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Provides over 1000 questions to help you prepare for the revised QTS Skills Test that will be introduced in September 2013. Provides practice and review of basic maths and literacy as well as the more complex problems that will feature in the new test Contains practice in verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and abstract reasoning

Table of Contents

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
• Section - ONE: Numeracy;
• • Chapter - 01: Review of arithmetic;
  • Chapter - 02: Understanding fractions;
  • Chapter - 03: Understanding decimals;
  • Chapter - 04: Calculating percentages;
  • Chapter - 05: Aspects of algebra;
  • Chapter - 06: Money and exchange rates;
  • Chapter - 07: Quicker mental calculations;
  • Chapter - 08: Indices and roots;
  • Chapter - 09: Measurement;
  • Chapter - 10: Averages;
  • Chapter - 11: Speed, distance and time;
  • Chapter - 12: Charts, graphs and tables;
  • Chapter - 13: Probability;
  • Chapter - 14: Venn diagrams and sets;
  • Chapter - 15: Flowcharts;
• Section - TWO: Literacy;
• • Chapter - 16: Spelling;
  • Chapter - 17: Punctuation;
  • Chapter - 18: Grammar;
  • Chapter - 19: Writing task;
• Section - THREE: Reasoning;
• • Chapter - 20: Numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning tests;
• Section - FOUR: Answers with explanations

About the Author

Chris Tyreman has 12 years' experience coaching candidates in Maths, English and IQ tests. He is a tutor for distance learners studying for GCSE Maths and the QTS skills tests and the author of learning materials used in colleges of further and higher education. He is also the author of How to Master Calculations, also published by Kogan Page.