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BASIC ARITHMETIC

A test of basic skills and simple applications consisting of two papersPaper I - mental arithmetic test (7a hour)Paper 2 - written questions (l/a hours)

Syllabus - Papers I and 2

Understanding of numberPositive numbers, including fractions and decimals. Place value.Positive integral powers and square roots. Factors and multiples.Four Rules (Operations)The 4 rules applied to positive integers, fractions and decimals.Conversion from fractions to decimals and from decimals to fractions.

Understanding and use of simple percentages. Percentages as fractions and decimals.

RatioRatio itt the form a:b, including scales. Ratio as a percentage or fraction.Division in a given ratio.AccuracyOrder of magnitude. Estimates. Approximations. Decimal places. Significant figures.

MoneySimple problems including:Discount. Simple interest and its applications including Hire Purchase. V.A.T.Measures@-) Concepts of length, area, volume, capacity and mass. (In line with common usage

a distinction will not be drawn between mass and weight.)The following common imperial and metric units may be used:

Lensth ';,"'lf:k""iilJ,i?::xli,,{:fl; rulli; metre (m), k'ometre (km).

Area square inch (in2), square foot (ft2), squareyard (yd2),rqou"" centimetre (cm2), square metre (m2).

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iliiiirii.tilliltl;,,uu""(cr),ritre(r).Mass ounce (oz), pound (lb), stone, hundredweight (cwt), ton.'

gram (g), kilogram (kg), tonne.(b) Problems including conversion from imperial to metric and metric to imperial,

excluding area and volume. Appropriate conversion factors will always be given.

MensurationArea anfperimeter of square, rectangle, triangle (only A= Tzbh) and circle.Volume of a cuboid.TimeFroblems to include 24hour clock. Use of timetables. Units to be used:second (s), minute (min), hour (h), day, week, calendar month (month), year.

distance, time and speed (e.g. cm/s, mile/h).

. In Bosic 4rithmetic candidotesx Cundidales achieuing 75Vo areachieuing 60Vo ore awarded a Pass.autarde.d a Pass uith Merit. *