American Takes British GCSE Higher Maths!

I heard the EdExcel Higher Maths GCSE is pretty tough stuff. Time to see if I can handle it and critique whether or not the UK's exams really ARE as rough as they say...
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[@evan]

1. I didn't know you could use a pencil! Had I known that I woulda just used pencil for the whole thing. 2. Who owns a ruler? Why do lines HAVE to be straight? :( 3. Hope you enjoyed this! It was an absolute beast to film and edit

[@alyssaax]

How’d you find the gcse compared to SATs? - loved the vid btw thanks for doing it

[@ceecie5776]

You can only use a pencil for the working out. You need to use a black pen because the paper is scanned and it stops cheating.

[@yazplatt]

In English maths exams it’s on the equipment list and they can mark you down on diagrams if they’re not neat 😂

[@felicitypenn-jones230]

You should try an a level maths paper!!!

[@emilyb7421]

By the way, an 8 is very good and is an A* not an A. A 9 is an A** and very difficult to achieve. Congrats! EDIT: I get that there is no such thing as an A** but a 9 is described as an equivalent to it because the grade boundaries for the new 9 are a lot higher than the old A* but the boundaries for the new 8 are very similar to the old A*.

[@ra21k40]

‘Use black ink , this is maths ,the pencil’ Fam we gave up on pencils in year 6

[@NANO2459]

Its pens for writing and pencils are only used for drawings

[@g0406]

ye we get beat if a teacher sees a pencil on your desk in year 7 if you're not in maths (in yr 11 now btw, not yr 7 :) )

[@felonii9315]

GPretzel 14245, wtf, I think your living in the wrong era. It’s 2020, not the Victorian Era.

[@izloves8784]

վɑӏӏ ςɑղ ɾҽӏɑեҽ uh yeah I didn’t do all that work for that pen license for nothing..

[@g0406]

felonii obviously not completely serious :) lol

[@ak-rv8rh]

he.... he doesn’t- he doesn’t do curly x’s

[@winnielewis1749]

My teacher used to shout at me and say how do I know they aren't times signs To which I say THE ANSWER ISNT 3×+1 is it Miss? Its 3x+1

[@OwenKipling]

@@winnielewis1749 why did I read this as times and x

[@Jack-sf9zo]

I just used X as a times and x as x but yea I got a little annoyed at it as well lol

[@shom924]

*to the ranch*

[@TobyBanci]

😂

[@emmaarmstrong3680]

as someone who sits the maths higher paper and is going gcses next year, i must say we are literally taught to dumb down and write every little step so that they cannot take off marks - the mark scheme loves being like ‘ok well you didn’t show you multiplied by 6 so lol fail’

[@blu9856]

GCSE markschemes are garbage

[@justmonika3365]

I litrealy write down the fucking multiples of numbers like 6 for every assessment I do for the preperations for future exams because I know that they will be shitting on everything I don't point out

[@Darrenlinkon]

Fr sometimes it's annoying since I got a question right but didn't have the right working put making me lose 3 marks

[@smamy8861]

maybe its ur exam board but for the ones we do if u get the right answer u get full marks

[@Amritss664]

@@smamy8861 is it AQA? OCR? or what?

[@adambednarek2007]

One other thing to note: The reason you’re meant to write in black ink is because here in the UK, the scripts for external assessments are scanned by a machine before being handed to a physical examiner. The scanners are such that black ink is the only colour that it can recognise

[@spencertarver]

we do that in America too

[@wez1402]

Who’s gonna tell him there are two more papers that make up an overall grade, it’s even worse if you do further maths

[@dex9840]

IKR 😂😂

[@lightbrownwolf7]

Lol Ikr XD

[@wez1402]

Husni Egeh :)

[@oliverloake6103]

2 and 3 would bring that to a 6 maybe 7 if he’s lucky

[@lukestarford7608]

And that in order to pass you have to get over 110 marks.

[@Kaiji...]

“Why don’t you like maths” Everyone in the UK:

[@Kaiji...]

Stfu

[@badmitten690]

@@Kaiji... I love maths

[@ShineCraftMCpe]

@@badmitten690 no one fucking cares

[@jackiessquirrel5508]

Lyrical Robloxian lmao probably better than u

[@ShineCraftMCpe]

@@jackiessquirrel5508 yet again no cares

[@stevenpayne984]

Hi, sorry to break the news to you but I was a maths and physics examiner for this exam board for a number of years and your final score on this exam would have been 52, not 61. This equates to 65%, which in that year would have given you a grade 5 (possibly 6) which is equivalent to a grade 'C' (possibly B) on the paper for 16 year olds. You have given yourself a few marks here and there which would almost certainly not have been given (unless you had a VERY sympathetic Examiner). Your point about incorrect grammar was correct - I have fed this back to the Subject Officer for maths at Edexcel / Pearson. Points to note: 1) You should use a ruler for graphs (It does say you require one on the front of the paper) and your working is set out in a chaotic manner which makes it difficult to follow. 2) When it says 'show your working' you need to set out each step logically and in order, top to bottom, and not keep jumping around in the answer space. You need to DEMONSTRATE your working, not merely provide it for the Examiner to go looking for. 3) You should use 'x' for multiplication signs, not '.' (which can be misinterpreted as a decimal point). 4) Your numbers are unclear....you should take care that your numeric 4's cannot be mistaken for a 'Y' or the greek letter 'Gamma'. You should also note that your '6' looks like a 'b' and vice versa, and that on question 19 your 'x' looks like a 'y'. 5) You actually had 90 minutes for the paper but only used 60, making it difficult to predict what your final score would have been if you had used the full allocation of time. Based on this you would be borderline for acceptance on to an 'A' Level course (16 to 18 year olds) in most UK schools, and would probably need to rely on a good score on Paper 2

[@oohhyyae6589]

ohhhhhh, you destroyed him.

[@union_silver4858]

damn, you got any tips for gcse higher maths then?

[@User40919]

American students have it easy

[@ace_reject]

Epic burn! He was way too cocky for my liking, and a lot of his workings were really chaotic to follow. It’s a long time ago now, but I feel like when I did GCSE Maths, we used to number each step down the page?

[@spookybanna1237]

This comment freaked me out, if his paper is equal to a 6 or 5 i am well and truly screwed i probably won't even scrape a pass.

[@FrankFurther]

You cannot compare American 'exams' to English. US exams might as well be a quiz on the back of a cereal box

[@kaput_hodge]

omd i forgot about cereal box quizzes!! that sparks memories

[@lol-bg4wh]

I’m American 16 and this looks like one of the easiest tests I’ve ever seen, the first half of the questions i could answer from 8th grade

[@Ava_5411]

​​@@lol-bg4whThe first half of the paper is the same as foundation (which the maximum grade is 5 for). It gets more difficult as you progress.

[@knittedplushie]

@@lol-bg4whthe first half is meant to be easy so that people have the chance to pass, and the grades are based on how well everyone in the country does so if everyone gets those questions right then the marks basically amount to nothing

[@kathrynhughes4518]

@@lol-bg4what least the first couple of pages are from the foundation paper, the lower exam that only goes up to a grade 5 (thats around a high C) it’s so theses who are doing higher, that may not be as smart have a chance to pass.

[@icecold_tea]

Evan: do I have to write all the steps? Every uk kid: DO YOU WANT THE WORKING OUT MARKS OR NOT!?

[@jadkins6500]

I get so angry when i vote the answer right but i don't get any marks cause i didn't work it out.

[@icecold_tea]

Jadkin S Oh, that reminds me of when my friend did the working out marks and had the right method but didn’t get the question right. And his teacher gave him ZERO method marks like-

[@valkyrie8721]

1 method mark 1 method mark 1 method mark 1 method mark 1 method mark 1 accuracy mark... Y ISN'T ACCURACY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE!!!!

[@agirlnamedbunbun]

@@jadkins6500 I literally just write random working out even if I don't understand. And that's how I always get the highest in my class. Lmfao.

[@PixelYouTube]

It should be: All the marks for correct answer But if the answer isnt right then look at the method to see if they can atleast earn a few marks Personally i do everything in my head, and my meg is 9 so my answers are usually accurate, so i HATE having to show working out for the sake of it, such a waste of time

[@slothshyper4402]

Who’s gunna tell him 15 year olds are doing this

[@SH-ck1bd]

And that I'm 13 and I am doing this kinda stuff

[@fionnagrant6636]

If it's anything like NZ, it's a basic level of maths literacy that you're supposed to achieve before leaving school, so some kids are doing this sort of maths way earlier and doing the exam with their peers, and some kids are doing both the learning and the exam at a younger age. We call it NCEA Level 1 now, but we used call it School Certificate and have the exam the year you turn 16 which used to be the year it was legal to leave school.

[@slothshyper4402]

S H shut up you nerd

[@tristanrowan5105]

Literally did this exam earlier today whilst revising for my mock

[@slothshyper4402]

BruhTV it’s a Saturday

[@Yasin_2312]

US Students: “School is soo hard and unfair” (Non-Uniform and Multitask Questions) am I a joke you?

[@Vaul.]

British students: “man, I can’t pay attention to the teacher because this room smells of rotting teeth”

[@abyss3616]

@@Vaul. 1. noone says 'man' 2. u cant smell teeth 3. id rather 'smell rotting teeth' than get shot up lmao

[@underscore2708]

@@Vaul. bro's mad his school systems easier 💀

[@typlim]

@@Vaul. huh

[@chafikaziz]

@@abyss3616 "noone say 'man' yeah we do wdym

[@false746]

Not me just watching this instead of revising for my GCSE Maths exam hahaha

[@Alys-may]

Same 😂😭

[@strawberry_sweetner_278]

@@Alys-may me too.. its tomorrow and i dont know anything

[@ballsack426]

​@@strawberry_sweetner_278 Literally hunched over writing on an exam paper right now i should be asleep 😭

[@lukejackson2493]

literally me

[@darkbluegriever3813]

Anyone else from Britain cringe every time he said points instead of marks

[@mahnoorrehman8327]

I m a Pakistani but got cringe,,

[@donpingus]

How can you cringe to a word?

[@lstintrsltn]

DonPingus because in Britain it’s marks not points lol

[@donpingus]

gxlittry I know I have lived both in England and America but just feeling cringe because he’s saying a word differently in my opinion is kinda dumb

[@hannahj7290]

OH MY GOD YESSS

[@sn00py25]

Who’s going to tell him he would be scored zero cause he didn’t write it in the answer line...

[@mmmtastyalidzie2435]

and even if he got the answers right and on the line the method is so shit that he would get no method marks

[@KamisatoElias]

@impr0visati0n yes

[@KamisatoElias]

@impr0visati0n for a correct method you get marks. For example, stating and substituting the correct numbers into an equation would get you some marks, regardless of if the final answer is incorrect. So, you might mess up in rearranging a formula, but if the steps before that were correct you would, say, get 1/2 marks out of 4.

[@wojciechs9129]

If the answers were correct he would of gotten every Mark, doesn’t matter where you write it and if there was any working. If he got the answer wrong but had working, he would of got some marks if the workings were along the right lines

[@jrdan5827]

@@wojciechs9129 that only works in the sciences not maths unfortunately

[@robyn2791]

A little tip, the non calculator paper will generally use "nice" numbers. When you're asked to estimate, you need to round each number to 1 sig fig to get those nice numbers.

[@tomhewings6613]

Yeah this guy gave himself so many extra marks, realistically he got around 50 marks and this paper is probably the easiest GCSE maths paper I've seen. 100% on this paper would be pretty easy for any grade 8/9 GCSE maths student. It's surprising that they don't teach trigonometry at the corresponding level of education in America as well, as the concept of trigonometry is fairly straight forward. I guess this proves that the British education system is far better than the American one.

[@DrFuzzyaka-atomic]

Fax, calculator papers often harder tbf

[@Grey0730]

I think we already knew the British education system is far better than the American one lmao, America’s education system is in literal shambles.

[@BananaWasTaken]

@@DrFuzzyaka-atomicdepends on the person. I’d say paper 2 is easiest of the 3 and paper 3 is the hardest

[@mymumoverwaterstheflowersd8071]

​@@BananaWasTakendepends each year imo

[@SlumberousSnorlax]

Just because it's harder doesn't mean it's better. In 2024 only 22.9% of GCSE examinees passed with a grade 4 and up. That's fucking disgusting and pathetic from the British education system, and it needs some serious reform (39% of all students fail if you wanted to restrict the data to only student).

[@gablar_802]

Mans got his smart watch on, you're disqualified mate

[@leochen7607]

He also had his phone with him, on the desk and all ffs

[@dcandmarvelclips360]

@@leochen7607 and his speaking in the exam 🤣😂😂

[@Beth1602]

I had to take my Fitbit off during my GCSE’s lmao

[@Channel-ro3cr]

And he’s talking

[@adamribbans811]

Good job he isn’t communicating with any other candidate whilst he is in the exam room. But it’s not a proper test coz there isn’t a guy shouting “5 minutes remaining 5 minutes”

[@sophies2350]

Being a British citizen hearing him call them ‘points’ is getting on my nerves

[@fahmeda4935]

marks!!! :)

[@sophies2350]

Fahmeda Ali exactly 😂

[@finthefish2525]

Well than please leave

[@erinmckenzie4666]

finthefish it's just very annoying we dont have to leave it's just very irritating

[@adyeeti]

marks ✊😔

[@imalfie7079]

Saw this off-hand whilst revising for my first mock paper. I get the paper today and it was THIS PAPER. Can't lie, I forgot anything this guy did in it so I flunked it. Mocks are going great, people.

[@wxfx.x6281]

I’m doing my mocks in a few days as well I have no idea what I’m doing , but it’s fine. I hope all goes well with your exams !! :)

[@zuhahumera7610]

12:08 BRO STARTED USING THE STRAIGHT LINE GRAPHS FORMULA FOR SIMPLE SHAPE TRANSLATIONS!

[@AngelDelight69]

So?

[@2fifty533]

it's rotations not translations lmao

[@abbeysutton926]

Americans are so lucky all they have to do is fill in circles

[@brumav9779]

wtf really

[@Hunterakhi]

U Lucky bois

[@itsShade]

Really?

[@mlee6050]

it as they struggle like some words they not use proper english ;)

[@DeadBore]

it's not easy ...

[@jamalsafeer7405]

Wait he has a degree and is struggling with maths GCSE’s, we do it when we’re 15/16 stressed with 20 other exams

[@rosies4999]

You mean like 20 other exams! Fuck the British education system :(

[@MrToymaster1]

I actually had multiple nervous breakdowns because of GCSEs

[@arii8495]

WaveyG 25 other exams*

[@jimmyg1913]

The A Channel I had 28 😂

[@mcmeme835]

@@jimmyg1913 I'm gonna have more aww *fuck* man

[@dustedshelf]

3:22 that pound sign made me have an aneurysm

[@julielmorris]

Evan, I teach GCSE and A Level, and no offence intended at all, you are hilarious! And this is brilliant. 1. Your enthusiasm is brilliant. Maths is fun because it challenges us and god it’s satisfying when we get it right! 2. Everyone needs to remember how quickly maths skills can be lost, if you’re not doing them every day. Irrespective of him having a maths degree, because I guarantee much of the complex maths he did would not regularly use these concepts. ( I took 2 years off from uni to teaching and forgot about 6 years of maths in that time) 3. Coordinate geometry and circle theorems are some of the hardest concepts for students to learn, so I’m not surprised they messed with you! Well done, I can’t wait to watch your A Level paper…… if only to show my students 😂

[@grace5780]

who’s gonna tell him we have to do 2 more of these papers, learn 2 books a shakespeare play and 15 poems, as well as content for like 10 other subjects

[@leopaveley]

yh :'(

[@Charlie1056x]

yuppp ;-;

[@juanlim85]

And if you’re doing humanities :/:/

[@juanlim85]

I’m just happy it’s over

[@Adam-hi4mg]

Learn 15 poems? You don't have to know them off by heart, just the general gist of them and maybe 1 or 2 lines. Or even just learn 2 of them really well and relate them to whatever the question is.

[@LucA-lw2bm]

This is what a 15 year old takes😂 this person is an adult with maths degrees

[@tommywilson2427]

15-16 year olds*

[@soraskywolf1453]

I swear my maths mock i had 1 week ago was so much harder than this though

[@zoegregory3142]

I was 15 :(

[@MrMichaelsheldrake]

I had a test just like this and I’m 13 😂

[@shom924]

@@MrMichaelsheldrake yeah sure you did mate

[@spo0pti918]

now to do three of these along with 4 english exams (for which you need to become an amateur journalist, memorise by heart 15 poems, 3 books and the ability to analyse a new poem in detail in less than an hour), 2 exams for physics biology and chemistry, (you need to pass all these to move on in your life), four history exams (which you need to know the content for 4 topics in detail, half of which make you feel faint because it’s essentially uncensored gore), learn spanish (ya know, just like that), write two entire new essays in 1.5 hours for drama and spend 10 hours on an art piece in complete silence with now music or anything. now you might be thinking “oh that’s fine, i have 2 years to revise” WRONG. you need to spend that time creating a freaking wall full of artwork, writing a short play and writing 15 pages of waffle explaining what you did in drama class when you can scarcely remember anything because your brain is full to the brim with equations and poems and chapters of novels and detailed traumatic descriptions of the dangers of surgeries from 1300-1800, along with so much more. you need to know EVERYTHING, but only 10% of what you’ve forced into your brain actually appears on the exams. you had to give up your mental health, time with friends and family and the allusive “blissful experience” of being young to memorise stuff that NEVER MATTERED TO YOU. time, money, energy gone to BARELY scrape a good grade in subjects that you never were interested in. i realise that i’ve ranted but i hope people can see that gcses are hell. and it is almost non optional that you must do them. i am coming up to my exams now and every single day is a struggle to grasp on to my sanity while revising an endless list of topics. i now naturally stay awake until 3 am with stress, guilt and anxiety. and i know that my efforts in the long run amount to nothing as even if i got top grades i’d still be unlikely to find a job or a home. gcses take so much from you and leave you with nothing. i know that most of my friends are struggling to get through each day too. we are all depressed and anxious and i don’t know anyone in my friend group who hasn’t hurt themselves since the start of these awful two years. this is the effect of the british school system. i’m sorry for ranting and getting personal.

[@mcinnit]

thank u for saying this.

[@HumanitysStrongestHomelessman]

Bro GCSEs are not that deep….

[@mad_6519]

@@HumanitysStrongestHomelessman If you wanna live in your mum's attic for the rest of your life- although that's sounding more realistic these days

[@HumanitysStrongestHomelessman]

@@mad_6519 I mean they aren't that difficult. Revise and try your best.

[@kanan597]

okay mate they aren't that bad

[@arbee1958]

Fantastic video - it would be great if more students saw videos like this showing the shortcuts , thought processes , handy shorthand etc that allow you to tackle these problems

[@verity2667]

I’d just like to point out he has a degree in maths... and 16 year old children are supposed to take this

[@jdc4316]

Are we children though?

[@benc9155]

H under 18 so yh

[@jdc4316]

T .0 but we can get married, buy lottery tickets and leave school so doesn’t feel like it

[@jesspalombo961]

H legally children

[@meeps8456]

@@jdc4316 not in most countries tho

[@mirilondondrift]

Why did I just watch some random guy do a test wtf

[@froggy2311]

Hxmuza same

[@ewanmcc01]

this is exactly what i was thinking, at 1:26am

[@ewanmcc01]

aka i love you

[@lydiachard6882]

same.

[@Saad.S15]

Hxmuza it’s 12 35 here in England and I fucking can’t go sleep 😢 I need help 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@parker4621]

Now imagine being 15-16 and having to do all that

[@susman5804]

Jee advanced is way harder than GCSE(both for 16 year olds)

[@parker4621]

@@susman5804 that's a type of Indian entrance exam right? (I'm sorry if that's wrong Im not familiar with other types of exams) Jee advanced may be harder than GCSEs I think it's silly that they makes us do such difficult tests at such a young age

[@user-hh6xp9dv8c]

It's kind of lightweight to be honest, you have 2-3 years to learn and practice all the content.

[@zoesmay]

this paper was my mock paper last year, somehow got a decent mark, watching evan overcomplicate it is really funny

[@harveyharriss8887]

Can we just appreciate that 15 year olds take this test and it isn’t even the hardest maths one at GCSEs there are further maths papers too.

[@callumcandy4153]

@@jamiemarshall6832 IKR, I have mine this summer :(. Well technically not GCSEs but CAGS

[@tw6rn]

@@callumcandy4153 tf is a cag?

[@RahimAli-lu6jx]

@@callumcandy4153 and your exams got cancelle

[@UnemotionalBandit]

@@tw6rn centre assessed grades, what you do if your exams get cancelled because of covid

[@galactusthehungry2681]

Further math gcse is tough, I remember struggling on it xD

[@lily-gx2es]

my teacher would be screaming cos he doesn’t do curly x’s

[@kpnomore8626]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@rjntchapz6997]

Cos x

[@mishig]

lol i do them naturally for any writing :b

[@sarahlouisescott2901]

Lily Grace sameee 😂

[@hannahheal354]

Your English teacher is screaming because you put an apostrophe in between x and s

[@christopherpackham732]

I took advanced GCSE maths over 20 years ago. Was "lucky enough" to be selected for the higher stream to take it a year early. I got a C. I can honestly say I have forgotten nearly everything I ever learnt in any of my maths classes, and it has not for one moment held me back either personally or professionally. What would have been more helpful in GCSE maths would be far more emphasis on finance, since I had to teach myself almost entirely from scratch. Great video.

[@itsbillie1968]

This is helping me so much rn for GCSEs 😭😭 Thankyou

[@lucacolucci4446]

Who going to tell him that this was the easier paper out of the three

[@moony7945]

Luca Colucci *Laughs slowly turning into tears*

[@anakinskywalker3777]

I hate paper 1, paper 2 is faaaar easier and better

[@sbeve4323]

Pasta Italiana nah paper 1 is easier unless your dumb af and don’t just abuse the calculator

[@themafia3119]

Nope. It's actually a higher tier paper.

[@riouxe8455]

Yunkoe Paper 1 is non-calculator Paper 2/3 are calculator papers Or atleast they were for me

[@zenvibes2358]

Americans: Why are British teens so depressed British education system: *I'm actually CEO of the company*

[@omarfarooq7549]

GCSE Math A* thresholds are 85%??? Thats very low tbh

[@zenvibes2358]

@@omarfarooq7549 what?

[@omarfarooq7549]

@@zenvibes2358 nah I was just wondering, everyone in the comments is like Oh he got an 8 but he only got like 81%

[@zenvibes2358]

@@omarfarooq7549 I'm still confused what are you talking about?

[@omarfarooq7549]

I'm just asking you if the thresholds for an 8 are really 80%?

[@Megan-ws3fr]

“Renee you have a problem” okay but you can’t deny we all say this in our heads even when taking proper GCSEs

[@MrMagicMarble]

Ive gotten really bad sets in everything besides maths and modern languages so im watching videos like this for each subject when ever i get home

[@cephzs]

school : dEpReSsSiOn aNd anxiEty iS cAUsEd bY sOcIaL mEdIa English education : enjoy 20-30 gcse papers

[@user-cg6wo2fw7k]

AlL oF yOu ArE cApAbLe Of gEtTiNg 9's!

[@brandonbrown8215]

AdamW5As literally every teacher

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall7227]

AdamW5As meanwhile I’m here with my 7’s and 8’s :(

[@BenjieWinney]

My penis is unbelievably small, but stfu

[@boy4103]

Wait till you get to A levels. Am doing 3 subjects in A level and struggling. I did 9 subjects in GCSE (18 papers). Can confirm GCSE’s are a breeze.

[@katieabram6296]

I cringed when he didn’t write his answers on the line and when he said points instead of marks. WHERE ARE THE CURLY X’s and he would lose marks for not putting unit of measurement

[@iamsabz364]

OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY PERSON

[@katieabram6296]

sabha imran Don’t worry, you’re not alone here

[@sienna.6654]

People saying points makes me feel like it's a game

[@katieabram6296]

Dog Paw And for anyone who’s done an exam, you know it’s not a game

[@sienna.6654]

@@katieabram6296 I know it's just cos where I live in school it's marks and games are often counted in points

[@alexn4914]

yo thanks for the revision. great way to make me actually practice some maths! also if u think this is bad wait till u see the ocr add maths content. seriously look it up

[@fxggzy]

Watching you do the question 16 was so funny you were so stressed and did it in the most complex way possible😂

[@thefrogmonarch4404]

Are we not going to talk about how he should be disqualified because you have to do the exam in silence?

[@alphaslash]

Haha 😂

[@gdsupersquid9681]

true lol

[@wagwanpifftingfamalam9446]

It's the voices talking

[@js66613]

Yep. XD

[@moesha5353]

True 😌

[@adamribbans811]

World: why u British so miserable British education:

[@jorja4234]

Adam Ribbans and the damn weather

[@adamribbans811]

Yah😂😂

[@thomaswilson1107]

Adam Ribbans World except for USA: depressed USA: shooting up schools.

[@noemiebastow719]

thats so true, but u should try going to french school. first of all we have 9hour long days. second of all, the presentation has to be PERFECT if not you loose 2/3 of the points, so he would have completely failed and then u have USA with multiple choice answers😰

[@someone-dh1zy]

Also middle eastern people and Egyptian

[@fatima_krana]

I have my GCSE Higher maths paper tomorrow - and I am looking at your journey LOL!

[@hqs9585]

problem 8: don't guess values for sides , simply do this: 5x+4X+3x =72, then x=6. area is 4x times 3x over 2. Then area is 6x^2=216cm^2. Its actually very trivial.

[@kjford587]

Him : "y = mx + b" Me : g e t , o u t

[@adyeeti]

Y =mx + c gang wya

[@bingovalue]

@@adyeeti c ganggg

[@randomgirl67]

Isn't it y=mx+c help me 😂

[@jimmy0361]

@@randomgirl67 yes it is

[@randomgirl67]

@@jimmy0361 Thanks even though i go to a British school and should know this information 😂

[@emeraldfraser5223]

Laughs in British for all of those marks he lost for putting the answer in a box not on the given line

[@evan]

IN AMERICA WE BOX OUR ANSWERS

[@TKDDLJ09]

In Denmark we put two lines under the answer. Honestly thought the whole world did that. 😂😂😂

[@rachelsingleton2023]

I do the same as the Danes. Underline answer twice. But I also went to uni in Germany as well as England.

[@abcxyz-cx4mr]

Rachel Singleton - British uni exams are very different to GCSE and a level exams though

[@rachelsingleton2023]

Marley Barley I know. I'm a Brit. I sat my GCSE'S and A Levels in England. I remember that we were always told to read the instructions. Then read them again!!

[@frankiej1637]

idk about other schools but we were always taught, second half of the paper is the hard part so when revising, first revise the subjects YOU struggle with, then revise the subjects on the second half of past papers. i got a grade 9, idk what letter that equates to but its the highest possible grade u can get.

[@Nepetaa]

A star i believe

[@WeeklyDoseOfCeleste]

For the record, since the recording of this video, it has gotten even harder than this since the minister of education likes to make gcse's even harder each year

[@4v1s3_]

5% or 10% harder each yr

[@francinep2880]

it stresses me out that you do x like a multiplication symbol, not a curly x that everyone uses in algebra

[@danyaaaaa]

frankiii_ 5002 same lol

[@mahnoorrehman8327]

Sammmeeeee

[@hyperzz5112]

We use a dot for multiplication

[@claras.2377]

I use a dot... it’s a lot less work

[@matthewj1997]

frankiii_ 5002 i use a straight X for both algebra and multiplying

[@Linda-uh7ry]

I was 15 when i sat my maths GCSE had over 20 more exams to do also . British education system is evil

[@mothturtle7897]

I don't understand why they make kids take such a ridiculous number of GCSEs. You actually only typically need 5 GCSEs from A-C (or whatever the equivalent is with the new system) including Maths and English for most purposes in life. I know someone that went to Oxford and now has a PhD with only 5 GCSEs. Once you're past higher education or training, literally no one cares. The entirety of your GCSEs will be summed into a brief line on your CV (if that) and nobody will bother checking. I'd say to anyone doing GCSEs now, focus on the core subjects and what you enjoy.

[@scottsutton7]

@@mothturtle7897 it's because the schools get recognised and funding the better the students do an the more qualification they get. I know at A level there was an actual qualification called general studies and we had zero lessons or anything and everyone was enter into it

[@Horrid57]

it isnt that bad

[@professorharvey9783]

@@mothturtle7897 I prefer the British modulized certification where you only really need 2 GCSEs to get into a college unlike the American and Australian GED/HSC that expects students to pass on a multitude of unecessary subjects.

[@professorharvey9783]

You only really need 1 math A level on a cv oppose to a lib art degree + c grade gcse in math

[@jerryjohnson6810]

i swear i think this is the FIRST "math class" i've enjoyed lol good job dude you are very funny

[@HowToHay]

I sat my GCSEs over 13 years ago and I have forgotten basically all of this! I used to love maths but now I look at these and just think there is no way I'll be able to help my daughter when she sits her exams 😅

[@morganhester4536]

Can we keep in mind us British people do this when we are 16 years old.

[@toppy4525]

I’ll do it at 15 😭

[@foundingtitann]

sometimes when we’re even younger

[@chonkman]

Not only Brits im giving it too ;-;

[@chonkman]

Some questions are kinda fun tho or that might be because I like maths lmao

[@Geddeez]

Im doing scottish higher which is the year after gcse's (called national 5 in scotland) and its so much harder than this, like calculus and shit

[@LJ-vm9rn]

The worst thing is that they make the GCSE’s harder every year Edit: rip me class of 2020💀

[@Stefan-bc9gm]

RIP Class of 2023

[@alice-xr3bk]

I’m year 9 so I take mine in idk what year 😂

[@benprocter2541]

Rip me class of 2020

[@hannahbatt3802]

thfcalice _ you finish your GCSEs in 2022 because I’m year 10 and I’ll finish in 2021 i think..maybe

[@nozrul4170]

@@alice-xr3bk same 😂 we take it in 2022 good luck 😂

[@samyunishtala]

mocks this week this was actually so fun to watch now I have to struggle myself

[@hydros5020]

He makes it fun and I learn stuff at the same time… niceee

[@skateplays8880]

This guy got a degree in Maths and yet he’s struggling with GCSE Maths Imagine his reaction to A-Level Maths...

[@tinx713]

Skate Plays atleast there’s actually an option to drop A-level maths

[@punisherjones6795]

@@tinx713 yeah😂that's why i dropped it

[@tinx713]

@@punisherjones6795 oh, good on you then 😋

[@Blitz0009]

I think he would have a breakdown

[@tanisha5161]

If your good at GCSE math, like really good you probably will take further maths which is like A-level maths

[@lewispage5937]

Put the answers in the bloody allocated areas!

[@locketbrown2206]

I thought the same!! and he didnt write the units either!!!

[@emmacheese6107]

In my school, if you don't it counts as if you didn't answer it

[@groggers]

ahahaha I was watching fuming

[@thepage226]

Fuck you

[@thepage226]

In the ass

[@tasnimmiah3645]

there's this thing called error carried forward, and it's where you can still get marks if all your working out is correct. but i think thats only if the mark scheme says ecf

[@bloody_sais]

Got to love the fact that when he's marking the paper the bottom shot was obviously done afterwards

[@jesse2436]

Americans: why are UK kids so depressed? UK Education: *it was me*

[@jayyoudeeee9096]

Jesse they have literally never said that lol

[@Tafara7]

@@jayyoudeeee9096 lmao I've seen many MANY Americans ask that not only online but in real life. You must not know a lot of Americans

[@Anna-ts4lg]

there’s me who’s doing their 2 hour maths hw atm 😂

[@rhys8049]

Why are Ameican kids shooting each other 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@christophersanchez5613]

Last I checked us education taught me this easy math

[@Oli-xc4tm]

Who's gonna tell him we're not allowed to talk at all

[@finthefish2525]

U think he’s just going to sit there for 50 minutes without talking

[@Oli-xc4tm]

@@finthefish2525 yes

[@finthefish2525]

MrMag do you realize how boring that would be

[@youtubelife921]

finthefish I think the point they were making is that many people would find stuff like this easier when they say it aloud, he had to make this video entertaining though so he had to talk

[@TobyBanci]

😂

[@beep6185]

This dude has a degree in maths, I now feel less crap at my barely pass in maths that I did at 15 and 16 at Nat 5 and higher

[@soham7316]

My school makes us do practise tests in an hour to make sure we get there on time without fail in the real ones. Despite the temporary hardships during the test (where I end up missing the last question frustratingly because of the limited time), I think its a good process. I have done 4 so far with my lowest being 62 and the highest being 70. I really want a 75 plus in my mocks next week so good luck to me. Shouldn't be too hard considering we have an hour and a half instead of the 1 hour I'm used to. I feel kinda proud of myself now seeing Evan scream at the test lol

[@ragrabbit101]

"Oh my god this is a right angle" Finding a right angle actually gave me so much joy in maths. It was like a gift of one less angle to solve

[@joshblsg7855]

being able to use pythag instead of advanced trig ... thank god

[@nickgodfrey3169]

And then he tried to use a angles and said that an acute and an obtuse were the same size. Love that

[@pepticgloopys1013]

I think I actually busted a nut when I saw a right angle one time lmao

[@RahimAli-lu6jx]

@@pepticgloopys1013 chile- anyways soo

[@alphaslash]

@@RahimAli-lu6jx ??? What kind of response is this

[@guna_kw]

British maths teachers running after him with a green and purple pen 😂😂

[@dailybillions9205]

Don't forget the red pen😂

[@lucid39]

Also the pink pen! Lmao the teachers are colouring our books in rainbows

[@mochamilksubs]

💀💀💀

[@shini4622]

Students use red pens to mark their own work. Teachers use green pens to mark our work. Students use purple pens on test review lessons.

[@kpr..14]

@@shini4622 opposite for us. green = self-marked. red = teacher-marked.

[@shreya...007]

One thing I've gotta say for Evan The 15-16 year olds who take this exam spend the entire year studying for this. Evan hasn't done this for years

[@crazyfriend50]

Hes a maths degree person whatever He should know this maths

[@shreya...007]

​@@crazyfriend50 People with maths degrees learn maths which is way different from high school level maths. He is definitely capable of these easily, I'm just saying he probably forgot most of this. Hell, ask me to remember the interest formula I learnt 2 years ago I can barely do it and I passed with 100% in maths. He can do it, he just forgot it, that's all.

[@addisonjudah]

Thank you KZbin for recommending me this, a few months before my maths GCSE. big selfconfidence boost 😅

[@addisonjudah]

I passed gg...

[@crypt0g0ul75]

Then he realizes, he was sopposed to be silent when doing the exam otherwise they will rip your future in half.

[@moonpriest8016]

Elliot Alderson I felt that... How many times I wanted to speak to myself in a mock Bruh and the fact my future could be ripped in half after saying a word is scary to think about Watch me have a panic attack in the exam

[@Josh-wp5tm]

Supposed*

[@crypt0g0ul75]

@@Josh-wp5tm fuck off grade 9 student

[@andrewmccloud8581]

@@crypt0g0ul75 'soposed' holy shit mate

[@ollie-ev8zm]

Soposed.

[@oisinmcalinden6187]

God I wish this man was marking my tests, he was giving himself extra marks all over the place

[@chocopieyoonie]

🤣

[@alistairsanger3111]

So true. I found Q8 particularly triggering. Guesses the values of the sides without showing the working of 72/12=6 and then multiplying by 3 and 4 and gives himself full marks instead of the 2 he would have gotten in a real test.

[@oisinmcalinden6187]

@@alistairsanger3111 yes it takes away the real strictness of how the actual exams are marked

[@navdhakumar7627]

Agreed he gave himself extra marks everywhere

[@theoneabovemost7865]

If you are gonna take a level maths it will be much easier than this bc they don’t pull bs questions you haven’t gone over

[@hazzersgames3884]

Someone tell him we have proofs of circle theorems ;)

[@Sohail55447]

I provide online tutorial mathematics, statistics, per calculus, calculus 1 and 2, physics, biology and chemistry

[@poppywilliams3660]

1=fail 2= fail 3= fail 4= C 5= C/B 6= B 7= A 8= A* 9= A**

[@TechLifeYT]

This madlad really just took GCSE Higher Maths WILLINGLY.

[@UwaisPlayz]

and got an 8 on his first attempt ?! i can barely get past a 4.

[@crustytoes4433]

@@UwaisPlayz same lol

[@lucasg2216]

UwaisPlayz I got a 2 in foundation hahahah

[@ikrammunye6723]

Crazy IK!!!! I have to do the higher paper and I'm stressing out. I'm only in YR10

[@mylittlefurry8076]

Got a 3 in foundation man like me 😎

[@edwardsheppard5943]

Just to let you know, 'higher' maths is just normal maths for most people in the UK

[@Ben.N]

These are a levels right? Further maths is so damn hard.

[@edwardsheppard5943]

@@Ben.N no it's GCSEs

[@bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963]

ArduinoBen Nah these are the GSCEs lmao. A levels come 2 years later.

[@navjotsingh2251]

ArduinoBen this exam is the standard higher gcse, further maths gcse is equivalent to the AS math qualifications. Normal A level maths is like GCSEs but they add calculus and advanced statistics. Further maths A level is basically the same as A level but they also add topics from the stuff a first year undergrad in a math degree would study.

[@usermimii]

ikr in our school no one teaches or does foundation

[@imSpirit_]

Oh my god - this is the exact paper I sat for my 2018 GCSEs. I wouldn't know how to answer a thing now lol

[@hqs9585]

problem 19> Slope of perpendicular line is 2/3 (negative inverse) so b = (2/3)a +2.

[@elis8142]

Do this with 12 poems a Shakespeare play and calsic novel all the sciences and your 3 chosen options.

[@sartajpurewal5429]

U have 4 chosen options

[@elis8142]

@@sartajpurewal5429 nah at my school the make us take citizenship which causes us to lose and option

[@HoppingSkipper]

@@-mushroom-9326 most schools pressure their students to take Ebacc as well, it's not just you fancy grammar school types

[@esra4404]

i have 6 chosen options 😭😭

[@elis8142]

@@esra4404 are you ok. do you need to talk do someone. why in all that is sane do that.

[@evebarlow1081]

My favourite part was when he said how is trig in gcse like we started learning that shit in yr8

[@ehsanullah2325]

XD

[@charlierochford5632]

Did we I learnt it in yr 11 lol

[@yusraabdul1445]

trig stole our childhood

[@gn5575]

Yep year 8 killed me.....

[@katieabram6296]

Year 8?!? I started in year 7 😭😭

[@milkii_tea]

wish i could yap like this in my exams

[@squid16]

The best comparison I’ve seen for American vs British exams is that in America they say leave your answer in terms of pi but in the uk they say use pi =3.14

[@gabriql]

I'm taught to leave it in terms of pi on non calc and or give the exact calc answer to whatever degree of accuracy the question says. Idk what you are talking about with using pi = 3.14 thats not something people really do (unless for non calc on some ultra specific question).

[@hawradatoo6272]

Imagine someone like him struggling and then expecting us 15 and 16 year olds to do this😭

[@user-ff8ty9yd1z]

hes not struggling he got an 8

[@jonahfernandes3345]

@@user-ff8ty9yd1z hes a math major

[@alexsmart2058]

He should try further maths lmfao

[@Miracle643]

Add in rona and missing so many lessons and we r fucked😭😭

[@alexanderodonnell988]

So much pressure for me cos I am supposed to be doing the higher paper for math

[@ChloeRoseArt]

Most people: loathe GCSE’s, would rather do quite literally anything but Evan: so today I’m going to take a GCSE for fun

[@munhuis]

Love your vids ♡♡♡

[@isabellapirie933]

Aghh its chloe

[@-ineffablyflawsome48]

AHHH CHLOE FOUND HERSELF HERE LMAOOO

[@MelinaKhaldoun]

If this isn’t me-

[@teganshone5778]

Chloe Rose Art actually would take 40 GCSEs in front of my last alevel

[@JoshuaMattless]

Having just done my last paper 3 mock before my real exam this made me feel alot better

[@marinabpassos]

This is such an easy exam... How can someone who has an higher degree struggle so much?? P.s: I'm from Brazil and my math tests were way harder than this one...

[@Picklesaresupreme7415]

Well he is American and the British exams curriculum is way harder then American curriculum . Stop expecting everyone to understand your level of maths

[@alitubealt6185]

@@Picklesaresupreme7415 wait who told you that? Have you even taken an AP calculus test? You can’t generalize the American education system like that each state is different. The schools in New York Massachussets and eastern side are very difficult.

[@alitubealt6185]

@@Picklesaresupreme7415 no that is not true. We also have AP (advanced placement) courses and exams which are wayyyyy more difficult than even college (university introductory courses). Ap physics is harder than a level physics even my British friends said that Bc there is no calculus in a level physics. Biology a level may be harder and a level chem as well since there is organic chem in a level chemistry. But Ap calculus is harder than a level maths because our exam is all calculus. There’s no easy question like completing the square etc.

[@stcrrynght984]

I’m sorry not everyone is good at maths

[@dwcLDN]

@@alitubealt6185 completing the square is gcse

[@lyd.naismith248]

I want to see him try and take a Biology / physics or chemistry paper 😂

[@bahar1082]

they're easier than maths lmao and i did triple

[@kermitthefruitsalad6445]

@@bahar1082 not necessarily science exams might be easier for you but other people will find the maths exams easier it depends what your strong point is

[@bahar1082]

@@kermitthefruitsalad6445 true but its because science is mainly learning things off by heart and for maths you have to be more logical, and maths comes more naturally as well

[@gurubowser]

Omg yes triple physics higher

[@Ryanc225]

@@bahar1082 Most of physics and quantitative chemistry is basically maths so if you're good at maths you should get at least a decent grade in physics

[@beanie9040]

You can also imagine this guy in the exams just talking aloud and everyone staring at him 🤣🤣

[@user-gc6dq5ts6v]

he’d be taken out and all marks taken off😭

[@laurenceraran4027]

_You must now follow the regulations of the examination_

[@jennihowell6541]

Black Cat Fandom the Invigilator with squeaky shoes comes over and rips up his paper...

[@whoknows9857]

He would get a U on all of his exams lmao

[@abdullah_azzam]

Never thought I’d see my exams on a KZbin video like I would just joke around with myself so something like that but now it’s a reality….lol

[@cli9941]

Americans: why are British kids so depressed The British education system: whooop I did it again

[@Vivacomunismo]

The guy who commented below is right I went from Spain to English from the bottom of my Spanish maths class to the top of my English maths class it's so different

[@QWERTYOP80]

A tough maths test is better than being shot in the face

[@felonii9315]

Tony Montana, above*

[@MinecraftAndrewLoves]

@@felonii9315 he meant below the original comment genius

[@woof1495]

@@felonii9315 a yEaR 8 iS cORrEctiNg yoU

[@smsmsmsmsmsm]

Someone needs to tell him that: 1. An 8 is an A* so he did do well. 2. Even thought it says ‘Higher level’ it means that’s standard level that most students do it at. 3. Yes, trig at gcse level - people normally start learning it in about year 8 (12-13yr olds) so it ain’t unusual 4. There are also a couple other maths papers that give u your final grade. 5. MARKS MARKS MARKS AND METHOD MARKS

[@lizzie7516]

Me being in Yr7 almost Yr8 and me being able to answer a bunch of the questions, being crap at maths having sadness as my default mood and being able to correct teachers when they inevitably get things wrong Adults and teachers with 10+ years of training: the British education system is fine, what are you complaining about 🙄🙄

[@zachariahdub7487]

Lizzie Johnstone I’m in year 12 let me just warn you it gets much worse and it will send you into depression during year 10 and 11 but if you devote 2-3 years of your life to studying it will be worth it. Keep grinding

[@lizzie7516]

@@zachariahdub7487 oh god

[@zachariahdub7487]

Lizzie Johnstone I’m surprised you can answer some of those questions though I couldn’t in year 7 I was terrible I did manage to get a 6/B Though so I’m sure you’ll do fine

[@dijabelle8348]

@@zachariahdub7487 I'm doing maths for A levels 😭😭

[@dnataliesmith2209]

This brings back memories of my 11 year old nephew and 16 year old niece from the US visiting and when hit on different years and being shocked into thinking they were stupid kids. Guyanese school methodology is advance so at 11 my son was doing maths similar to this and drawing the brain, writing about the endocrine system. My niece had came to experience Guyana which meant going to high school. She'd already written SAT and gained over 2000 points but couldn't keep up in math class.

[@isabellerobinson7203]

Coming back to watch after getting my GCSE results

[@karinagalloway7125]

Anyone else cringing that he’s marking his test without a red pen 😖

[@user-of7fl6ze1s]

The Turnip l YES! The purple pens 😂

[@ijustchangedmyname3377]

We use green

[@kiansearle3877]

We use red to mark our own and green is just for teachers marking 😂

[@squidge4728]

Purple pens if we mark it ourselves lol

[@karinagalloway7125]

Elli O yeah the ones with like 5 different colours? Those were great 😂

[@sirunclebrownie6720]

Fam this guy was on like question 4 in 3 minutes. When I did this paper it took me 3 minutes to figure out what my ‘other names’ were.

[@dagma_14]

worddd lmaooo

[@bullseye3054]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣i am dead bruh

[@user-3dfhdha24]

LOL

[@_________________._._._._]

😂 Rip

[@UltraJamZHD]

😂😂😂ffssss

[@oElmer]

As a Year 10 student (aged 15), I got my recent paper 1 prelim results yesterday (64/80) and I've personally never found maths that hard. It's pretty likely that I just go to a decent school, because I'd argue that the methods are taught extremely well. In fact, 1 student in the year group got 76/80, and most of us didn't even revise.

[@NaThingSerious]

That’s very good for year 10, I’m in year 11 top set at a grammar school and we still have kids getting like 60%, but tbf to them we had to revise for the FSMQ as well (which covers the first year of A-level content). Our maths teacher was not happy and we are having a full resit next week. If you’re already getting 64/80 in year 10, with another year of revision you should easily be getting 76/80 and around that by your GCSEs if you keep revising. I hope your aiming for a 9.

[@oElmer]

@@NaThingSerious Thanks. My goal for my Y11 prelims is actually to try and get best in the year group for 1 of the papers; probably calculator, because most people find that harder but I find it a little easier (which is great since the grade boundaries are lower). I also got my results for the Paper 2 test a couple of days after writing my original comment, and I got another 64/80, which surprised me because I already know that I lost 12 marks to not answering 4 certain questions in time, so if I knew those methods then I would’ve literally have 78/80 which is insane.

[@NaThingSerious]

@@oElmer nice, i find calculator easier as well, I don’t get why people think it’s harder.

[@oElmer]

@@NaThingSerious agreed also gl with your GCSEs!

[@NaThingSerious]

@@oElmer thanks, you too

[@mirshathmohamed2814]

46:39 Hey there! 9s and 8s are actually A* and 7s are an A. So good job!