Question 1

How long should I revise for an exam with forty topics?

Accepted Answer

Thirty hours, if a topic takes 45 minutes. Spreading them is the real question: over a month that is 1.15 hours a day with one rest day a week, over two weeks 2.5 hours.

Question 2

Why does the planner subtract rest days?

Accepted Answer

Because a plan with no days off does not survive contact with a real week. At one rest day a week, thirty calendar days leave 26 study days, and the hours a day are calculated from those.

Question 3

How many hours a day can I actually revise?

Accepted Answer

The planner flags anything above four hours a day as unrealistic. That is a signal rather than a rule: if the arithmetic asks for five, starting earlier or cutting topics is more reliable than hoping to hold the pace.

Question 4

How do I find out how long a topic takes?

Accepted Answer

Time a few representative ones. Estimates are almost always too low, while a measurement carries your reading speed and the subject's difficulty with it; the more the topics differ, the more of them you need to time.

Question 5

What if the schedule still does not fit?

Accepted Answer

Lengthen the span, shorten the time per topic, or accept that some topics will go uncovered and choose which. The planner shows hours a day, topics a day and the total together so you can see which lever to pull.

Question 6

Does the plan include revision passes?

Accepted Answer

No — it counts one pass through the material. For a second round, either double the topic count or raise the minutes per topic; going back over something is usually quicker than the first pass, and that is worth reflecting in whichever number you change.

Question 7

Can I plan a long course this way?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The arithmetic does not care whether the span is a fortnight or a year; all it needs is a topic count and a realistic time per topic.

Span	Calendar days	Study days	Hours a day	Topics a day	Verdict
A week	7	6	5	6.67	unrealistic
Two weeks	14	12	2.5	3.33	dense but workable
A month	30	26	1.15	1.54	comfortable
Two months	60	51	0.59	0.78	comfortable
Three months	91	78	0.38	0.51	comfortable

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