I ALWAYS panic in Maths tests.

[LoveToStack]

Obviously you'll be a bit nervous, it's an exam afterall. So is everyone else so remember everyone else is feeling the effects as well.

Maths exams have several advantages over other exams though which should calm your nerves. Namely, that you can take any route you like to answer the question and if you look at the mark schemes for a lot of maths papers most questions have multiple schemes for all possible solutions, many of which are completely different. Even if you put down a method which isn't covered by the mark scheme, as long as your working and thought-processes are clear and the answer is right then you'll get the marks.

Also bear in mind that for exams involving calculations it's not a big deal if you don't get the right answer at the end, as long as you know how you got to that answer. So if you think you know how to do a question up to a point but then don't know what to do from then on: don't scribble out what you've done. Just leave it. Or if you're 100% positive your working is right but the answer doesn't look right then again, don't assume it's wrong: leave it. You get like 1 mark off the total for the question if you have the wrong answer in a maths paper, as long as the working is right. They want to know that you know how to get to the answer, they aren't bothered as much about the answer itself.

Also most of these maths exams say you're not allowed graphics calculators but I've never been told otherwise by an invidulator during an exam. Bear that in mind, especially when a lot of the time you can be 100% certain you've got full marks for a question before you even leave the hall with a graphics calculator...

[GirlNextDoor15]

Study, revise, breath in and think logically. Nuff said

[Rixion]

don't over revise too because you're bound to forget it and if you don't know a question don't sit there blankly and move onto the next, come back to it. breath slowly and i've been told eating a banana helps, but i don't know.
good luck!

[Zaniac32]

I chew gum :L

[.x.miss.angel.x]

Thanks everybody I did the test this morning, and luckily i did not go into overboard panic!

At our school we also have a strict gum rule, so no gum for me! Thanks again

[AgnesIO]

Thanks everybody I did the test this morning, and luckily i did not go into overboard panic!

At our school we also have a strict gum rule, so no gum for me! Thanks again

No one will know if you are chewing in an exam :S

[dbgtz]

Wow I'm the opposite, I'm all chilled because maths is a breeze for me, easy A I'm looking at :L Looking logically is the key and the chances are the answer is easier to get than you think.

[AgnesIO]

Wow I'm the opposite, I'm all chilled because maths is a breeze for me, easy A I'm looking at :L Looking logically is the key and the chances are the answer is easier to get than you think.

At what level?

[Thomas]

remember a pen and pencil

[.x.miss.angel.x]

Me and my friend were disscussing the test in spanish today. She said.

Oh You know we all used our calculators? Well the other set did not...

ROFL, well done Miss! She was giving out calculators and told us before the half term it was a calculator test. (btw this is a year 9 end of year thing so no biggy)