Can YOU pass this Year Nine maths SATs exam for 14-year-olds?

We at MailOnline ask if your number skills are on par with a 14-year-old. So we have in our hands an old maths quiz taken by Year Nine students all over the UK.

Pupils took SAT tests so their teachers can monitor their progress before they head off to study for their GCSEs in Year 10.

So MailOnline asks…

Can You Solve These Year 9 Math Test Questions? Remember that calculators are not allowed (answers at the bottom of the page)

SAT MATH QUESTIONS

Millions of children were forced to stay home during the teachers’ strike this week, with more strikes planned across the country in the coming weeks.

Half of the public schools in England and Wales, up to 12,000 in total, closed on Wednesday over a pay dispute. Six more days of strikes are planned in the coming months. Around 4.5 million young people will be affected.

The school staff joined 100,000 civil servants, 70,000 university employees and thousands of train conductors who also staged a strike on Wednesday in what experts fear is effectively the first general strike since 1926.

Jonathan Gullis (pictured), a former education minister, called the strikes “a shameful day for the profession.”

Jonathan Gullis, a former schools minister, said earlier this week: ‘Pupils are having their education interrupted once again, hurting their life chances. It is a shameful day for the profession.’

The Department for Education (DfE) has offered a five per cent pay increase to most teachers for the current school year, but the National Education Union (NEU) is demanding a fully funded above-inflation pay increase for teachers.

More strikes will take place on February 14, March 15, and March 16. Teachers from various regions will also hold strikes on February 28 and March 1 and 2.

Can You Solve These Year Nine SAT Math Questions For 14 Year Olds?

MailOnline is quizzing readers on math topics as UCAS data has revealed that the number of UK students studying STEM subjects at university has increased over the last decade.

Students studying engineering and medical-related subjects increased by 9 and 11 percent, respectively, in 2021.

The increase comes after acceptances into engineering programs increased 21% over the course of a decade, from 20,420 in 2011 to 30,090 in 2020.

Similarly, a record number of students have been accepted into computer science courses. The degree program saw a nearly 50 percent increase from 25,995 in 2011 to 31,545 in 2020.

Data from last year shows that interest in computing continues to rise, with enrollment in the subject increasing by 11% between 2021 and 2022.

Analysis by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, found computing to be the second fastest growing degree subject in the UK.

Growth in the STEM sector comes as parents worry about educational disruptions as teachers strike over pay.

Teachers gather to demonstrate as they continue their strike demanding higher wages and better working conditions in Edinburgh, Scotland, on January 27.

WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS?

1. 2t + 4 = 13; 3t = t + 9; 3t – t = 13 -4; 2t = 9; t = 4.5
2. (a) for example, 543 + 621; for example, 514 + 236 (b) 536 – 421 or 356 – 241
3. (a) 15/49 or 31% (b) 3/245 (c) 1/3
4. (a) 60mph (b) 30mph (c) 410mph
5. (a) F, F, T, T, T, T (b) You can quickly solve the equation by doing the same thing to both sides of the equation because 2x = 3, x =1.5
6. (a) (x – 2)^2 is even, Subtracting an even number keeps it even, and any even number times any even number stays even (b) (x – 1) (x + 1) is odd, Adding or subtracting 1 makes it odd, and odd x odd = odd
7. (a) Change in y / Change in x = 5 / 10 = 0.5 (b) y = 1/2 x + 1 (c) y = 1/2 x + c where c is any value other than 1
8. (a) Indicate W, L, L (b) 45 (c) 0.6 or 3/5 (d) Join (100, 0.6) to (120, 0.5) using a curve with a negative but increasing slope, or by marking and joining any number of individual points on such a curve