Kent Test maths timing: practise pacing and timed sections

How to pace the 25 minutes

• Work through in order, but don't let one question take the time of three.
• If you are stuck, choose your best answer, mark it, and move on.
• Every question is worth the same, so the quick ones matter as much as the hard ones.
• Keep a couple of minutes at the end to go back to the ones you marked.
• Fill in an answer for every question: there is nothing to lose by choosing one.

Practise against the clock

Short Kent-style sections at the test's pace show where the time went on every question.

The rest of the test

• English: 5 minutes of practice, then 25 minutes.
• Verbal reasoning: 10 minutes of practice, then 20 minutes.
• Non-verbal and spatial reasoning: short sections of 4 to 5 minutes each.
• Writing: 40 minutes, with 10 to plan. It is not scored with the three test scores.

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