Click to enlargeAdvanced Spatial Reasoning
Hard 3D and spatial questions, the ones children guess at.
- 12 tests of 40 questions in every book, in two sections of 20
- No more than 20 questions of one type in a week, so each type is learned properly
- Built for three passes: two timed attempts on the progress chart, then a cold third pass before the exam
- Full answer key
Want the whole series? The full Non-Verbal Reasoning series is £197, under £20 a book.
How this book is used in our course
Each test is sat under the clock: two sections of 20 questions. Mark, record, and go back over every wrong answer with the child explaining the rule they missed. The book is built for three passes: the second attempt weeks later proves the rule stuck rather than the answer being remembered, and a cold third pass before the exam proves it is still there.
Where it sits in the series
- Previous book in the series: Book 7, Matrices, Series & Codes
- Next book in the series: Book 9, Year 5 Test Book
What's inside NVR Mastery 8
Five real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 10 sample pages are in the viewer.
Twelve tests of nothing but 3D and spatial: the questions children guess at.
Counting cubes, fold and punch, plan views, front and side views, nets to cubes, cubes to nets, opposite faces, hidden shapes, silhouettes, unfolding, rotation by degrees. The spatial types appear on more papers every year, and they are the ones children leave until last and then guess. This book removes the guessing.
Two of the hardest spatial types, each reduced to a checklist.
Counting cubes: column by column, running total, remember the hidden cubes. Fold and punch: count the layers, unfold in reverse, reflect every hole across each fold line, and remember that a diagonal fold reflects across the diagonal. Both guides finish with a worked example.
Twenty cube models, twelve minutes, at Year 5 standard.
The answers show the count: "3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 12. Remember the 6 cubes you cannot see that hold up the higher cubes." A child sees exactly which column they miscounted.
Twenty fold-and-punch questions in twelve minutes.
Every question needs the reverse unfolding the guide teaches: count the layers, unfold one step at a time, reflect each hole. The child who has worked through twenty sees it in their head on the day.
Every cube count written out, column by column.
"Count column by column: 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 7. Remember the 3 cubes you cannot see." The working is the method, so the second attempt is right for the right reason.
All 12 tests in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 5 books in NVR Mastery
NVR Advanced Techniques
Every type again at Year 5 standard, with the technique for each.
Matrices, Series & Codes
The three types that carry most marks, at exam difficulty.
Year 5 Test Book
12 mixed tests at full exam standard.
NVR Exam Papers
Full-length papers to sit under the clock.