Mathematical Miscellany #100

Jonathan Hall – Misconceptions

Added to my Misconceptions collection, this brain dump of mathematical misconceptions from Jonathan Hall on Bluesky.


Worked hard on a big revision of my risps. Weeding out mistakes, making tasks clearer, writing Geogebra and Excel files, all with better navigation; look out for the free eBook coming out in January!

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Looking forward to this RISP revision from Jonny Griffiths. In the meantime, head to my RISPS page for RISP publications from Jonny Griffiths.

RISPS
From Jonny Griffiths, try RISPS (Rich Starting Points), Open-ended investigative activities for the A Level Pure Mathematics classroom. On the home page, note the helpful index by topic, choose a personal favourite of mine, Risp 21 Advanced Arithmagons, for example, and you will see not only the task but also teachers’ notes.


Andy Lutwyche – Edecel IGCSE, RAG resource

I am always keen to find resources for IGCSE (Edexcel) and was so pleased to find this Topic RAG resource, from Andy Lutwyche on TES. (Andy is a favourite resource author; there are many references to his resources on this blog.) As you can see from the image, all the topics on the IGCSE maths syllabus are listed, and for each, an example is given. Two resources are provided: versions with and without answers. This resource has been added to my IGCSE collection.

Andy has a similar resource for AQA, Level 2 Further Mathematics. This resource is available with and without the Sparx codes. This is available in the Level 2 Further Maths collection.

Andy Lutwyche – AQA L2 Further Maths, RAG resource.

Transum Advent Calendar

With December fast approaching, I have checked my Mathematical Advent Calendars and Christmas resource collections. I will update these as any new resources become available. For 2025, see this post from Matthew Scroggs, Christmas 2025 is coming.


Mathematics – November GCSE 2025

With GCSE Papers 1 and 2 now complete, only Paper 3 remains. For paper 3, we have key topics suggested by 1st Class Maths. We also have a ‘best guess’ practice paper for Paper 3 from Hannah Kettle.

Hannah Kettle ‘best guess’ Edexcel Paper 3F

Students could also use questions for their chosen topics from Corbett Maths and/or 1st Class Maths. Links are provided below.

1st Class Maths

On 1st Class Maths, we can find November 2025 Key Topics. Currently available are suggested key topics to prioritise for revision for Edexcel and AQA Foundation and Higher Paper 3. Star ratings indicate how likely the author believes the topic is to appear in Paper 3.


Many helpful revision resources are available.

Corbett Maths – Revision Resources
Corbett Maths – A Bit of Everything practice papers

On Corbett Maths, try the Ultimate GCSE Revision Videos; use the GCSE Revision resources available for Edexcel, OCR, AQA, and CCEA, you will also find Revision checklists, a collection of Practice Papers, and A Bit of Everything Papers; the papers with questions provide very comprehensive syllabus coverage! Each paper includes a contents list with the relevant teaching video.

CorbettMaths revision checklist

On 1st Class Maths, the Edexcel Revision page offers questions and solutions by topic and difficulty, note the final column in the table which shows the Edexcel past series percentage correct up to and including the November 2024 exams. The Ultimate Revision Booklets for Foundation (114 questions) and Higher (106 questions) each include one question per topic, with accompanying video solutions.

1st Class Maths Ultimate Revision Booklet