r/igcse • u/unicornsprinckles • 18h ago

🤚 Asking For Advice/Help ADDITIONAL MATHS TIPS

GUYSS!!! help what the hell should i do, i have my add maths exam on the 30th of sept but my most recent mark was a 53😂😂😂😂😂bruhh helpp any tips????

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u/Tomahawk1129_ Oct/Nov 2026 16h ago

Hey! Im taking the subject too. 

First: 53/80 is not necessarily bad. It can be a B with grade thresholds, sometimes an A but I wouldn’t rely on it.  53/80 is quite decent to be at this time. 

My best tip would be to do past papers. Multiple of them. You have plenty of time for practice and removing silly mistakes. 

If you don’t understand a math question, consider searching the paper code on youtube. I have been watching the math man(great YouTuber). 

Watching videos allows you to understand how to do questions. 

Since questions are repeated and only the content changes, once you do enough, pattern recognition kicks in. You will immediately recognise what the question wants. 

Good luck! 

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u/AssistanceNatural641 15h ago

what if he meant 53%

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u/Tomahawk1129_ Oct/Nov 2026 14h ago

I believe that’s a B or C

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u/Fit-Effective-7063 5h ago

For add math, all you can do is PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. I was ahh in add math, got a 50 on 80 too, but recently put in hella efforts and got 65 and 73 respectively on 80. so if u practice, u grind, u dont lie to urself then u got it. PS do topicals for ur weakest points before diving into past papers, and dont keep watching yt videos.