How to use the free maths library

1. Find your topic

• GCSE: open the GCSE library, pick Foundation or Higher, then a grade. You can also search for a topic or pick your exam board.
• KS3: open the KS3 library and pick Year 7, 8 or 9. Topics are in the order you are usually taught them.

A-level is coming soon.

2. On a topic page

Learn it first

New to the topic? Press Not sure how? Learn it first. It walks you through the method and a worked example, then two warm-up questions with hints. Nothing counts until you start the sheet.

Print it

Three PDFs: the Worksheet, the Answers (one page, to mark your own) and the Worked solutions, with every step written out line by line.

Or answer online

Type each answer and press Check for an instant mark. At the end you get your score, and you can retry the ones you got wrong. Your best score is kept. Score 80% or more and the topic turns green.

What next?

After your score, the page suggests what to do next: have another go at the ones you missed, or move on to the next topic.

3. Check what has stuck

• Weekly checks: one sheet of 20 mixed questions. GCSE has one per grade. KS3 has part checks for each third of the year, plus a whole-year check. Do one a week, online or on paper.
• Topic check: a short check (GCSE or KS3) that ends with a report of what to practise next.
• Mixed practice: questions from your red and amber topics, red ones first (GCSE or KS3). It is just practice, so it does not change your topic scores. To turn a topic green, do its own sheet again.

4. Revision booklets

Each GCSE grade and each KS3 year has a Blue and a Purple revision booklet: two questions on every topic, with a separate solutions booklet. Find them on the library page.

5. My progress

Press My progress on the library page to see your RAG sheet: every topic coloured by your best score.

• Green: 80% or more
• Amber: 50 to 79%
• Red: under 50%

Did a topic on paper? Press I have done this topic on its page to tick it off. You can print your RAG sheet, or make a study plan from it.

6. A free account and your class

You do not need an account. Without one, your scores are saved in this browser only.

A free account (first name, email and a password) lets your scores follow you between your phone, a laptop and a school computer. You need to be 13 or over. If you are under 16, ask a parent or carer first and use their email.

Joining a class: if your teacher gives you a 6-character code, sign in, press My progress, type your first name and the code, then press Join. Your teacher then sees your first name, your best score on each topic and your homework results. You can leave the class at any time.

If your teacher sets homework, it shows in a Homework from your teacher box on the library page.

7. Spotted a mistake?

Every question has a Report a mistake button. Tell us what looks wrong and we will check it. Your name and email are optional.

8. More to try

• Maths Streak: five GCSE questions a day at your grade, with worked solutions. Every set you finish counts towards your streak, whatever your score.
• Topic Workout: pick a GCSE topic and answer up to ten questions, with worked solutions.