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Maths for the GL 11+

Every topic on the GL Maths paper, one chapter each: what the question looks like, a method in five steps, a worked example with every wrong option explained, the traps, and ten questions that climb from Year 4 to exam level. Then a timed test at the paper's pace.

76pages, A4
18chapters
180practice questions
1timed test
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Who it is for

Who this book is for

For a child who can do the maths in class but loses marks in the test: the wrong option chosen in a hurry, the question that hides a two-step calculation inside a story, the unit left off. The GL Maths paper is multiple choice, so every chapter here explains not only the right answer but why each wrong option is there to catch you.

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 18 chapters

  1. 1Place value and rounding
  2. 2Adding and subtracting
  3. 3Multiplying and dividing
  4. 4Negative numbers
  5. 5Factors, multiples and primes
  6. 6Fractions
  7. 7Decimals
  8. 8Percentages
  9. 9Ratio
  10. 10Sequences
  11. 11Function machines and equations
  12. 12Units, money and time
  13. 13Speed, distance and time
  14. 14Perimeter, area and volume
  15. 15Angles
  16. 16Shapes and symmetry
  17. 17Coordinates
  18. 18Averages and range

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 GL Assessment 11+ Maths paper. The topics are Key Stage 2 maths, so the book also serves as a thorough Year 5 revision course; for the CSSE, which is a written-answer paper, the CSSE Maths guide is the right one.

Is it harder than school maths?

The content is what school teaches by the end of Year 6. The difficulty is the pace and the wording, so the chapters climb: the first three questions of each are a Year 4 start, the last few are the level of the paper.

Does it have the timed test?

Yes, with the real answer sheet layout, so the child practises transferring answers as well as finding them, and a score sheet with advice for each score band.

The set

The other guides

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