“…This phenomenon of student being not accustomed to HOTs type question may be rooted from the learning trait and culture at school that has not offered students much to be accustomed to HOTs. In consequence, students are not used to dealing and completing questions or problems in mathematics that require HOTs (Kusaeri, Sadieda, Indayati & Faizien, 2018;Nursyahidah & Albab, 2017). So far, most mathematics problems provided by mathematics teachers are related to the ability to apply mathematics formulas, procedures or algorithms (Dewantara, Zulkardi & Darmawijoyo, 2015;Kusaeri & Aditomo, 2019;Sembiring, Hadi & Dolk, 2008).…”