i need genuine help | Mathematics | Page 1

full elkBOT Aug 28, 2025, 4:19 PM

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stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:25 PM

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fuck it

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yeah idk why i even bothered

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:27 PM

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First of all

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Don't delete the thing u asked

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It's important to be discussed

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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stoic wing yeah idk why i even bothered

Are you in school?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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jolly gate Are you in school?

yeah

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im fucked man i dont even know basic algebra

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:29 PM

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Alright don't worry

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Thats what most of the people usually deal with and I'm sure u can learn it

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:29 PM

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my body physically wont let me

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every time i look at a number i want to smash everything up around me

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i cant get help

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:30 PM

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stoic wing every time i look at a number i want to smash everything up around me

U can control it trust me

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Gimme a second

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I'm in another help forum rn we will talk ok? 👀

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:31 PM

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thats fine

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:44 PM

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@stoic wing do you still need help? catlove

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:44 PM

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yeah

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i have no idea where to start with learning math

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:45 PM

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do you have a specific question?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:45 PM

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no just generally starting to learn it

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:45 PM

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ah, i see

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math as in arithmetic / prealgebra, algebra, geometry, calculus...?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:45 PM

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all of it really

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i’m literally on track to being homeless

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:46 PM

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hmm

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how much do you know about arithmetic?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:47 PM

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what even does that mean

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:48 PM

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like numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:48 PM

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i know quite a bit

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:48 PM

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ok good

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what about exponents? for instance, dyk how to do 2^3=?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:49 PM

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i have no idea what that means

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the school dosent teach us any of this

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:49 PM

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oh uh

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:49 PM

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they teach us on a primary school level in gsce final years

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:49 PM

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hmm

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maybe you recognise this? $2^3$

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 4:50 PM

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Mathemusician

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:50 PM

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a number with a superscript

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:50 PM

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2 to the power of 3?

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:50 PM

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yep!

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:50 PM

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yeah i do

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:51 PM

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okok good

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we commonly use ^ to denote powers

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:51 PM

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ah

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:51 PM

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ok i think you're good with arithmetic

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lets do some algebra then

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how would you solve x+3=5?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:52 PM

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5x?

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idk

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wait no

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2

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:52 PM

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yes!

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:52 PM

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i’m so fucking stupid

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:52 PM

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trust me, i spent a loong time on this, and my algebra's still terrible

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hmm ok what about $x^2=4$? there are 2 answers btw

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 4:53 PM

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Mathemusician

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:53 PM

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is it 2

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:54 PM

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that's one of the answers

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theres another one

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:54 PM

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i honestly have no idea

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sorry

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:54 PM

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issok!

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ok so what happens when you square a negative number?

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so for instance, $(-1)^2$

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 4:55 PM

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Mathemusician

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:55 PM

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would it become a positive

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:55 PM

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yes!

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so $(-1)^2$ is...

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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Mathemusician

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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1

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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bro knows everything and says he knows nothing 👀 ☠️

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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jolly gate bro knows everything and says he knows nothing 👀 ☠️

i don’t know anything past this

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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junior mural **Mathemusician**

so what are the two solutions to this?

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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stoic wing i don’t know anything past this

well let me tell u smth cool, this is enough for u learn other stuff

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alr go on i interrupted

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:56 PM

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-2?

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 4:57 PM

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surry 😁

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:57 PM

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stoic wing -2?

yes!

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lisayay

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:57 PM

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im slower than a floppy disk

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ugh

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:58 PM

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no

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:58 PM

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i have no idea where to even learn algebra

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and all this stuff

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:58 PM

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i take it that you are in the uk?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:58 PM

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yes

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:59 PM

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ok well idk anything about uk education, but

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maybe try khan academy?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 4:59 PM

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i could

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 4:59 PM

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https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:00 PM

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tysm

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:02 PM

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hmm, how much dyk about polynomials?

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:02 PM

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If you're in the UK, have you tried Bitesize?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z38pycw

BBC Bitesize

GCSE Maths - BBC Bitesize

Exam board content from BBC Bitesize for students in England, Northern Ireland or Wales. Choose the exam board that matches the one you study.

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:03 PM

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stoic wing tysm

so for instance if i asked you to solve $x^2+2x-3$, could you?

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 5:03 PM

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Mathemusician

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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wraith stag so for instance if i asked you to solve $x^2+2x-3$, could you?

(technically that's an expression not an equation, that doesn't have a solution)

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ym: "$x^2+2x-3 = 0$"

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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oh sorry

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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Waes (Wires)

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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yea

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ha

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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ocean jolt If you're in the UK, have you tried Bitesize? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/sub...

ivectried

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sorry i was afk

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:04 PM

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wraith stag so for instance if i asked you to solve $x^2+2x-3$, could you?

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i don’t even

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know where to start

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:05 PM

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have you heard of the quadratic formula?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:05 PM

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no

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:07 PM

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Could u please tell us which grade u r in? If thats alright

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:07 PM

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$x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:07 PM

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jolly gate Could u please tell us which grade u r in? If thats alright

year 11

junior muralBOT Aug 28, 2025, 5:08 PM

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Mathemusician

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:08 PM

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i have no idea what grade that is

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:08 PM

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stoic wing year 11

got u

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:09 PM

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junior mural **Mathemusician**

As you can see, this is the formula for a quadratic equation

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:09 PM

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i don’t even know what it means

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sorry

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:10 PM

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No worries, @wraith stag isnt it a little too early for quadratic equation?

wraith stag Aug 28, 2025, 5:10 PM

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hmm, given this case then yes

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:11 PM

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definitely watching khan academy will help you alot

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@stoic wing

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u have a pretty good amount of knowledge on math and you are ready to learn algebra

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I hope u have the time, probably in a month or two u will be good at it

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:12 PM

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i’m gona try study for at least 6 hours a day

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i don’t care if i starve

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if i end up ripping my room to shreds fuck it

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:13 PM

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Real quick @stoic wing (and I'm gonna have dinner so I might not be able to add much atm, but I might come back in an hour) what exam board're you doing for maths?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:14 PM

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i have no idea

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i think aqa

jolly gate Aug 28, 2025, 5:14 PM

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stoic wing if i end up ripping my room to shreds fuck it

good luck! 🔥

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definitely just ask wherever u get stuck while studying here and u will probably get good explanations for it

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From the people in the server i mean

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:16 PM

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stoic wing i have no idea

((don't doxx your school name, but) your school's website should have some information on this)

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:18 PM

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i think it is aqa

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:18 PM

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jolly gate From the people in the server i mean

i’ll try

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:27 PM

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Assuming then the AQA GCSE Maths syllabus, for anyone else who wants to assist, https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/mathematics/gcse/mathematics-8300/specification/subject-content is the course specification

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@stoic wing You may know of, and I would recommend getting, the CGP textbooks

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The revision guides in particular on Amazon cost not much more than £5

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:36 PM

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ocean jolt <@456226577798135808> You may know of, and I would recommend getting, the CGP te...

i just got one today

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is this one fine?

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ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:37 PM

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ah that's even better, you have practice questions in that one

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While it's not AQA-specific, in practice all the exam boards generally cover the same material

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So I wouldn't panic over that

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:38 PM

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i see

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:38 PM

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To check, are you starting Year 10 or 11?

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:39 PM

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11

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starting

ocean jolt Aug 28, 2025, 5:39 PM

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ah ok

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Then you should (ideally) have covered about half of the content in the book

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(it'll be scattered knowledge though, because the structure of a textbook doesn't necessarily match the structure of a school syllabus)

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So the topics you do understand already and know yourself to be confident enough on, you can skip over to prioritise the topics you don't yet know

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Other than that, as Alien said, you can ask questions in the help-channels here when you get stuck on questions, should you need to (see #❓how-to-get-help) thumbsupanimegirl

stoic wing Aug 28, 2025, 5:56 PM

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thank you

restive gulch Aug 29, 2025, 4:55 PM

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stoic wing im fucked man i dont even know basic algebra

You can learn anything with the right mindset

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Dw about it and just spend time reading daily and doing practice problems and understanding/rejustifying the content to yourself

stoic wing Aug 29, 2025, 8:37 PM

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oki

#i need genuine help