Sample SQA Revision Notes and Prelims

Revision Notes AND PRELIMS for SQA Maths Exams

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Pupils can use these resources to help them prepare for the final exam.

Comprehensive, clearly-worded notes covering the entire syllabus in full.
Full contents page and index of all important keywords so that pupils can find the page relevant to a question they are stuck on.
Worked examples covering the most common routine questions from the course.
No lengthy explanations and justifications - these are important when class teaching, but these notes are designed for pupils to follow themselves.
If minor corrections/additions are made to the notes, a revised copy will be sent out for free to existing customers on request. Note: a record of corrections/additions is available here.

Advanced Higher Maths Sample Pages: sample chapter (algebraic long division/partial fractions, with watermark added) - sample page 1 (integration) - sample page 2 (rectilinear motion) - sample page 3 (first order differential equations) - index (alphabetical for pupils to look up key words - gives you an idea of the scope of the notes)
Higher Maths Sample Pages: sample chapter 1 (polynomials) - sample chapter 2 (vector pathways and collinearity) - sample page 1 (related functions) - sample page 2 (intersection of circles) - index (alphabetical for pupils to look up key words - gives you an idea of the scope of the notes)
National 5 Maths Sample Pages: sample pages from the National 5 Maths notes (with watermark added, and with some pages removed)
National 5 Applications of Maths Sample Pages: sample pages from the National 5 Applications notes (with watermark added, and with some pages removed)
National 4 Maths Sample Pages: sample pages from the National 4 Maths notes (with watermark added, and with some pages removed)
National 4 Applications of Maths Sample Pages: sample page from the National 4 Applications notes (with watermark added, and with some pages removed)
"Write on" Notes: sample pages (National 5 Maths level)

Schools/colleges can buy prelims for 2020/2021:

Cover all three units of each SQA course.
Written new for the current session to a high standard, with all questions and mark schemes carefully checked. No questions above or below the level of the course.
Editable files (not PDF format) so that Centres can adapt each prelim to match the needs of their learners: the assessment is supplied in Microsoft Word format, and the mark scheme in Microsoft Excel format.

If you haven't covered a particular topic yet, our free SQA Past Paper Question Bank can be used to easily source a replacement for a given question.

Accessible to pupils: these prelims should not destroy pupils' confidence, and will still maintain challenge with an appropriate balance of 'C' questions and 'A' questions.
Produced in line with national standards aiming to emulate SQA papers closely (length, marks, balance of questions, timing) and full reference to SQA documents.
Detailed mark scheme with alternative solutions (where appropriate) and notes to give advice on how to award marks; along with references to SQA past paper questions (where appropriate) on which mark schemes were based so that Centres can adjust the standards if they see fit.

(samples are given as non-editable PDFs; the actual prelims are editable)

Examples of question from a previous prelim: Higher prelim 2017-2018
Examples of questions from a previous prelim: National 5 Applications of Maths prelim 2017-2018
Example of mark scheme from a previous prelim: National 5 Maths prelim 2017-2018