Numerical Reasoning

Tips for Numerical Reasoning

Review your basics: multiplying, division, prime numbers, averages:

• Fractions and decimals

• Rates

• Percentages

• Ratios and proportions

• Data interpretation

• Word problems

National Numeracy Challenge is an independent charity working to improve numeracy across the UK. The Challenge is a free website to help you check and improve your numeracy - the maths you use in daily life and at work, like managing your money, working out measurements or understanding percentages, rather than algebra or trigonometry. It is designed so that it only takes around ten minutes to practise or check your skills, videos to show that however you feel about maths, This has been designed so that you can choose what you want to do and when.

Mathematical puzzles, such as Sudoku, are a good way practise your number skills (you can even get it on your phone!).

More Resorces

Further hints, tips and practise material can be found here:

• www.psychometricinstitute.co.uk/Free-Aptitude-Tests.asp