Structure and calculation exam tips

Exam tips

• Powers and roots exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Foundation and Higher] Recognise powers of 2, 3, 4 and 5 and estimate powers and roots of positive numbers..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Powers and roots, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Indices and roots exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Foundation and Higher] Calculate with roots and integer indices..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Indices and roots, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Indices and roots exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Higher only] Calculate with fractional indices..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Indices and roots, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Exact calculation exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Foundation and Higher] Calculate exactly with fractions and exact multiples of pi..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Exact calculation, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Exact calculation exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Higher only] Calculate exactly with surds, simplify surd expressions involving squares and rationalise denominators..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Exact calculation, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Standard form exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Foundation and Higher] Calculate with and interpret standard form A x 10^n, where 1 <= A < 10 and n is an integer..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Standard form, rather than giving generic revision advice.

• Standard form exam tip 1

  Write the method before the answer so the examiner can follow each step. Apply this to [Foundation and Higher] Interpret calculator displays involving standard form..

  This keeps the answer actionable and aligned to Standard form, rather than giving generic revision advice.