Listing of all the Maths tutorials on my blog
Over the years that I’ve been maintaining this blog, I’ve posted over 30 maths tutorials on specific topics. Since at the time of writing I’ve just passed the 4-year mark, I thought that now would be a good time to collate a listing of all my maths tutorials one place to make it easier to find what you need… and, of course, to save you digging around for topics that aren’t (yet) covered.
As I add new topics, I’ll update this listing.
If you’re looking for coverage of a GCSE topic that’s not listed here then there’s a good chance that you’ll find it covered in one of the video-based courses on my Mathscourses sister site:
- Grade 4 Essentials for GCSE Maths has full coverage of the entire Foundation spec for GCSE and Edexcel IGCSE Maths
- Flying Start to A-level Maths (FSALM) gives you pretty comprehensive coverage of the aspects of GCSE Maths that are needed for the A-level Maths course. It doesn’t quite cover the entire Higher Tier of GCSE, but it does help you to get to grips with many of the top-end topics that schools often aren’t able to spend much time on, so it will help you to boost your GCSE grade even if you’re not planning on doing the A-level.
- There are also courses on exam skills and calculator skills, and a “Try before you buy” course that shows you sample lessons from every course on the site.
You’re also very welcome to contact me with requests for topics that you’d like to see covered here. There’s a general contact form on the Contact page that you can use for this.
Maths tutorials for GCSE topics
Number & ratio
Directed (positive and negative) numbers
Order of operations (BIDMAS / BODMAS / PEMDAS / GEMA)
Factors and multiples, including HCF and LCM – basics, questions and problems
Rules of divisibility (what can I divide this number by without getting a remainder?)
Upper and lower bounds (including problems)
Indices – Foundation (basics and negative indices), Higher (fractional indices)
Powers of 10 and standard form, and calculations with standard form
Working with surds and Rationalising the denominator (both Higher only)
Algebra & graphs
Solving simultaneous equations – Part 1 (elimination) , Part 2 (substitution)
Working with iterations (trial and improvement, and iterative formulae)
Working with a coordinate grid
Straight line graphs – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Graph transformations – Part 1, Part 2 (Part 3 is A-level only)
Direct and inverse proportion – Foundation, Higher
Geometry & measure
How to get the units and formula right, or basic dimensional analysis
How to answer questions on rate of flow
Working with vectors – Foundation, Higher
Statistics and probability
Systematic listing strategies (listing/counting possible outcomes)
General
10 tough problems for GCSE students
Maths tutorials for A-level topics
Pure Maths
Straight line graphs – see GCSE Algebra & graphs
Graph transformations – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Working with the double angle formulae
Introduction to Calculus and Differentiation
Differentiation and stationary points
Increasing and decreasing functions
Integration as the limit of a sum, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Mechanics
Forces and Newton’s laws of motion
Equilibrium and resultant forces
How to resolve a vector into components
Statistics
Hypothesis testing – intro and for binomial, for the mean of a normal distribution, for pmcc (correlation)
General
Mathematical notation you need for A-level – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
