Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Saint Andrews and is a full-time maths tutor.Andrew Green studied for his doctorate at Brunel University and is currently a senior lecturer in Education.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with the Skills Tests 7Chapter 1: Receiving Your Ticket to the Classroom 9Chapter 2: Scoping out the Skills Tests 23Chapter 3: Studying to Succeed 39Part II: Literacy Skills 51Chapter 4: Falling Under the Spell of Spelling 53Chapter 5: Punching above Your Weight at Punctuation 75Chapter 6: Getting to Grips with Grammar 103Chapter 7: Considering the Comprehension Test 133Part III: Numeracy Skills 157Chapter 8: Making Sense of Mental Maths 159Chapter 9: Stepping up to the Screen: Arithmetic Review 193Chapter 10: Getting on Top of On-Screen Tests with Tables and Graphs 211Chapter 11: Trying out Your Numeracy Skills: On-Screen Practice Questions 235Part IV: Timed Practice Tests 275Chapter 12: Practising Literacy Tests under Timed Conditions 277Chapter 13: Tackling the Timed Numeracy Test 297Part V: The Part of Tens 309Chapter 14: Ten Top Tips for Keeping Your Head 311Chapter 15: Ten Tricks for Acing Your Numeracy Test 319Index 325

Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Saint Andrews and is a full-time maths tutor.Andrew Green studied for his doctorate at Brunel University and is currently a senior lecturer in Education.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with the Skills Tests 7Chapter 1: Receiving Your Ticket to the Classroom 9Chapter 2: Scoping out the Skills Tests 23Chapter 3: Studying to Succeed 39Part II: Literacy Skills 51Chapter 4: Falling Under the Spell of Spelling 53Chapter 5: Punching above Your Weight at Punctuation 75Chapter 6: Getting to Grips with Grammar 103Chapter 7: Considering the Comprehension Test 133Part III: Numeracy Skills 157Chapter 8: Making Sense of Mental Maths 159Chapter 9: Stepping up to the Screen: Arithmetic Review 193Chapter 10: Getting on Top of On-Screen Tests with Tables and Graphs 211Chapter 11: Trying out Your Numeracy Skills: On-Screen Practice Questions 235Part IV: Timed Practice Tests 275Chapter 12: Practising Literacy Tests under Timed Conditions 277Chapter 13: Tackling the Timed Numeracy Test 297Part V: The Part of Tens 309Chapter 14: Ten Top Tips for Keeping Your Head 311Chapter 15: Ten Tricks for Acing Your Numeracy Test 319Index 325

Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Saint Andrews and is a full-time maths tutor.Andrew Green studied for his doctorate at Brunel University and is currently a senior lecturer in Education.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with the Skills Tests 7Chapter 1: Receiving Your Ticket to the Classroom 9Chapter 2: Scoping out the Skills Tests 23Chapter 3: Studying to Succeed 39Part II: Literacy Skills 51Chapter 4: Falling Under the Spell of Spelling 53Chapter 5: Punching above Your Weight at Punctuation 75Chapter 6: Getting to Grips with Grammar 103Chapter 7: Considering the Comprehension Test 133Part III: Numeracy Skills 157Chapter 8: Making Sense of Mental Maths 159Chapter 9: Stepping up to the Screen: Arithmetic Review 193Chapter 10: Getting on Top of On-Screen Tests with Tables and Graphs 211Chapter 11: Trying out Your Numeracy Skills: On-Screen Practice Questions 235Part IV: Timed Practice Tests 275Chapter 12: Practising Literacy Tests under Timed Conditions 277Chapter 13: Tackling the Timed Numeracy Test 297Part V: The Part of Tens 309Chapter 14: Ten Top Tips for Keeping Your Head 311Chapter 15: Ten Tricks for Acing Your Numeracy Test 319Index 325