How do I revise this two subjects ?

**afiy** · 23-04-2008, 11:55 PM

I'm sitting for my N's this year and kidda scare of it anyways .

I can say that my maths is not so good . Is there any ways to study maths and score well?
Some of my friends say by practicing and my brother say remember the formula .
So which one is better to score well ?

Secondly .
I really fall in love with science . How do I remember and memorize those science stuff ?
Highlighting the key words and remembers or after reading the topic do a mind map and gather up notes so that it is easier to memorise .

Need help :]

**corp25** · 24-04-2008, 12:06 AM

ah!

MATHS!

seriously i hate numbers..
maths you have to keep practicing and practicing.. there is no way where you can just read off the text book

science..
by highlighting them
and find keypoints.. no use rememorizing the whole book.. try to find the keypoints .. and memorize them

o ya and science is "dead" subject..no use practicing it

**sihwee** · 24-04-2008, 12:11 AM

maths is practising! i gort f9 for my amaths throughout sec 4.but o lvl i gort A1 =p
thats cos i did like twice the whole of tys.

erm for science. i think the most impt thing is to understand the concept. for physics especially. must understand den no nid to memorise! but for formulas its a must to rmb. u can try to do papers and write out the formulas only if u wan to memorise the formula. den after that practise problem sloving by really doing those problems.

schixzotic · 24-04-2008, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by afiy

I'm sitting for my N's this year and kidda scare of it anyways .

I can say that my maths is not so good . Is there any ways to study maths and score well?
Some of my friends say by practicing and my brother say remember the formula .
So which one is better to score well ?

Secondly .
I really fall in love with science . How do I remember and memorize those science stuff ?
Highlighting the key words and remembers or after reading the topic do a mind map and gather up notes so that it is easier to memorise .

Need help :]

math just do finish the TYS!!! cambridge exams always v no idea one, the same kinds of questions will keep coming out. at most there'll be one or two new ones but that's about it.

science - err memorise wholesale? mindmaps never worked for me, but it depends on how yr brain works i guess

i used keep writing until i memorised the textbook word for word. easier than sifting through the useless from the useful - everything also swallow. LOL.

fathernature · 24-04-2008, 04:00 AM

hey i am taking n lvl this year too. I got no point of view for maths and science cuze i am a band 1 student. I find that paying attention in class for every lesson is good

Bry_n · 24-04-2008, 01:15 PM

for maths..u have to both memorise the formulas.and practise the qns..if u juz memorise blindly..when the question gets twisted abit..u r surely unable to answer

**deardear85** · 24-04-2008, 02:46 PM

Elementary maths are alive, so mus practise and understand the question well. If you dun understand now, ask ur frenz or teacher for help. Or you haf a senior who can help you in tat also good. Most important, prevent CARELESS MISTAKES. Bcos this is the one will drag to low marks.

xxbluexx · 24-04-2008, 02:53 PM

Maths~
Only can say practise make perfect... Do more questions on those that u are weak in. Must understand the logic of d formula, not memorising them by hard. Cuz even if u rem the formula, u put in the wrong number u wld oso get the wrong answer. Think no point memorising formula. Arent formula provided?

**deardear85** · 24-04-2008, 02:56 PM

Not all forumulas provided bah. If i remember correctly, onli Section B is allowed to use calculator.

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Originally Posted by xxbluexx

Maths~
Only can say practise make perfect... Do more questions on those that u are weak in. Must understand the logic of d formula, not memorising them by hard. Cuz even if u rem the formula, u put in the wrong number u wld oso get the wrong answer. Think no point memorising formula. Arent formula provided?

**hooolahoop** · 24-04-2008, 03:11 PM

Math: practice and more practice. but of course, you need to remember the formulae. for me, i practice until the whole book nearly fall apart (i sec 3 very lousy in A math. next year in sec 4, i trashed the whole sch in a math for every single tests and exams). on my big day, i just memorise the formulae, 'cos i already know how to do all the questions, and know how to tackle all types.

Science: ehh, yours' is combined science or pure science? i took pure for all three sciences, so don't know format of combined science... you need to pay attention in class, understand your stuff. you can do flowcharts or mindmaps to help you link the topics together, because most topics are inter-linked. you have to be flexible and know how to connect between the topics because cambridge papers won't test you one question solely on one chapter only. they combine the chapters and topics into one question, so it's vital for you to understand how they link...

**afiy** · 24-04-2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xxbluexx

Arent formula provided?

some formulas they will provided and my form teacher already told us earlier before the exams .

nope .
no syllabus change already both paper can use calculator .

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yours' is combined science or pure science?

mine is combined science but i really love science alot and i'm aiming to get a band 2 for that.worse thing is that , need to remember many stuff . :]

lols

**hooolahoop** · 24-04-2008, 04:08 PM

ehhh.... why got band de ar? i thought only got A1 A2 B3 etc... for science, you can really try out mindmap or flowcharts, to help you link the things up, and help you remember better...

**deardear85** · 24-04-2008, 04:11 PM

think for combined science. you can score in experiment bah. hope that ur teachers will do those lab with you all. mus remember those results for those lab test. and also the powder use in chem like green is carbon (if i remember correctly), so u will noe tat co2 is given out during the process when burning. so that u can skip those experiments and do on those harder one.

for physics, think is formula bah to calculate those energy given out or etc.

**afiy** · 24-04-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by hooolahoop

ehhh.... why got band de ar? i thought only got A1 A2 B3 etc... for science, you can really try out mindmap or flowcharts, to help you link the things up, and help you remember better...

can enlighten to me what is flowcharts all about ?

**hooolahoop** · 24-04-2008, 04:21 PM

for experiments, always always know carbonate and sulphate, lol. and nitrate. too common le. remember what results match with what kind of cation and anion... like carbon dioxide produced, there is carbonate etc. do titration fast, 'cos you never know what QA is... last time my QA very hard, and take very long...

**Voodoo Vince** · 24-04-2008, 04:22 PM

For Maths, just practise and more practise.

For Science, it's the understanding in order to remember the logic.

**deardear85** · 24-04-2008, 04:26 PM

think mi out of sec sch too long? hahaha. now focus on my jap liao. things are changing. last time algebra only pri 5 den learn. now pri 3 start to learn.

**hooolahoop** · 24-04-2008, 04:26 PM

flowchart... is.... flow de lor. oh my gosh, how to explain... it's similar to numbering the things.

example (might not make sense, since you don't take bio, i presume)

bacteriophage attaches to cell membrane of bacterium

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contracts contractile to insert genome into cytoplasm of bacterium

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genome fuses with host genome, forming a prophage

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host cell undergoes fission as per normal

something like that...

kennken · 24-04-2008, 10:55 PM

maths i can't help because it's been in my genes XD XD

for science,try get other school exam paper.study how the question is being asked and how to answer it correctly without going out of point.that what happened to me in my prelim. =X
and of course,learn your content. =)

**kX|** · 24-04-2008, 11:00 PM

practice makes perfect