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SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST MATHEMATICS SAMPLE TEST 2 INSTRUCTIONS 1, You have 40 minutes to complete the test. It contains 40 questions. 2, With each question there are four possible answers A, B, C or D. For each question you are to choose the ONE answer you think is best. To show your answer, fill the oval for one letter (A, By C or D) on the separate answer sheet in the section headed Mathematics. If you decide to change an answer, rub it out completely and mark your new answer clearly. If you want to work anything out you may write on the question booklet If you need the help of the supervisor during the test, raise your hand, In three different places in the Mathematics test you will see this message. When you see it follow the steps. Look on your Answer Sheet — the last question you answered should have been Question 11 — ANSWER CHECK (Example) ~ Irit was, keep going, If it wasn’t, put your hand up for help, Published by the Ausralian Council for Educational Research Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Copyright NSW Department of Education and Training. This publication assists applicants for Year 7 entry to selective high schools to become more familiar with the Selective High Schools Test. Some of the items have not been included for copyright reasons. Items that assess reading will be available at a later date. In the actual Selective High Schools Test there are 45 questions in reading, 40 in mathematics and 60 in general ability. ‘The Selective High Schools Test measures ability and is set to discriminate at a very high level. Students who are accustomed to answering most questions in tests correctly should not be discouraged if they get a number of questions wrong. It is very rare for even the highest scoring candidates to score full marks on all components of the Selective High Schools Test. Selective high school entry does not depend entirely on a student's performance in the Selective High Schools Test as school assessment scores in English and mathematics are provided by the primary schools. It is important to note that selection committees and appeals panels will not accept students performance in this past paper as evidence of academic merit for the purposes of entry into a selective high school in any future year. 1 The side of each small square is 1 centimetre long, ‘The area of the leaf is about B C14 square centimetres ] D 22 square centimetres Questions 2 and 3 refer to the following information: This grid can be used to describe a code. For example, the letter Eis (1,5); the number 7 is (3,0). 2 The code for the word PIN is G62)2,4) (43) (2,3) (2,4) G4) 23) 243) (23) 2,4) (43) cam 3 This message is in code: B5)B3SIVLS) (5,5)(1,2) (0,12,315.3) Itsays A COMEAT3PM B MEET AT3PM © COMEATSOK D MAKEITSAM Theta omen nr soi Mz

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