16 in-depth guides
Maths Guides
Plan your revision for BECE and WASSCE, get to grips with the topics students find hardest, and find practical help for parents at home.
BECE & WASSCE preparation
Study plans, how the exams work and what to do in the exam hall
- For SS 3 students (and SS 2 students planning ahead) · 6 min readHow to prepare for WASSCE Mathematics: a 12-week study planA realistic week-by-week plan for WASSCE General Mathematics: what to revise, in what order, how long each day, and how to use past questions so the marks actually go up.
- For SS 2 – SS 3 students and parents · 7 min readHow WASSCE Mathematics is set and marked (and what that means for you)The two papers, the marks, the timing and how examiners award marks for working. Knowing how the exam works is worth marks before you solve a single question.
- For SS 3 students · 6 min readWASSCE Maths Paper 1 vs Paper 2: how to approach each oneThe objective paper and the essay paper reward different skills. Here is how to manage your time, choose your Section B questions and protect your marks in each.
- For SS 3 students with one month to go · 6 min readThe 30-day WASSCE Maths revision sprintOne month left? This day-by-day sprint focuses on the topics and habits that raise WASSCE Mathematics scores fastest, without burning you out before the exam.
- For JSS 3 students and their parents · 6 min readBECE Mathematics: a 10-week study plan for JSS 3 studentsA simple, week-by-week plan to revise the whole JSS Mathematics course for BECE: what to study, how long each day, how to practise, and how parents can help without pressure.
- For JSS 3 and SS 3 students · 6 min readHow to use past questions properly (not just read the answers)Past questions are the best practice material you have, but only if you attempt them before looking at solutions. A step-by-step method: topic by topic, then timed papers, strict marking, a mistakes notebook and redoing what you got wrong.
- For SS 2 – SS 3 students · 6 min readYour calculator for WASSCE Maths: choosing it and using it wellWhat WAEC allows, which features are worth having, how to avoid the classic calculator mistakes (wrong mode, missing brackets, early rounding), and when to put the calculator down and write the working.
Master the tricky topics
Clear explanations with fully worked examples
- For JSS 2 – SS 2 students · 7 min read10 algebra mistakes students make (and how to fix each one)The ten slips that cost students the most marks in algebra, from sign errors and wrong cancelling to forgetting to flip an inequality. For each one: what it looks like, why it is wrong and the correct working.
- For JSS 1 – SS 3 students · 6 min readHow to solve maths word problems, step by stepA simple six-step routine for any maths word problem, with a table for turning English into maths and three worked Nigerian examples: market prices, sharing in a ratio and ages.
- For JSS 1 – SS 1 students · 7 min readNumber bases made simple: binary, base 5 and base 8What a number base really is, how to convert to and from base ten, how to add in binary and base 5, the mistakes to avoid, and why computers count in twos.
- For JSS 3 – SS 2 students · 7 min readTrigonometry without fear: SOH CAH TOA and beyondName the sides, pick the right ratio with SOH CAH TOA, find missing sides and angles, solve elevation and depression questions, learn the special angles and meet the sine and cosine rules.
- For SS 1 – SS 3 students · 7 min readStatistics for SS 2: from frequency tables to standard deviationFrequency tables, mean, median and mode, grouped data, the ogive, quartiles and standard deviation, all worked through with the same two sets of class results so you can see how each idea builds on the last.
- For JSS 1 – SS 2 students and parents · 6 min readPercentages in everyday Nigerian lifeFare increases, market discounts, profit and loss, interest and tax: how percentages show up in daily life, how to work each one out step by step, and the traps that catch people out.
For parents and confidence
Help at home, and how to feel calmer about maths
- For Parents of JSS students · 7 min readFractions explained for parents: help your child without the jargonA plain-English refresher on fractions for parents: what a fraction means, equivalent fractions, adding, multiplying and dividing, mixed numbers and percentages, plus easy ways to practise at home and at the market.
- For Parents and guardians of JSS and SS students · 7 min readHow to help your child with maths at home (even if you weren't good at maths)Practical ways any parent or guardian can support a child's maths at home: the right attitude, a simple routine, asking good questions, everyday maths, working with teachers and knowing when extra help is needed.
- For JSS and SS students (and parents) · 7 min readMaths anxiety: why maths can feel scary and what helpsWhy maths can make you nervous, why that doesn't mean you're bad at it, and practical things that help: slow breathing, breaking questions into steps, small wins, kind self-talk and a calm exam-day routine.
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