Basic Maths Skills VideosGCSE Grade A/A* (NC Level 9/10) Topics
Topic 1 - Powers and Indices laws
This video goes through the laws of indices then does several examples of each one with a couple of tricky ones at the end.Interactive Practice from CIMT :- Basic Laws Negative Indices Fractional Indices Worked exam questions:- RawMaths |
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Topic 2 - Manipulate and simplify surds
This video goes through the methods used to simplify and combine surds.Worked exam questions:- RawMaths General Tutorials:- maths247 HEGARTYMATHS - Simplfying Multiplying Rationalising |
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Topic 3 - Upper and Lower Bounds (Limits)
This video goes through Maximum and Minimum values that a number could have been before rounding. Then goes on to look at the combining of limits (combining is the tricky stuff).Interactive Practice from CIMT :- Error Propagation Playlist on this topic:- maths247 |
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Topic 4 - Direct and Inverse Proportion
This video goes through 3 standard proportionality questions, although direct proportion is a Lv 8 (GCSE Grade B) topic Inverse questions are Lv 9(GCSE Grade A) .Worked exam questions:- RawMaths General Tutorial:- maths247 HEGARTYMATHS |
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Topic 5 - Solving Quadratics by Factorising
This video goes through one example of solving a none standard Quadratic equation, you should already be familiar with factorising from Lv8(GCSE Grade B).
Interactive Practice from CIMT :- Quadratics - Do questions 3&4 Worked exam questions:- RawMaths-quadratics start at 4:00 |
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Topic 6 - Solve quadratic equations by using the formula
This video from ExamSolutions gives a nice clear example of how to use the formula to solve a quadratic equation.
Worked exam questions:- RawMaths 1 2 3 maths247 General Tutorial:- Hegartymaths - Lots of Pratice maths247 |
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Topic 7 - Solving quadratics by completing the square
This video from ExamSolutions goes through a few examples of completing the square whilst explaining what is going on.
Interactive Practice from CIMT :- Completing the square questions Worked exam questions:- Rawmaths-1 2 Maths247 General Tutorial:- maths247 |
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Topic 8 - Manipulate Algebraic expressions - Simplifying rational expressions
This video by Exam Solutions goes through 4 examples of simplifying algebraic fractions, this is all about factorising the top and the bottom and then canceling them.
Worked exam questions:- RawMaths-1 2 |
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Topic 9 - Algebraic Fractions
This video goes through examples of how to solve equations with alebraic fractions. Check out the Second video for tricker quadratic ones
General Tutorial:- Algebraic Fractions Part 2 (Hard ones) Worked exam questions:- RawMaths - easier RawMaths - harder RawMaths MyMaths revision :- Algebraic Fractions - Lesson Algebraic Fractions - worksheet |
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Topic 10 - Simultaneous Equations including one quadratic
This video goes through lots of simultaneous equations worked exam questions but the ones for this topic start at 9:11.
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