1. QTS Numeracy Skills Test On-screen questions – topics Play as slideshow in PowerPoint Press enter or click left mouse button to move on On-screen calculator Mean, Mode, Median Bar charts Cumulative frequency Box and whisker diagrams Conversions Formulae Fractions and Proportion Line graphs Pie charts Tally charts Two-way tables Time Scatter graphs To disable animation: Select Slide show Select Set up show Tick Show without animation

2. Click left mouse button to move on  Mathsmadeeasy.co.uk Page 2 CE means clear last entry 77 x = 49 7 8 9 ÷ 4 5 6 x 1 2 3 – 0. + = CE C Backspace 0 C means clear all calculation Backspace deletes the number on the right of the answer window 67 + = 13 23 + = 15 x3 62 ÷ = 0.285714 1 Strictly this is wrong, since we do the multiply first then the addition. 12345 Backspace 1234 To 1 decimal place this is 0.3 divide multiply subtract add = do the calculation Become familiar with the calculator buttons Answer window Decimal point Enter numbers and operations with your mouse The On-Screen Calculator

3. Click left mouse button to move on  Mathsmadeeasy.co.uk Page 3 All girls achieved at least grade E One boy achieved grade A* 6 students achieved grade C More than 55% of students achieved grade A*-C A school used a graph showing predicted GCSE grades from KS3 point scores for history. The solid line shows the national progress from KS3 to GCSE in history. There were 28 students in the class. Which statements are true. 10 G F E D C B A A* 17181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647 Key Stage 3 2003 Average Points Score Predicted GCSE History grade and above and below History GCSE predictions from KS3 average point scores Girls Boys Fraction achieving A*– C was 16 28 This is the lowest girl’s grade = E This is the highest boy’s grade = A 6 students achieved grade C Total number of students obtaining A*– C = 16 1 6 ÷ = 0.5714 8 2 0.57 is the same as 57% Total number of students = 28 Scatter graph