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Seven-year-olds fail tes
A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of 3400 seven-year-old pupils shows an (1) ………….of basic math and English which is simply (2) …………. . The results, which were published recently, show that one in seven children lack basic (3) ………….of math and cannot even do simple multiplication, such as 5 x 5. The results also show that a (4) ………….of the children in this age group cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5) ………….such as half and a quarter, refer to. Moreover, only half of the children had any (6) ………….of the decimal system for money and only one in thirty could (7) ………….read the temperature on a thermometer. Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of three 50p (8) ………….is.
As regards English, more than a quarter have not learnt to read with any (9) ………….and have problems with the alphabet; meanwhile another 25% are (10) ………….to spell easy words, like can, man and hot.