100 HARD GCSE HIGHER GCSE QUESTIONS
Suitable for new 9-1 Spec GCSE
One Tuesday afternoon a couple of years ago I sat in my classroom wondering why strong pupils often went to bits towards then end of a GCSE paper. As teachers we are sometimes guilty of teaching to the exam and I wanted to move away from that and really challenge to pupils to think a bit harder to get through the last couple of nasty questions in their exam. I wanted pupil to leave exam and not end up saying "Ohh I could have done that question!" two minutes later. I decided to write 100 hard question (3 are not mine!) based on GCSE topics and made the question just slightly more involved than what most exam questions would ask.
Why?
Am I sick in the head and enjoy watching my favourite pupils struggle? No of course not! I just wanted them to get stuck into some tough (and dare I say it, enjoyable) maths to prepare them for 'that one question'.
Are the questions going to come up on the exam?
Some may well do (or at least very similar) and some more than likely not but they are there to improve thinking skills and designed to get pupils to bring all the GCSE topics they know to the table to find a solution.
I have more playlists on past questions that have come up on my website if you want those instead!
Are they too hard?
Hard is subjective although I would expect most pupils working at the old A* grade and the new Grade 8-9 to have a good old crack at them. I would also like to think A grade/Grade 7-8 students with high aspirations will want to nail them!
Are they suitable for you as a learner?
You make that decision! Everything I throw out on YouTube is free for the consumer and you have to decide if you want to follow the project. There is nobody forcing you! If you like the first few you can find the rest by clocking the link below.
Where are they?
1-8 are linked below and 9-100 are here.
Do I want a medal/cookie/something for doing this?
No, I just want to see as many pupils be confident, achieve and enjoy maths. I get huge satisfaction from seeing pupils who are not targeted the top grades smash their exams and walk away with a grade higher than they thought possible.
achieve
Good luck
Steve
Why?
Am I sick in the head and enjoy watching my favourite pupils struggle? No of course not! I just wanted them to get stuck into some tough (and dare I say it, enjoyable) maths to prepare them for 'that one question'.
Are the questions going to come up on the exam?
Some may well do (or at least very similar) and some more than likely not but they are there to improve thinking skills and designed to get pupils to bring all the GCSE topics they know to the table to find a solution.
I have more playlists on past questions that have come up on my website if you want those instead!
Are they too hard?
Hard is subjective although I would expect most pupils working at the old A* grade and the new Grade 8-9 to have a good old crack at them. I would also like to think A grade/Grade 7-8 students with high aspirations will want to nail them!
Are they suitable for you as a learner?
You make that decision! Everything I throw out on YouTube is free for the consumer and you have to decide if you want to follow the project. There is nobody forcing you! If you like the first few you can find the rest by clocking the link below.
Where are they?
1-8 are linked below and 9-100 are here.
Do I want a medal/cookie/something for doing this?
No, I just want to see as many pupils be confident, achieve and enjoy maths. I get huge satisfaction from seeing pupils who are not targeted the top grades smash their exams and walk away with a grade higher than they thought possible.
achieve
Good luck
Steve
The Challenge is on! (Q8-100 are all available here)
1-20Question 1
Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 |
21-40Question 21
Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 Question 27 Question 28 Question 29 Question 30 Question 31 Question 32 Question 33 Question 34 Question 35 Question 36 Question 37 Question 38 Question 39 Question 40 |
41-60Question 41
Question 42 Question 43 Question 44 Question 45 Question 46 Question 47 Question 48 Question 49 Question 50 Question 51 Question 52 Question 53 Question 54 Question 55 Question 56 Question 57 Question 58 Question 59 Question 60 |
61-80Question 61
Question 62 Question 63 Question 64 Question 65 Question 66 Question 67 Question 68 Question 69 Question 70 Question 71 Question 72 Question 73 Question 74 Question 75 Question 76 Question 77 Question 78 Question 79 Question 80 |
81-100Question 81
Question 82 Question 83 Question 84 Question 85 Question 86 Question 87 Question 88 Question 89 Question 90 Question 91 Question 92 Question 93 Question 94 Question 95 Question 96 Question 97 Question 98 Question 99 Question 100 |