Looking for more practice?

Hey there cuties.

For many of you, summer's right around the corner, and I'm sure some of you are looking for more questions to do before your end-of-year exams or to prepare for DP2. You're at the right place - I'll give y'all a collection of resources that will be useful for your preparation.

IB-specific resources

1. Christos Nikolaidis's website: IBDP homepage.

He has more resources for AA students, but AI folks would also find some of them useful.

I recommend taking a look at his topic tests. I'm not a biggest fan of his lecture notes to be honest, but if they work for you, by all means, go for it.

The exercises are pretty routine and predictable. I'd say they're representative of the real exam, but in my opinion, they're a little boring and you need to learn to be able to solve these questions without such scaffolding on D-day.

2. IB Task Maker: IB Test Maker 

Even though it is a paid product to get access to all questions, there's still a lot of maths you could do with the free 400 questions. Geared towards AA students, they provide decent practice for those who want something a little more unfamiliar than simply going through the questionbank.

For more advice on using past papers for practice, read this post. Tl;dr: I don't recommend using past papers in early stages of the course, but tbf you won't remember all the questions you've done anyway so it doesn't do a real harm. It's just your brain tricking you that you have seen the paper before and decided not to do the paper because you consider it a "waste of time".

A-level resources

I've seen SO MANY STUDENTS refused to do stuff that isn't marked with IB because they're afraid that it's "out of the course". I can see where y'all comin from, I do, but I just find the idea a little ridiculous. Maths is just maths.

Short answer: read the subject guide cover to cover. You should know precisely what's on the course and what's beyond the scope. This doesn't mean your teacher isn't allowed to go beyond the curriculum - that's totally their choice and they probably have a reason to do that - but you should be concerned if your teacher doesn't cover the content on the spec because it really is the minimum expectation.

Get into a habit of fact checking. If you have doubts whether a question is on the spec or not, read the spec and find out. Don't just trust anyone blindly, especially when the official document is at your disposal.

For your reference: AA guide and AI guide.

Also recommend Maths Genie's videos: Videos and topics.

This website should be used in conjunction with the mapping spreadsheet from A-level to IB.

Long answer: I know many of you don't really wanna read the syllabi from other exam boards because the documents are usually lengthy and a lil complex. I mean, most of you don't even have your hands on the official course guide, let alone courses from other places. I'll make a spreadsheet containing the subtopics for the courses, the relevant unit from A-level maths (I'll use Edexcel because it's the most popular exam board) and links to Solomon Worksheets so you'll never run out of resources to use.

This will be an updated version of the message in the pins in math-aa. Keep an eye on the website - they shall arrive soon:tm:.

Take care y'all and gl with school!

For M22s: enjoy the summer before uni! Do whatever you like for the next couple months, cuz you won't have a lot of time during the semester to pursue your interests. c:

Peace!

Andrew