How to Prepare for the LANTITE: A 4-Week Numeracy Study Plan | Pass Numeracy
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How to prepare for the LANTITE in four weeks

Registration closes about three weeks before a test window opens, so most candidates have four to five weeks between registering and sitting. This plan fits that gap. It is built on one principle: find out what you do not know on day one, then spend the weeks on that, not on what you already do well.

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Week 1: find the gaps

  • Day 1: sit the free 13-question diagnostic. Write down your percentage in each strand.
  • Days 2 to 4: do ACER's official practice questions for numeracy, untimed, and read every worked solution.
  • Days 5 to 7: sit Practice Paper 1 under time, calculator locked for Section 2. Read the strand and process-domain breakdown.

Weeks 2 and 3: drill the weakest strand

  • Each day, 20 Skill Gym questions on your weakest strand. Percentages, fractions and decimals, and reading tables and charts are the most common gaps.
  • Twice a week, 15 minutes on the calculator simulator: order of operations, memory keys, square roots and powers.
  • End of each week: one full timed paper. Compare the strand percentages with the previous week.

Week 4: rehearse the test

  • Two full papers under exam conditions, at the time of day you will sit the real test.
  • Section 2 without a calculator, every time. It is the section people under-practise.
  • Stop new material three days out. Review the worked solutions of the questions you got wrong on the last two papers.
If you are above 80 per cent on the last two timed papers with no strand under 70 per cent, you are ready. If a strand is under 70, spend the final days there.

Questions people ask

How long should I study for the LANTITE?

Four weeks of focused practice fits the gap between registration closing and the window opening. The diagnostic on day one tells you where to spend it.

What is the best way to prepare for LANTITE numeracy?

A diagnostic first, then full timed papers weekly with drills on the weakest strand between them, and calculator practice before the test.

Sources, checked 30 September 2026

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