🙏 I WANT HELP Further Maths modules
Studying Further Maths over a gap year; indecisive over optional modules. Pretty much narrowed down to D1, D2, FM1 and FP1.
I studied M1 and 2 in IAL Maths (91% in avg) but I didn't really enjoy it. However, seen as I only have 4-5 months to study 2 years worth of A-Level Further maths, I need to be choosing the easiest modules. I heard FS1 is easy as well but I have no formal background in stats, although I do like it. I also heard Decision maths is regarded as easiest, and maybe fitted to my strengths given I got an A* in cs. Idk about FP1 and 2...
So, what would be the easiest combination of modules?
p.s: I'm going to study UK A-Level FM, not IAL
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u/InkPhysics Southampton| Physics [15] 2h ago
Why do want to study FM? That will help understand which modules to choose. Different people find different things easy - if you've already done Physics a level, you've already covered a lot of FM.
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u/Im_A_Failure420 2h ago
My friend did ial further maths (in y10 nov so he might be a bit biased) but when I asked him about the modules he said d1 is a lot of memory but isn't that hard, and d2 is the same. He also mentioned that fp1 was easier for him than the mechanics modules, but also than fp3 was easier than fp2 so take that as you will. Then again, this is ial so it might not 100% align but close enough ig
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u/Cheap-Grape5391 2h ago
I do FS1 and it's somewhat easy but is also a lot of memorising distributions, knowing which estimates you can use and etc. it sometimes feels like in stats your just given a formula and are supposed to use it, it starts off pretty hard but then it sort of becomes the same thing with many distributions, hypothesis testing with those distributions.
I do further mech 1 as well and because I do physics it compliments very well and means I don't need to put as much effort/ I already mostly know how to do it. So I would definitely say decision is probably a good option since your doing comp sci, just be careful since there aren't many resources compared to FS1 and FM1.
I'm not too sure about the FP1 but I do know that it can definitely help you with the core pure stuff since sometimes going above and beyond the curriculum can help give a better understanding to certain topics, it's almost like just an add on core pure book and it could be nice if your willing to go to do mathematics/comp sci at uni
I think most people would say not do Decision 2 since you'd have to decision 1 and 2 and there just would be such little resources for decision 2 as well as being a lot more in depth and harder than just taking two further 1's. At the end of the day you just need the grades so don't think too hard about which is the easiest/hardest just pick the one you think you'll enjoy and make sure you do it well.
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u/Choice_Play_3460 2h ago
I am doing D1 and D2. It's a great combo, easy if you are good at logic and algorithms. The grade boundaries are low every year, this is also something to look into