Exam practice, exam practice, exam practice... [Maths A-Level 2024]

Hello from Istanbul! I hope that your studying is going well - if you're interested in any of my revision classes, you can check them out from the link below - the ones at the bottom have already taken place, and when you order, the confirmation email has all the relevant materials included: buytickets.at/...
Good luck with your studies, and see you in another video soon! 🇹🇷

[@benjaminreynolds9906]

lager in a guinness glass is criminal

[@BicenMaths]

Hard agree on this - it even made it taste weird, even though I know it was purely psychological 😵‍💫 😂

[@nevasimsek4027]

I had to watch the video 3 times because I was crying the first time round and didn’t understand a thing you’ve said. Those views from the boat caught me unprepared. I’d totally forgotten how much I missed it since moving to England. Have fun, and thank you so much for the support and advice on Maths.

[@BicenMaths]

You must go back when you can - it is such a wonderful city, it makes me so happy to be here. I am getting serious about learning Turkish now! Just need to get all these exams done first haha.

[@Dovsqin58]

I am also Turkish and came to the UK in 2019. I watched your videos throughout my A levels, and now I am resitting for A level maths. I am so surpised that you are half Turkish! Make sure you are enjoying the food in Turkey.

[@Ganothic]

hahahaha bende şaşırdım. Bu sene bitireceğim A levelları. Senin nasıl geldi?

[@Dovsqin58]

@@Ganothic Math, bio, chem yaptim AAB aldım. Matematikde bir soruyla A kaçtı :(

[@Dovsqin58]

@@Ganothic sen napıyorsun?

[@Ganothic]

@@Dovsqin58 tüh bee. bende senle aynı ekstra türkçe de yapıyorum. Şans dile bari :)

[@Dovsqin58]

@@Ganothic yaparsın bu iş sende kanka

[@shaheluddin430]

Great advice Mr Bicen, also lovely to see you enjoying Istanbul.

[@BicenMaths]

Mr Uddin! The kindest and most amazing head of department - I miss you! Hope to see you soon.

[@YashfeeSultana]

Sir is it possible for you to do walkthroughs of papers. Since Mr Astbury’s channel got deleted ,there aren’t many good walkthroughs on yt. If you were able to at least do walkthroughs on papers with low grade boundaries (harder papers)it would be awesome If it’s not possible I totally understand and thank you for the help on the revision sessions ,looking forward to next Saturday’s one

[@BicenMaths]

I didn’t realise it got deleted, that’s terrible 😢 Do you know why it happened? I am hoping to can do some walkthroughs at some point soon, but will try and see if these are what got his channel taken down, as I’d need to be careful.

[@YashfeeSultana]

@@BicenMaths He used to react to football clips and stuff on his yt shorts so I think he may have got copyrighted for that. Hopefully your channel will be fine (just maybe have your videos downloaded somewhere so you can reupload if anything happens )

[@BicenMaths]

Good shout! I’m going to do that when I return from Turkey.

[@cineacle]

Does that mean his google drive with all of his revision materials have been removed? I tried accessing it earlier this morning and had to request access - haven't received any form of approval yet!

[@YashfeeSultana]

@@cineacle not sure ,I just used to watch his videos

[@danyaliqqbal3368]

You are just a legendary teacher!!!

[@ArifulIslam-ti3ch]

I'm still using these tips for my uni final exams! Best method ive used since you taught us it years ago. Wish me luck and good luck with your exams too!

[@BicenMaths]

I hope I'm correct in thinking this is the brilliant Ariful of Morpeth??? Good to hear from you, I can't believe you're in your final year of uni! (sorry if I'm wrong haha)

[@ArifulIslam-ti3ch]

@@BicenMaths Yes its me! I can't believe im in my final year either. Just 1 more push and im all done with uni.

[@BicenMaths]

@@ArifulIslam-ti3ch Ahhh I can't believe it either, time is flying by! I hope that things have been good with you - congratulations on nearly finishing. Wishing you the best of luck. I'm gonna need some luck too for all these further maths options modules!

[@kuzey_telgeren5204]

Reis adamsın ben de İngiltere’de okuyan bir türküm ve senin videoların bana a level sürecinde çok yardımcı oldu. Her şey için teşekkürler

[@Ganothic]

türkçe bilmiyormuş :D

[@BicenMaths]

@@Ganothic Neyse ki Google çeviri yapmama yardımcı oluyor!

[@Ganothic]

@@BicenMaths kral :)

[@BlazeDropEmOff]

your gonna make it look easy ofc 😅

[@vas9277]

Mr bicen is litro the goat🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@engineeringmadeasy]

The legend living his best time. Damm, you are Half Turkish and Half British that really cool kardeş 🙌🏽.

[@-pr0vat70]

The grind don’t stop

[@BicenMaths]

Provat! How are you? Hope you're good!

[@-pr0vat70]

@@BicenMaths sir maths in Engineering has been eating me alive even though I’m averaging a B sometimes A so far. Also I regret not listening to you when you told us to learn the trig identities off by heart coz I couldn’t complete question 2a on an exam yesterday because of it😭😭😭😭

[@-pr0vat70]

@@BicenMaths enough about me tho how are you doing sir

[@BicenMaths]

@@-pr0vat70 I TOLD YOU THE TRIG IDENTITIES WERE IMPORTANT!

[@BicenMaths]

@@-pr0vat70 Things are great with me - I'm enjoying all the work I'm doing on KZbin, and gearing up for taking all the exams this summer! Stressful to be doing it in front of all the people in the internet, but it's exciting! Keep in touch, always good to hear from you.

[@lilsels]

Omg I’m half Turkish too!!!

[@BicenMaths]

Love that! Do you speak Turkish? I am serious about learning it, seems like an interesting language!

[@lilsels]

@@BicenMaths yes i can speak it and you should definitely learn it!! i think it's quite a simple language to learn and the words and structures are so interesting!

[@neofx645]

okay king.

[@trqpurpz7402]

Hi Bicen, any chance you could make videos on the trickiest a level maths questions. It would be very useful, thanks! And good luck for the exams this year- don’t push the boundaries too high 😹👍🏽

[@BicenMaths]

I have a couple of videos on this playlist with the questions that have been asked the most poorly after the last few years - check them out! kzbin.info/aero/PL0SSkmc4r_BaZX7c_oXZ8LpQo5U4FCRu3 And don't worry, I won't be impacting the boundaries haha! Good luck to you too!

[@falcongjon7815]

can you make a viedo on everything you need to know for fs1

[@BicenMaths]

I have one of these, but it's only for members at this point - if you want to join, you can do so via the 'Join' button, and the Further Maths Options tier. It is cheapest to do it via a browser rather than on iOS or Android.

[@JinkunYan]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~.I do the paper when I am in the bathroom😂. I am... am a little bit headache, now.

[@1My3My9]

Hello sir, gz on 50k. I have a question, would it be smart to only revise applied maths from 10-20 June and not now, even though I am bad at stats at moments because I need to revise for my other exams now. Basically, what I am saying is is wise to leave all the applied revision in those 10 days to become good at stats and moments.

[@BicenMaths]

It's not wise, but many students do this... and I think it's a shame, as they then don't do as well in applied as they could. So my advice is to focus on Pure, but to keep doing a few applied questions on the more challenging topics scattered throughout your revision - this will make those 10 days you have even more productive to focus on really tough questions so you are very prepared for the exam!

[@hashimabbas6731]

Got my maths mock tmrw 😢

[@ashton8220]

How did it go I have mine in 3 days

[@hashimabbas6731]

@@ashton8220 it was decent tbh

[@frankallen4912]

Do you have any tips for making silly mistakes? I’m very confident with the content but I always seem to mess up in a small way by being careless. Thanks!!

[@BicenMaths]

I would recommend being sure of what you need to do in the question before you start your working out, and also to take your time on the algebraic manipulation - if you rush this too much, you can easily make more silly mistakes! Writing extra lines of working can be helpful. I'd also recommend reattempting a question if something is incorrect, as it's usually easier to spot your mistake when comparing two sets of working, instead of just looking for the mistake by itself.

[@jackhoff4451]

Hi Sir, are you able to do more Edexcel past paper walkthroughs?

[@BicenMaths]

I'm hoping to do some of these during livestreams in the coming weeks!

[@pinkmangooooo]

Hi Sir, hope you’re having good time in Turkey. I just broke my calculator the fx99 one the one you’re using and they don’t sell it anymore and I’m starting to panic, do you know where I can buy one?

[@BicenMaths]

Oh no! I would try eBay for this, other than that I'm not sure what else to suggest, I'm sorry!

[@pinkmangooooo]

@BicenMaths not to worry. Thanks Sir. Hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday

[@pinkmangooooo]

@@dasssa-s8i oh really, do they work differently

[@dompatterson609]

THe GOATTTTTT

[@mostryx815]

Hello sir. I benefit alot from your videos... I have been working on a E-C grade my entire A level career so far in mathematics. I really want to get a good grade, but alot of key knowledge is missing. do you think I can get an A if I put in alot of hard work right now? Thanks

[@BicenMaths]

YES! Absolutely. If you work hard, and put a lot of time into it, you can definitely make the gains in this crucial period before the exams. Without a doubt, this is the most important time to make gains, and it is very doable - don't give up, keep pushing, you will thank yourself on results day!

[@lukienure5007]

Sir I’m year 12 sitting on A for further maths and A* for normal maths , however im starting to struggle with topics like stats , do you recommend using the summer break to enforce my knowledge or to pre-learn , ready for year 13 , as it does seem like the jump is again a big one . Thx for all ur videos , ur a legend sir , and congrats on 50k subs 🎉

[@jxlly1404]

Definitely , speaking from experience I didn’t do any summer revision and although I’m on track for hopefully an A star now with my exams next month, I would have been there much quicker having done recap or pre learning In summer. But don’t do too much though make sure u enjoy your summer as the next 10 months you won’t really have the time to

[@Black_VoidXx]

If you want the top marks, put the work in, make it second nature… own it.

[@lukienure5007]

Appreciate guys , thank you.

[@BicenMaths]

It's totally up to you, really - seems like you're doing great this year! I usually don't recommend people to work in the summer unless they've been struggling - mostly because you're young and should be enjoying yourself too! But if you wanted a head start, I'd recommend looking at trig - this is a step up, and will have you starting Year 13 with greater confidence, plus will be a good help for FM too! If you have any more questions, let me know!

[@supergamer-vm4cg]

@@BicenMathsHey I’m also in y12, when you mean trig what exactly do you mean? Thanks your videos single handly help me!

[@SilverWolf-hz5hm]

does the topic past papers document for pure (maths) and core pure, optional modules (further maths) include specimen and sample? It says SAMs but does it include both sample and specimen?

[@BicenMaths]

It only includes SAMs now as Specimen papers are locked on the Edexcel website!

[@blessingadeloye4042]

Hi Mr Bicen, can I ask why you are sitting the maths papers if you will most likely get 95%+ on it. Just curious!

[@BicenMaths]

I want to remember what the experience is like for students - plus, I am also teaching myself all of the further maths modules (of which there are very many!), which is mostly brand new to me, so I'm finding the process of learning new things really useful for the work I do.

[@igcse8777]

Hi sir, how are you? I was wondering for a level further maths, the core pure 1 paper doesnt just cover the core pure 1 (AS textbook) content and it covers both core pure 1 and core pure 2 content correct? So both papers cover the core pure content for AS & A2? Thank you in advance!

[@BicenMaths]

I am good, thank you for asking! Yes, you are correct - both papers have a mixture of content, so that any topic from Year 1 or 2 can come up on either paper!

[@reload2832]

Sorry i didnt know where to put this, but recently i did a pure mock as we finished the pure content a couple of weeks ago and i used the dot product on a vectors question to find an angle, my teacher gave ne no method marks for it, only answer marks. Would this happen in a real exam? I lost out on 6 marks because of it,

[@BicenMaths]

That shouldn’t have happened! That is a valid method that examiners should reward all marks for.

[@reload2832]

@@BicenMaths well that's a relief, that made me pretty salty since I would've gotten 98 with those marks. Thank you

[@plop.mp3246]

Hi sir, is further maths core pure paper 1 and paper 2 essentially the same paper since they both include book 1 and book 2 topics? Should i be revising certain topics before each test?

[@BicenMaths]

They're all mixed up, so you need full revision for that first paper!

[@AppleApple-ux1be]

Hi sir, Is a binary search part of the edexcel spec?

[@omega4269]

nope

[@AppleApple-ux1be]

@@omega4269 I thought so but Physics and Maths tutor has it which confused me.

[@vas9277]

for decision maths yes but thats further maths

[@BicenMaths]

Binary search is no longer in D1 for FM, I think it used to be a few years back!

[@AppleApple-ux1be]

@@BicenMaths Edexcel spec right? No wonder my teachers didn’t go through it.

[@kareemhassan4234]

is the exam questions by topic in your google drive from edexcel papers?

[@BicenMaths]

Yes

[@kareemhassan4234]

@@BicenMaths Thanks for the reply! question, do you think if I go through all your playlists that go through the chapters & after each playlist I do these topic exam questions in the google drive & on top of that do every past paper from 2018 - 2023 is sufficient revision for me to go into the exam targeting a B minimum?

[@BicenMaths]

@@kareemhassan4234 Oh absolutely! That would be fantastic preparation - just make sure you take the advice that I gave in this video into account, especially for the questions that you can't do first time around - that will be a game changer for you! Good luck!

[@cleo9552]

do you think it's possible to go from a U to an A in further maths ?! i'm planning on watching videos and grinding out practice questions and then past papers. any other tips? thanks x

[@BicenMaths]

In theory it is possible, but you would need to be working very hard from now until the exams, and I'd also hope that you have got a good foundation in your understanding, but just have some difficulties with exams! Either way, you'll want to work as hard as you can, as now is the most important time to make that progress - you can do this, just get going and soon you'll start seeing your progress!

[@cleo9552]

@@BicenMaths thank you so much I really appreciate the advice!! my school might be making me drop it to an AS level thankfully which is more doable but idk if they can so close to the exams. i think i have a decent foundation i just always leave my mock revision super late hence the bad results. also just wanted to say that your channel is a godsend!!

[@BicenMaths]

@@cleo9552 That could be a good option! I'm sure the exams officer could get that changed. It would take some of the pressure off you, and allow you to focus on a smaller amount of content. I think the Core Pure exam is pretty soon though, so definitely get going with practice papers and revision! Good luck and let me know if you need anything.

[@cleo9552]

@@BicenMaths hi again thank you so much for the reply- really appreciate this xx yes the core pure as is really soon(in like four days) do you have any last minute tips? I was planning on doing all the physics and maths tutor questions by friday and then spending saturday and sunday doing as many past papers as i can. Hopefully it works lol

[@BicenMaths]

@@cleo9552 That sounds good to me! Just do loads of practise at this stage, that's the most important thing :) Good luck!

[@harrygaming9090]

Sir as an alevel maths student who is sitting their exam in about a month and a half. Do you recommend getting a graphical calculator for my exam. The money is not the problem here. Just wanted to know what you think. I am really trying to get that A*

[@BritishYoutube]

I know you were asking Sir, but honestly the graphics calculator is so useful for visualising graphs, saving you time plotting them and picking up small marks here and there, that you may forget on the day like sketching graphs for example. However, I do still think you should learn then but I found it very useful. I also found checking answers, like for example the trig functions and such very useful especially if you are trying to get that A*, small mistakes on the day could hinder you, where I think the graphical calculator could help. However, the ClassWizz FX-991EX does still have some ways to check your answers like for example differentiating with limits or integrating with limits for example and comparing your answers.

[@reload2832]

Amazing for statistics too

[@BicenMaths]

Yes, I do recommend the graphics calculator, and you can sell it on ebay afterwards and not lose much money at all! There's a video on my channel as a guide to using it, and you can bring both of them into your exam still, so you can still use the one you are used to for other features!

[@falcongjon7815]

are you also taking the AS exams

[@BicenMaths]

No, I'm not - just A2!

[@ci8306]

omd pls don’t sit further maths, the pool of students is already small. don’t. distort the data any further. People could miss their uni offers

[@BicenMaths]

I’ve addressed this fully in a video on grade boundaries - in short there’s no possible impact, but you can watch the video if you want more information!

[@Anonymous-lc5ec]

One person isn´t going to affect the grade boundaries

[@Black_VoidXx]

Biden Maths with be classified as an outlier. Outliers are people who score so highly, they don’t impact the overall result. They’re practically ignored by the exam bored, as aren’t included within adjusting the grades.

[@RedTheThing]

bro’s locking in

[@khan99ish]

Congratulations on all the success sir very inspiring all the help and advice you give to us students good luck to the lead up to your exams the adrenaline rush is getting real now just over a month to go 🥶

[@sabs23724]

Hi sir, Please can you tell me which exact past papers I should practice to get an A? I was thinking to do all of the Edexcel A level papers from the 2017 specification and also all the IAL Edexcel papers from the 2018 specification and then MadAsMaths practice papers as well. Would you suggest anything else? Your feedback would really help a lot.

[@BicenMaths]

Definitely do all the Edexcel 2017 spec papers, and you can then choose between doing IAL and Madas (but remember IAL doesn't match perfectly, so you'll come across questions that aren't on spec). I would like to recommend again what I've said in the video - repeat questions/papers, you should be getting 100% if you've filled in the gaps in your knowledge and understanding correctly!

[@sabs23724]

​@@BicenMathsThank you very much sir!

[@Lexler34]

I wonder if people came up to u being like “what are you doing?”

[@BicenMaths]

There were definitely some strange looks haha

[@Ganothic]

I never knew you had a Turkish background! Can you speak turkish?

[@BicenMaths]

Sadly I can't, we didn't speak in Turkish at home! But it's something that I am starting to fix, and have plans to learn it more seriously. Spending time here has been great to connect with my family and my heritage!

[@Ganothic]

@@BicenMaths Ah would definitely like to see bicen maths speak Turkish!

[@aliy512]

🇹🇷🇬🇧 Baklava and börek 😍

[@ButterflysReactions19]

Does this include edexcel A-level Maths

[@BicenMaths]

Yep!

[@vanyasood883]

Hi Mr Bicen, once we have finished the edexcel maths papers online, what papers would you recommend doing, that are relatively similar/ harder than the edexcel papers

[@BicenMaths]

If you want harder, I'd suggest Madas. If you want particular topics at similar difficulty, look at IAL P3 or P4 - but they're not a perfect match up, so you'll need to select particular questions.

[@user-fr5tt3fn2l]

Will you be making a predicted pure A level maths paper 1? please do !

[@BicenMaths]

I don't make predicted papers right now before they start, as they're not really predictions, just guessing! Between paper 1 and 2 I'll hope to offer some guidance, as at that point we have a better idea of what will be coming up in the second paper!

[@user-fr5tt3fn2l]

@@BicenMaths okay thank youu

[@kaiyam8266]

Is it also 1.2 minutes per mark for Edexcel further maths?

[@rlnn17]

yes

[@BicenMaths]

@@rlnn17 Yep, same for FM and Maths

[@zain6317]

i still have 2 decision topics to finish . should i do them now or focus on core pure as decision js my last exam

[@BicenMaths]

I think it’s probably a good idea to focus on Core Pure as it is so soon - which 2 topics is it from D1? If they are harder/take longer I can let you know, and then maybe you should study them slowly alongside CP study.

[@zain6317]

@@BicenMaths it’s chapter 7 and 8 and i am finding chapter 6 and 7 quite hard especially because there aren’t any answer booklets in the textbook exercise 😂

[@BicenMaths]

@@zain6317 Oh yes the simplex algorithm chapter is very challenging, so I'd really recommend you doing that as you go - then chapter 8 is really simple!

[@zain6317]

@@BicenMaths will do. Thanks😁

[@oyinking]

You stated how we should be doing papers even if we haven't gone through all the content, now for those topics we havn't done, how do you suppose we approach this? given the limited time. Thanks (:

[@BicenMaths]

You can just identify the questions at the start which you can't do, and then reduce the amount of time that you'd have for the exam! Then when you're finished, you can do those questions/papers again!

[@futuredrkaur]

Sir please reply how many papers should you do minimum to get A/A* like all spec and Solomon papers?

[@JvikRam-bl6ji]

@@futuredrkaur if you do all madas and are getting 80+% you will undoubtedly get A* the normal papers are easier than madas especially the latter ones.

[@futuredrkaur]

@@JvikRam-bl6ji ok thanks

[@BicenMaths]

@@futuredrkaur Very difficult to say, as it depends on what level you're currently at - but I would recommend you trying to do as many as you can until you feel you are consistently hitting the A/A* grade boundary you need!