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familiar with the Selective High School Placement Test. Some of the items have not been included
for copyright reasons. In the actual Selective High School Placement Test there are 45 questions
in reading, 40 in mathematics and 60 in general ability.
The Selective High School Placement 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 School Placement Test.
Selective high school entry does not depend entirely on a student's performance in the Selective
High School Placement 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.
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If you decide to change your answer, cross it out with X and mark your new answer
clearly.
If you want to work anything out, you may write in this question booklet, but remember
to show your answer in the answer booklet NOT in this question booklet.
In the tests you will find Answer Check boxes like this:
ANSWER CHECK (Mathematics No. 1)
Look at your answer booklet was the last bubble you filled in for Question 15?
If it was, keep going. If it wasnt, put your hand up now for help.
This is to ensure you are answering the question in the right answer bubble.
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A second number sequence is obtained by counting the number of dots on the lines
shown in the pictures.
snowflake number
(number of dots)
number of dots
on the lines
first
second
third
19
13
fourth
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19
fifth
14
26
49
55
61
67
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19
25
31
37
140
130
120
110
thermosphere
mesosphere
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stratosphere
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sea level
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25 km.
85 km.
either 77 km or 93 km.
either 71 km or 98 km.
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50C.
2C.
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B
C
D
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560 cm2 .
1 600 cm2 .
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BRITISH UNITS
23
An English tourist has a map which shows the distance from Gosford to
Hornsby as 40 kilometres.
The graph shows that this distance in British units is
24
25 miles.
65 miles.
44 miles.
100 miles.
30"
12 cm
48 cm
28 cm
76 cm
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29
A1
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8
16
32
64
1189 mm
A3
A
B
C
D
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A5
5g
20 g
32 g
50 g
A4
A6
27
841 mm
An A0 sheet of paper
30
A
B
C
D
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297 mm
210 mm
149 mm
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30
1m
1m
1m
950
25 m
Swimming pool: top view
A
B
C
D
29
50 kilolitres
140 kilolitres
250 kilolitres
500 kilolitres
57 29 + 57 11 = 57 (50 ) .
=
A
B
C
D
0
10
40
319
31
3 metres.
4 metres.
5 metres.
6 metres.
about 15 weeks
about 40 weeks
about 50 weeks
about 65 weeks
31
31
34
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B
C
D
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B
C
D
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15 cm
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C
D
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38
100 m
5 metres
ONE HECTARE
100 m
63.6 m
ONE ACRE
63.6 m
Which of these four areas is the biggest?
A
B
C
D
37
2 metres
A
B
C
D
30 cubic metres
20 cubic metres
4 cubic metres
3 cubic metres
END OF MATHEMATICS
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
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