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Maths for the CSSE 11+

Every topic on the CSSE Maths paper, nineteen chapters from column arithmetic to charts and tables: a method in five steps, a worked example with the mark scheme and the answers that lose marks, the traps, and ten questions with working space. Then a timed test of twenty questions and sixty marks, as the real paper.

117pages, A4
19chapters
190practice questions
1timed test
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Free sample chapter (PDF, 8 pages) The cover, contents, Before you start and chapter 1, exactly as printed.

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Who it is for

Who this book is for

For a child sitting the Essex 11+, where every answer is written out and the working earns marks. Multiple-choice practice does not prepare for that. Each question here has working space and a mark scheme, so a parent can mark it as the examiner would and see exactly where a mark went. The book is built to the paper: sixty marks, one hour, no calculator.

How every chapter works

  • What it looks like. The question as the paper prints it, and an example.
  • The method. Five steps, written to be said aloud.
  • Worked example. Step by step, and why each wrong option is there.
  • The three traps. How the question is usually lost, and what to do instead.
  • Try it. Ten questions, easier first, exam level from question 4, with working space.

What is inside

The 19 chapters

  1. 1Column arithmetic and missing digits
  2. 2Place value and rounding
  3. 3Fractions
  4. 4Decimals
  5. 5Percentages
  6. 6Factors, multiples, primes and squares
  7. 7Negative numbers
  8. 8Sequences and number chains
  9. 9Pyramids and symbol sums
  10. 10Function machines and tables
  11. 11Ratio and proportion
  12. 12Letters and equations
  13. 13Time
  14. 14Money and units
  15. 15Perimeter and area
  16. 16Angles
  17. 17Coordinates
  18. 18Averages and range
  19. 19Charts and tables

Then the timed test, every answer with its reason, a glossary and a progress page.

How the book reaches you

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Checked twice

Every practice question in the book was generated and checked by machine, then read by a person before it went in. The answers at the back give the reason for every one, so a child who gets a question wrong can see why, not just that. If you find a fault, email info@uplift-learning.co.uk and it will be corrected in the next edition.

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Questions

Questions parents ask

Which exam is this for?

The CSSE 11+, sat for the Essex grammar schools including KEGS, CCHS, Colchester Royal Grammar, Colchester County High, Westcliff, Southend High and the others in the consortium. It is written-answer, and so is this book.

Are the mark schemes real?

They follow the CSSE's own style: a mark for the method and a mark for the answer, and the answers page names the common wrong answers and which mark each one loses.

How is the timed test built?

Twenty questions worth sixty marks in sixty minutes, one harder question from every chapter plus two extra, so the test covers the paper the way the paper covers the syllabus.

The set

The other guides

English for the CSSE 11+Vocabulary and Exam Tips

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