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Foundation GCSE, General, Higher GCSE

Advance Information for Summer 2022 GCSE Exams

Due to the disruption to schooling caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, exam boards have provided advance information for the upcoming Summer 2022 GCSE exams. This consists of: a list of topics that will come up in the exams, allowing students to focus their revision on fewer topics a formula booklet… Continue reading Advance Information for Summer 2022 GCSE Exams

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Younger Years

Times Tables App Review – Math Ninja

For a child in primary school, there is nothing more important in maths than knowing your times tables. It will make everything you learn in the subject so much easier. If a child needs to write out their times tables every time they need to work out something like 6×4… Continue reading Times Tables App Review – Math Ninja

Higher GCSE

How to use triangles to remember exact sin, cos and tan values

If you’re taking the higher maths GCSE, there are certain values of sin, cos and tan that you need to know off by heart. Luckily in two of the three exams you will be allowed to use a calculator, but in the non-calculator exam you will need to know the… Continue reading How to use triangles to remember exact sin, cos and tan values

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Younger Years

A more efficient method for listing the factors of a number

In this blog I will show you the most efficient way to list factors, and explain why this is a good method. What is a factor? The factors of a number are numbers that you can divide the number by and get a whole number result.For example, 5 is a… Continue reading A more efficient method for listing the factors of a number

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Metatutor News

GCSE and A-Level Results 2021

Unfortunately due to the pandemic, GCSE and A-Level exams were cancelled again in 2021. Grades were awarded based on teacher assessments.746,880 students were entered for GCSE mathematics and 97,960 for A-Level mathematics in 2021. The GCSE results were very similar to the previous two years, with a slight increase in… Continue reading GCSE and A-Level Results 2021