Try a 11 plus exam from the 1950's online: Why is it so hard?

Scroll to see replies

g_star_raw_1989

Zayne

It's bitchin'

I do have a gripe with the opposition removal process: eastern europeans are generally much more value for money than their American counterparts :yep:

You've been reading our book :yep:

Reply 21

username197472

*Scratches head* Well I did the 11+ (NI version) back in Nov 2000 and it seems quite similar but we have science as well. :rolleyes:

Reply 22

username213287

Well, I got 75/80 (94%) in 47 minutes. I'm 15. I don't know what else to say. :frown:

Reply 23

nuodai

106% (86/80), I guess I'm just too clever.

Reply 24

Lucy Pevensie

arson

Well, I got 75/80 (94%) in 47 minutes. I'm 15. I don't know what else to say. :frown:

Good boy

Join labour :biggrin:

Reply 25

nota bene

It took me 58 minutes :s-smilie:

I got 73, but might have missed a few of the wordy ones as my English vocabulary is more limited than a native speaker...

Reply 26

WoWZa

There was a programme on this. When I checked out old GCSE papers (especially in the sciences) I was like "Wtf?!"

Reply 27

Pirouette

Your score is 91% – that's 73/80. I don't know how long it took me though :/

None too shabby, if I do say so myself. I never want to do one of those "missing number" questions again though, please.

Reply 28

nota bene

I'm quite confident I got all the mathsy ones right as they were just a bit tedious and I checked them (so wasted some time!).

I don't really feel it's too difficult for a say 12 year old, but the time constraint is relatively strict. It is very biased towards maths/logic, so a very restricted way of measuring whether someone would be a good student at a school.

Reply 29

username213287

Lucy Pevensie

Good boy

Join labour :biggrin:

Sorry, I'm more of an intellectual.

Reply 30

BJack

nuodai

106% (86/80), I guess I'm just too clever.

86/80 = 107.5% :rolleyes:

Reply 31

devongirl

g_star_raw_1989

Read my book..... The Dictionary :yep:

You are Samuel Johnson and I claim my £5 :biggrin:

Reply 32

g_star_raw_1989

devongirl

You are Samuel Johnson and I claim my £5 :biggrin:

Huh....

Reply 33

devongirl

73/80

It's pretty much an IQ test based on what kids then would have known about.

Reply 34

MichaelG

Lucy Pevensie

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/teachem/test.html

I got 69 out of 80 and it took 50 minutes. Its good, but im 16, and a good grammar school student by todays standards. I found it REALLY hard, I mean the questions werent inherently hard its just messy and the time limit is freaking me out. How could they put 11 year old children through this back then? The eleven year old that can pass the grammar school limit (50%) must be unnaturally smart :rolleyes:

This is because what you have learnt is not as...practical as what was learnt back in the 50's.

also, just out of curiosity, how can you be a "good grammer school student" yet support Labour? Wheres the logic in that?

edit: Only the top 10% of the brightest were sent to university. And rightly so. Why should there be morons at university?

Reply 35

TheUnbeliever

Took me about 45 minutes.

'Your score is 99% – that's 79/80'

Seemed reasonable, to be honest. Maybe required a little bit more subtlety than I'd have expected of an 11 year old in a couple of the English questions.

Reply 36

manderlay in flames

Lucy Pevensie

Good boy

Join labour :biggrin:

Labour, are you taking the piss?

Reply 37

0129Hippy

haha...i only did half of it (too late to think) but that was really easy. Ask me 5 years beforehand tho...and i think id have a different perspective.

Reply 38

Noémie

Your score is 69% – that's 55/80

I find this hilarious considering I'm in Mensa. I always do crap on tests *grumbles excuses*.

Did anyone else notice some of the questions were broken? I think it was on one of the missing numbers questions, I think the second lot, the third and fourth questions down?