What is the best way to study for math finals?

Answer 1

well personally i find it very useful to do loads of past papers and questions, it sounds rubbish but it will help, you can't learn a technique, you have to understand it.. maths is like that.

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Don't demean your own answer! It is not rubbish. That is a very good way to practice mathematics, and the more techniques or mathematical fields you can have in each question (within reason) the better. I agree you cannot learn maths unless you can understand it. Rote learning of individual calculation steps will fail you once you rise above basic arithmetic and algebra. That was always my problem!

Answer 2

Just go through all of your notes from the year, and review the ones that you had most trouble on. If you have any trouble memorizing formulas, write them on a notecard and review them just before you take th e test (don't use it to cheat during the test though!). And make sure that you start studying a few days before hand, and don't cram everything in the night before. you can also get a study group or one of your friends if they are in that class stay after school and let the teacher help you or you can go in the morning and get help

Answer 3

make a test outline (making a list of things you think you should study for on the test) then get a math revision book and notes and just read over what you think you should study for. Memorize important math words and prepare for the test as best as you can. Hope this helps!

Also, if you had any quizzes or homework, you could look at those. There might be incorrect answers that you have written, you could re-write those problems and questions and you could get a clearer view for what you need to improve.

Say that you might have a problem with fractions, but you didn't know at first, so after re-doing the questions you know that you need help with fractions and you could work more on that part!

Or if you always write the answer wrong accidently (ex: 2+2=5, you know that it equals to 4 but you accidently wrote 5), you should slow down when you are working and double-check!

Answer 4

Just throwing this out there, but maybe spend less time on Answers.com and spend more time studying.