The site is to undergo a complete re-design over summer 2010. In September, along with a new look, one of the major innovations will be the introduction of a full assessment package, similar in style to our partner site at www.mathsnetalevel.com. The content will cover the new specifications for Mathematics for teaching from September 2010 and first examination in 2012. Overall, the site will work in a similar way to MathsNetAlevel, so it should be easy for students and teachers to move between the two. From September, subscriptions to MathsNetGCSE will be handled by Chartwell-Yorke.

The site is compatible with the two tier level of entry for GCSE, Foundation and Higher. Advice from exam boards is that any student on the C/D borderline should enter at Foundation Level. All contents are targeted at grades D,C and B.

Note that this site is compatible with the new two tier level of entry for GCSE, Foundation and Higher. The contents are targeted at grades D,C,B.

A new online flashcard revision page has been added into the Revision section of the Help menu. Click here for a direct link. The worksheets for teachers page has been updated again (see WKS4T in the Help section) with a number of topics extended. The set of revision homework tasks also available here has been extended to over 20 tasks, each with built-in answers designed for whiteboard display. (Please replace your previous copy with this latest one.)

The worksheets for teachers page (see WKS4T in the Help section) has been updated. A new set of 16 homework tasks especially for the Spring term has been added in, and many other worksheets have been extended. The exam dates page has been updated again for exam sessions in January 2007, March 2007 and June 2007. Remember that the final exam timetable is complicated with the addition of new modular two-tier papers being sat for the first time.

If you are going to the BETT Show in London at Olympia from 10th-13th January, then visit Advisory Matters on stand H12 for a demonstration of MathsNetGCSE or to get further information.

The exam dates page has been updated for exam sessions in November 2006, January 2007, March 2007 and June 2007. The final exam timetable is complicated now with the addition of new modular two-tier papers being sat for the first time.

From September 2006, a new two-tier Mathematics GCSE specification is being introduced which has two levels, namely Higher and Foundation. The Higher tier covers grades A* - D and the Foundation tier covers grades C - G. This is the same model that is used in other subjects, such as science and English. Both tiers will have calculator and non-calculator papers as at present.
There will be little change to the content studied for GCSE mathematics. The only significant change will be to the format into two tiers of the content and the assessment. Coursework requirements will not change.
MathsNetGCSE targets grades D, C and B and so it will still cater for the previous Intermediate level (for current Year 11 students), but in addition it is also suitable for candidates in Year 10 studying at either of these new Higher and Foundation levels.

Candidates on the new Higher tier aiming for a grade B need to be aware that they will encounter grade A and A* questions on their exam paper. Candidates on the new Foundation tier aiming for a grade C need to be aware that this site includes grade B questions.

The main improvement recently has been the incorporation of questions based on examinations set by CEA, the exam board for Northern Ireland. The page on exam boards has been expanded to include direct links to course summaries and past papers on the exam board websites themselves.
Extra explanations have been added to some algebra questions, particularly on solving linear, quadratic and simultaneous equations.

A lot of additions this month! More steps have been added to questions in the algebra section. Comments sent in over the last year by students have been incorporated into a number of pages in the Extras section and into the "tips" given at the bottom of many question pages. A new collection of cloze procedure (fill in the missing words) activities have been added bringing the total number of resources past 1300. The vocabulary section has been extended to include vocabulary in context. The exam dates page includes the June 2006 sessions. The coursework topic in the Help section has been expanded to include more advice.
Some pages have been "tweaked" to make them fully compatible with Firefox 1.5, which is the browser that MathsNetGCSE recommends.

Review on the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) website.
"...Online interactive exam papers are provided and these are designed for printing out. The click of the "Change" button produces a new paper, complete with answers... Scattered throughout these options are multiple choice 'quick tests'. These give the student a quick self checking tool to establish whether the basic concepts have been understood. Rather than being merely a multiple guess exercise, a 100% result can only be achieved if the questions are answered correctly first time. The advice and guidance provided is based on examiners reports and on feedback from online users and trialling in the classroom... Like most good software time is needed to explore the full potential of the resources being offered and to incorporate the materials into a scheme of work but this would certainly be time well spent."

Over 25 questions from the June 2005 session have been added; more comments have also been added to Examiners' reports, particularly regarding basic arithmetic errors.
The exam dates page includes the November 2005 and January 2006 sessions.

Under Help, the Revision section has been expanded to include a mindmap, printable flash cards, a timetable, and some suggestions for 30 minute revision sessions. More slideshows have been added to Number tables to illustrate both the traditional method of long multiplication and the Gelosia method.

Questions based on the June 2005 exams have been added. The 400th question is added to the Algebra section.

Resources for teachers: WKS4T. The set of printable worksheets for class or home use has been extended to include more topics and more versions of topics.

Slideshows have been added throughout the Extras sections to summarise key learning points. A new section on Averages is added to Extras. Currently this summarises what you need to know about the mean, median and mode, including the mean of a grouped frequency table, and moving averages. This means that the Extras section on MathsNetGCSE covers almost all the topics that examiners report as being found particularly difficult by many students.

New resources for teachers: WKS4T. A comprehensive set of printable worksheets suitable for class or home use. These worksheets are in basic Excel format and designed to be simple to use and practical for homework. Answers are included and some worsheets can produce multiple versions. The worksheets are available form the Help menu but are only accessible to users registered as teachers with the site. All other users (students and single users) do not have access.

A new section on Statistical diagrams is added to Extras. Currently this summarises what you need to know about drawing box & whisker plots (or box plots), cumulative frequency graphs and stem & leaf diagrams. The connections between both these diagrams and the interquartile range is made clear. Other sections in Extras have been extended, particularly Number Tables, Curves and Solving Equations. Often this is through the introduction of "slideshows" that attempt to summarise some key points in a visual way.

Under Help, the Revision section has been extended too. There is a printable planner, and some suggested 30 minute revision "chunks".

In response to a request from one of our schools, we have made available a printable summary of topics in each of the four principle sections: number, algebra, shape & space, data handling. These can be used as a tick list for students to record which questions on the website they have completed. Just click the Printable Section List link near the bottom of a topic index page and print out the page (we recommend printing it in Landscape orientation).

Over 20 new questions added based on public examinations sat in January 2005. A new section on Pythagoras is added. This section uses interactive geometry to show the connection between the three sides of any right-angled triangle.

A new page called Number tables has been added to the Extras menu. This page summaries the basic facts about primes, multiples, squares, cubes and triangle numbers.

An Extras section is added on fractions showing how to simplify, add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, and how to convert between mixed and improper fractions. Exam questions from the November 2004 sessions have been added too.
Coming in the New Year, a new section on Pythagoras and a collection of reference tables summarising all you should know about various types of numbers, such as primes, triangle, square, etc..
Visit MathsNetGcse on the Advisory Matters stand (X20) at the BETT Show from 12-15th January 2005 at Olympia, London.

A new Extras section is added on circle facts. The vocabulary section is extended to include a visual guide based on a large collection of diagrams, graphs, shapes and objects. A new page on Revision has been added to the help menu. It takes the form of a "mind map", a clickable map showing the structure and inter-connectedness of the course. Examiners' reports has been extended and reorganised to make key advice easier to find.
Coming later this term new sections on Pythagoras and Fractions.

Fractions
How to simplify, add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, and how to convert between mixed and improper fractions. These pages will be interactive allowing repeated practise of constantly changing examples.

New up to date information added on exam dates with countdown to the day and advice about what to do as the exam approaches. Coming soon in the autumn term: new Extras sections on circle theorems and Pythagoras.

Vocabulary
Just added to the Extras section - an interactive guide to all the keywords and phrases in Intermediate GCSE Maths. Check you know all the definitions.

Circle theorems
All the circle theorems will be covered, the angle in a semicircle, angles in same segment, tangents from a point, and so on. Each one will be illustrated interactively.
Pythagoras
How Pythagoras's theorem works on right-angled triangles.

***The 1000th GCSE question has been added***

A search facility has been added - you can search by any word in the title or body of a question and also by examination papers. Just added: a new Extras section on bearings. This section provides interactive activities to test understanding of maps and bearings and includes aspects of reading scales too.

New look and feel implemented, making full use of the available browser screen area. The existing Extras sections on Curves, Trigonometry and Transformations have been redesigned and extended.

Many new questions added throughout based on exam papers from June 2004. There are 260 Number items, 319 Algebra items, 232 Shape items and 111 Data handling items.

New questions added to the Algebra topic on number lines and inequalities. Most of the Extras topics have been extended with a new one on Solving equations added.

The 250th item is added to the Number topic and the 300th to the Algebra topic.

Review in The Sunday Times, Feb 1st:
"Focused on GCSE mathematics, this site is an excellent attempt to offer a solid set of resources for home practice. It contains hundreds of questions, covering syllabus staples such as numbers, geometry and algebra. The scarcity of "multiple guess" questions is refreshing. Instead, there are typical maths problems containing randomnly generated figures, with step-by-step guides to solving them. Click to see each step, then try a similar but fresh task. Though the annual cost is £15 for after-school access (more for schools themselves), this is not unreasonable. The look is reminiscent of the days when the web was not so flash, but at least it works over a dial-up connection. [Note: the site has undergone a complete redesign since this review.] The sister site, www.mathsnet.net - an every-trick-in-the-book resource - is gloriously untidy, but still free."

The database of questions runs to over 850 different items, including questions from the January 2004 session. A new page, Coursework, is added to the Help menu summarising advice on the two coursework tasks. Further advice added to the Examiners' report page.

Use Requests from the Help menu to send in any ideas for new areas on the site.

The database of questions runs to 800 different items. The 200th item is added to the Shape & space topic and a new interactive topic on Trigonometry is added to the Extras section. Most of the geometric diagrams are redrawn to be clearer. Visit MathsNetGCSE at the BETT show from January 7-10th at Olympia in London on the Advisory Matters Stand X20.

The 200th item is added to the Number topic and the 250th to the Algebra topic. A new section called "Ordering" is added in to the Algebra topic. On each "Ordering" page a list of steps are given which have to be moved by using the mouse into the correct logical order.

Many graphics are added to illustrate the context of questions.

New questions are added based on GCSE examinations sat this month. The 200th question is added to the Algebra section.

A new section called "Spot the mistake" is added in to various topics. On each "Spot the mistake" page three completed questions are given but one is wrongly answered. The mistake has to be spotted and the corrected answer given. These pages are based on mistakes frequently reported by examiners.