Nat 5 maths as adult

[hapagirl]

Hi there. My daughter is in S2 doing well in everything except maths. She’s not a natural mathematician but properly motivated and supported, I think she can do okay. The school is suggesting she go down to nat 4 set which I don’t really think is necessary. Have any of you done the nat 5 with your child? I think it might motivate her and actually be good for me too. I was thinking of doing the course at home and sitting the exam when she does. I’m not naturally great at maths but scrapped a B in GCSE 30 years ago.

Yes to helping her out at home and learning what she is struggling with to do this, but I would focus on you tutoring her rather than your own study unless getting your nat 5 maths will improve your own employability.

Ds used /enjoyed the tee Jay range of books. Lots of examples to work through.

Thanks! Yes I have teejay and leckie and leckie. We have started tutoring her at home too. Fingers crossed!

Practice papers over and over again. You can use older ones designed for Credit level standard grade too as practice as the level of maths is essentially the same. For Nat 5 practice that is. If she is further down the curriculum you could use those for Foundation/General level as I think they roughly equate to Nat3/4 level.

Thank you!