How to Pass Numeracy Tests: Test Your Knowledge of Number Problems, Data Interpretation Tests and Number Sequences

by Harry Tolley (Author)

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  2006

  $3.28

  Candidates are increasingly likely to face psychometric tests as part of selection and assessment procedures. Numeracy tests are amongst the most common forms of assessment, and many people find them a real challenge. This fully revised new edition of How to Pass Numeracy Tests provides practical advice and plenty of new practice questions to help candidates gain the skills and confidence to succeed. It deals with the three most common types of intermediate level numeracy test: data interpretation, number problems and number sequences. Essential reading for school leavers, further education college students and those aiming to work in clerical/administration and middle management roles, How to Pass Numeracy Tests will help them to become familiar with the types of test used, learn to work under the pressure of time and improve test technique so that marks are not lost through simple errors.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.28

  Candidates for selection and promotion interviews by large employers will find that numeracy tests are second in use only to verbal reasoning (word-power) tests. Numeracy tests call for the ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply, usually without the aid of calculators, and to interpret numerical data. Familiarity with test procedures in advance will increase confidence. This book will help anyone preparing for selection tests containing a numerical element. This new expanded edition offers information, practical advice and many new practice tests (as well as the answers, to allow self-assessment). It deals with the three common types of numeracy test: number problems number sequences data interpretation. Based on the author's work preparing candidates for the uniformed services and the Civil Service entrance examinations, this book will prove invaluable to all who apply for jobs, promotion or training.