{"id":378,"date":"2021-12-16T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:34:03","slug":"n5-exam-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/n5-exam-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Pure Maths Exam Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-panels_37\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-panels builder-section-last accordion-mode\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"ttfmp-accordion-container\" data-height-style=\"\"  data-start-collapsed=\"false\">\n<div id=\"ttfmp-panels-item-title-panels-item_45\" class=\"ttfmp-panels-item-title\">\n\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"ttfmp-panels-item-content-panels-item_45\" class=\"ttfmp-panels-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The National 5 Mathematics exams take place in May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Please find links below for everything you need in order to help you prepare for the upcoming examinations:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2021\/12\/16160327\/N5-Prelim-Revision.pdf\">Revision Pack<\/a> (with QR codes linking to videos to help with skills)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2021\/12\/22154300\/N5-Prelim-Revision_Answers.pdf\">Revision Pack Answers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2022\/03\/28165940\/Essential-Skills-N5-Mar-22.pdf\">Essential Skills in N5<\/a> &#8211; core skills that cover the basics required for the exam in 2022\/23<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2021\/12\/16160434\/National-5-Procedures-Booklet_AA.pdf\">N5 Procedures Booklet<\/a> (step-by-step guides to help with the most popular questions)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2021\/12\/16160513\/Past-Paper-Questions-for-Procedures_AA.pdf\">Procedure Exam Questions_AA<\/a> (related to the procedures booklet)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Procedures Booklets originally created at Broxburn Academy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2021\/12\/16160651\/National-5-Past-Papers_19.pptx\">Past Papers from the previous four years<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">You may also find the following links helpful:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.national5maths.co.uk\/free-national-5-maths-2\/\">Free N5 Maths<\/a> &#8211; a one stop website for past papers, theory guides, mind maps and more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.national5maths.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/N5-Exam-Formulae-List.pdf\">N5 Formula Sheet<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<em>courtesy of the SQA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.national5maths.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/National-5-Maths-Memory-List.pdf\">Facts NOT given in the N5 Exam<\/a> &#8211; should be remembered for the exam (<em>courtesy of Airdrie Academy)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/armadaleacademymaths\/uploads\/sites\/6781\/2022\/03\/12153157\/NQMathematicsCommandWords.pdf\">Mathematics Command Words<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 words the SQA will use in exams and their meanings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/ztrjmp3\">BBC Bitesize<\/a> &#8211; great targeted practice for N5 Maths<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DLBmaths\">DLBMaths YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; Great videos of most recent N5 exams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/YouKenMaths\">YouKenMaths YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; Theory videos of various skills in Higher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larberthigh.com\/departments\/maths_and_computing\/mathematics\/flipped_learning.html\">Larbert High School Tutorial Videos<\/a> &#8211; More videos for elements of the N5 course<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National 5 Mathematics exams take place in May 2026 Please find links below for everything you need in order to help you prepare for the upcoming examinations: Revision Pack (with QR codes linking to videos to help with skills) Revision Pack Answers Essential Skills in N5 &#8211; core skills that cover the basics required &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27816,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademymaths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}