Oxford University Mathematician takes High School GCSE Maths Exam

Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford completes a high school GCSE maths exam alongside fellow @numberphile presenter @SparksMaths.

Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford.

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[hakaishinkage]

He literally looks like the exact opposite of what I'd assume a math professor looks like let alone at a school like oxford

[AndrewDotsonvideos]

When you fight the final boss after completing all the side quests.

[pexie]

My high school teachers: “Your professors won’t accept these types of behaviors”

These professors:

[krystiankowalski]

Bruh he’s doing the exact same paper I did in my mocks. I love to see the ways to answer the questions I couldn’t do!

[richardsinclair]

Not pertinent to the subject of the video, but it's really cool seeing someone with what society would consider "alternative style" having a doctorate AND teaching at one of the most renowned universities in the world. That's so awesome.

[enigma]

I love Toms facial expressions when he looks at the next question. He's that little boy again sitting an exam and going "ohh gosh!" But then rationalising that he does know a way forward.

[lethalsub]

Three imaginary numbers walk into a bar. The first one says to the barman, "Three beers please for I and my friends, Jay and Kay".

[TheGCSEMathsTutor]

What a great idea! I often do “walking, talking mock exams” where students have a go at answering a question and then I go through the question myself, and have always found this incredibly useful, a video like this is super helpful for students to hear thoughts and discussion while seeing an exam paper for the first time! Keep up the great content Tom! 👏🏼👏🏼

[coledorillo]

I hate doing tests, but somehow seeing someone smurf a test is great. Vicariously living through a math god

[laurenamyhanks]

Maths teacher here, so glad I came across this and its explained so well! Not often I get to teach higher GCSE so seeing the content is always a treat. LOVE the tattoos.

[melysmelys]

Tom, when you talk about maths, you sound like you're eating something delicious.

[muazbaharin]

My maths teacher were very harsh to me and my friends who didn't know how to solve math problems. One of my friends cried many times during math class. I wish math teachers were more calm and fun like Tom.

[alansmithee]

I remember our physics teacher once accidentally gave us a GCSE exam for practice when we were in our A levels.
They then left the room, so we couldn't let them know something was wrong (It didn't say GCSE on it, we just figured it out because it was so easy) until near the end of lesson.
The best part is it meant they had given their GCSE students the A level exam we were supposed to be doing. SO they were literally handed a test they had no way of knowing how to do. I can only imagine the stress they must have felt.

[bananacat]

I really love this type of video :D
It teaches me more than I could think of.
As a math enthusiast, I want to see more of these in the future. Thanks so much, Dr. Tom!

[Nq]

It's 2am and i'm watching a guy looks like a rock star doing math exam.

[donjohn]

The AQA paper is so much easier than EDEXCEL omg

[Koopadoom]

“This is a fun game, not much going on where Anna lives!” 💀⚰️

[Qman]

It fascinates me how I could do this at high school and now Im 30 and I probably could not solve any of those. But then again, I havent really needed any of these nor even remotely after I set foot out of the school doors.

[oldadajbych]

Me, as a university teacher (not professor, not mathematician - engineering) was really pleased by: "I don't know, what standard form means" ... because practically no standard form is needed ... just the useful one ...

[ImReflexess]

It appears I have forgotten absolutely everything from my school days. Oh well, this was still entertaining watching you work everything out!