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QTS Numeracy Skills TestOn-screen questions – topics
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CE means clear last entry
7 7x = 49
7 8 9 ÷
4 5 6 x
1 2 3 –
0 . + =
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0
C means clear all calculation
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6 7+ = 13
2 3+ = 15x 3 6 2÷ = 0.2857141
Strictly this is wrong, since we do the multiply first then the addition.
12345 Backspace 1234
To 1 decimal place this is 0.3
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All girls achieved at least grade E
One boy achieved grade A*
6 students achieved grade C
More than 55% of students achieved grade A*-C
A school used a graph showing predicted GCSE grades from KS3 point scores for history. The solid line shows the national progress from KS3 to GCSE in history. There were 28 students in the class.
Which statements are true.
10
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
A*
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
Key Stage 3 2003 Average Points Score
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History GCSE predictions from KS3 average point scores
GirlsBoys
Fraction achieving A*– C was 16 28
This is the lowest girl’s grade = E
This is the highest boy’s grade = A
6 students achieved grade C
Total number of students obtaining A*– C = 16
1 6 ÷ = 0.571482
0.57 is the same as 57%
Total number of students = 28
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