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Maths Skills Centre: a practical guide to maths & statistics

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Maths Guide

Resources and practice tests to develop your maths skills

Practice and Develop your Skills

Learn about a specific topic, complete tasks, and work through sections to improve your knowledge and skills.

Reference and deeper practice

These resources are more useful as reference materials or for studying a topic in depth.

Digital Tools

Check your Skills

Use these short diagnostic tests to check your understanding or as a refresher on key maths skills required for the Maths modules in Economics and PPE courses.

If you get less than 60% in the tests, consider booking a maths appointment for advice and resources to supplement your skills.

Algebra

For guidance and review, see section 1 Basic Algebra on the HELM Workbooks.

Indices and powers

For guidance and review, see section 1.2 Indices (within Basic Algebra) on the HELM Workbooks.

Fractions

For guidance and review, see section 1.4 Arithmetic of Algebraic fractions (within Basic Algebra) on the HELM Workbooks.

Calculus practice

Refresh your Skills

Do you need a quick refresher on particular math concepts, or perhaps you've forgotten some math you learned at school? Below are some resources that we recommend for refreshing your memory. 

Transition to University

Here are some Skills Audits to help you evaluate your skills of maths you learnt in school, with topics picked to be most relevant to specific courses. You can use these to determine which areas you might want to brush up on to prepare for your course, or book a maths appointment to discuss any questions you would like further guidance on.

We are still working on these resources so they may be incomplete in places. Please let us know if you have any feedback on them by emailing maths-skills-centre@york.ac.uk.