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December 8th: Festive Maths

Posted on 08/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Welcome to Day Eight of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a tricky Christmas maths problem for you. Scroll to the very bottom of the page for the answer.

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Answer: 364.

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Christmas NVR Answers

Posted on 08/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Here are the answers to our festive NVR quiz. Return to Better Tuition’s advent calendar.
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1. B

2. D

3. D (D’s star has an outline)

4. C (the present has been reflected)

5. C

6. A

7. B and/ or D

8. B (both trees have five candles)

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December 7th: Christmas Non-Verbal Reasoning

Posted on 07/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

It’s day seven of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have some festive non-verbal reasoning activity for you. You will find the answers here. Try more festive NVR from Better Tuition.

Non-verbal reasoning helps develop problem-solving skills and is particularly useful for students preparing for Trafford’s grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus.

Question one:

Which Christmas gift is the reflection of the gift on the left?

Question two:

The Christmas parcel on the left has been rotated 90 degrees in a clockwise direction. Which parcel (a-d) shows this?

Question three:

Which Christmas tree is the odd one out?

Question four:

Find the Christmas present (a-d) that goes with the first Christmas present in the same way the two Christmas trees go together.
A B C D

Question five:

Which is the missing square?

Question six:

Which net could fold up to make the cube shown?

Question seven:

Find the missing code(s).

Question eight:

Which Christmas tree (A-E) is most like the Christmas tree on the left?

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

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December 15th: Verbal Reasoning – Find the Hidden Word

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

It’s day 15 of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun verbal reasoning activity for you. Can you find the four-letter word hidden across two words? This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for GL-style grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus.

Click to download A Winter’s Tale Verbal Reasoning. This is a pdf file. If you prefer to work from the screen, scroll down for the full activity and solution.

Find the Hidden Words

Instructions:
In each sentence, find the four-letter word hidden across two words. Underline the two words and write the hidden word at the end of each line.

EXAMPLE

Frost glittered on the many windows of Syrett Hall.

them

A Winter’s Tale

1 Silence fell over the little town as night drew across the land.

2 A huge army of stars trouped across the velvety black sky.

3 From somewhere in the forest came the shrill hoot of an owl.

4 The man in the moon slid out from behind silver clouds.

5 With a smile, he blew glittering moonbeams across the rooftops.

6 At the stroke of nine, front doors swung open, one by one.

7 Children took lanterns through the town’s cobbled streets.

8 Their happy games filled the night sky with joyful laughter.

9 A flock of reindeer gathered over the town on a mountain top.

10 Waiting for the signal, they silently watched the scene below.

A Winter’s Tale: SOLUTION

Silence fell over the little town as night drew across the land.

LOVE

A huge army of stars trouped across the velvety black sky.

GEAR

From somewhere in the forest came the shrill hoot of an owl.

REIN

The man in the moon slid out from behind silver clouds.

THEM

With a smile, he blew glittering moonbeams across the rooftops.

HERO

At the stroke of nine, front doors swung open, one by one.

NONE

Children took lanterns through the town’s cobbled streets.

DENT

Their happy games filled the night sky with joyful laughter.

THEN

A flock of reindeer gathered over the town on a mountain top.

DOVE

Waiting for the signal, they silently watched the scene below.

FORT

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. You could easily extend or adapt this activity by asking children to identify main and subordinate clauses, adjectives, and/ or adverbs. You could also use it as a stimulus for creative writing.

Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

Learn more about verbal reasoning.

Does your child need help with entrance exam preparation? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

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A Winter’s Tale: Verbal Reasoning Hidden Word Answers

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Here are the answers to Better Tuition’s Verbal Reasoning Hidden Words Challenge for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus.

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December 5th: a Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge

Posted on 05/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

It’s day five of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun code cracking activity for you. Can you crack the Christmassy codes to reveal the festive words?

This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus. Find the answers here.

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

Return to Better Tuition’s 2013 advent calendar.

Learn more about verbal reasoning.

Does your child need help with entrance exam preparation? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin today at our Urmston tuition centre on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

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Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Answers

Posted on 05/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Here are the answers to Better Tuition’s Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus. Are you a Christmas code cracker?

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Christmas Maths Problems: Answers

Posted on 04/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Here are the answers for Better Tuition’s Christmas Maths Problems.

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December 4th: a Christmas Maths Quiz

Posted on 04/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Welcome to Day Four of Better Tuition’s 2014 Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have some more Christmas maths problems for you, this time in the form of an interactive quiz. These problems are easier than yesterday’s Christmas Maths Challenge and could be suitable for Year 3 upwards.

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Teachers, please feel free to use this with your class. Parents, please feel free to use this with your child(ren).

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If your child needs help with numeracy, why not contact Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin at our Urmston tuition centre and find out how we can help? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

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December 3rd: Christmas Maths Problems

Posted on 03/12/2013 by Christine McLaughlin

Maths Problems

Welcome to Day Three of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have some tricky Christmas maths problems for you. These problems are best suited to Years 4/5/6. You will find the answers in our comments section below.

Return to our advent calendar.

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

Return to Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar.

Does your child need help with numeracy? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

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It’s day 15 of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun verbal reasoning activity for you. Can you find the four-letter word hidden across two words? This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for GL-style grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus.

EXAMPLE

Frost glittered on the many windows of Syrett Hall.

them

A Winter’s Tale

1

Silence fell over the little town as night drew across the land.

2

A huge army of stars trouped across the velvety black sky.

3

From somewhere in the forest came the shrill hoot of an owl.

4

The man in the moon slid out from behind silver clouds.

5

With a smile, he blew glittering moonbeams across the rooftops.

6

At the stroke of nine, front doors swung open, one by one.

7

Children took lanterns through the town’s cobbled streets.

8

Their happy games filled the night sky with joyful laughter.

9

A flock of reindeer gathered over the town on a mountain top.

10

Waiting for the signal, they silently watched the scene below.

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. You could easily extend or adapt this activity by asking children to identify main and subordinate clauses, adjectives, and/ or adverbs. You could also use it as a stimulus for creative writing.

Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

Learn more about verbal reasoning.

Does your child need help with entrance exam preparation? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

Maths Problems

Welcome to Day Three of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have some tricky Christmas maths problems for you. These problems are best suited to Years 4/5/6. You will find the answers in our comments section below.

Return to our advent calendar.

Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class. Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).

Return to Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar.

Does your child need help with numeracy? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.

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