Are you better at maths than most of the population?
Four out of five British people have a numeracy level below that of a GCSE grade C. Are you one of them?
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Your support makes all the difference.George Osborne has announced that children could be forced to study maths at school until they turn 18.
The Chancellor is conducting a review into whether the UK would benefit from pupils studying maths for longer, amid reports that a quarter of adults leave school with the mathematic abilities of a 10-year-old.
National Numeracy estimates that only 22 per cent of adults have a numeracy level at GCSE grade C or above. It also says being bad at numbers can hit your earning potential as well with people who are below the standard roughly equivalent to a low-level (grade D-G) pass at GCSE in maths suffering a 9 per cent "wage penalty".
So, are you better at maths than 78 per cent of the UK?
Test yourself on these GCSE Maths foundation tier questions – if you can answer these, you could earn a C at GCSE.
(No calculators allowed.)
Now go and rest your brain.
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