Plan around the date your own school gives you, and work backwards from it. Do not use a date from a friend, another school or an old post online. School mocks are arranged by each school, so they can sit at different points in the year.
The realistic revision planner works from dates you enter yourself, so it does not guess anything for you.
What should I confirm first?
Before you plan, get four facts from your school or teacher:
- The date of each mock paper.
- Which topics or chapters the mock covers.
- Whether it is the full paper or part of it.
- Whether it will be timed in the same way as an exam.
If you do not know one of these, write “unknown” in your plan. That is a real item to ask about, not a reason to freeze.
How do I work backwards?
- Count the full weeks between today and the mock.
- Keep the last week for timed, mixed practice and light review.
- Divide the remaining topics evenly across the earlier weeks.
- Add a buffer in case a week goes wrong.
Worked example
Faiz’s school says the mock starts in five weeks. The mock covers eight topics from the year so far.
- Week 5 (the last week): timed mixed practice and light review.
- Weeks 1 to 4: learn and secure the eight topics.
Eight topics over four weeks is 8 ÷ 4 = two topics a week.
| Week | Plan |
|---|---|
| 1 | Topic A and Topic B |
| 2 | Topic C and Topic D |
| 3 | Topic E and Topic F |
| 4 | Topic G and Topic H |
| 5 | Timed mixed paper, review of errors |
The plausible mistake. In week 2 Faiz finds Topic C much harder than expected and spends the whole week on it. By week 4 he has two topics left and no time. The repair: if a topic takes more than its slot, decide on purpose. Either move the topic into the buffer or drop a lower-priority topic from the plan. Skipping silently is the real danger.
A safer version marks the two lightest topics as “can move”. If one week overruns, those two get a quick review in week 5 instead of a full slot, so one overrun does not break the plan.
What if the plan does not fit?
If the topics do not fit in the weeks, the honest choices are:
- reduce the scope (choose the most important topics),
- increase the time (only if you have real spare time),
- ask the teacher which topics count most.
Making the plan longer on paper does not create hours.
Self-check
- A mock is in six weeks and covers twelve topics. Keep the last week for mixed practice. How many topics per week?
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Five weeks remain for learning. 12 ÷ 5 = 2.4, so plan two or three topics a week. Two a week covers ten topics, and the spare time goes to the last two. - A friend says the mock is on the 12th. Your school has not announced a date. What do you do?
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Ask your school. Use “date unknown” in the plan until you have the real date.
When might one-to-one tuition be worth considering?
It may help when you have too many topics for the weeks left and need to decide which matter most, or when one hard topic keeps overrunning its slot. A teacher can prioritise with you after seeing your actual work.
With a mock date in hand, the teacher assigned to you in online one-to-one Mathematics tuition can work backwards from it with you. The paid one-hour trial starts from RM80, and the rate is agreed before it begins.
Related guides: balancing revision with unfinished teaching, what to bring to a focused lesson, how it works and the subject tuition pages.