Increase your Maths Methods Exam mark by 20% with these tips... 1. Treat it like a treasure hunt. go through the Maths Methods exam and find all the easiest questions and do them first. 2. Skip questions quickly. If you have read a question in the Maths Methods exam and you're not immediately starting to work out the answer by writing it down then you need to skip it. If you are spending any amount of time thinking about the question you should have already moved on. 3. If you make silly mistake