Blog Posts tagged Maths

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School performance 2011 - The truth!

by Sara

Last week, the Department for Education published data on more than 3,300 secondary schools' GCSE and A-Level exam results. Now parents have more information than ever about how their child's school is performing, this is an increase of data of 400 per cent than in 2010.

Performance tables for 20...

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GCSE English and maths - more important than ever!

by Sara

It's not so much about how many GCSEs you obtain but what GCSEs you obtain. This may seem to be a surprising statement to make but recent research has found that there is a strong link between cities that have a high youth unemployment rate with the lack of GCSE English and Maths. Between 2007 and 2...

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Test 3. Common entrance exams, 11+,13+

by Sara

Here is test number 3 for the common entrance exams, questions courtesy of Galore Park for the ISEB board.

Calculate: (courtesy of Galore Park)

(29 + 413)²

√ 11.45

³√ 1.65

7 ½ divided by 2 ¾, leaving your answer as a fraction.

Calculate: (courtesy of Galore Park)

(a) the area of a circle whic...

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Record high for A-Level students - Congratulations!

by Sara

Susan from Leicester has just e-mailed us this morning with the good news! "Please let tutor Ian know that Mollie got a B in her Maths A- level exam and says she couldn't have done it without him!

Teenage students have scored yet again another record-breaking year of A-level results, with one in ...

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Test 2. Common entrance exams,11+/13+

by Sara

Here is our second test for you to practice for the common entrance exams. Questions by courtesy of Galore Park for the ISEB board.

At a funfair there was a stall where people could roll a die. (courtesy of Galore Park)

ROLL THE DIE

£1 to enter

Choose your own die

Roll a six and win £6

Tim tho...

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