Algebraic Expressions in less than 20 minutes • A-Level Maths, Pure Year 1, Chapter 1 📚

[@rKaraa]

you dont understand how helpful these videos are.

[@aahad1]

It might sound very simple but the fact you show which numbers you are working with (with the red cursor) is always really helpful.

[@BicenMaths]

Thank you! I spent a while finding software that would allow me to do this, as I think it's really important you see what I'm looking at/gesturing to!

[@justabritishsimracer3984]

This is certainly useful, id prefer to keep AS revision as short and sweet as possible so i can focus more on A2, defo do this for all of Pure Stats and Mechanics AS and A2 please!

[@jefking2158]

Sometimes its too long to watch a whole playlist. This is very handy for a quick overview at the end. Keep them coming

[@BicenMaths]

Thanks for the feedback! I feel this shorter type content was missing on my channel - I hope people like it alongside the more detailed, deeper learning associated with the playlists! :)

[@Bicenmathsenthusiast]

nice video sir please make more of these they are extremely useful! I managed to do the whole of Chapter 10 yesterday in an hour just through these videos and practice

[@The-satanael]

Yh these are really useful

[@BicenMaths]

Thanks, will do! Also... the username hahahaha

[@tanushbhagavatula2810]

Mr Bicen, i must say thank you very vey much for everything you do to support us on our educational journey. I recently started year 12, I went from less than 20% on the AS induction test to around 60% in my most recent test just by watching these videos on the weekend before my tests and during study periods, I have my internal mocks in 2 days and i am sure that your support will help me get a good grade. I am slowly climbing the ladder until i master the topics. Thank you very much.

[@BicenMaths]

That's amazing, what progress to jump from 20% to 60% - well done! I hope that your mock tomorrow goes well - wishing you the best of luck, let me know how it goes!

[@hashimabbas6731]

Would like to see you going through exam papers explaining your thought process approaching questions

[@BicenMaths]

Great - I am going to do some more exam papers this year I hope!

[@fofo-gi1hd]

I just want to say that your voice is actually calming, (Im assuming that you got a new mic) and these videos are amazing keep it up!!

[@BicenMaths]

What a lovely thing to say, thank you! I have adjusted some of the settings on my mic, thanks for noticing. Bicen ASMR Maths channel starting soon hahaha...

[@fofo-gi1hd]

@@BicenMaths honestly you should do that going over past papers etc. that would be amaizing.

[@jasooon5953]

wait I love that you do this now!! really nice to watch right before a test

[@BicenMaths]

Glad you like it, and more to come - ideal for quick revision and to check you've understood the more detailed playlist, but not quite enough to learn from by itself!

[@DylanSummons]

This series will be life saving.

[@floce7080]

Best KZbinr for Maths , your a legend Bicen ❤

[@BicenMaths]

Thank you :)

[@Calisl1924]

Best series ever!!! Please do stats!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@ekbraw]

have been using your other playlists since i started y12 on recommendation of my fmat teacher. already know you're going to be my saviour!!!!! appreciate all the videos you make for us

[@BicenMaths]

Amazing - thank you for the comment!

[@NasimAhmed-u8i]

I just started year 12 and my maths test is in 2 days. It will be about algebraic expressions and quadratics and I just wanted to say these videos are really useful

[@BicenMaths]

I appreciate it - thank you! Good luck on your maths test :)

[@hunnyisstudying]

Omg this is amazing, I have a maths test next week on both as and a level content, but I needed something quick to jog my memory of the as content since it's been ages. Thank you!

[@BicenMaths]

I am planning to do all of the course eventually - aiming for Pure to be done by the end of December :)

[@hunnyisstudying]

@@BicenMaths That's amazing, looking forward to it!

[@kastamer3092]

resitting a level maths. Got an E. But got 8 months purely for maths. Hoping to get A-A*. My other subjects were A* &B so gotta get the maths up to go to a russel group

[@BicenMaths]

What a fantastic goal to have set yourself - please let me know if there's anything I can do to support, with hard work, you can do this!

[@kastamer3092]

@ you’re doing absolutely perfect. I’ve got a question though. I usually used to get D’a and C’s in AS maths. Should I focus on that or just start Year 2 Content? I was thinking of AS content until January but then I feel like that’ll leave me with not enough time for Year 2 content

[@BicenMaths]

@@kastamer3092 Hmm good question! I would recommend you planning backwards from the exam date, and setting some goals of when you need to have completed certain chapters. Make sure to leave a lot of time for revision too! You'll want to ensure that you leave enough time to complete Year 2 comfortably, but also to ensure that you have understood Year 1, too! Maybe you can push yourself to work a little harder in the next few weeks to get it done before January?

[@RSI007]

That's a great timing. My son is going for MYP exams this year and your videos are so relevant 🎉

[@hashimabbas6731]

The goat is back ❤

[@fatm786]

omg sir this is so so brilliant! hoping over the next year we get all the topics!!!

[@BicenMaths]

Thank you! I'm hoping to get all of the pure chapters done by December (that's the plan, anyway!).

[@F-qf8nc]

MORE NOW PLEASE THANK YOU 😍

[@abasshassan7214]

thank you took a gap year and wanted a recap of a level

[@Proofbycommonsense]

🎉u should deffo do this for year 2 further maths lmao

[@BicenMaths]

That's the plan, eventually! (If people like these videos, I guess!)

[@user-tw1nr3tv7p]

These summaries are amazing! I hope you do them for further maths and its options as well.

[@BicenMaths]

Thank you! I'll see how they go for normal Maths, but I'm hoping to definitely get them completed for Core Pure!

[@Piccologreenpickle]

@@BicenMaths you’re saving my mocks right now, these videos are great! I can’t wait for your stats one if you’re planning on that😅 My favourite a level maths teacher! Thank you for all that you have done, you saved me last year too!

[@Bicenmathsenthusiast]

@@Piccologreenpickle Agreed!

[@theotheoth]

6:20 So...I got the same powers of 2, then threw away the 2s, leaving the powers as a fraction, then thought that the numerator would be 32 times the denominator ....but it didn't work. Why is that?

[@BicenMaths]

You can't throw away the 2s until you have a single two on each side - it's not possible to get rid of them when they are written in fraction form, like it is at 6:20.

[@theotheoth]

Mr Bicen, your videos are very useful, the best I've found on YT. Could you also make a video (or two) per chapter showing work-throughs of the more difficult questions from the Edexcel Pure Maths, e.g. those that are marked as 'Challenge' questions, and maybe a few of those marked P (for problem-solving) and E (for exam)? (Or maybe someone here can point me to somewhere I can find them.)

[@BicenMaths]

Thank you! If you are looking for the challenge questions, I believe that @R2Drew2 goes through them! www.youtube.com/@rtwodrew2

[@theotheoth]

​@@BicenMaths Hey thanks. Just had a quick look and I already see that Drew takes no prisoners. I think I'll saunter and strut through each of your chapter sets in preparation for stumbling through his. I'll

[@BicenMaths]

@@theotheoth He's brilliant, but the maths is tough! Let me know if you need anything else!

[@aliyazannath1161]

Hi sir, will you be making these summary videos for other chapters?

[@BicenMaths]

Yes, I’m hoping to complete all of Pure A-Level maths first and see if it is something people want more of! It takes time creating questions that aim to cover the whole thing, but I’ll try my best!

[@Boltai.]

Would definitely be really good to have.​@@BicenMaths

[@04y92]

hi Bicen Maths! 17:04 do I get a mark for writing it like this 3+√5 / 9+√5 = (3+√5) (9-4√5) / (9+4√5) (9-4√5)? i was taught writing it like this at gcse?

[@BicenMaths]

Absolutely! That's totally fine :)

[@zahra-if6if]

Thank youuuu this was very helpfulll

[@atep3254]

Hello Mr Bicen, You are really adept at reading our minds re what we desperately need/want. Are you doing this for all chapters in Pure 1 Bk and the Statistics Bk 1, please ?? Thank you !

[@BicenMaths]

Yep, I'll be aiming to have them all done ASAP!

[@atep3254]

@@BicenMaths Thank you very much ! Please do before AS exams in May 2025.

[@reload2832]

Will you do this for FM after you finish regular A level? If so do that would happen this year?

[@BicenMaths]

If this series is popular/people like it, then yes, I will be considering doing FM this year too!

[@OC74.]

This was amazing thank you so much

[@sofienldn]

mr bicen i love you

[@RasanM-uy4sr]

When we square root something, how comes we never use the negative value? Ei, root 12 is always 2 root 3 never -2 root 3.

[@BicenMaths]

If something is written as root12, then it is positive - there is no negative sign in front of it! If it were written -root12, then of course it is negative. If we have something like x^2 = 12, then WE are the ones doing the square rooting, which leads to both the positive and negative square roots. If we just see a square root, and we haven't chosen to perform that operation ourself to solve an equation, then we just see what sign it has, and that's it! Hope that helps!

[@burnzzy]

i understand it now

[@dasssa-s8i]

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