# Academic & Quantitative Literacy (AQL)

> The AQL test assesses your ability to understand, interpret and evaluate texts, plus basic quantitative reasoning.

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## Inside this paper

- The AQL consists of two sections: Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy.
- Academic Literacy: vocabulary in context, inferences, text structure, rhetorical functions, communicative purpose.
- Quantitative Literacy: interpreting tables, graphs, percentages, ratios, simple algebra and basic statistics.
- You have 3 hours to complete 105 multiple-choice questions.

## Other NBT modules

- [Mathematics (MAT)](https://www.hlayiso.com/nbt/mat)

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