Some people just find it difficult to absorb mathematical concepts. I am one of them. Many people tell me to practise and practise to improve my A Maths but almost 10 papers later, my mathematical skills have not improved greatly. Can anyone suggest any remedy?

count chiobu.

no.. u do tys.. many of them.

Keep doing, and practising the same sums over and over again. You'll see the pattern. Then you'll feel so stupid, coz a maths is nothing more than a series of patterns done over and over again.

Originally posted by arsenalblue:

Some people just find it difficult to absorb mathematical concepts. I am one of them. Many people tell me to practise and practise to improve my A Maths but almost 10 papers later, my mathematical skills have not improved greatly. Can anyone suggest any remedy?

tell u har.. last time i HATE maths, during my sec4 whole yr i chat or didn't pay any attention to maths teacher end up still pass get distinction.

i oso dunno why but i believe is becoz during my sec 3 i was kinda "forced" by certain "circumstances" to keep practising A Maths. i did TONS of practise during sec 3 and probably becoz of this strong foundation I still managed to pass my O levels, and get distinction some more?! serious.

so in short : PRACTISE ~!!!

that's all there is to it

Originally posted by arsenalblue:

Some people just find it difficult to absorb mathematical concepts. I am one of them. Many people tell me to practise and practise to improve my A Maths but almost 10 papers later, my mathematical skills have not improved greatly. Can anyone suggest any remedy?

keep practising the A Maths textbook questions and do those ten year series

try understanding why the concepts are being used..

like calculus is the rate of change of things... which can be used for everything..

and trigonometry is used in shapes and stuff

i taking A maths nxt yr… izit difficult?

the moment you understand it, it's dead simple...

took me quite a while to figure it out but once you have, it's very easy

Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

i taking A maths nxt yr... izit difficult?

Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

i taking A maths nxt yr... izit difficult?

Im not sure whether I should scare you....Yes it is difficult if you see it that way...
Tomorrow A maths O lvl le......

mahh fav sub!! do math ques topic by topic until u understand the concepts so well. do tb n tys.. esp tys.. if can do den sure can pass. one lame one but might b a bit helpful.. learn to use calculator properly to avoid careless mistakes. hahahaa..

Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

i taking A maths nxt yr... izit difficult?

no loh.. i tink amath is easier than emath. hahaax.. altho the emath paper for EOY was super ez, i still scored much higher for amath than emath. hahahaa..

Originally posted by Joyce:

mahh fav sub!! do math ques topic by topic until u understand the concepts so well. do tb n tys.. esp tys.. if can do den sure can pass. one lame one but might b a bit helpful.. learn to use calculator properly to avoid careless mistakes. hahahaa..

+2

But I wonder why I aint taking maths @ higher level lolx.

i tried

did Further Math in JC.. it was TOUGH!

ended up with a crummy C

Originally posted by deathscythe99:

+2

But I wonder why I aint taking maths @ higher level lolx.

Is there any other way other than practising and practising? I did about 10 papers after getting back my Prelim A Maths results, which I got an F9, and I haven’t seen any improvement.

Originally posted by arsenalblue:

Is there any other way other than practising and practising? I did about 10 papers after getting back my Prelim A Maths results, which I got an F9, and I haven't seen any improvement.

how did u fair in the 10 papers u did.. got mark? lolx.. quite impossible.. if u figure out how to do all the sums in the 10 papers correctly.. i tink can get A1 liaoz.. hahaax.. i'll go crazy if i even do 10 papers!

practise and practise only last you for a short while. Maybe can get distinction for O level, but after that also forget liao.

To make it last, you need to understand the fundamental. Then, 20 years later still can do those sums without problem. Of course, if you intent to drop any maths alltogether after O level, then just practise. But note that you cannot escape maths unless you drop all the science subject as well. Things like physics, computer, econmics and statistics has tons of maths in there, if not more sometimes.

Originally posted by arsenalblue:

Some people just find it difficult to absorb mathematical concepts. I am one of them. Many people tell me to practise and practise to improve my A Maths but almost 10 papers later, my mathematical skills have not improved greatly. Can anyone suggest any remedy?

must think as u do questions. not just memorize formulas

Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

i taking A maths nxt yr... izit difficult?

its damn easy....nothing to memorize

haha, then perhaps i open up A maths tuition session loh, who interested? serious, but must pay tuition fee..
cheap cheap.

But to those taking Os now, tink abit too late liao lor, but for sec3s still can!

Originally posted by nightzip:

haha, then perhaps i open up A maths tuition session loh, who interested? serious, but must pay tuition fee..
cheap cheap.

But to those taking Os now, tink abit too late liao lor, but for sec3s still can!

alrdy found one.. :p but it'll prob b more on chem larhx.. math like got notin to ask one.. chem also notin to ask budden i dun understand anything. hahahaa..

i took amaths too last time. went thru the same situation as some of you guys. i failed all sch tests (those quizzes held in sch) and inclusive of prelims with the exception of 1 quiz which was the first quiz of sec4 where we had a change of teacher. but i continue to fail.

anyway i practised based on the worked examples then progressed to those questions at the back of each chapters. i slowly challenged myself to do the harder of the questions and practised like hell with TYS.
prelims-D7
O lvls B3
not great but i feel there's a reason for having difficult tests in sch, esp those meant to fail you. this will spur you to work hard for yr Os because u know that O lvls is 1 of the largest turning points in yr life. practise DAMN hard.

Step 1 dunno how to do ? ask until u know.
Step 2 still dunno ? look at examples and think until u know.
Step 3 go back to step 1

Originally posted by arsenalblue:

Some people just find it difficult to absorb mathematical concepts. I am one of them. Many people tell me to practise and practise to improve my A Maths but almost 10 papers later, my mathematical skills have not improved greatly. Can anyone suggest any remedy?

1. PRACTICE (try questions of DIFFERENT 'style')
2. UNDERSTANDING.
3. Do more THINKINGS of ALL SORTS

Take 1 10 yr series, do from the front to the back once, then back to front once n front to back again… haha.. sure work…

Oh yah, remember to buy TYS with the solutions, not just the answers. Dun be a goon!

some even buy those without answers?

Originally posted by the Bear:

i tried

did Further Math in JC.. it was TOUGH!

ended up with a crummy C

I was wondering @ uni level