I come from an engineering background and I generally find it easier to first UNDERSTAND the underlying principles before attempting to apply them. Your understanding of the subject should be in a very non-mathematical context to start with and you should be able to make inferences and deductions without doing any written mathematics.
For every 30 mins of study you should give yourself 1 hour to think about what you have just read. Think about changing one variable with respect to another. Think about the wider effects of doing so and its implications. After you have done this, have a stab at the mathematical reasoning behind the subject. It should fly by easily and give more meaning to what you have just thought.
Once you achieve this you should be able to attempt any question without difficulty and you will pass the exam with flying colours .
Don't practice lots and lots of questions at the begining because this undermines the whole purpose of studying and thinking about a topic in a theoretical sense.
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