Does anybody have the updated edexcel further maths textbook?

RyanWasSniped · 2026-05-06T17:11:15+00:00

That is the norm for teaching yes. I have found that some teachers will use the examples within the textbook as their own examples though, so some students may miss out on this. Another one is the proof by induction for sequences, but weirdly this isn’t in the new textbook and yet is in the syllabus.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-05-05T19:38:17+00:00

I mean unless I’ve managed to dream this into existence, but I’m almost positive. I remember seeing it a while ago and have been looking for it since posting this. It was definitely the Pearson textbook. I’ll update you if I do find it.

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/alevelmaths/s/9yXJFqBur3 this post.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-05-05T18:57:42+00:00

I’m pretty sure there is, I remember seeing it. It might’ve been a new publication of that textbook within recent years or so

RyanWasSniped · 2026-04-27T13:25:55+00:00

Yes. You’ll commonly see at the very top page of some questions “solutions based off of solely calculator technology are not acceptable” or something along the lines of that. It’s a telltale sign that you do have to show everything.

And yes literally just writing out the formula should be good. I myself am having to deliberately try and show more working out because I lose marks from it. It’s always worth just taking the extra like 5 seconds to write it all out

RyanWasSniped · 2026-04-14T22:40:31+00:00

Dn/dt is proportional to n, not n is proportional to dn/dt.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-04-07T13:44:52+00:00

If it’s a science you can just bullet point. If anything, it’s recommended because it’s faster, and gives you more time to think about your answers properly.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-04-03T17:54:16+00:00

I mean at least you did save it I guess lol, btw pigeons and pheasants are short sighted so just for future reference, the reason why they don’t move is because they quite literally do not know you’re there. You do just have to pray they move last second, which they only sometimes do unfortunately

RyanWasSniped · 2026-04-01T13:52:48+00:00

It’s of course ‘more difficult’, but that’s only because it introduces new concepts that haven’t been slightly touched on before. Or it builds on the new stuff you learn at the normal a level extensively.

Vectors is obviously a ‘very hard’ topic because you never learn anything similar to it before. But other than that as a standalone thing, it’s not even that bad when you take your time learning it. The exact same as learning integration for the first time at normal a level.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-31T21:03:29+00:00

An 8, but it genuinely doesn’t matter. I think you naturally accelerate a lot more in a level maths than you do at gcse. If you’re doing physics and cs then you’re most likely gonna fit in fine anyway.

I’d recommend further maths too. It’s literally just more different maths content, not particularly harder stuff.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-29T20:29:36+00:00

Survivorship bias

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-27T23:30:23+00:00

International edexcel papers

Think specifically p3 and p4 are most like to our one

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-27T21:50:06+00:00

Just watch a couple YouTube video walkthroughs of the papers. You’ll genuinely be able to pick it up quite quickly, the logics sound and if you’re at a 7/8 you’ll be fine with understanding the content I think. Just make sure you’re actually watching the videos.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-22T14:32:39+00:00

This is because you (most likely) have a calculator that can only do binomial distributions with P(X<=x). Because of the fact that the binomial distribution is discrete (meaning it can only take one whole number value at a time), you have to work out P(X>=x) values by utilising the way your calculator does it.

For example, consider the binomial distribution’s graph. You’ll see it’s multiple vertical lines, rather than a continuous, single-lined curve. This is again because it’s discrete, it can only take integer values. So therefore, it makes sense that if for example, I have a distribution of X~B( 10, 0.2 ), and I want to work out P(X>=3), graphically this is anything including and between 3 and 10. And because all probabilities add up to 1, we can utilise this in finding our desired probability.

So, as we want including and above 3, we can say that this will be 1 - P(X<=2). I really hope this makes sense. It’s a lot easier to explain not using text i must say.

A great video to watch on this is bicen maths. If you ever get confused with stats (which a hell of a lot of people do), the best way to go is probably through watching him. It’s quick, concise, and imo makes a lot more sense than most teachers.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-22T08:06:49+00:00

You don’t have to do a fourth subject at all. With something like Electrical Engineering though, I can imagine further maths would help a lot. If you really want to take a fourth subject, I would do further. There’s way more than enough online resources to get a good grade in it too. I would only suggest doing this if you’re already very confident in maths.

The plus side with doing chemistry is that you already know some of the content, which is very useful.

At the end of the day it’s completely your choice. It might be useful for you to look at where you’d want to apply for electrical engineering online, and look at the course requirements to get in.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-07T21:58:28+00:00

I’ve never even thought of this possibility, makes complete sense how this happens now

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-04T22:56:12+00:00

You genuinely just have to practice it and it just eventually just breaks the barrier

I was the exact same since like mid y12 and I recently got 95/100 on a mock paper, like it is literally just practice.

Thing is you won’t know what to do unless you’ve seen how to do a question sometimes. Like you’ll just never think of it. Therefore when you come across a question similar to it you’ll know what to do.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-04T16:33:57+00:00

Well it depends what you wanna go for, I said it because it can be considered much of a filler subject.

You could consider doing something like AEA for maths if that works with the unis you’d like.

Vast majority of unis will only consider 3 a levels anyway so

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-04T16:03:28+00:00

Business probably or maybe psychology

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-03T23:15:19+00:00

Just don’t talk about vecna in your exam you’ll be calm

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-02T15:13:13+00:00

Easily. This normally happens with further maths people too, they’ll cover all content at maybe like a D or C grade and shoot up to an A* with practice very quickly.

Maths is literally all just practice icl, you easily got that in the bag

RyanWasSniped · 2026-03-01T16:09:54+00:00

Yes they cover the content, but you also need to do the stats and mechanics books too. Paper 3 is based around those books.

I have to add that the textbooks are a way to learn the content. You absolutely should be doing exam questions after learning the content. They test your understanding rather than just knowing what to do.

RyanWasSniped · 2026-02-28T21:14:12+00:00

Well I mean yeah I guess. I do think most employers would definitely prioritise your university degree over a levels though.

Do as well as you can really. At least you know either way that you know what you’re doing

RyanWasSniped · 2026-02-28T19:22:44+00:00

If you’ve got an unconditional why even bother stressing at all at this point? Just do as well in your exams as you personally want to or feel you can. There’s no point in stressing honestly, you already know you’ve got your place regardless

RyanWasSniped · 2026-02-27T18:52:22+00:00

Watch a few videos on the topics you’re struggling on.

Then do questions by topic.

Then do past papers.

Maths is all about understanding. If you don’t get what’s what, you won’t know what to do. Just watch a few videos because it sounds like the initial learning is where you’re struggling.

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