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ExamplesofMathematicsExtensionQuestions:
NoCalculatorsAllowed
1. Onethousandandninetynineplussevenhundredandsixty
three.
2. 30245
3. Ibuythreepensat36penceeachandfourpencilsat27p
each.Ipaywithafivepoundnote.HowmuchchangewillIreceive?
4. MrBlondisrunningaschooltrip.Heneedstohireenough
coachestotransport141pupilsand16staff.Eachcoachcantake
36people.Howmanycoachesshouldhebook?
5. Thediagramshows6smallsquaresmadewithmatchsticks.
Howmanymatchsticksmustberemovedtoleaveprecisely3small
squareswhichtouchonlyatcorners?
6.Thenumbersfrom1to9inclusivearetobeplaced,onenumber
toasquare,inthefigureshown,sothatthetotalofthethree
numbersineachofthefourlinesisthesame.Whatnumbershould
replace*?
7.AnewspaperreportedlastyearthatmarineexpertsattheSea
LifeCentreinBrightonwereteachinganoctopustoopenjamjars
togetatfoodasawayofstoppingitbecomingbored.Assuming
thatitcanopenfourjarssimultaneouslyandthateachjartakes30
secondstoopen,howmanyjarscantheoctopusopenperhour?
ExamplesofEnglishExtensionQuestions:
TheEnglishquestionsvaryeachyear.Thefollowingsectionsand
examplequestionsaimtogiveyouaflavouroftheexamination.
ResponsetoStimulusMaterial:
Candidateswillbeaskedtolookatandrespondtoapieceof
stimulusmaterialwhichmaybeapoem,pieceofprose,article,
paintingoranyotherformofstimulus.Nopriorknowledgeofthe
materialisrequired.Therewillbequestionsonthestimulus
materialwhichthecandidatewillneedtoanswer.Examplesof
stimulusmaterialandquestionsare,asfollows:
TheEagle
HEclaspsthecragwithcrookedhands;
Closetothesuninlonelylands,
Ringedwiththeazureworld,hestands.
Thewrinkledseabeneathhimcrawls;
Hewatchesfromhismountainwalls,
Andlikeathunderbolthefalls.
Inresponsetotheabovepoem,answerthefourfollowing
questions:
Whatdoyoufindinterestingaboutthepoemandwhy?
Whichimagesdoyoufindmosteffectiveandwhy?
Whatarethemainthemesorideasexploredinthispoem?
Choosealinefromthepoemandexploreitspossible
meanings.
ExtendedWriting
Candidateswillbeaskedtoproduceanextendedpieceofwriting,or
sometimestwoshorterpiecesofwriting.Thewritingmaybea
creativetask,adiscussionoropinionpiece,oraresponsetoa
scenario.
Examplesoftitles:
WriteastorycalledAdayintheLifeofaFairground
Chooseoneofthetwofollowingtopicsandwritean
exploratoryessayaboutthesubject:TheImportanceofthe
Environment,TheImportanceoftheArts.