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Failed the Numeracy test question

I failed by 2 marks, and the print-out stated that the Mental Arithmetic section was the culprit. I knew I had answered one or two wrong near the start, which slowed me down and made me panic even more. I hurried typing in an answer, worked it out, was about to type it in and bam, next question. As I was frequently getting 70%+ marks on the online practice questions AND the 6 mock tests in popular books, I kind of went in feeling relieved that it would all be over soon.

I was expecting lots of 8km = 5 miles; 7/20 didn't have school dinners; 5/8 of 670; Euros to Pounds or vice versa; speed = distance divided by time; 1/8 = 12.5%; 2500ml divided into containers/bottles; 16 tasks in 15 mins; teacher and his/her mileage claims; ratio of boys to girls (how many in a school); buys 8 books for £1.56; all of which I find easy and yet none of these appeared and I failed? I also had a job interview before my test, so maybe if I hadn't gone it would have been less stressful? Is it anxiety/stress or am I just dumb?

Anybody else fail the numeracy test? I also got a question on radius in the second section, which is probably easy to work out but none of my training materials covered that and I just couldn't stop thinking about the silly mistakes in the first section.

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 1

SarcAndSpark

It sucks that you failed, but at least you know what to expect next time.

If it's only two marks you failed by, you can definitely pass.

Maybe having a calmer day beforehand will help?

If you can, try not to worry about getting a question wrong, just try to move past it and stay chilled.

Have another go and I am sure you will be fine!

Reply 2

meaghan sharp

I thought that I had failed. Cried during my whole test.

But my suggestion is to get one of the qts books from your local library, practice those ( they often break down the test into different sections. I have been using " how to pass the QTS numeracy and literacy skills test" By Chris Tyreman). Practicing a time table square helped me as well.

If you were only a question or two away from getting it then the next test might just be a better test and you could pass with flying colors.

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