American Takes British GCSE Higher Maths!

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  • I heard the EdExcel Higher Maths GCSE is pretty tough stuff. Time to see if I can handle it and critique whether or not the UK's exams really ARE as rough as they say...
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  • @evan
    @evan  5 ปีที่แล้ว +16414

    1. I didn't know you could use a pencil! Had I known that I woulda just used pencil for the whole thing.
    2. Who owns a ruler? Why do lines HAVE to be straight? :(
    3. Hope you enjoyed this! It was an absolute beast to film and edit

    • @alyssaax
      @alyssaax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +481

      How’d you find the gcse compared to SATs? - loved the vid btw thanks for doing it

    • @ceecie5776
      @ceecie5776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1599

      You can only use a pencil for the working out. You need to use a black pen because the paper is scanned and it stops cheating.

    • @yazplatt
      @yazplatt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +546

      In English maths exams it’s on the equipment list and they can mark you down on diagrams if they’re not neat 😂

    • @felicitypenn-jones230
      @felicitypenn-jones230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +352

      You should try an a level maths paper!!!

    • @emilyb7421
      @emilyb7421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +372

      By the way, an 8 is very good and is an A* not an A. A 9 is an A** and very difficult to achieve. Congrats!
      EDIT: I get that there is no such thing as an A** but a 9 is described as an equivalent to it because the grade boundaries for the new 9 are a lot higher than the old A* but the boundaries for the new 8 are very similar to the old A*.

  • @jamalsafeer7405
    @jamalsafeer7405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4810

    Wait he has a degree and is struggling with maths GCSE’s, we do it when we’re 15/16 stressed with 20 other exams

    • @rosies4999
      @rosies4999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +579

      You mean like 20 other exams! Fuck the British education system :(

    • @MrToymaster1
      @MrToymaster1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      I actually had multiple nervous breakdowns because of GCSEs

    • @arii8495
      @arii8495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      WaveyG 25 other exams*

    • @jimmyg1913
      @jimmyg1913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The A Channel I had 28 😂

    • @mcmeme835
      @mcmeme835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jimmyg1913 I'm gonna have more aww *fuck* man

  • @slothshyper4402
    @slothshyper4402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7171

    Who’s gunna tell him 15 year olds are doing this

    • @SH-ck1bd
      @SH-ck1bd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      And that I'm 13 and I am doing this kinda stuff

    • @fionnagrant6636
      @fionnagrant6636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      If it's anything like NZ, it's a basic level of maths literacy that you're supposed to achieve before leaving school, so some kids are doing this sort of maths way earlier and doing the exam with their peers, and some kids are doing both the learning and the exam at a younger age. We call it NCEA Level 1 now, but we used call it School Certificate and have the exam the year you turn 16 which used to be the year it was legal to leave school.

    • @slothshyper4402
      @slothshyper4402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      S H shut up you nerd

    • @tristanrowan5105
      @tristanrowan5105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Literally did this exam earlier today whilst revising for my mock

    • @slothshyper4402
      @slothshyper4402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BruhTV it’s a Saturday

  • @FrankFurther
    @FrankFurther 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2304

    You cannot compare American 'exams' to English. US exams might as well be a quiz on the back of a cereal box

    • @kaput_hodge
      @kaput_hodge 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      omd i forgot about cereal box quizzes!! that sparks memories

    • @lol-bg4wh
      @lol-bg4wh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      I’m American 16 and this looks like one of the easiest tests I’ve ever seen, the first half of the questions i could answer from 8th grade

    • @Ava_5411
      @Ava_5411 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +195

      ​​@@lol-bg4whThe first half of the paper is the same as foundation (which the maximum grade is 5 for). It gets more difficult as you progress.

    • @knittedplushie
      @knittedplushie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

      @@lol-bg4whthe first half is meant to be easy so that people have the chance to pass, and the grades are based on how well everyone in the country does so if everyone gets those questions right then the marks basically amount to nothing

    • @kathrynhughes4518
      @kathrynhughes4518 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@lol-bg4what least the first couple of pages are from the foundation paper, the lower exam that only goes up to a grade 5 (thats around a high C) it’s so theses who are doing higher, that may not be as smart have a chance to pass.

  • @emmaarmstrong3680
    @emmaarmstrong3680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +948

    as someone who sits the maths higher paper and is going gcses next year, i must say we are literally taught to dumb down and write every little step so that they cannot take off marks - the mark scheme loves being like ‘ok well you didn’t show you multiplied by 6 so lol fail’

    • @blu9856
      @blu9856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      GCSE markschemes are garbage

    • @justmonika3365
      @justmonika3365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I litrealy write down the fucking multiples of numbers like 6 for every assessment I do for the preperations for future exams because I know that they will be shitting on everything I don't point out

    • @Darrenlinkon
      @Darrenlinkon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Fr sometimes it's annoying since I got a question right but didn't have the right working put making me lose 3 marks

    • @smamy8861
      @smamy8861 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      maybe its ur exam board but for the ones we do if u get the right answer u get full marks

    • @Amritss664
      @Amritss664 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@smamy8861 is it AQA? OCR? or what?

  • @gablar_802
    @gablar_802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5611

    Mans got his smart watch on, you're disqualified mate

    • @leochen7607
      @leochen7607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      He also had his phone with him, on the desk and all ffs

    • @dcandmarvelclips360
      @dcandmarvelclips360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +271

      @@leochen7607 and his speaking in the exam 🤣😂😂

    • @Beth1602
      @Beth1602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I had to take my Fitbit off during my GCSE’s lmao

    • @Channel-ro3cr
      @Channel-ro3cr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      And he’s talking

    • @adamribbans811
      @adamribbans811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Good job he isn’t communicating with any other candidate whilst he is in the exam room. But it’s not a proper test coz there isn’t a guy shouting “5 minutes remaining 5 minutes”

  • @sn00py25
    @sn00py25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11073

    Who’s going to tell him he would be scored zero cause he didn’t write it in the answer line...

    • @mmmtastyalidzie2435
      @mmmtastyalidzie2435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +929

      and even if he got the answers right and on the line the method is so shit that he would get no method marks

    • @KamisatoElias
      @KamisatoElias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @impr0visati0n yes

    • @KamisatoElias
      @KamisatoElias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @impr0visati0n for a correct method you get marks. For example, stating and substituting the correct numbers into an equation would get you some marks, regardless of if the final answer is incorrect. So, you might mess up in rearranging a formula, but if the steps before that were correct you would, say, get 1/2 marks out of 4.

    • @wojciechs9129
      @wojciechs9129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      If the answers were correct he would of gotten every Mark, doesn’t matter where you write it and if there was any working. If he got the answer wrong but had working, he would of got some marks if the workings were along the right lines

    • @jrdan5827
      @jrdan5827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@wojciechs9129 that only works in the sciences not maths unfortunately

  • @adambednarek2007
    @adambednarek2007 ปีที่แล้ว +658

    One other thing to note:
    The reason you’re meant to write in black ink is because here in the UK, the scripts for external assessments are scanned by a machine before being handed to a physical examiner. The scanners are such that black ink is the only colour that it can recognise

    • @spencertarver
      @spencertarver หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      we do that in America too

  • @stevenpayne984
    @stevenpayne984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3837

    Hi, sorry to break the news to you but I was a maths and physics examiner for this exam board for a number of years and your final score on this exam would have been 52, not 61.
    This equates to 65%, which in that year would have given you a grade 5 (possibly 6) which is equivalent to a grade 'C' (possibly B) on the paper for 16 year olds.
    You have given yourself a few marks here and there which would almost certainly not have been given (unless you had a VERY sympathetic Examiner).
    Your point about incorrect grammar was correct - I have fed this back to the Subject Officer for maths at Edexcel / Pearson.
    Points to note:
    1) You should use a ruler for graphs (It does say you require one on the front of the paper) and your working is set out in a chaotic manner which makes it difficult to follow.
    2) When it says 'show your working' you need to set out each step logically and in order, top to bottom, and not keep jumping around in the answer space. You need to DEMONSTRATE your working, not merely provide it for the Examiner to go looking for.
    3) You should use 'x' for multiplication signs, not '.' (which can be misinterpreted as a decimal point).
    4) Your numbers are unclear....you should take care that your numeric 4's cannot be mistaken for a 'Y' or the greek letter 'Gamma'. You should also note that your '6' looks like a 'b' and vice versa, and that on question 19 your 'x' looks like a 'y'.
    5) You actually had 90 minutes for the paper but only used 60, making it difficult to predict what your final score would have been if you had used the full allocation of time.
    Based on this you would be borderline for acceptance on to an 'A' Level course (16 to 18 year olds) in most UK schools, and would probably need to rely on a good score on Paper 2

    • @oohhyyae6589
      @oohhyyae6589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1015

      ohhhhhh, you destroyed him.

    • @union_silver4858
      @union_silver4858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +356

      damn, you got any tips for gcse higher maths then?

    • @User40919
      @User40919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +426

      American students have it easy

    • @ace_reject
      @ace_reject 2 ปีที่แล้ว +486

      Epic burn! He was way too cocky for my liking, and a lot of his workings were really chaotic to follow. It’s a long time ago now, but I feel like when I did GCSE Maths, we used to number each step down the page?

    • @spookybanna1237
      @spookybanna1237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      This comment freaked me out, if his paper is equal to a 6 or 5 i am well and truly screwed i probably won't even scrape a pass.

  • @verity2667
    @verity2667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5011

    I’d just like to point out he has a degree in maths... and 16 year old children are supposed to take this

    • @jdc4316
      @jdc4316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Are we children though?

    • @benc9155
      @benc9155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      H under 18 so yh

    • @jdc4316
      @jdc4316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      T .0 but we can get married, buy lottery tickets and leave school so doesn’t feel like it

    • @jesspalombo961
      @jesspalombo961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      H legally children

    • @meeps8456
      @meeps8456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jdc4316 not in most countries tho

  • @ra21k40
    @ra21k40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3162

    ‘Use black ink , this is maths ,the pencil’
    Fam we gave up on pencils in year 6

    • @NANO2459
      @NANO2459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Its pens for writing and pencils are only used for drawings

    • @g0406
      @g0406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ye we get beat if a teacher sees a pencil on your desk in year 7 if you're not in maths
      (in yr 11 now btw, not yr 7 :) )

    • @felonii9315
      @felonii9315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      GPretzel 14245, wtf, I think your living in the wrong era. It’s 2020, not the Victorian Era.

    • @izloves8784
      @izloves8784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      վɑӏӏ ςɑղ ɾҽӏɑեҽ uh yeah I didn’t do all that work for that pen license for nothing..

    • @g0406
      @g0406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      felonii obviously not completely serious :) lol

  • @Yasin_2312
    @Yasin_2312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    US Students: “School is soo hard and unfair”
    (Non-Uniform and Multitask Questions) am I a joke you?

    • @Vaul.
      @Vaul. ปีที่แล้ว +7

      British students: “man, I can’t pay attention to the teacher because this room smells of rotting teeth”

    • @abyss3616
      @abyss3616 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@Vaul. 1. noone says 'man' 2. u cant smell teeth 3. id rather 'smell rotting teeth' than get shot up lmao

    • @underscore2708
      @underscore2708 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Vaul. bro's mad his school systems easier 💀

    • @typlim
      @typlim ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Vaul. huh

    • @chafikaziz
      @chafikaziz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@abyss3616 "noone say 'man' yeah we do wdym

  • @false746
    @false746 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Not me just watching this instead of revising for my GCSE Maths exam hahaha

    • @Alys-may
      @Alys-may 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same 😂😭

    • @strawberry_sweetner_278
      @strawberry_sweetner_278 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@Alys-may me too.. its tomorrow and i dont know anything

    • @ballsack426
      @ballsack426 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@strawberry_sweetner_278 Literally hunched over writing on an exam paper right now i should be asleep 😭

    • @lukejackson2493
      @lukejackson2493 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      literally me

  • @ak-rv8rh
    @ak-rv8rh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13607

    he.... he doesn’t- he doesn’t do curly x’s

    • @winnielewis1749
      @winnielewis1749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +534

      My teacher used to shout at me and say how do I know they aren't times signs
      To which I say THE ANSWER ISNT 3×+1 is it Miss? Its 3x+1

    • @b0y0ne
      @b0y0ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@winnielewis1749 why did I read this as times and x

    • @Jack-sf9zo
      @Jack-sf9zo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I just used X as a times and x as x but yea I got a little annoyed at it as well lol

    • @shom924
      @shom924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *to the ranch*

    • @TobyBanci
      @TobyBanci 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂

  • @skateplays8880
    @skateplays8880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2410

    This guy got a degree in Maths and yet he’s struggling with GCSE Maths
    Imagine his reaction to A-Level Maths...

    • @tinx713
      @tinx713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Skate Plays atleast there’s actually an option to drop A-level maths

    • @punisherjones6795
      @punisherjones6795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tinx713 yeah😂that's why i dropped it

    • @tinx713
      @tinx713 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@punisherjones6795 oh, good on you then 😋

    • @Blitz0009
      @Blitz0009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he would have a breakdown

    • @tanisha5161
      @tanisha5161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      If your good at GCSE math, like really good you probably will take further maths which is like A-level maths

  • @robyn2791
    @robyn2791 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    A little tip, the non calculator paper will generally use "nice" numbers. When you're asked to estimate, you need to round each number to 1 sig fig to get those nice numbers.

  • @tomhewings6613
    @tomhewings6613 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +362

    Yeah this guy gave himself so many extra marks, realistically he got around 50 marks and this paper is probably the easiest GCSE maths paper I've seen. 100% on this paper would be pretty easy for any grade 8/9 GCSE maths student. It's surprising that they don't teach trigonometry at the corresponding level of education in America as well, as the concept of trigonometry is fairly straight forward. I guess this proves that the British education system is far better than the American one.

    • @DrFuzzyaka-atomic
      @DrFuzzyaka-atomic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Fax, calculator papers often harder tbf

    • @Grey0730
      @Grey0730 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think we already knew the British education system is far better than the American one lmao, America’s education system is in literal shambles.

    • @BananaWasTaken
      @BananaWasTaken 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DrFuzzyaka-atomicdepends on the person. I’d say paper 2 is easiest of the 3 and paper 3 is the hardest

    • @mymumoverwaterstheflowersd8071
      @mymumoverwaterstheflowersd8071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@BananaWasTakendepends each year imo

    • @SlumberousSnorlax
      @SlumberousSnorlax หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just because it's harder doesn't mean it's better. In 2024 only 22.9% of GCSE examinees passed with a grade 4 and up. That's fucking disgusting and pathetic from the British education system, and it needs some serious reform (39% of all students fail if you wanted to restrict the data to only student).

  • @icecold_tea
    @icecold_tea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8332

    Evan: do I have to write all the steps?
    Every uk kid: DO YOU WANT THE WORKING OUT MARKS OR NOT!?

    • @jadkins6500
      @jadkins6500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      I get so angry when i vote the answer right but i don't get any marks cause i didn't work it out.

    • @icecold_tea
      @icecold_tea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Jadkin S Oh, that reminds me of when my friend did the working out marks and had the right method but didn’t get the question right. And his teacher gave him ZERO method marks like-

    • @valkyrie8721
      @valkyrie8721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      1 method mark
      1 method mark
      1 method mark
      1 method mark
      1 method mark
      1 accuracy mark...
      Y ISN'T ACCURACY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE!!!!

    • @agirlnamedbunbun
      @agirlnamedbunbun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@jadkins6500 I literally just write random working out even if I don't understand. And that's how I always get the highest in my class. Lmfao.

    • @PixelYouTube
      @PixelYouTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It should be:
      All the marks for correct answer
      But if the answer isnt right then look at the method to see if they can atleast earn a few marks
      Personally i do everything in my head, and my meg is 9 so my answers are usually accurate, so i HATE having to show working out for the sake of it, such a waste of time

  • @zenvibes2358
    @zenvibes2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3980

    Americans: Why are British teens so depressed
    British education system: *I'm actually CEO of the company*

    • @omarfarooq7549
      @omarfarooq7549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      GCSE Math A* thresholds are 85%??? Thats very low tbh

    • @zenvibes2358
      @zenvibes2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@omarfarooq7549 what?

    • @omarfarooq7549
      @omarfarooq7549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zenvibes2358 nah I was just wondering, everyone in the comments is like Oh he got an 8 but he only got like 81%

    • @zenvibes2358
      @zenvibes2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@omarfarooq7549 I'm still confused what are you talking about?

    • @omarfarooq7549
      @omarfarooq7549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm just asking you if the thresholds for an 8 are really 80%?

  • @zuhahumera7610
    @zuhahumera7610 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    12:08 BRO STARTED USING THE STRAIGHT LINE GRAPHS FORMULA FOR SIMPLE SHAPE TRANSLATIONS!

  • @imalfie7079
    @imalfie7079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Saw this off-hand whilst revising for my first mock paper.
    I get the paper today and it was THIS PAPER.
    Can't lie, I forgot anything this guy did in it so I flunked it.
    Mocks are going great, people.

    • @wxfx.x6281
      @wxfx.x6281 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m doing my mocks in a few days as well I have no idea what I’m doing , but it’s fine. I hope all goes well with your exams !! :)

  • @wez1402
    @wez1402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16277

    Who’s gonna tell him there are two more papers that make up an overall grade, it’s even worse if you do further maths

    • @dex9840
      @dex9840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      IKR 😂😂

    • @lightbrownwolf7
      @lightbrownwolf7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Lol Ikr XD

    • @wez1402
      @wez1402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Husni Egeh :)

    • @oliverloake6103
      @oliverloake6103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      2 and 3 would bring that to a 6 maybe 7 if he’s lucky

    • @lukestarford7608
      @lukestarford7608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      And that in order to pass you have to get over 110 marks.

  • @Kaiji...
    @Kaiji... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9820

    “Why don’t you like maths”
    Everyone in the UK:

    • @Kaiji...
      @Kaiji... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Stfu

    • @badmitten690
      @badmitten690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Kaiji... I love maths

    • @ShineCraftMCpe
      @ShineCraftMCpe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      @@badmitten690 no one fucking cares

    • @jackiessquirrel5508
      @jackiessquirrel5508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Lyrical Robloxian lmao probably better than u

    • @ShineCraftMCpe
      @ShineCraftMCpe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      @@jackiessquirrel5508 yet again no cares

  • @parker4621
    @parker4621 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Now imagine being 15-16 and having to do all that

    • @susman5804
      @susman5804 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jee advanced is way harder than GCSE(both for 16 year olds)

    • @parker4621
      @parker4621 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susman5804 that's a type of Indian entrance exam right? (I'm sorry if that's wrong Im not familiar with other types of exams) Jee advanced may be harder than GCSEs I think it's silly that they makes us do such difficult tests at such a young age

    • @user-hh6xp9dv8c
      @user-hh6xp9dv8c ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's kind of lightweight to be honest, you have 2-3 years to learn and practice all the content.

  • @spo0pti918
    @spo0pti918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    now to do three of these along with 4 english exams (for which you need to become an amateur journalist, memorise by heart 15 poems, 3 books and the ability to analyse a new poem in detail in less than an hour), 2 exams for physics biology and chemistry, (you need to pass all these to move on in your life), four history exams (which you need to know the content for 4 topics in detail, half of which make you feel faint because it’s essentially uncensored gore), learn spanish (ya know, just like that), write two entire new essays in 1.5 hours for drama and spend 10 hours on an art piece in complete silence with now music or anything.
    now you might be thinking “oh that’s fine, i have 2 years to revise” WRONG. you need to spend that time creating a freaking wall full of artwork, writing a short play and writing 15 pages of waffle explaining what you did in drama class when you can scarcely remember anything because your brain is full to the brim with equations and poems and chapters of novels and detailed traumatic descriptions of the dangers of surgeries from 1300-1800, along with so much more. you need to know EVERYTHING, but only 10% of what you’ve forced into your brain actually appears on the exams. you had to give up your mental health, time with friends and family and the allusive “blissful experience” of being young to memorise stuff that NEVER MATTERED TO YOU. time, money, energy gone to BARELY scrape a good grade in subjects that you never were interested in.
    i realise that i’ve ranted but i hope people can see that gcses are hell. and it is almost non optional that you must do them. i am coming up to my exams now and every single day is a struggle to grasp on to my sanity while revising an endless list of topics. i now naturally stay awake until 3 am with stress, guilt and anxiety. and i know that my efforts in the long run amount to nothing as even if i got top grades i’d still be unlikely to find a job or a home.
    gcses take so much from you and leave you with nothing. i know that most of my friends are struggling to get through each day too. we are all depressed and anxious and i don’t know anyone in my friend group who hasn’t hurt themselves since the start of these awful two years.
    this is the effect of the british school system.
    i’m sorry for ranting and getting personal.

    • @mcinnit
      @mcinnit หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      thank u for saying this.

    • @HumanitysStrongestHomelessman
      @HumanitysStrongestHomelessman หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro GCSEs are not that deep….

    • @mad_6519
      @mad_6519 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HumanitysStrongestHomelessman If you wanna live in your mum's attic for the rest of your life- although that's sounding more realistic these days

    • @HumanitysStrongestHomelessman
      @HumanitysStrongestHomelessman หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mad_6519 I mean they aren't that difficult. Revise and try your best.

    • @kanan597
      @kanan597 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      okay mate they aren't that bad

  • @lucacolucci4446
    @lucacolucci4446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2727

    Who going to tell him that this was the easier paper out of the three

    • @moony7945
      @moony7945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Luca Colucci *Laughs slowly turning into tears*

    • @anakinskywalker3777
      @anakinskywalker3777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I hate paper 1, paper 2 is faaaar easier and better

    • @sbeve4323
      @sbeve4323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Pasta Italiana nah paper 1 is easier unless your dumb af and don’t just abuse the calculator

    • @themafia3119
      @themafia3119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nope. It's actually a higher tier paper.

    • @riouxe8455
      @riouxe8455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yunkoe
      Paper 1 is non-calculator
      Paper 2/3 are calculator papers
      Or atleast they were for me

  • @thefrogmonarch4404
    @thefrogmonarch4404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4757

    Are we not going to talk about how he should be disqualified because you have to do the exam in silence?

  • @julielmorris
    @julielmorris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Evan, I teach GCSE and A Level, and no offence intended at all, you are hilarious! And this is brilliant.
    1. Your enthusiasm is brilliant. Maths is fun because it challenges us and god it’s satisfying when we get it right!
    2. Everyone needs to remember how quickly maths skills can be lost, if you’re not doing them every day. Irrespective of him having a maths degree, because I guarantee much of the complex maths he did would not regularly use these concepts. ( I took 2 years off from uni to teaching and forgot about 6 years of maths in that time)
    3. Coordinate geometry and circle theorems are some of the hardest concepts for students to learn, so I’m not surprised they messed with you!
    Well done, I can’t wait to watch your A Level paper…… if only to show my students 😂

  • @dustedshelf
    @dustedshelf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    3:22 that pound sign made me have an aneurysm

  • @emeraldfraser5223
    @emeraldfraser5223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3425

    Laughs in British for all of those marks he lost for putting the answer in a box not on the given line

    • @evan
      @evan  5 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      IN AMERICA WE BOX OUR ANSWERS

    • @TKDDLJ09
      @TKDDLJ09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      In Denmark we put two lines under the answer. Honestly thought the whole world did that. 😂😂😂

    • @rachelsingleton2023
      @rachelsingleton2023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I do the same as the Danes. Underline answer twice. But I also went to uni in Germany as well as England.

    • @abcxyz-cx4mr
      @abcxyz-cx4mr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Rachel Singleton - British uni exams are very different to GCSE and a level exams though

    • @rachelsingleton2023
      @rachelsingleton2023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Marley Barley I know. I'm a Brit. I sat my GCSE'S and A Levels in England. I remember that we were always told to read the instructions. Then read them again!!

  • @lily-gx2es
    @lily-gx2es 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5334

    my teacher would be screaming cos he doesn’t do curly x’s

    • @kpnomore8626
      @kpnomore8626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @rjntchapz6997
      @rjntchapz6997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cos x

    • @mishig
      @mishig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol i do them naturally for any writing :b

    • @sarahlouisescott2901
      @sarahlouisescott2901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lily Grace sameee 😂

    • @hannahheal354
      @hannahheal354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your English teacher is screaming because you put an apostrophe in between x and s

  • @arbee1958
    @arbee1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fantastic video - it would be great if more students saw videos like this showing the shortcuts , thought processes , handy shorthand etc that allow you to tackle these problems

  • @WeeklyDoseOfCeleste
    @WeeklyDoseOfCeleste 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    For the record, since the recording of this video, it has gotten even harder than this since the minister of education likes to make gcse's even harder each year

    • @averiexlaaa_
      @averiexlaaa_ 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      5% or 10% harder each yr

  • @sophies2350
    @sophies2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3058

    Being a British citizen hearing him call them ‘points’ is getting on my nerves

    • @fahmeda4935
      @fahmeda4935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      marks!!! :)

    • @sophies2350
      @sophies2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Fahmeda Ali exactly 😂

    • @finthefish2525
      @finthefish2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well than please leave

    • @erinmckenzie4666
      @erinmckenzie4666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      finthefish it's just very annoying we dont have to leave it's just very irritating

    • @adyeeti
      @adyeeti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      marks ✊😔

  • @cephzs
    @cephzs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2963

    school : dEpReSsSiOn aNd anxiEty iS cAUsEd bY sOcIaL mEdIa
    English education : enjoy 20-30 gcse papers

    • @user-cg6wo2fw7k
      @user-cg6wo2fw7k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      AlL oF yOu ArE cApAbLe Of gEtTiNg 9's!

    • @brandonbrown8215
      @brandonbrown8215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      AdamW5As literally every teacher

    • @mypenisisunbelievablysmall7227
      @mypenisisunbelievablysmall7227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      AdamW5As meanwhile I’m here with my 7’s and 8’s :(

    • @BenjieWinney
      @BenjieWinney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      My penis is unbelievably small, but stfu

    • @boy4103
      @boy4103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Wait till you get to A levels. Am doing 3 subjects in A level and struggling. I did 9 subjects in GCSE (18 papers). Can confirm GCSE’s are a breeze.

  • @Megan-ws3fr
    @Megan-ws3fr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Renee you have a problem” okay but you can’t deny we all say this in our heads even when taking proper GCSEs

  • @zoesmay
    @zoesmay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this paper was my mock paper last year, somehow got a decent mark, watching evan overcomplicate it is really funny

  • @darkbluegriever3813
    @darkbluegriever3813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18698

    Anyone else from Britain cringe every time he said points instead of marks

    • @mahnoorrehman8327
      @mahnoorrehman8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      I m a Pakistani but got cringe,,

    • @donpingus
      @donpingus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      How can you cringe to a word?

    • @lstintrsltn
      @lstintrsltn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      DonPingus because in Britain it’s marks not points lol

    • @donpingus
      @donpingus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      gxlittry I know I have lived both in England and America but just feeling cringe because he’s saying a word differently in my opinion is kinda dumb

    • @hannahj7290
      @hannahj7290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      OH MY GOD YESSS

  • @LucA-lw2bm
    @LucA-lw2bm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11021

    This is what a 15 year old takes😂 this person is an adult with maths degrees

    • @tommywilson2427
      @tommywilson2427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +702

      15-16 year olds*

    • @soraskywolf1453
      @soraskywolf1453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +542

      I swear my maths mock i had 1 week ago was so much harder than this though

    • @zoegregory3142
      @zoegregory3142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I was 15 :(

    • @MrMichaelsheldrake
      @MrMichaelsheldrake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      I had a test just like this and I’m 13 😂

    • @shom924
      @shom924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      @@MrMichaelsheldrake yeah sure you did mate

  • @fxggzy
    @fxggzy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching you do the question 16 was so funny you were so stressed and did it in the most complex way possible😂

  • @christopherpackham732
    @christopherpackham732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I took advanced GCSE maths over 20 years ago. Was "lucky enough" to be selected for the higher stream to take it a year early. I got a C. I can honestly say I have forgotten nearly everything I ever learnt in any of my maths classes, and it has not for one moment held me back either personally or professionally. What would have been more helpful in GCSE maths would be far more emphasis on finance, since I had to teach myself almost entirely from scratch.
    Great video.

  • @katieabram6296
    @katieabram6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2345

    I cringed when he didn’t write his answers on the line and when he said points instead of marks. WHERE ARE THE CURLY X’s and he would lose marks for not putting unit of measurement

    • @iamsabz364
      @iamsabz364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY PERSON

    • @katieabram6296
      @katieabram6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sabha imran
      Don’t worry, you’re not alone here

    • @sienna.6654
      @sienna.6654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      People saying points makes me feel like it's a game

    • @katieabram6296
      @katieabram6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dog Paw
      And for anyone who’s done an exam, you know it’s not a game

    • @sienna.6654
      @sienna.6654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@katieabram6296 I know it's just cos where I live in school it's marks and games are often counted in points

  • @mirilondondrift
    @mirilondondrift 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2681

    Why did I just watch some random guy do a test wtf

    • @froggy2311
      @froggy2311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hxmuza same

    • @ewanmcc01
      @ewanmcc01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      this is exactly what i was thinking, at 1:26am

    • @ewanmcc01
      @ewanmcc01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aka i love you

    • @lydiachard6882
      @lydiachard6882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same.

    • @Saad.S15
      @Saad.S15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hxmuza it’s 12 35 here in England and I fucking can’t go sleep 😢
      I need help 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @frankiej1637
    @frankiej1637 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    idk about other schools but we were always taught, second half of the paper is the hard part so when revising, first revise the subjects YOU struggle with, then revise the subjects on the second half of past papers. i got a grade 9, idk what letter that equates to but its the highest possible grade u can get.

    • @Neepeta
      @Neepeta 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A star i believe

  • @itsbillie1968
    @itsbillie1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is helping me so much rn for GCSEs 😭😭 Thankyou

  • @jesse2436
    @jesse2436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2439

    Americans: why are UK kids so depressed?
    UK Education: *it was me*

    • @jayyoudeeee9096
      @jayyoudeeee9096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Jesse they have literally never said that lol

    • @Tafara7
      @Tafara7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jayyoudeeee9096 lmao I've seen many MANY Americans ask that not only online but in real life. You must not know a lot of Americans

    • @Anna-ts4lg
      @Anna-ts4lg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      there’s me who’s doing their 2 hour maths hw atm 😂

    • @rhys8049
      @rhys8049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why are Ameican kids shooting each other 🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @christophersanchez5613
      @christophersanchez5613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last I checked us education taught me this easy math

  • @TechLifeYT
    @TechLifeYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3332

    This madlad really just took GCSE Higher Maths WILLINGLY.

    • @UwaisPlayz
      @UwaisPlayz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      and got an 8 on his first attempt ?! i can barely get past a 4.

    • @crustytoes4433
      @crustytoes4433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@UwaisPlayz same lol

    • @lucasg2216
      @lucasg2216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      UwaisPlayz I got a 2 in foundation hahahah

    • @ikrammunye6723
      @ikrammunye6723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Crazy IK!!!! I have to do the higher paper and I'm stressing out. I'm only in YR10

    • @mylittlefurry8076
      @mylittlefurry8076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Got a 3 in foundation man like me 😎

  • @MrMagicMarble
    @MrMagicMarble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ive gotten really bad sets in everything besides maths and modern languages so im watching videos like this for each subject when ever i get home

  • @alexn4914
    @alexn4914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yo thanks for the revision. great way to make me actually practice some maths! also if u think this is bad wait till u see the ocr add maths content. seriously look it up

  • @LJ-vm9rn
    @LJ-vm9rn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2557

    The worst thing is that they make the GCSE’s harder every year
    Edit: rip me class of 2020💀

    • @Stefan-bc9gm
      @Stefan-bc9gm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      RIP Class of 2023

    • @alice-xr3bk
      @alice-xr3bk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I’m year 9 so I take mine in idk what year 😂

    • @benprocter2541
      @benprocter2541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Rip me class of 2020

    • @hannahbatt3802
      @hannahbatt3802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      thfcalice _ you finish your GCSEs in 2022 because I’m year 10 and I’ll finish in 2021 i think..maybe

    • @nozrul4170
      @nozrul4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@alice-xr3bk same 😂 we take it in 2022 good luck 😂

  • @adamribbans811
    @adamribbans811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2812

    World: why u British so miserable
    British education:

    • @jorja4234
      @jorja4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Adam Ribbans and the damn weather

    • @adamribbans811
      @adamribbans811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yah😂😂

    • @thomaswilson1107
      @thomaswilson1107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Adam Ribbans World except for USA: depressed
      USA: shooting up schools.

    • @noemiebastow719
      @noemiebastow719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thats so true, but u should try going to french school.
      first of all we have 9hour long days.
      second of all, the presentation has to be PERFECT if not you loose 2/3 of the points, so he would have completely failed
      and then u have USA with multiple choice answers😰

    • @someone-dh1zy
      @someone-dh1zy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also middle eastern people and Egyptian

  • @HowToHay
    @HowToHay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I sat my GCSEs over 13 years ago and I have forgotten basically all of this!
    I used to love maths but now I look at these and just think there is no way I'll be able to help my daughter when she sits her exams 😅

  • @jerryjohnson6810
    @jerryjohnson6810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i swear i think this is the FIRST "math class" i've enjoyed lol
    good job dude you are very funny

  • @abbeysutton926
    @abbeysutton926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5687

    Americans are so lucky all they have to do is fill in circles

    • @brumav9779
      @brumav9779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      wtf really

    • @Hunterakhi
      @Hunterakhi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      U Lucky bois

    • @itsShade
      @itsShade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Really?

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      it as they struggle like some words they not use proper english ;)

    • @DeadBore
      @DeadBore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      it's not easy ...

  • @lilac_rainclouds
    @lilac_rainclouds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1455

    The number of marks he’s losing just for not writing the answer on the designated line is honestly funny to me

    • @bradiefuell9905
      @bradiefuell9905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Omg yes 😂

    • @dronevideos1752
      @dronevideos1752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You don’t need to put it in a line, there are no lines and they look at the worrking mostly😩👍

    • @crazyday3175
      @crazyday3175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Thats all I could focus on the whole video. That and how he writes .6 instead of 0.6 an examiner isnt going to give him the mark because they're going to think its 6 instead of 0.6.

    • @ninjashyper9059
      @ninjashyper9059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@dronevideos1752 your clearly not British
      In Britain e have a line that we have to write the answer on otherwise it's invalid

    • @crazygreenpotatoes53
      @crazygreenpotatoes53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ninjashyper9059 such nonsense......... whyyy I'm from Ireland btww imm only in secondary junior cycle exams nxt yrrr we are already preparing

  • @shreya...007
    @shreya...007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    One thing I've gotta say for Evan
    The 15-16 year olds who take this exam spend the entire year studying for this. Evan hasn't done this for years

    • @crazyfriend50
      @crazyfriend50 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hes a maths degree person whatever
      He should know this maths

    • @shreya...007
      @shreya...007 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@crazyfriend50 People with maths degrees learn maths which is way different from high school level maths. He is definitely capable of these easily, I'm just saying he probably forgot most of this.
      Hell, ask me to remember the interest formula I learnt 2 years ago I can barely do it and I passed with 100% in maths. He can do it, he just forgot it, that's all.

  • @hqs9585
    @hqs9585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    problem 8: don't guess values for sides , simply do this: 5x+4X+3x =72, then x=6. area is 4x times 3x over 2. Then area is 6x^2=216cm^2. Its actually very trivial.

  • @Oli-xc4tm
    @Oli-xc4tm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    Who's gonna tell him we're not allowed to talk at all

    • @finthefish2525
      @finthefish2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      U think he’s just going to sit there for 50 minutes without talking

    • @Oli-xc4tm
      @Oli-xc4tm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@finthefish2525 yes

    • @finthefish2525
      @finthefish2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      MrMag do you realize how boring that would be

    • @youtubelife921
      @youtubelife921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      finthefish I think the point they were making is that many people would find stuff like this easier when they say it aloud, he had to make this video entertaining though so he had to talk

    • @TobyBanci
      @TobyBanci 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

  • @edwardsheppard5943
    @edwardsheppard5943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2026

    Just to let you know, 'higher' maths is just normal maths for most people in the UK

    • @Ben.N
      @Ben.N 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      These are a levels right? Further maths is so damn hard.

    • @edwardsheppard5943
      @edwardsheppard5943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @@Ben.N no it's GCSEs

    • @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963
      @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      ArduinoBen
      Nah these are the GSCEs lmao. A levels come 2 years later.

    • @navjotsingh2251
      @navjotsingh2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      ArduinoBen this exam is the standard higher gcse, further maths gcse is equivalent to the AS math qualifications. Normal A level maths is like GCSEs but they add calculus and advanced statistics. Further maths A level is basically the same as A level but they also add topics from the stuff a first year undergrad in a math degree would study.

    • @usermimii
      @usermimii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ikr in our school no one teaches or does foundation

  • @fatima_krana
    @fatima_krana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have my GCSE Higher maths paper tomorrow - and I am looking at your journey LOL!

  • @samyunishtala
    @samyunishtala 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    mocks this week this was actually so fun to watch now I have to struggle myself

  • @grace5780
    @grace5780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28882

    who’s gonna tell him we have to do 2 more of these papers, learn 2 books a shakespeare play and 15 poems, as well as content for like 10 other subjects

    • @leopaveley
      @leopaveley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +432

      yh :'(

    • @Charlie1056x
      @Charlie1056x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      yuppp ;-;

    • @juanlim85
      @juanlim85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +821

      And if you’re doing humanities :/:/

    • @juanlim85
      @juanlim85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      I’m just happy it’s over

    • @Adam-hi4mg
      @Adam-hi4mg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      Learn 15 poems? You don't have to know them off by heart, just the general gist of them and maybe 1 or 2 lines. Or even just learn 2 of them really well and relate them to whatever the question is.

  • @JP-dj3ty
    @JP-dj3ty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2718

    Who's gunna tell him he gets no marks for drawing graphs or diagrams in pen

  • @tasnimmiah3645
    @tasnimmiah3645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    there's this thing called error carried forward, and it's where you can still get marks if all your working out is correct. but i think thats only if the mark scheme says ecf

  • @hydros5020
    @hydros5020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He makes it fun and I learn stuff at the same time… niceee

  • @morganhester4536
    @morganhester4536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3162

    Can we keep in mind us British people do this when we are 16 years old.

    • @toppy4525
      @toppy4525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      I’ll do it at 15 😭

    • @foundingtitann
      @foundingtitann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      sometimes when we’re even younger

    • @chonkman
      @chonkman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Not only Brits im giving it too ;-;

    • @chonkman
      @chonkman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Some questions are kinda fun tho or that might be because I like maths lmao

    • @Geddeez
      @Geddeez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Im doing scottish higher which is the year after gcse's (called national 5 in scotland) and its so much harder than this, like calculus and shit

  • @kjford587
    @kjford587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    Him : "y = mx + b"
    Me : g e t , o u t

    • @adyeeti
      @adyeeti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +481

      Y =mx + c gang wya

    • @bingovalue
      @bingovalue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@adyeeti c ganggg

    • @randomgirl67
      @randomgirl67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Isn't it y=mx+c help me 😂

    • @jimmy0361
      @jimmy0361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@randomgirl67 yes it is

    • @randomgirl67
      @randomgirl67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimmy0361 Thanks even though i go to a British school and should know this information 😂

  • @hazzersgames3884
    @hazzersgames3884 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Someone tell him we have proofs of circle theorems ;)

    • @Sohail55447
      @Sohail55447 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I provide online tutorial mathematics, statistics, per calculus, calculus 1 and 2, physics, biology and chemistry

  • @abdullah_azzam
    @abdullah_azzam 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Never thought I’d see my exams on a TH-cam video like I would just joke around with myself so something like that but now it’s a reality….lol

  • @cli9941
    @cli9941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1596

    Americans: why are British kids so depressed
    The British education system: whooop I did it again

    • @Vivacomunismo
      @Vivacomunismo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The guy who commented below is right I went from Spain to English from the bottom of my Spanish maths class to the top of my English maths class it's so different

    • @QWERTYOP80
      @QWERTYOP80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A tough maths test is better than being shot in the face

    • @felonii9315
      @felonii9315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tony Montana, above*

    • @MinecraftAndrewLoves
      @MinecraftAndrewLoves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@felonii9315 he meant below the original comment genius

    • @woof1495
      @woof1495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@felonii9315 a yEaR 8 iS cORrEctiNg yoU

  • @francinep2880
    @francinep2880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2447

    it stresses me out that you do x like a multiplication symbol, not a curly x that everyone uses in algebra

    • @danyaaaaa
      @danyaaaaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      frankiii_ 5002 same lol

    • @mahnoorrehman8327
      @mahnoorrehman8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sammmeeeee

    • @hyperzz5112
      @hyperzz5112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      We use a dot for multiplication

    • @claras.2377
      @claras.2377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I use a dot... it’s a lot less work

    • @matthewj1997
      @matthewj1997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      frankiii_ 5002 i use a straight X for both algebra and multiplying

  • @imSpirit_
    @imSpirit_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my god - this is the exact paper I sat for my 2018 GCSEs. I wouldn't know how to answer a thing now lol

  • @beep6185
    @beep6185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This dude has a degree in maths, I now feel less crap at my barely pass in maths that I did at 15 and 16 at Nat 5 and higher

  • @lilydawson6866
    @lilydawson6866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2228

    when he said “a 8 is okay” i flipped. DOES HE REALISE THATS AN A*

    • @lokkj8570
      @lokkj8570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You people in England have it too easy, in Ireland you have to get at least a 9 to get the highest result.

    • @robingroom5967
      @robingroom5967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      @@lokkj8570 no we have a** aswell

    • @williamlayx
      @williamlayx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Lily Dawson you have to remember he has a masters degree so an 8 is ‘okay’ to him

    • @Kassieq
      @Kassieq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@williamlayx an american masters degree.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Kassieq And hasn't touched the subject in 10 years. If you do not use it, you lose it.

  • @harveyharriss8887
    @harveyharriss8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11457

    Can we just appreciate that 15 year olds take this test and it isn’t even the hardest maths one at GCSEs there are further maths papers too.

    • @callumcandy4153
      @callumcandy4153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@jamiemarshall6832 IKR, I have mine this summer :(. Well technically not GCSEs but CAGS

    • @tw6rn
      @tw6rn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@callumcandy4153 tf is a cag?

    • @RahimAli-lu6jx
      @RahimAli-lu6jx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@callumcandy4153 and your exams got cancelle

    • @UnemotionalBandit
      @UnemotionalBandit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@tw6rn centre assessed grades, what you do if your exams get cancelled because of covid

    • @galactusthehungry2681
      @galactusthehungry2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Further math gcse is tough, I remember struggling on it xD

  • @bloody_sais
    @bloody_sais ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to love the fact that when he's marking the paper the bottom shot was obviously done afterwards

  • @soham7316
    @soham7316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My school makes us do practise tests in an hour to make sure we get there on time without fail in the real ones. Despite the temporary hardships during the test (where I end up missing the last question frustratingly because of the limited time), I think its a good process. I have done 4 so far with my lowest being 62 and the highest being 70. I really want a 75 plus in my mocks next week so good luck to me.
    Shouldn't be too hard considering we have an hour and a half instead of the 1 hour I'm used to.
    I feel kinda proud of myself now seeing Evan scream at the test lol

  • @karinagalloway7125
    @karinagalloway7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1957

    Anyone else cringing that he’s marking his test without a red pen 😖

    • @user-of7fl6ze1s
      @user-of7fl6ze1s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      The Turnip l YES! The purple pens 😂

    • @ijustchangedmyname3377
      @ijustchangedmyname3377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      We use green

    • @kiansearle3877
      @kiansearle3877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      We use red to mark our own and green is just for teachers marking 😂

    • @squidge4728
      @squidge4728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Purple pens if we mark it ourselves lol

    • @karinagalloway7125
      @karinagalloway7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elli O yeah the ones with like 5 different colours? Those were great 😂

  • @rbd6290
    @rbd6290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1134

    He’s done a degree in maths and kinda struggled in this paper. Imagine American kids aged 15-16 doing this... they would be crying😭

    • @anthonystaines5849
      @anthonystaines5849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      RBD I’m crying and I still have 2 years before my GCSE’s

    • @clowd1e449
      @clowd1e449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Fantom Fox23 fuck my gcses in 1 year I don’t know what IM DOING

    • @kawaiicat1416
      @kawaiicat1416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I do GCSE in May/June. I still have no clue and spend my time in class pissing around. Imma fail

    • @clowd1e449
      @clowd1e449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kawaiicat 141 ahaha ggs only

    • @nathanielgiovanni9220
      @nathanielgiovanni9220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kawaiicat 141 Same and I’ll probably fail the November mocks aswell

  • @mirshathmohamed2814
    @mirshathmohamed2814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    46:39 Hey there! 9s and 8s are actually A* and 7s are an A. So good job!

  • @MintyMinho
    @MintyMinho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL the paper he is doing is the paper I just did as a practice for school end of year exams

  • @hawradatoo6272
    @hawradatoo6272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2300

    Imagine someone like him struggling and then expecting us 15 and 16 year olds to do this😭

    • @user-ff8ty9yd1z
      @user-ff8ty9yd1z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      hes not struggling he got an 8

    • @jonahfernandes3345
      @jonahfernandes3345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      @@user-ff8ty9yd1z hes a math major

    • @alexsmart2058
      @alexsmart2058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      He should try further maths lmfao

    • @Miracle643
      @Miracle643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Add in rona and missing so many lessons and we r fucked😭😭

    • @alexanderodonnell988
      @alexanderodonnell988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So much pressure for me cos I am supposed to be doing the higher paper for math

  • @linky8038
    @linky8038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2183

    whos gonna tell him this is the easiest paper

    • @IBZGaming
      @IBZGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Paper 2 is the easiest

    • @freddymathews
      @freddymathews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@IBZGaming Nah, in terms of knowledge of paper 1 is the easiest.

    • @kny_fe
      @kny_fe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@freddymathews It is I did all 3 papers for mocks, paper 1 was easiest imo

    • @louie_barwood2479
      @louie_barwood2479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lemonylimecat I done all 3 and got my lowest on paper 1. :/

    • @lukedavison3994
      @lukedavison3994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@louie_barwood2479 there is always the further maths paper

  • @addisonjudah
    @addisonjudah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you TH-cam for recommending me this, a few months before my maths GCSE. big selfconfidence boost 😅

  • @Snowick_
    @Snowick_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should have read the instructions beforehand on the front cover, LOL😂 😂

  • @lewispage5937
    @lewispage5937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2783

    Put the answers in the bloody allocated areas!

    • @locketbrown2206
      @locketbrown2206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      I thought the same!! and he didnt write the units either!!!

    • @emmacheese6107
      @emmacheese6107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      In my school, if you don't it counts as if you didn't answer it

    • @groggers
      @groggers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ahahaha I was watching fuming

    • @thepage226
      @thepage226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fuck you

    • @thepage226
      @thepage226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the ass

  • @crypt0g0ul75
    @crypt0g0ul75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    Then he realizes, he was sopposed to be silent when doing the exam otherwise they will rip your future in half.

    • @moonpriest8016
      @moonpriest8016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Elliot Alderson I felt that...
      How many times I wanted to speak to myself in a mock
      Bruh and the fact my future could be ripped in half after saying a word is scary to think about
      Watch me have a panic attack in the exam

    • @Josh-wp5tm
      @Josh-wp5tm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supposed*

    • @crypt0g0ul75
      @crypt0g0ul75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Josh-wp5tm fuck off grade 9 student

    • @andrewmccloud8581
      @andrewmccloud8581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@crypt0g0ul75 'soposed' holy shit mate

    • @ollie-ev8zm
      @ollie-ev8zm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soposed.

  • @milkii_tea
    @milkii_tea 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    wish i could yap like this in my exams

  • @maggienoodles3333
    @maggienoodles3333 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    funny how this is recommended to me during gcse season...

  • @samanthahill8780
    @samanthahill8780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1878

    I wanna see an average American do this because you are actually smart

    • @theradioactiveplayer3461
      @theradioactiveplayer3461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I think you mean you DON'T want the average american to do this
      Dear god my friend what sort of mark do you expect from an individual that has a LEGITIMATELY DECENT CHANCE of not accepting that the world is round?

    • @samanthahill8780
      @samanthahill8780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The Radioactive Player, *No chance*

    • @laurie1183
      @laurie1183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It's not an intelligence thing. It's a 'have you done this math recently' thing.

    • @JS-iu3ce
      @JS-iu3ce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Laurie then a grade 10 American (year 11 in UK when take GCSE) and take the average of multiple classes and ranges of schools ( due to some being better then others)

    • @kyality4400
      @kyality4400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      still, i did all of this in September, got a 7 and I legit think i would get a 4 or 5 now because it's all just outta my mind. All you really need when you stop doing maths is like pythagoras, trigonometry, logarithms and all of the basic shit so the overwhelming majority just forget it all, so yeah

  • @jamesmeekin3949
    @jamesmeekin3949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4672

    The GCSEs are way too difficult
    A-levels : allow me to introduce myself

    • @pumseyraid586
      @pumseyraid586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      fucking true, I started A levels in September 2020 and holy shit... they... are the worst. GCSE doesn't prepare you for A-levels at all

    • @claraishungry501
      @claraishungry501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@pumseyraid586 I'm doing a levels in a few months. come on r they that bad :(

    • @cameronreay7154
      @cameronreay7154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      hunhungry compared to A-Levels, GCSE is a walk in the park. the ones i did are anyways

    • @hazzison1494
      @hazzison1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@claraishungry501 I’m doing A levels atm (got a maths exam in 3hrs 😳). Trust me GCSE is piss easy compared to A levels. I went from getting 8s to a D in my A levels

    • @eabhasheehan1994
      @eabhasheehan1994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hazzison1494 Try the Leaving Cert 😫 Just had my maths Paper 1 today

  • @JoshuaMattless
    @JoshuaMattless 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having just done my last paper 3 mock before my real exam this made me feel alot better

  • @isabellerobinson7203
    @isabellerobinson7203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coming back to watch after getting my GCSE results

  • @ragrabbit101
    @ragrabbit101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1491

    "Oh my god this is a right angle"
    Finding a right angle actually gave me so much joy in maths. It was like a gift of one less angle to solve

    • @joshblsg7855
      @joshblsg7855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      being able to use pythag instead of advanced trig ... thank god

    • @nickgodfrey3169
      @nickgodfrey3169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And then he tried to use a angles and said that an acute and an obtuse were the same size. Love that

    • @pepticgloopys1013
      @pepticgloopys1013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think I actually busted a nut when I saw a right angle one time lmao

    • @RahimAli-lu6jx
      @RahimAli-lu6jx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@pepticgloopys1013 chile- anyways soo

    • @alphaslash
      @alphaslash 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RahimAli-lu6jx ??? What kind of response is this

  • @oisinmcalinden6187
    @oisinmcalinden6187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7170

    God I wish this man was marking my tests, he was giving himself extra marks all over the place

    • @chocopieyoonie
      @chocopieyoonie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      🤣

    • @alistairsanger3111
      @alistairsanger3111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

      So true.
      I found Q8 particularly triggering.
      Guesses the values of the sides without showing the working of 72/12=6 and then multiplying by 3 and 4 and gives himself full marks instead of the 2 he would have gotten in a real test.

    • @oisinmcalinden6187
      @oisinmcalinden6187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@alistairsanger3111 yes it takes away the real strictness of how the actual exams are marked

    • @navdhakumar7627
      @navdhakumar7627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Agreed he gave himself extra marks everywhere

    • @theoneabovemost7865
      @theoneabovemost7865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      If you are gonna take a level maths it will be much easier than this bc they don’t pull bs questions you haven’t gone over

  • @jinx2100
    @jinx2100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ooo... ... I think i did this maths paper as practice. The actual GCSE Paper 2 is tomorrow as well.
    Also the Higher paper 1 final question for this year was infamously difficult.

  • @dnataliesmith2209
    @dnataliesmith2209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This brings back memories of my 11 year old nephew and 16 year old niece from the US visiting and when hit on different years and being shocked into thinking they were stupid kids. Guyanese school methodology is advance so at 11 my son was doing maths similar to this and drawing the brain, writing about the endocrine system. My niece had came to experience Guyana which meant going to high school. She'd already written SAT and gained over 2000 points but couldn't keep up in math class.

  • @nagitoez2532
    @nagitoez2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +830

    American: american tests are so hard
    British person: *hold my pen-*

    • @Isa_Mara
      @Isa_Mara 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah but they are hard because they are from America like ppl in Spain find things easier in the UK they find the things that we find hard if yk what i mean

    • @nagitoez2532
      @nagitoez2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Isa_Mara ummmm i dont really understand what u just said

    • @tigersharkgaming8597
      @tigersharkgaming8597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Isa_Mara you make 0 sense the education systems are different that's why if one country was to do another countries examination they will either struggle or succeed depending on how good the education system is

    • @mollie8108
      @mollie8108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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    • @mrkidshot9927
      @mrkidshot9927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Allow me to introduce indian tests

  • @jennywood311
    @jennywood311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3444

    You forgot the stress of being 16, no talking, another 23 exams and people watching everything

    • @loulunaloopy6698
      @loulunaloopy6698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      Not to mention the essay subjects too, ughhhh what a pain that was :(

    • @jessgerrard9641
      @jessgerrard9641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Omg yes !! It's so much harder than people give it credit for

    • @maireadhudson6523
      @maireadhudson6523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      jessica gerrard wait till y’all get to A Level enjoy your freedom whilst you can

    • @anaismiddleton5327
      @anaismiddleton5327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Mairead Hudson literally a levels have RUINED ME

    • @evan
      @evan  5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I think a couple people watched me do this

  • @cheadamsthegoat4878
    @cheadamsthegoat4878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The question at 13:00
    You can add up the ratios then do 72/the added ratios which is 12 so 72/12 = 6 then multiply all the ratios by 6