The Essential Guide to 11 + Maths - Covering All concepts you need to ace the test To do well in the 11 plus maths section, what is needed is a thorough study of the fundamentals, a basic grasp of the concepts, and developing an ability to apply these concepts to the 11 plus type problems. Then comes the ability to solve a problem in multiple ways, the ability to use shortcuts when stumped, and the ability to guess intelligently. Whether you are a natural at maths or not, you do need to brush up /build up your fundamentals, and then go on to the more difficult problems under timed conditions. And this is exactly what this book does. It helps you to develop a solid understanding of the underlying concepts, builds upon this understanding by providing various different types of examples, exposes you to alternative ways of looking at a particular problem, and finally allows you to practise your skills on over 1000 problems. Unique Features of the Essential Guide to 11 + Maths * Comprehensive coverage of the main topics of Numbers, Data, Shapes and Measures and over 50 sub-topics as prescribed under the National curriculum. * All Theory & Questions based around the Actual 11 plus questions that have appeared on these topics in the recent past. * All topics & subtopics covered extensively over 250+ pages. * Over 200 fully solved questions to ensure in depth understanding of All concepts. * Over 800 Topic wise practice questions with answers to ensure ALL concepts are well understood. * No Superfluous Material. You study ONLY what is required for the 11 plus. No learning difficult concepts or theories that will never get tested. Here are some of the main topics covered; UNDERSTANDING NUMBERS PLACE VALUES NEGATIVE NUMBERS DECIMAL NUMBERS ROUNDING OFF ESTIMATION AND ERROR BASIC ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS FOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH WHOLE NUMBERS MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING BY 10, 100 AND 1000 FOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH DECIMALS NUMBERS FOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH NEGATIVE NUMBERS FACTORS AND MULTIPLES FACTORS, MULTIPLES AND PRIME NUMBERS LCM AND HCF SQUARE AND CUBE NUMBERS FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES FRACTION AND EQUIVALENT FRACTION MIXED NUMBERS AND IMPROPER FRACTIONS MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING FRACTIONS COMPARING FRACTIONS ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE PROBLEMS RATIO AND PROPORTION RATIO PROPORTION SIMILAR SHAPES ALGEBRA USING LETTERS FOR UNKNOWN VALUES SIMPLE EQUATIONS FORMULAS NUMBER SEQUENCES MEASURES TIME MONEY WEIGHT VOLUME LENGTH GEOMETRY ANGLES CIRCLES TRIANGLES SQUARES AND RECTANGLES OTHER QUADRILATERALS POLYGONS 3D SHAPES COORDINATES REFLECTION AND TRANSLATION SYMMETRY AND ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY STATISTICS DATA ORGANIZATION PICTOGRAMS, BAR CHARTS AND LINE GRAPHS PIE CHARTS VENN DIAGRAM MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN PROBABILITY INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY