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Merchant Taylors' School paper availability
General format summary
The Merchant Taylors' 11+ entrance exam consists of three written papers and a short online test. Written papers: English (45 minutes, comprising reading comprehension and creative writing), Mathematics (45 minutes, testing Key Stage 2 maths skills), and the Merchant Taylors' General Paper (45 minutes, unique to MTS, designed to test creativity and lateral thinking). Online test: 20-minute Maths test and 10-minute Verbal Reasoning test, provided by Quest Admissions. The General Paper specimen papers are not published. This is the current route summary in Leap's accepted source model.
Verbal Reasoning
~80 questions · 50 minutes
Non-Verbal Reasoning
~80 questions · 50 minutes
Maths
~50 questions · 50 minutes
English
~60 questions · 50 minutes
Practice availability
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Verbal Reasoning
~80 questions · 50 minutes
General 11+ practice
Leap originals, with the format basis labelled on each paper.
Non-Verbal Reasoning
~80 questions · 50 minutes
General 11+ practice
Leap originals, with the format basis labelled on each paper.
Maths
~50 questions · 50 minutes
General 11+ practice
Leap originals, with the format basis labelled on each paper.
English
~60 questions · 50 minutes
General 11+ practice
Leap originals, with the format basis labelled on each paper.
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