What it tests
Applying school maths to problems your child hasn’t seen before. Multi-step word problems with five answer options. No calculator or ruler.
Question types you’ll practise
Multi-step problems
Several small calculations that build to the answer.
Measurement
Units, scale, area and time.
Number
Fractions, decimals, factors and remainders.
Reasoning
Deciding which statements must be true.
A sample question
At 0600 there are 8 vans in a depot. The recorded numbers of vans at 0700, 0800, 0900, 1000, 1100, 1200 and 1300 are 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 18.
How long after 0600 is the number of vans first double the number at 0600?
Worked solution
Answer: B. Double the 0600 number is 16 vans. The first recorded time with 16 vans is 1200, which is 6 hours after 0600.
Pacing
There are 35 questions in 40 minutes, so a question that takes three minutes costs two others. A full timed mock shows where the time goes.