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The School Run have produced this free parents’ guide to the MTC test. The image shows page 1 of the guide. Hover over the image and click the lower left arrow to view page 2. You can download this guide for free using this link.
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Caddington Village School over a 2 week period collated the results of a total of 60,000 questions from 232 children in years 5-8. Overall Error Rate: 20% of questions were answered incorrectly. Hardest individual question: 6×8 is the hardest (wrong 63% of the time); closely followed by 8×6, then 11×12, 12×8 and 8×12. Hardest table:…
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Maths apps can be a fun way to learn the times tables. These times tables app have been selected to provide practice for children who are beginning to understand the concepts of multiplying numbers. These apps provide the repetition necessary for children to consolidate their knowledge of times tables and they include apps involving factors…
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Have you tried our Multiplication Tables Check Simulator? You can choose a timer and which tables to check. It’s easy to use and totally FREE. If you have any ideas on how to use the simulator, please share your thoughts in the forum.
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Headteachers warned that the MTC would not tell teachers, parents or children anything they don’t already know. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT headteachers’ union, said: “Children and teachers will have time taken away from their teaching and learning to take and administer these tests and the results will be used by Ofsted to…
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The check will be automatically scored and schools will be provided with the individual results. Interestingly, there will be no expected standard threshold, although schools will be provided with information about the number and percentage of pupils who achieve full marks. This suggests that the ‘pass mark’ will be 25 out of 25. Data gained from…
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There will be 25 questions worth one mark each. The questions will be in no particular order. Every question will follow the same format and will require the same type of response e.g. 4 x 8 = 32 Children will have a maximum of six seconds to answer each question – this is based on…
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The content domain for the MTC is based on the national curriculum (2014). The national curriculum states, ‘By the end of year 4, pupils should have memorised their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 multiplication table and show precision and fluency in their work’. The year 4 programme of study for mathematics also…
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The MTC will be delivered on-screen (using a computer or tablet) and online (using an internet connection). Schools will need to provide appropriate IT equipment to take the check. Information on IT equipment and operating systems are covered more comprehensively in the MTC administration guidance. This will be available before the national voluntary rollout in…
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