1. Remember to go over your knowledge of converting units
of measure. This should involve metres, centimetres and millimetres, litres and
millilitres, grams and kilograms and minutes, hours and days.
2. Remember to look at converting fractions, percentages
and decimals – did you know that 0.7 is the same as 70% and not 7%? Did you
know that 5% is the same as 1/20 and not 1/5? This is a vital basic skill!
3. Remember your times tables – saying them out loud is
the best way to remember them and they will be needed in every question you
answer in one way or another!
4. Use your past papers to guide you – whatever you didn’t
get right last time is your ticket to improving so focus on that!
5. Keep your mental skills sharp – working things out in
your head quickly and accurately is the key to mental maths so talk to a friend
of an adult and test each other every single day. 5 minutes is enough each day!