IGCSE Math RevisionGCSE Maths revision plan: 20 minutes a day for 6 weeks
Small and steady beats long and rare. One basic topic at a time, five days a week, with two days off or for catching up. By the end you will have worked through all 101 practice questions.
Your 20 minutes
- 5 minutes: read the plain-English basics, or look back at yesterday's mistakes.
- 12 minutes: answer the day's questions on paper, showing your working.
- 3 minutes: open the worked answers, mark yourself and star anything you got wrong.
Put the time in the same slot each day (after school, or before your phone goes on). If a day goes wrong, just carry on the next day: the weekend is there to catch up.
Week by week
Week 1: Number skills · Non-calculator methods
- Day 1. Number skills: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 2. Number skills: questions 7 to 11
- Day 3. Non-calculator methods: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 4. Non-calculator methods: questions 7 to 12
- Day 5. Redo every question you got wrong this week, without looking at the answer first
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
Week 2: Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Day 1. Fractions, decimals and percentages: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 3
- Day 2. Questions 4 to 6
- Day 3. Questions 7 to 9
- Day 4. Questions 10 to 12
- Day 5. Redo every question you got wrong this week, without looking at the answer first
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
Week 3: Ratio · Reading charts and tables
- Day 1. Ratio: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 2. Ratio: questions 7 to 11
- Day 3. Reading charts and tables: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 4. Reading charts and tables: questions 7 to 11
- Day 5. Redo every question you got wrong this week, without looking at the answer first
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
Week 4: Basic algebra
- Day 1. Basic algebra: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 3
- Day 2. Questions 4 to 6
- Day 3. Questions 7 to 9
- Day 4. Questions 10 to 12
- Day 5. Redo every question you got wrong this week, without looking at the answer first
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
Week 5: Angles · Area and perimeter
- Day 1. Angles: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 2. Angles: questions 7 to 11
- Day 3. Area and perimeter: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 6
- Day 4. Area and perimeter: questions 7 to 11
- Day 5. Redo every question you got wrong this week, without looking at the answer first
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
Week 6: Basic probability
- Day 1. Basic probability: read the basics and the common mistake, then questions 1 to 3
- Day 2. Questions 4 to 6
- Day 3. Questions 7 to 9
- Day 4. Questions 10 to 10
- Day 5. Sit a practice paper from your exam board (your teacher can give you one), mark it, and note the topics to revisit
- Days 6 and 7. Rest, or catch up on a missed day
After the six weeks
Keep 20 minutes a day, but now mix topics: redo your starred questions, and work through past or practice papers from your own exam board, marking them with the mark scheme. If you are sitting the Higher tier, your teacher will tell you which extra topics to add.