Non-motoring > I've just passed the 11 Plus	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Ambo	Replies: 35

Thu 14 Sep 17 11:54   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Ambo

But with only 19/20. www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/could-get-grammar-school-take-short-11-plus-find/ Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 12:56   I've just passed the 11 Plus - smokie

I managed 'em all, no pen and paper either!! I can't remember if it was more or less difficult than when I did it though... :-( But I did pass... Last edited by: smokie on Thu 14 Sep 17 at 12:56 Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 13:15   I've just passed the 11 Plus - devonite

I got into Grammar school on the test, so how come I went to Secondary? proof that age does know better!! Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 13:24   I've just passed the 11 Plus - movilogo

I was expecting harder questions for 11+ grammar school entrance. Last edited by: movilogo on Thu 14 Sep 17 at 13:25 Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 13:29   I've just passed the 11 Plus - DP

20/20. Used a pen and paper for the long division and a couple of the multiplication questions. Bear in mind, this is typically taken by 10 year olds, it's pretty tough. I'm going to try it with mine when she's back from a school trip this weekend. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 14:05   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Pat

I got 19/20 all without pen & paper too! The English questions for me, were certainly easier than some of the Maths. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 15:31   I've just passed the 11 Plus - sooty123

Got 16, 1 of the maths questions I got wrong and three of the English ones wrong. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 15:54   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Fursty Ferret

19/20. Stupid possessive pronouns. :-( The maffs seemed quite easy, but then again I'm not 11. Are you allowed pen and paper for working out, or does that count as cheating? Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 16:13   I've just passed the 11 Plus - smokie

At 11 you are... Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 16:30   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Haywain

I was a bit wary of doing this having passed the real thing in 1959 (a year under-age), and knowing that I peaked too early. I got 20/20. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 16:33   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Ted

I passed mine in 1957 and went to a boys only grammar. No way am I gonna do it again ! Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 16:50   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Pat

I passed mine in 1957 and went to a mixed grammar school. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 22:11   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Ted

I had my first drink a year later on a cross channel ferry, lager I think, then promptly barffed it up over the side ! Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 23:09   I've just passed the 11 Plus - hawkeye

20/20 Never took 11+ as a child. Private school. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 14 Sep 17 23:24   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Manatee

20/20, surprised I didn't trip up. I must have passed the 11+ in 1963, can't say I remember anything about it. Maybe I just got on the wrong bus and ended up at the grammar. I have a vague recollection though that the 11+ in those days was an IQ test - shapes and what not. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 09:09   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Cliff Pope

20/20 I had to think carefully about the How much bigger number question - did it mean absolutely or as a fraction? So many published increases now are expressed as % gowth or X times the risk of something. So I picked the only one that appeared in the answers. I never took the 11-plus. My school was Common Entrance at 13 or it's own entrance exams at 11. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 09:25   I've just passed the 11 Plus - CGNorwich

There was an IQ test paper as well as as an English and Arithmetic paper - I'm pretty sure it was not called Mathematics. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 09:34   I've just passed the 11 Plus - R.P.

19/20 - I made a schoolboy error Reply to this message | Report message       1

Fri 15 Sep 17 10:00   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Mapmaker

When I took the 11 Plus there were 100 multiple-choice questions, with English, Maths and IQ all mixed up together. The IQ-type test practice stood me in good stead for a post-University job applications and I got 100% on it ("I've never seen anybody else do as well on this test," said the interviewer. The job was mine on the back of the 11 Plus preparation over a decade before.) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 10:53   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Mike Hannon

I passed it in 1961 and went to a pathetic single sex grammar school that wanted to pretend it was a public school. Worst thing I ever did. Thank heavens it's history. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 10:58   I've just passed the 11 Plus - zippy

19/20. There was no grammar school in my town. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 18:50   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Harleyman

19/20. Would love to see anyone younger than me (I'm 57) do any of the maths questions without a calculator. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 19:29   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Crankcase

20, about seven minutes, all in my head (with extra muttering though) while Mrs C was talking on phone in the next chair. Didn't do the 11+ at the time. I guess I did Common Entrance, can't really recall now. No calculators, and younger than Harleyman. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 19:44   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Lygonos

20, 5 minutes - all in head and in mid 40s H-man ;-) Took a gamble on German and won Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 02:53   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Harleyman

>> No calculators, and younger than Harleyman. >> >> >> Try getting your kids to do it. Personal experience in the recruitment business gives me a low opinion of the standards of mental arithmetic taught (or not, as the case may be) in today's schools. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 07:45   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Crankcase

>> Try getting your kids to do it. Personal experience in the recruitment business gives me >> a low opinion of the standards of mental arithmetic taught (or not, as the case >> may be) in today's schools. >> Ah, well, luckily for me, I don't know any kids. I don't think I've even spoken to a child since leaving school, in any significant way. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 07:54   I've just passed the 11 Plus - CGNorwich

That is the most extraordinary statement I have read on this forum. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 08:11   I've just passed the 11 Plus - sooty123

Oh I don't know about that. There's always one or two on here that shun or haven't done very frequent or common activities. It crops up a fair bit. Last edited by: sooty123 on Sat 16 Sep 17 at 08:12 Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 08:57   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Zero

>> That is the most extraordinary statement I have read on this forum. I'm sure its not. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Sat 16 Sep 17 09:12   I've just passed the 11 Plus - tyrednemotional

>> That is the most extraordinary statement I have read on this forum. >> ....it's the injunction....... ;-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

Fri 15 Sep 17 20:28   I've just passed the 11 Plus - R.P.

I was thinking that as well. No calculator for me.Used a system I was taught. Estimate the answer - narrow the calculation down thereafter. :-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

Fri 15 Sep 17 20:47   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Zero

>> Estimate the answer - narrow the calculation down thereafter. :-) Ditto. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 20:31   I've just passed the 11 Plus - zippy

>> 19/20. Would love to see anyone younger than me (I'm 57) do any of the >> maths questions without a calculator. >> I am, and I just used pen and paper. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Sep 17 21:11   I've just passed the 11 Plus - R.P.

I avoided doing that to prove a point to myself :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 03:45   I've just passed the 11 Plus - No FM2R

Younger than you, did the whole thing in my head while lying in bed. 20/20. Don't know how long. 4 or 5 minutes I'd guess. I will let my 12yr old do it in the morning. Last edited by: No FM2R on Sat 16 Sep 17 at 03:46 Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 16 Sep 17 09:33   I've just passed the 11 Plus - Cliff Pope

>> I just used pen and paper. >> No need. You multiply say the first digits so you know it ends in 8, which eliminates two of the answers. Then the next, which narrows the answer down to only one. That's the point with multiple choice - you don't need to know anything, just progressively eliminate the possibilities that don't fit. It's not like a real exam. Last edited by: Cliff Pope on Sat 16 Sep 17 at 09:33 Reply to this message | Report message