The Maths GCSE Diagnostic Tool is a skills based assessment program. The app successfully highlights your strengths and your areas to develop within the subject. This is a very useful tool to use prior to any test to help you rank the revision topics that need attention.


ABOUT THE APP:
The app is setup to guide you through a wide range of Mathematical topics, divided into 3 easy units to help you manage your revision: Unit 1 - Statistics and Number (calculator allowed), Unit 2 - Number and Algebra (calculator not allowed) and Unit 3 - Geometry and Algebra (calculator allowed). The diagnostic tool is applicable to both the linear and the modular system as it assesses generic skill based Mathematical knowledge; it therefore suitably matches the AQA, Edexcel or OCR schemes of learning. Each unit is provided as either a higher or as a foundation option to allow you to target your desired tier of final paper.

INSTRUCTIONS:
After installation, you are presented with a login screen. You will need to create your own account following the on screen instructions. Keep your login details safe as all future results will be stored under your account. This incredibly powerful tool then helps you to start identifying areas you need to revise. By answering each of the online questions, the app highlights the objectives you have successfully completed and which ones you will need to work on. After some targeted revision, you can then return back to the app to see if you have improved. With each access, the questions are refreshed so you can assess yourself with a similar problem but with different numbers.

CONTENTS:
The app covers the following range of topics:

Unit 1 -
1) Mean, mode, median and range
2) Pictogram and tally tables
3) Bar charts
4) Probability
5) Stem and leaf
6) Two-way tables
7) Scatter diagrams
8) Percentages and ratio
9) Pie charts
10) Frequency polygons
11) Cumulative frequency tables and graphs
12) Box plots
13) Histograms
14) Upper and lower bounds

Unit 2 -
1) Operating with integers, decimals and directed numbers (negatives)
2) Place value, BIDMAS and rounding
3) Factors, multiples, HCF and LCM
4) Indices and standard index form
5) Surds
6) Ratio and proportion
7) Fractions, decimals and percentages
8) Equations and simultaneous equations
9) Quadratics - factorising and completing the square
10) Sequences - inc. understanding of nth term rules
11) Linear graphs - y = mx + c
12) Real life graphs - speed, distance and time calculations
13) Inequalities - inc. interpretation of graphical inequalitites
14) Substituting into formulae
15) Changing the subject / rearranging a formula

Unit 3 -
1) Properties of shapes - inc. angles on parallel lines, interior and exterior angles
2) Circle theorems
3) Congruence and similarity
4) Area and perimeter
5) Volume and surface area
6) Transformations
7) Vectors
8) Direct and inverse proportion
9) Bearings and measure - inc. approximations and metric/imperial conversions
10) Algebraic manipulation and equations
11) Pythagoras' theorem
12) Trigonometry
13) Trial and improvement
14) Graph transformations
15) Dimensional analysis
16) Ratio and similarity
17) Loci
18) Nets, plans and elevations
19) Real life graphs

SUPPORT:
Before rating the app, please let me know of any suggestions you might have on how I might improve the app. Any topics you think I may have missed or you happen to perhaps find some glaring glitches, then please email me first at mrwslab@gmail.com. The app has taken a considerable amount of my personal time to develop so please give it 5 stars to say "thank you".