners drill the topics they like. Flip it: spend 70% of your time on the topics you score lowest in. Use the Resources hub to find topic-specific practice.
Mark honestly
Half marks for 'I would have got it right' is how learners fool themselves into a 50% that becomes 35% in the real exam.
Know where the marks are
Paper 1: algebra about 25 marks, sequences and series 25, functions 35, finance 15, differential calculus 35 and probability 15. Paper 2: statistics about 20, analytical geometry 40, trigonometry 50, and Euclidean geometry and measurement 40. A small gain in a 35- or 50-mark topic moves your total more than perfecting a 15-mark one.
Show your working
Method (M) and consistent accuracy (CA) marks reward correct working even when the final answer is wrong. A bare answer with no working can lose most of the marks for a question, so write every step.
Fix the small things first
- Write the formula before you substitute.
- Put brackets around negative numbers when you substitute.
- Keep full calculator precision until the last line.
- Give the answer in the form asked for: rounded, simplified or with units.
Use the memo to learn what is rewarded
Read the memo for questions you got right too. It shows which steps earn marks, so next time you can write exactly those steps without extra working that costs time.
A 6-week plan
- Weeks 1–2: your weakest Paper 1 topic, one past-paper question a day.
- Weeks 3–4: your weakest Paper 2 topic, the same way.
- Week 5: two full papers under timed conditions, marked with the memo.
- Week 6: redo every question you lost marks on, without help.
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