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Practice
Thisisthebestwayoffamiliarisingyourselfwiththestyleofquestionsandthe
timingforthissection.Althoughthetestisdesignedtobeaccessiblebased
onyourexistingmathematicalknowledge,youmaynotbefamiliarwiththe
styleofquestionswhenyoufirstencounterthem.Therefore,youwanttobe
comfortableatusingthisbeforeyousitthetest.
Practisingquestionswillputyouateaseandmakeyoumorecomfortablewith
theexam.Themorecomfortableyouare,thelessyouwillpaniconthetest
dayandthemorelikelyyouaretoscorehighly.Initially,workthroughthe
questionsatyourownpace,andspendtimecarefullyreadingthequestions
andlookingatallthedataprovided.Whenitgetsclosertothetest,make
sureyoupractisethequestionsunderexamconditions.
PastPapers
TheMATisawell-establishedexam,andallthepastpapersareavailable
online.Specimenpapersarefreelyavailableonlineat
www.uniadmissions.co.uk/MAT.Onceyou’veworkedyourwaythroughthe
questionsinthisbook,youarehighlyadvisedtoattemptthem.
Keywords
Payparticularattentiontothequestionsthatcontainkeymodifierslike
“always”,“if”,“ifandonlyif”asexaminerslikeusingthemtomakesure
studentsknowhowtoapproachthesequestions.Forexample:“IsXalways
true?”elicitsyoutoprovideacounterexampletodisprovethestatementX,
oralogicalargument/prooftoshowthatXisindeedalwaystrue(i.e.no
counterexamplesexist).“DoesXholdifY?”thisrequiresastudenttoshow
thatassumingYistrueapriori,doesthisleadtoX?“ShowthatXholdsifand
onlyifY”thisrequiresthestudenttodoTWOthings,youneedtoprove
bothdirections.FirstassumingXistrueapriori,showitleadstoY;then
secondly,assumeYistrueaprioriandshowitleadstoX”.