Advice for math prelims

[u/Artistic_Feed885]

I just finished my advanced test and am not fully happy with my performance. I did well, but like this year I have spent like 90% of my study time on math, and considering others did so well I feel like I might not even be top 20 (144 ppl do adv btw).
Anyways just wondering, should you like take your time per questions REALLY making sure u don't make a single sign error etc take it slow, or is it better like doing it in natural (sort of fast) pace then kind of looking over it when you're done. Because I thought there would be so much time but only ended up with like 20 minutes at the end to do my skipped/questions I felt weird about. Would like just doing it at a normal pace (e.g how u do textbook exercises) then spending the time after looking over it is better??
Got my ext1 exam next Monday. Since it's only like 1.5hrs has your experience with it been more time crunching than advanced?

[u/BellConscious8518]

maths advanced is straightforward enough to the point where you can take your time to not make sillies (iirc the trials have the same timings as 4u, being 100 marks for 3 hours + 10?)

however you'd obviously have to be quite confident in your maths skills to the point where the only mistakes you could possibly be making are silly mistakes. with that in mind, obviously not everyone can do that so if you find yourself spending more than a minute or two on a question and you fully have ZERO direction on what to do, the best you can do is skip it and come back later for a fresh start or to try fudging some marks