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Information for Teachers and Parents preparing students for the Mathematics Entrance Test (Form 1 and 2 entry)

The topics on the Waterford Mathematics Entrance Test are as follows. Questions are designed to test students' basic skills, ability to interpret information and questions and to solve simple word problems. It is possible that students may encounter questions that they do not know how to do but we encourage them to search for questions that they can do. Also if they are pressed for time then searching for questions they can do will be important.

• 1. Place value; rounding numbers to the nearest tenth, unit, ten, hundred, thousand.
• 2. Addition, subtraction and multiplication of whole numbers (including the long multiplication of a 3 digit and a 2 digit number). Negative numbers are not covered.
• 3. Division of a 4  digit number by a whole number up to 12 (no remainder).
• 4. Operations with simple fractions, decimals and percentages and conversion between these forms. Simple practical applications.
• 5. Time: 12 and 24 hour clocks
• 6. Angle facts (in quadrilaterals and triangles, at a point, straight angles but not parallel lines).
• 7. Understanding the terms Perimeter and Area. Calculations with squares, rectangles and rectangles cut by a diagonal into two right-angled triangles.
• 8.Units of length (mm, cm, m, km), area (mm² and cm²), capacity (litre/millilitre) and mass/weight (g and Kg). The prefixes milli, centi, deci, kilo.
• 9. Interpreting and drawing bar charts. Coordinate grids are not covered in the test.
• 10. Spotting and using number patterns.

The instructions on the Cover Sheet will be similar to this:-

• Students must put their name and the Form (1,2,3 or 4) that they are applying for in the spaces provided on the answer sheet.
• Calculators may NOT be used.
• The time allowed is 30 minutes.

Writing your answers:

• Answers should be in pen.
• All answers must be written in the spaces provided
• All rough working and papers associated with the test must be handed in at the end.

We wish all students the best of luck !

Please contact Mr John Storer at Waterford for enquiries about testing arrangements.