Divide your study time when everything feels important

When several subjects compete for a limited week, equal time is one possible choice, but it is not the only one. A simple weight system lets you make the tradeoff visible. You choose how important each topic is within one plan, and the available minutes are divided proportionally.

Fix the budget first

Suppose you have seven study days with 60 minutes available each day. That is 420 minutes. Before entering this budget, remove time you want to hold back for unexpected work. Our planner distributes all the minutes you give it; it does not secretly reserve a buffer.

Keep the topics broad enough that the output is useful. Three subjects or three substantial units usually produce a more readable allocation than twelve tiny tasks. You will choose the individual questions and activities after you see the budget.

Assign relative weights

The planner accepts weights from 1 to 5. These are relative priorities, not hours, grades, or a scientific estimate of difficulty. A topic with weight 4 receives twice as much time as a topic with weight 2. Giving every topic weight 5 produces the same division as giving every topic weight 1.

For each topic, consider your deadline, the work remaining, and what recent practice has revealed. Choose a weight you can explain in one sentence. “I need extra practice on equation solving before Friday” is a clearer reason than “maths is important.”

Follow a complete allocation

With algebra weighted 3 and history weighted 2, the total weight is 5. Algebra receives 420 × 3/5 = 252 minutes. History receives 420 × 2/5 = 168 minutes. Together they use the exact 420-minute budget.

When division produces fractional minutes, the tool first assigns whole minutes, then distributes the leftover minutes to the largest fractional remainders. Equal remainders are resolved in the order you entered the topics. This keeps the total consistent without implying that a one-minute difference is educationally significant.

Convert the budget into sessions

The output is a total for the whole planning period, not a day-by-day calendar. You could put most of the algebra work earlier if the deadline is sooner, or split both subjects over several days. The planner does not know your timetable, deadlines, or which rooms and materials you can access.

Make the final schedule yourself and write an output for each session. “Algebra: 45 minutes, attempt and mark questions 1–6” is more actionable than “Algebra: 252 minutes sometime this week.”

Notice when the budget is too small

If you spread a short budget over many topics, some allocations may be tiny or even zero minutes. That is a signal to reduce the number of active topics or change the budget, rather than squeezing every subject into an unusable fragment. The arithmetic can divide time, but it cannot create more of it.

Revisit the weights after doing some work. They are a temporary expression of your priorities, not a permanent ranking of subjects or a prediction of your results.