Can you pass the 11+? Free 10 min test:

now_a_mum&skint

yey!!!! I passed 15/15 with 1 min 23 secons to go..Im slow but I managed, the last question was a b*gg*r tho, it eventually dawned on me!!!! I did it before reading the thread before you think Ive cheated!! hahaha!!!

lowbrim

The problem with the grammer schools entrance requirements was that even then you could cheat the system. If you went to a private school up to 11 you automatically went to grammer. I know someone whose parents put him into private education for the final year of junior school as they knew he would not pass the 11+. He still left school with poor qualifications!! but on his CV he could put he went to grammer school.

Pont

15/15 in just over 4 mins ;-) - feeling very proud of myself (lol)!

goingforgold_2

Pip26 wrote: »

I'm sure most of you will have heard this before but can't resist posting:

Question: What does a mathematician do when he's constipated?

Clue: Believes in old fashioned methods

Answer: He works it out with a pencil

.... did he not ease his misery with logs? ....

pinkkaz

15 out of 15 with 4:17 minutes to go. To be honest I thought it would be easier than it was though. I think the questions were really badly worded!

miss-coordinated

I got 11/15, not good in my opinion but good enough for grammar school according to the test!

Not that surprising as I did go to a grammar school. I had no tuition- I come from a terrible area and quite a poor family.
I love that grammar schools were meant for people like me- kids from poor backgrounds but of decent inteligence to have a chance to make something of themselves, but the sad fact is that the system doesn't work anymore!

My school was full of kids from well outside of the catchment area, I'm quite sure a lot of these kids parents bought their places- that's not to say they weren't bright- most had come from private schools and already spoke languages and played instruments (part of the requirements for my school was playing in instrument- I learnt on a tiny Casio toy keyboard I had as a Christmas gift lol)

IMO grammar schools these days seem to pretty much be private schools for those on a tighter budget- if you can't afford to spend £10,000 a year sending your child to a private school but you can afford to "donate" a reasonable amount towards the new Media wing/science lab etc then that will quite likely help find your child a place at a grammar school.

Discodee

Thats not the case here! You do have to pass the exam! LOL
But it is the people with money who in the main pass.

My DDs school does ask for £10 a month from the parents. I've never paid it. i can't afford to. My hubby earns half what teachers do. My DD is there is she is gifted not because we had money and tutored her!

Thing is my daughter sails through the work. many girls struggle and become disillusioned. That's what is wrong. Sending your kids as a status symbol when they will struggle and struggle.
My DDs school is the top school in our area and there are 6 grammar schools, yet there is a READING SUPPORT CLASS for girls who struggle.

That beggars belief to me. If a child is struggling with reading how the hell have they passed the 11 plus?
(Answers on a postcard to Monkeys can pass it with enough tuiton)

thenextbigcraze

halia wrote: »

13/15 but then I got a different way of working out that one (and another of the number ones.

16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 19

sequence one goes 1, 1, 0, 2, -1
sequence two goes 0 -1 +2 -3

So I went for sequence of digits rising by 1 each time alternating sign! - therfore next number is 23 (+4) :rotfl:

:think:

Your method would work I think, but you need to remember to take sequence one into account.


As you say, the next number in sequence two would be +4, so the next number in sequence one would be +3 (-1+ 4) so the next number that you want is still 22 (19 +3).

Personally I just looked at the alternate numbers so had 16, 18, 20 which also gives you the answer 22.

:cheesy:

charliee_3

i got 15 out of 15 with 5.28 mins to go... I did pass my 11+ back in the day with 96% (I think) but i found this really quite tricky... dont know how I did it back then!!
great link..

mrsdinozzo

took one look and thought....nope, not even going to try....way too hard....LOL....kind of like...what use is all that gonna be when I'm all grown up...sort of like algebra and sine, cosine and all that garbage....;)