This dude is CRIMINALLY productive and caring, just when I'm about to have a panic attack for tuesday's exam, he pops up with some last minute advice. He legit put a link for the videos of every single topic plus the time stamps for all the components. LEGEND is an understatement.
You're a legend sir I wish I'd found your channel earlier and not a day before my maths paper 1! Nonetheless, thank you this is very helpful last minute revision! :)
I am here after the edexcel exam, and i think I got around the 70s. The questions were either too easy or hard to complete for the amount of marks they gave.
I’ve watched this about 10 times so far ahaha always coming back to it to have a quick refresh, thanks so much sir! I’m so scared about failing and can’t seem to stop thinking about it and resitting. These two yrs have been so difficult 😭😭
You’re welcome! There’s also ones for mechanics and statistics too, plus tons of other stuff in my Bicen Maths Google Drive - check them out if you haven’t done already!
Among all the A level maths TH-cam videos, your videos are the most useful and your teaching style is sooo structured and understandable. I love the fact that you explain the concept of equations or ideas, instead of just giving them to us and letting us memorise it. Thank you so much
doing some last minute revision, quick question but in what cases would you need to use the co-functions in the trig section? i've never come across them before, thank you for what you do
It’s super rare, but sometimes it’s worth knowing that cos50 is equivalent to sin40 for example. There’s been an equation previously where making this switch makes solving it really simple, and otherwise makes it nearly impossible!
been watching your vids since my first applied tests last year, absolutely amazing mate - we do ocr but most of your stuff still applies, genuinely can’t thank you enough 👊 here’s to hopefully getting an a* come the summer 🙏
Great to hear this! Lots of similarities between all the exam boards, just a bit different at the last stage of exam style. You’re very welcome! Good luck with your studies 🍀
Second derivative = 0 is not sufficient to show that it is a point of inflection, you must also show that there is a change in concavity ( gradient is +ve on both side of inflection point or gradient is -ve on both sides)
I suddenly got so confused- I take it there isn't yet one of these for just year 1? If not can you recommend any that do this- I'm struggling in general to find year 1 summaries (although the individual videos have been extremely helpful!) From A Struggling Year 12 mathematical with 2 weeks to get to an A* in my pure exam
No this is for all of Year 1 and 2 - you could quite easily go through the content that you don’t recognise and just ignore those bits, though. The course is usually taken at the end of Year 13, so all my exam content is driven towards that goal!
I've just finished a Maths and Physics degree at uni and I found myself relearning all of this during the video. It completely left my brain, which is either really telling of the education system or just my stupidity lol. I really wish I had this during my A-Levels though
DUDE WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I HAD TO GIVE MY FINAL EXAMS FOR 12TH GRADE. THAT LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION WHICH HAS ALL THE PDFS IS LITERALLY GOATED. THANK YOU SOO MUCH.
the trig integration ones that you list that you say arent in the formula book (secxtanx, cosec^2x, cosecxcotx), actually are, they are just in the differentiation section so you just have to look for the f'(x) column where they all are
Hi there, do you know if we would lose method marks if we use methods such as DI / tabular for integration by parts and coverup for partial fractions? I find they save alot of time and mistakes or should this be used as checking tool?
I have recently seen the DI method referred to in a mark scheme for IAL, so I know that it would be accepted there, but I haven't seen it yet in an Edexcel British A-Level paper! They're good methods for double checking, but I'm not sure of their validity without it being in an official mark scheme yet :)
its not preferred im guessing by the examiners who are mostly people who don't do maths so they might not understand it, better to follow by mark schemes and stuff imo
I appreciate this very very much but do you have a word processor copy, written in arial (i just find it easier to read)........if not it's perfectly fine.Thanks!
Hi Sir, I just wanted to ask about which topics are for AS and which are for the A-levels? Amazing content btw, these are rlly rlly helpful for my mocks tysm ur such a lifesaver oh goodness! We all recommended each other your channel on class and in the class groupchats too, so I hope your channel reaches more people that need help too:)
@@BicenMaths Sir, thank you so so much, you are so dedicated and I just wanted to say I feel like I aced that pure mock because of your videos - we had a completely iffy teacher all year and no one understood anything so everyone was so grateful when we found this channel - literal life support 🙌‼️I can't say the same about paper 2 though, it was like another monstrous paper 😭
I’m so pleased I could be of help - thanks for sharing this lovely comment with me. Wishing you (and your class!) the best of luck with your results 🤞🏼
Hi Mr Bicen, Hope you are well. I have started past papers, and I thought I understood the content but I keep getting really low grades such as D's or C's in the past papers. We have about a month now until the 1st pure paper, would you recommend that I keep going through all the papers and redoing the questions I get wrong, or go back over the textbook and reteach myself things. Thank you so much!!
Given what you've described, I would recommend a combination of those things - as you'll need to work on the exam question technique, as well as deepening your understand. I'd advise you to be quite focused about which parts you'll turn to in the textbook to deepen your understanding, as this should be informed by which questions you don't have the full understanding for! Sounds like you've got a good plan ahead of you - let me know if you need anything else.
Thank you! Yes, there will be a FS1 video like this coming soon - I am a bit behind with some of my recordings right now over the holidays, but I plan to get back to it soon!
Thank you so much for your videos you are amazing!! Also do we need to remember volumes of shapes? I remember a past paper question where we needed to know the volume of a sphere
is this just a part of the pure maths syllabus or can i use this and memorise and learn what was said because it looks like what was in the Cambridge syllabus pdf ps. im trying to figure out what i need to know exactly so i dont waste time as i am homeschooling and teaching myself and could really use any advice and help,thank you
The content for pure is the same for each exam board, but the exam tips I give are likely slightly different. So this is a good starting point! Let me know if there’s anything else you need. Good luck!
Again, this is a very rare/niche area. It might be if a question had a sin40 and a cos50 somewhere in it, and you’re able to simplify the question by recognising you can replace sin40 with cos50!
@@BicenMaths worked out one of the diagonal lines instead of both so hopefully i’ll get some marks for that and then idek how i split it into 4 triangles and tried do something but didn’t do it right, haha oh well
When you’re doing equations of tangents and normals with more complex functions, the form I use instantly gives you the answer of the line without having to solve for c. It’s more efficient time wise and reduces margin for error!
Finally the video i was looking for, especially for the trig rules. Not a single other comprehensive list video with all the trig identities i needed. My go to yt channel exam solutions, even they don’t have all the trig identities in the form that is asked for in questions but instead just shows the proof for them so theres no condensed section with all the info at once.
Yes the content is nearly totally the same - I can’t say which extra bits are here that shouldn’t be or vice versa (I don’t teach IAL so wouldn’t want to make a mistake in what I say!) but nothing on here would be “wrong” or “incorrect” for use in IAL. It’ll still be really useful!
Thank you for the video! Do we also need to memorise formulas for surface areas? I saw a question about the surface area of a cylinder in a past paper once.. and was wondering if we need to learn them? If so, which ones?
Hmmm probably cylinder surface area is needed - when they’ve asked about spheres they’ve always provided the formula for its volume and surface area. Other than cylinder all I can think of is cube, but that’s really obvious!
Pleased that it’s useful! But I can confirm that what I said is correct - the right side is reflected onto the left - see this video around 3:00 for an explanation/confirmation. Good luck with your studies! th-cam.com/video/7-wFBKG6f1w/w-d-xo.html
Oh you are right! Take ln of both sides - you then get lny = xlna. Then you differentiate implicitly to get 1/y dy/dx = lna , then you get dy/dx=ylna, which is then dy/dx=lna a^x as y=a^x That’s it!
After most maths lessons I come to your channel and watch a video and then I understand it so well! Thank you so much, I can't believe this is all free!
I love to share my teaching with as many people as possible, as helping people to understand and love maths is what drives me! Thanks for the comment 👍🏼
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Who else is watching this before paper 1 😭
Bicen got me through this course fr tho
@@hhh11. also scared 🙋🏾♀
@@hhh11. all we can do is pray now 🥲🙏
🤞good luck
agh this is so scary
This dude is CRIMINALLY productive and caring, just when I'm about to have a panic attack for tuesday's exam, he pops up with some last minute advice. He legit put a link for the videos of every single topic plus the time stamps for all the components. LEGEND is an understatement.
🙌🏼 Thanks so much for this brilliant comment. You’ve got this! Good luck for tomorrow!🍀
How did you do?
time to go from a B to an A* overnight!
jokes aside this is such a helpful video ty
You're welcome - and good luck!
trying to get to B😭😭
24:49 scared the shit out of me.... im home alone and thought someone was in my mf house
On my life lmao
You're a legend sir I wish I'd found your channel earlier and not a day before my maths paper 1! Nonetheless, thank you this is very helpful last minute revision! :)
I’m sorry you didn’t find me earlier, too! Better late than never I guess - good luck for tomorrow!
it's okay I'm watching it now a few hours before the exam haha
@@josiewatson6349 lol same - good luck everyone, do let me know how it goes x
@@josiewatson6349 same hahah
@@josiewatson6349 only one hour to go for me lmao
The “I’m cooked” button
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lol, when is your exam? Mine is at 1pm
Same time, I think it’s the same countrywide (or exam board)
@@Eduzorte mine is at 1:30pm for AQA
Mine in 13:50 edexcel
I am here after the edexcel exam, and i think I got around the 70s. The questions were either too easy or hard to complete for the amount of marks they gave.
This is going to be super useful, especially for students who need to be told they need to memorise something multiple times 😆
I said it once, and I’ll say it again, best Maths TH-camr out there!
And he's right here, saving my ass literally 3 hours and a half before my exam
Good luck! 🍀
@@BicenMaths Thanks, I'm gonna need it
Check out Zainematics if you need to see the best
not seen much of him yet, but imho TGMT and TLMaths take the cake for best maths youtubers atm, again not seen much of Bicen yet
Such a legend, extremely professional and thorough video. #HeilKingBicen #BicenArmy
I’ve watched this about 10 times so far ahaha always coming back to it to have a quick refresh, thanks so much sir! I’m so scared about failing and can’t seem to stop thinking about it and resitting. These two yrs have been so difficult 😭😭
You are so nearly there now! Don’t let those negative thoughts take over. You’re working hard - and it will pay off 👏🏼
@@BicenMathsawww thanks so much sir, you’re so positive!! Hope you’ve enjoyed your holidays ahaha
@@J.246 common ez u got thid
I can't fathom out how helpful this was!
What exam board is this? I'm watching it about an hour before the exam is this Edexcel?
It’s for Edexcel, AQA, and OCR. Pure maths content is the same for all exam boards
@@Walthamlot OK thank you 👍
the pressure is getting worser
It'll all be over and done with soon! Keep going!
Uhhh I did not have time to revise for paper 2 and I forgot everything
we're cooked bro
Fr man
good luck everyone for tomorrow 😳
good luck tomorrow ppl
Thank you boss
This is an absolutely wonderful video. Everything in one place with links to resources. Fabulous. Thx for sharing.
Thanks for the lovely comment!
Reminder to anyone looking through comments, you can learn to derive quite a few of these as backup for if you forget them in the exam.
24:49 That scared me wth sounded like it came from outside my door😂
24:50 This scared me so much when I’m sat in the library trying to get some last minute revision done
You're actually the best teacher I've ever watched teaching mathematics in this platform
Thank you!
Thank you so much this page is amazing you don’t know how much I needed a dedicated maths teacher like you!!
You’re welcome! There’s also ones for mechanics and statistics too, plus tons of other stuff in my Bicen Maths Google Drive - check them out if you haven’t done already!
Among all the A level maths TH-cam videos, your videos are the most useful and your teaching style is sooo structured and understandable. I love the fact that you explain the concept of equations or ideas, instead of just giving them to us and letting us memorise it. Thank you so much
Wow, what a lovely comment - thank you so much!
wish i saw this yesterday 😭
Thank you so much, using this as a quick check up before exam tomorrow🤞🏻🤞🏻
This shit looks hard 💀💀💀💀
So useful! This is going to help loads with my revision - thank you! 👩🏽🏫😊
24:49 scared me lol.
Views on this video about to sky rocket overnight
lmao literally
29:00 technically these are in the formula booklet just as the derivates in the differentiation section but you can reverse them
doing some last minute revision, quick question but in what cases would you need to use the co-functions in the trig section? i've never come across them before, thank you for what you do
It’s super rare, but sometimes it’s worth knowing that cos50 is equivalent to sin40 for example. There’s been an equation previously where making this switch makes solving it really simple, and otherwise makes it nearly impossible!
been watching your vids since my first applied tests last year, absolutely amazing mate - we do ocr but most of your stuff still applies, genuinely can’t thank you enough 👊 here’s to hopefully getting an a* come the summer 🙏
Great to hear this! Lots of similarities between all the exam boards, just a bit different at the last stage of exam style. You’re very welcome! Good luck with your studies 🍀
Second derivative = 0 is not sufficient to show that it is a point of inflection, you must also show that there is a change in concavity ( gradient is +ve on both side of inflection point or gradient is -ve on both sides)
I suddenly got so confused- I take it there isn't yet one of these for just year 1? If not can you recommend any that do this- I'm struggling in general to find year 1 summaries (although the individual videos have been extremely helpful!)
From A Struggling Year 12 mathematical with 2 weeks to get to an A* in my pure exam
No this is for all of Year 1 and 2 - you could quite easily go through the content that you don’t recognise and just ignore those bits, though. The course is usually taken at the end of Year 13, so all my exam content is driven towards that goal!
24:49 is a JUMPSCARE
Do we need to know anything about Sigma Notation in the series' section?
You do need to understand sigma notation, yes, how it works, etc.
Good luck guys!
incredibly helpful for my exam this afternoon :)
paper 2 in 90 minutes and this is my go to video :)
I've just finished a Maths and Physics degree at uni and I found myself relearning all of this during the video. It completely left my brain, which is either really telling of the education system or just my stupidity lol. I really wish I had this during my A-Levels though
watching this rn …
DUDE WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I HAD TO GIVE MY FINAL EXAMS FOR 12TH GRADE. THAT LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION WHICH HAS ALL THE PDFS IS LITERALLY GOATED. THANK YOU SOO MUCH.
hii, this video is incredible, thankyou!! Can I ask why you didn't include exponential and logarithm notes though??
Watching this as my only revision this year wish me luck
nah bad luck cringe pfp and name
@@NintenJoeold acc from when i was a little kid calm down 😭💀
Why do we need to memorize the trig values i mean we can just use calculators?
Great video, really looking forward to the Further maths and Mechanics/Stats versions! #HeilKingBicen
hyped for the exam today
Thank you! It helped me revise everything I need to know for my mock exam tomorrow.
Wishing you the best of luck for your mock exam!
Hmm how did it go for you? Shit?
Felt great to turn that 1.1K likes into a 1.2K likes. Thank you for this video and I and many others doing A Level Maths appreciate it. :)
Thank you for your support! 👏🏼
here 1 hour before the exam
Very helpful Video always helping. thank you so much.
exams in 33 mins jus enough time 😅
the trig integration ones that you list that you say arent in the formula book (secxtanx, cosec^2x, cosecxcotx), actually are, they are just in the differentiation section so you just have to look for the f'(x) column where they all are
Thanks mate you helped me get the predicted grades I needed :)
thats it. found my math tutor for as and alevel. you are seriously the best!!
😁😁😁😁😁
I failed😢, retakiny yr12 with a different subject 😅
Don't blindly memorize them, remember to understand the why part, you'll remember it better when you memorize.
Hi there, do you know if we would lose method marks if we use methods such as DI / tabular for integration by parts and coverup for partial fractions? I find they save alot of time and mistakes or should this be used as checking tool?
I have recently seen the DI method referred to in a mark scheme for IAL, so I know that it would be accepted there, but I haven't seen it yet in an Edexcel British A-Level paper! They're good methods for double checking, but I'm not sure of their validity without it being in an official mark scheme yet :)
currently watching an hour before my exam!! thankyou!
Mr Asbury has copied you!
What's not good with y=mx+c?
I explain this is lots of other comments!
its not preferred im guessing by the examiners who are mostly people who don't do maths so they might not understand it, better to follow by mark schemes and stuff imo
@@routineclientthe examiners for maths alevel papers have maths qualifications wdym 😭
its easier to make mistakes
Exam is in an hour and I'm watching this on the bus 🙏
I appreciate this very very much but do you have a word processor copy, written in arial (i just find it easier to read)........if not it's perfectly fine.Thanks!
I’m afraid as it is handwritten, I don’t have a word processor copy - my apologies!
@@BicenMaths that's completely fine, you're still a legend for this!
thanks for this
Hi Sir, I just wanted to ask about which topics are for AS and which are for the A-levels? Amazing content btw, these are rlly rlly helpful for my mocks tysm ur such a lifesaver oh goodness! We all recommended each other your channel on class and in the class groupchats too, so I hope your channel reaches more people that need help too:)
Ah thank you! I will go through this video and add in the chapters with Year 1 or 2. I’ll do this tomorrow!
@@BicenMaths Sir, thank you so so much, you are so dedicated and I just wanted to say I feel like I aced that pure mock because of your videos - we had a completely iffy teacher all year and no one understood anything so everyone was so grateful when we found this channel - literal life support 🙌‼️I can't say the same about paper 2 though, it was like another monstrous paper 😭
I’m so pleased I could be of help - thanks for sharing this lovely comment with me. Wishing you (and your class!) the best of luck with your results 🤞🏼
@@BicenMaths awhh goodness thank YOU, Sir, and I hope your channel really does reach more people like us who need it ✨💫 absolutely deserved ✅
Hi Mr Bicen,
Hope you are well.
I have started past papers, and I thought I understood the content but I keep getting really low grades such as D's or C's in the past papers.
We have about a month now until the 1st pure paper, would you recommend that I keep going through all the papers and redoing the questions I get wrong, or go back over the textbook and reteach myself things.
Thank you so much!!
Given what you've described, I would recommend a combination of those things - as you'll need to work on the exam question technique, as well as deepening your understand. I'd advise you to be quite focused about which parts you'll turn to in the textbook to deepen your understanding, as this should be informed by which questions you don't have the full understanding for! Sounds like you've got a good plan ahead of you - let me know if you need anything else.
At 12:45 angle with axes, how exactly and when do you use these in the qs?? This seems so new to me 😭😭
I have never seen them examine this, but it is clearly in the spec and the textbook, so I have included it here!
Hi Bicen,
Great video again. Really useful for my mocks coming up.
Quick question, will you be making a further maths statistics 1 video?
Thanks
Thank you! Yes, there will be a FS1 video like this coming soon - I am a bit behind with some of my recordings right now over the holidays, but I plan to get back to it soon!
The paper was so easy
Is this AQA exam board?
It’s for Edexcel, but they are very similar!
You should do a similar video about the TMUA
Thank you so much for your videos you are amazing!! Also do we need to remember volumes of shapes? I remember a past paper question where we needed to know the volume of a sphere
Sometimes they give it to you, and sometimes recently they don’t! Might be worth looking at it in case.
The only one they will 100% give is the formula of a cone
is this just a part of the pure maths syllabus or can i use this and memorise and learn what was said because it looks like what was in the Cambridge syllabus pdf
ps. im trying to figure out what i need to know exactly so i dont waste time as i am homeschooling and teaching myself and could really use any advice and help,thank you
The content for pure is the same for each exam board, but the exam tips I give are likely slightly different. So this is a good starting point! Let me know if there’s anything else you need. Good luck!
At 18:41 the cofunctions, how exactly and when exactly would you use these in the qs sir, I’ve never come across it before? Thank you
Again, this is a very rare/niche area. It might be if a question had a sin40 and a cos50 somewhere in it, and you’re able to simplify the question by recognising you can replace sin40 with cos50!
@@BicenMaths ahh okay thank you sir!!
if only the formula of the area a rhombus was on here ☹️
Two triangles… please say you saw that it was two triangles?! 😢
@@BicenMaths worked out one of the diagonal lines instead of both so hopefully i’ll get some marks for that and then idek how i split it into 4 triangles and tried do something but didn’t do it right, haha oh well
@@BicenMaths phew I got that question right
8:47 14:43 18:45 21:44
Mock exam is in 2 hours 🤧
Same, hope u do well 💪
just wondering why i shouldn't use y=mx+c ?? my current a level teacher actually prefers it over the other method
When you’re doing equations of tangents and normals with more complex functions, the form I use instantly gives you the answer of the line without having to solve for c. It’s more efficient time wise and reduces margin for error!
You can still use y=mx + c as it still works, but I think it’s more clunky
Finally the video i was looking for, especially for the trig rules. Not a single other comprehensive list video with all the trig identities i needed. My go to yt channel exam solutions, even they don’t have all the trig identities in the form that is asked for in questions but instead just shows the proof for them so theres no condensed section with all the info at once.
🙌🏼
i take Edexcel pure 2, its in exacrly one day.. will thsi be helpful
Yes, partly - good luck!
How was it
@@pinkmangooooo so good and bad
@@mizukun9037 ohh hope it went well for u, I'm assuming it's international
I have a pure maths Exam tmrw, wish me luck, ur notes are so helpful btw and I understand it so much better :)
Wait, on a Sunday?! Good luck! So pleased my notes have helped you 👍🏼 🤞🏼🍀
@@BicenMaths Yes, For this whole week infact, and on friday too, upto 11th of May :) And thanks u so much for the support. :)
😱 that’s crazy 😱
🍀🍀🍀🍀
@@BicenMaths ikr 😂 👁️👄👁️
Can this be used for IAL Edexcel ?
Thank you,
Yes the content is nearly totally the same - I can’t say which extra bits are here that shouldn’t be or vice versa (I don’t teach IAL so wouldn’t want to make a mistake in what I say!) but nothing on here would be “wrong” or “incorrect” for use in IAL. It’ll still be really useful!
Really helpful Sir!! Great for revision 🤩
I do A level AQA maths. Does it have the exact same content ? Idk if I should watch these or not since this is Edexcel
The content is pretty much the same as far as I know - worth comparing to your textbook contents page though! All methods/formulae will be the same 👍🏼
Thanks so much for this! It's amazing last minute consolidation for today's exam
Thank you mr bicen !
Not in A level yet, but I'm definitely using this for summer revision :D
this is amazing and so hopeful, thank you for putting this together☺️ helped to calm my nerves- at least a little!
abeg u shut up sum nerd fam
Hey sir at 31:42 how did you divide (x+1)/(x-1) into x^2/(x+1)
Thank you for the video! Do we also need to memorise formulas for surface areas? I saw a question about the surface area of a cylinder in a past paper once.. and was wondering if we need to learn them? If so, which ones?
Hmmm probably cylinder surface area is needed - when they’ve asked about spheres they’ve always provided the formula for its volume and surface area. Other than cylinder all I can think of is cube, but that’s really obvious!
so useful !!! but I reckon there is a mistake. at 10:51, f(|x|) 's transformation should be left to right rather than right to left
Pleased that it’s useful! But I can confirm that what I said is correct - the right side is reflected onto the left - see this video around 3:00 for an explanation/confirmation. Good luck with your studies! th-cam.com/video/7-wFBKG6f1w/w-d-xo.html
Sir how would you prove that a^x differentiates to lna * a^x?
I don’t think this proof is required!
@@BicenMaths okay thanks sir, just vaguely remember seeing a question like this?
Oh you are right! Take ln of both sides - you then get lny = xlna. Then you differentiate implicitly to get 1/y dy/dx = lna , then you get dy/dx=ylna, which is then dy/dx=lna a^x as y=a^x
That’s it!
@@BicenMaths omg yesss thanks sir! 🐐
nice video
I’m a gcse student and I’m dreading having to memorise all of this
What's wrong with y = mx + c?
I’ve answered this in another comment!
22:00
Thank you so much for this video its so helpful!!
After most maths lessons I come to your channel and watch a video and then I understand it so well! Thank you so much, I can't believe this is all free!
I love to share my teaching with as many people as possible, as helping people to understand and love maths is what drives me! Thanks for the comment 👍🏼
thanks bossman
These vids are so helpful tysm!!
No problem! Pleased they help!