How Method marks your maths past papers.
From choosing your syllabus to fixing the mistakes you keep making, here's the whole loop in six steps: what you do at each stage, what Method does, and what to expect when something doesn't go to plan.
The whole loop, from paper to progress.
- 01
Tell Method what you're sitting
Choose your qualification, exam board and year of entry. Method checks that syllabus and hides past-paper questions on topics it no longer examines, so you never revise something that can't come up.
IGCSE, AS Level, A Level or Further Maths. You can switch course later from your profile.
- 02
Pick what to practise
Browse papers by year, session, paper and variant, or type a code like 9709/32. Short on time? Drill one topic with a quick set of five questions instead of a whole paper.
Full papers run against the real clock, so timing is part of the practice.
- 03
Answer it your way
On iPad, write straight onto the question with Apple Pencil. On paper, answer as you would in the exam hall, then photograph each question with your iPhone or Android phone.
The marking is identical whichever way you answer.
- 04
Get it marked
Each question is read and marked on its own against examiner-style criteria, then checked by a second, independent pass before the result reaches you.
Blank questions are marked as not attempted rather than guessed at.
- 05
Review every mark
Each line of working comes back with its M, A or B mark and a short note on anything you lost. If you think Method misread a step, dispute it and the mark is checked again against the mark scheme.
Borderline steps are flagged, so you know which marks to double-check.
- 06
Fix what keeps costing you
Your marks log shows where your marks go: accuracy slips, wrong methods, missing statements or running out of time. Weak topics feed straight back into what Method suggests you practise next.
Patterns such as sign errors or a forgotten +C are tracked across every paper you do.
iPad or pen and paper?
Both routes end in the same marked result. Choose whichever matches how you'll sit the real exam, or switch between them.
| iPad + Apple Pencil | Paper + phone camera | |
|---|---|---|
| You'll need | An iPad with Apple Pencil or a compatible stylus | An iPhone or Android phone, a pen and paper |
| Where you write | On the question itself, inside the app | On real paper, exactly like the exam |
| How it's submitted | Your working is sent question by question as you finish | One photo per question, with extra photos if a question runs over |
| Best for | Practising anywhere without printing papers | Exam-condition practice with pen and paper |
| Marking | Identical | Identical |
Five habits for a clean scan.
Method reads handwriting well, including crossed-out lines and untidy notation, but a clear photo means faster results and fewer steps flagged as unreadable. These are the same tips the app shows on the camera screen.
- Use good, even lighting, with no shadows or glare across the page.
- Lay the page flat and fill the frame with it.
- Include the question number, so Method can match the photo to the right question.
- Take one photo per question, and add another if the question runs onto a new page.
- Write in black pen: it reads best.
When something doesn't go to plan.
- A question you left blank
- It's marked as not attempted, and your score counts it that way, just as an examiner would.
- A line Method can't read
- Method tells you which step it couldn't read instead of guessing at it, so you can retake the photo or check that step yourself.
- A photo of the wrong question
- The question is detected from the page, so a mismatched photo is flagged rather than marked against the wrong mark scheme.
- A mark you disagree with
- Dispute it, and Method checks that step again against the mark scheme. The scheme is the reference, not the AI.
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