Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Mathematics study materials
Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Mathematics study resources

Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Mathematics case studies

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The Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination in Mathematics (富山県公立高等学校入学者選抜 数学) is the mathematics paper taken by students applying to prefectural public high schools in Toyama. It is a school-admission test, not a professional certification: candidates are usually third-year junior high students, and the score contributes to a broader selection that also weighs school records, interviews, and other components set by the prefecture and each school. The paper is written in Japanese and is designed to test the full junior high curriculum - number and algebraic expressions, equations and inequalities, functions and graphs, plane and solid geometry, data handling and probability - with an emphasis on explaining reasoning and constructing proofs rather than only computing answers. Because it is a gatekeeping exam for a limited number of places, accuracy under time pressure and clear written presentation both matter. The Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Mathematics case studies are 5 cases and about 1,994 words.

1

The School Festival Ticket Booth

A class runs a ticket booth at the school festival. Adult tickets cost 300 yen and student tickets cost 150 yen.

474 words, about 2 min
2

The Garden Path Tile Pattern

A student is arranging square tiles to border a rectangular garden. The border is one tile wide.

394 words, about 2 min
3

The Train and the Bicycle

A student lives 12 km from school. One morning she walks to the station at 4 km/h, waits 6 minutes for a train, then rides the train at 40 km/h to the station nearest school, and walks the final 0.5 km at 4 km/h.

345 words, about 2 min
4

The Cylinder and Cone Water Tank

A cylindrical tank has an inner radius of 10 cm and a height of 30 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 18 cm.

351 words, about 2 min
5

The Class Survey on Study Hours

A class of 40 students records how many hours they studied on a given weeknight. The results are grouped: 0 hours (5 students), 1 hour (12 students), 2 hours (14 students), 3 hours (6 students), 4 hours (3 students).

430 words, about 2 min