Page 1 of 1
Maths calculator help
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:37 pm
by kal12003
Can anyone point me in the right direction for help with calculator maths questions. Dd is in year 9 and a year into her gcse courses, she is lower set maths and has scored really low in her calculator end of year exam. Ideally I'm looking for a study book that will help her however I can't seen to find anything via online searches.
Re: Maths calculator help
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:53 pm
by Guest55
You need to get the paper back to see what is going wrong. There are no specific books for the calculator papers - the topics will include anything but of course ones where you need to use a calculator like trigonometry [if that has been covered].
Many students do worse on the calculator paper! Once you find out which topics it is then I can help further
Re: Maths calculator help
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:16 am
by kal12003
Thank you. I believe DD has the paper back so I will dig that out and see if there's anything glaringly obvious and post back on here. Unfortunately maths is far from my strong point so the help I can offer her is limited!
Re: Maths calculator help
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:30 pm
by SteveDH
Also this may sound obvious, but also make sure your DD knows how to use all the various relevant features of the calculator and to practice them.