Cima

Dipak Thanki

Hi

After claiming exceptions from AAT for CIMA, how many exams would I have to sit to become qualified?

Does CIMA involve a lot of Maths? And if so, what sort of maths exactly?

Thanks!

Dipak

PGM

I'd say best part of a dozen exams, but I didn't do cima.

General maths ability is needed for getting to grips with balances, %... Also a grasp of equations and formulas will help.

I've know people good at maths struggle with accounts, but generally being good at it helps a lot.

NeilH

Hi

AAT will exempt you from the five papers at the CIMA certificate level, this will leave you with ten papers to sit, including the final case study exam.

Neil

slackda

Spot on, as for the maths, there is some formula manipulation at strategic level but that could just be down to the way im being taught.

SandyHood

If you have time before starting your CIMA studies, look at some business statistics. Standard deviation, correlation and regression, rearranging formulae, normal distribution are a few topics to look at. Nothing too tricky, but these will help you along - and examiners often comment on weak stats in the post-exam guides.

NeilH

SandyHood wrote: »

If you have time before starting your CIMA studies, look at some business statistics. Standard deviation, correlation and regression, rearranging formulae, normal distribution are a few topics to look at. Nothing too tricky, but these will help you along - and examiners often comment on weak stats in the post-exam guides.

Hi

I can agree with this, I tool the five exemptions and found that these areas were a little tricky. But, they can be covered with some additional reading - it's not necessary to give up the exemption!

Neil

ademoore

The maths is fine in CIMA, afterall, you're aiming to be a chartered accountant aren't you? If you follow books like BPP or Kaplan, everything is very clearly laid out and explained - and there are always forums you can ask around if you decide to take it homestudy!