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This document provides an overview of the content covered in 11+ exams in the UK across four subject areas: maths, English, verbal reasoning, and non-verbal reasoning. It outlines the different types of math exams, and describes the types of questions students may encounter in each subject, including short calculations, multi-step word problems, and questions involving graphs in maths; literary devices, spelling, punctuation and creative writing in English; and sample questions assessing verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills.

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LEARNING

This document provides an overview of the content covered in 11+ exams in the UK across four subject areas: maths, English, verbal reasoning, and non-verbal reasoning. It outlines the different types of math exams, and describes the types of questions students may encounter in each subject, including short calculations, multi-step word problems, and questions involving graphs in maths; literary devices, spelling, punctuation and creative writing in English; and sample questions assessing verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills.

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Syllabus content for 11+ EXAMS:

 11 PLUS MATHS PAPERS FALL INTO FOUR BROAD


CATEGORIES
 1/ GL/NFER Maths tests
 2/ CEM Numerical reasoning maths tests.
 3/ Grammar school written maths tests.
 4/ Independent school written maths tests

 CONTENT FOR 11+


 Reasoning:
Numerical Reasoning
This exam is ONLY issued by CEM. The title of it is very misleading. It does not cover any Maths
which is outside the KS2 syllabus so any child who is performing at the top end in Maths at
Primary School will do well. Numerical Reasoning 11 Plus tests will have a mix of: short
calculation questions ( eg 158 – 62 +29 ), you can expect questions on all the key aspects of the
KS2 syllabus and there will two step questions and muti-part questions. A two-step question
might need a child to work out some missing information before they can do the calculation to
get an answer. A multi-part question might include a series of questions about a graph as an
example.
To this degree the word ‘reasoning’ is largely a distraction. Children who are competent at
Maths and have covered the syllabus properly should have no issues with these tests. No
specific ‘reasoning’ work is required as there are not really any reasoning questions.

 Numerical Reasoning:
Short calculation questions in Numerical Reasoning exams
CEM Numerical Reasoning will contain some reasonably straightforward calculation questions.
There’s really no ‘reasoning’ involved. So, questions like 356 x 487 may well come up, indeed in
the past there have been whole sections of short calculation questions. These test a child’s
times tables ability, four operations ability, attention to detail and ability to work quickly but
they certainly do not stray outside the KS2 syllabus.
Two step problem questions in Numerical Reasoning exams
CEM Numerical Reasoning will have questions where missing information has to be worked out
before a final calculation can be done to reach an answer. As an example, Geoff is 1.8m tall and
Peter is taller than Geoff. Carol is 57cm shorter than Peter. John is the same height as Geoff and
45cm taller than Carol. What height is Peter?
To work out the answer children simply need to work through the logic of the question, find
Carol’s height and then use the information to work out Peter’s height. Carol is 45cm
shorter than Geoff and Geoff are 1.8m, so Carol is 1.35m tall. We know she is also 57cm
shorter than Peter so Peter must be 1.35m plus 57cm = 1.92m. Peter is 1.92m tall.
Typically, with these questions the final calculation is straightforward but intelligence needs
to be applied to collect the missing information. These questions are not overly difficult but
remember that there will be intensive time pressure which is how these tests differentiate
between children.
Multi-Part Questions in Numerical Reasoning exams
In these questions children will be given something like a graph with lots of information on it
and they will be asked five or six questions on various elements of the graph. These questions
are not overly difficult but it is essential not to make mistakes because a mistake on one
question can lead to mistakes in the others as often one question may relate to another.

 11 Plus Maths:
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
ENGLISH:
11 Plus English Exam – Literary Devices
Some tests may examine a child’s knowledge of literary devices and ask them to
identify devices such as Similes or Personification or Onomatopoeia.
11 Plus English Exam – Literacy reasoning
Some 11 Plus tests do not have specific Verbal Reasoning sections and so instead
include some literacy reasoning questions in their English papers. These can cover
rhyming words, anagrams, crosswords, odd words out, putting jumbled words into
sentences, putting jumbled sentences or paragraphs into the correct order.
 11 Plus Verbal Reasoning
SAMPLE QUESTIONS

 11 Plus Non-Verbal Reasoning


SAMPLE QUESTIONS
 11 Plus Vocabulary:
 Exam – Vocabulary testing:
Children may be asked what various words in the text mean. They may be given a
synonyms/opposites task. They may have CLOZE exercise to do (words with missing
letters).
 11 Plus Spelling:
11 Plus English Exam – Spelling/Punctuation/Grammar:
Children will often find a section of different questions on these topics which can
take a number of different forms, an example would be correcting mistakes in a
given passage.
a) Homophones and spelling for 11 Plus.
b) Double letter trouble
c) Statutory Spelling for the 11 Plus
d) Commonly Misspelt words
 11 Plus Creative Writing:
11 Plus English Exam – Creative writing
Often for Grammar School 11 Plus tests questions will be in multiple choice format
because it makes it quick and easy for schools to mark. Some schools/areas do
include Creative Writing to a degree but often this is only actually marked where
two children are close in marks and going for the final place. Please check your 11
Plus area to see if Creative Writing is included.
NOTE: In Independent School 11 Plus tests Creative Writing is nearly always included and will
be marked in every case

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