ЦТ Mathematics

It is a printed booklet in two parts. Part A offers several answer options and exactly one is correct. Part B asks for a numerical answer that you write on the answer sheet in the specified format. Everything is done on paper, the answer sheet is machine-read, and corrections must follow the invigilator's instructions exactly.

For mathematics, calculators and phones are not permitted. The precise list of items you may bring is fixed by the rules published by the official body each year, so check it before the test instead of relying on what someone told you. Practise the by-hand arithmetic the exam assumes you can do accurately.

The early tasks are routine school exercises, but the last tasks of each part are built to separate strong candidates and need several steps and confident manipulation of formulas. Most lost marks come from accuracy and time management rather than from genuinely unfamiliar material, so practise under realistic pressure rather than only untimed.

Yes - the test runs every year and candidates may sit it again in a later campaign. The current rules on who may register, how certificates are used in admission and how long results stay valid are set by the Ministry of Education and published by the official body. Confirm the year's conditions before planning.

There is no single answer. Results are reported on a 100-point scale, and the score required depends on the university, the faculty and the competition in that particular year. Minimum scores for admission are set officially. Look at published admission figures for your chosen programme and aim comfortably above them.

Secure computation first - fractions, powers, roots, percentages - because every later topic rests on it. Then algebraic expressions and equations, inequalities, functions, trigonometry and progressions, and finally geometry, which needs its own regular practice. Keep probability and word problems as short weekly sessions rather than one block at the end.

Careless arithmetic, a dropped minus sign, forgetting that a denominator cannot be zero or that a logarithm needs a positive argument, answering a different question from the one asked, and burning twenty minutes on a single problem. Another quiet killer: writing the answer in a form the answer sheet does not accept.

For most candidates, yes. The number of tasks relative to the time available means you cannot afford to grind on one item. Build a personal routine: take the straightforward tasks first, mark anything that stalls, then come back. Practise with a watch so you learn your own pace before it matters.

Take one paper early, untimed, purely to see where you are weak. Then work topic sets for several weeks. Save the remaining papers for timed full-length simulations in the final months, and after each one spend more time analysing your errors than you spent sitting the paper.