Numeracy Professional Skills Test
Numeracy Professional Skills Test
© Dr Kinga Zaczek, Royal Holloway, University of London. Reviewer: Frances Whalley, University of Hertfordshire
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Overview of the test
• Anyone who is going into teaching must pass the numeracy
and literacy skills tests
• Introduced to ensure all teachers are fully competent in
numeracy (and literacy), regardless of their subject
• It is an additional requirement to the GCSE grade C
equivalence entry requirement
• Set in the context of the professional role of a teacher
• To assess the use of real data and information which
teachers are likely to encounter
• Delivered on computers in approved test centres
• 28 questions
• Overall pass mark is 18 out of 28 but it may vary
depending on the difficulty of the questions
• Lasts approximately 48 minutes - can get extra time if
specific arrangements have been made
• Has two sections:
– 12 mental arithmetic questions
– 16 written questions
• One practice question at the beginning
Question 1
Answer:
Question 2
Answer: __________
Question 3
Question 4
Last year there were 120 pupils in Year 4. This year this
number increased by five percent.
How many pupils are in Year 4 this year?
Question 5
Answers:
Q1:
Q2: 645
Q3: 192 km
Q4: 126 pupils
Q5: 27 pupils
Question 6
16
Number of pupils
of hours pupils spend watching 10
TV in a week. 8
6
How many pupils were surveyed? 4
2
Question 7
16
Number of pupils
of hours pupils spend watching 10
TV in a week. 90 pupils were 8
6
surveyed. 4
What is the range of time spent 2
on watching TV? 0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
TV watching (hours)
Question 8
16
Number of pupils
of hours pupils spend watching 10
TV in a week. 90 pupils were 8
6
surveyed. 4
What is the modal time spent 2
on watching TV? 0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
TV watching (hours)
Question 9
16
Number of pupils
of hours pupils spend watching 10
TV in a week. 90 pupils were 8
6
surveyed. 4
What is the median time spent 2
on watching TV? 0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
TV watching (hours)
Question 10
16
Number of pupils
hours pupils spend watching TV 10
in a week. 90 pupils were surveyed. 8
6
What proportion of surveyed pupils 4
spend 10 or more hours on 2
0
watching TV? 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
TV watching (hours)
Give your answer as a decimal.
Answer: __________
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Written Data and Arithmetic
Answers:
Q6: 90 pupils
Q7: 10 hours
Q8: 9 hours
Q9: 7.5 hours
Q10: 0.2
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