| Excel Test Skills: Mathematics for Competitions Years 4-5 is part of a two book series which provides an accessible and enjoyable means of developing students’ mathematical abilities. Students who wish to do well in inter-school mathematics competitions need to practise. It covers the skills examined by the inter-school competitions and provides lots of exercises and trial tests.
Each book has been specifically designed to help students prepare for inter-school mathematics competitions. This book will help primary school students prepare for the annual mathematics competitions to be conducted in all states of Australia in June-July of each year.
Each chapter deals with a particular topic and is composed of six sections:
- Revise and Check: a brief summary of the basic skills required to proceed. This ensures that the student has the necessary background knowledge.
- Examples: a number of relevant examples.
- Explanations: fully-worked solutions to the examples with explanations.
- Exercises: a graded series of exercises progressing from classroom standard to interschool competition standard.
- Trial Tests: four tests of general ability in the subject. These are of inter-school competition standard. They provide valuable opportunities for the student to exercise their problem-solving abilities.
- Answers: fully-worked solutions to all exercises and the tests. |
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