Brilliant Numeracy Tests

CHAPT ER 3

Brush up your

maths skills

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as it been a while since you used basic mental arithmetic?

There are many mathematical rules that you learned

when you were at school but you may since have for-

gotten. If your basic maths skills have become a little rusty then

the following section can help you brush up. In order to pass

your test, you will need to be able to perform calculations

quickly and accurately in your head.

Are you panicking? If so, don’t.

Remember that somewhere, deep

inside your mind, your maths knowl-

edge is still there – you just need to

brush away the cobwebs. As you

work through the practice questions and the answer expla-

nations, you should hopefully find these skills coming back to

you.This book doesn’t set out to re-teach the basics, but instead

aims to improve the numeracy skills that you already possess.

Let’s start by ensuring that you have a clear understanding of the

following basic maths skills:

1 basic numerical operations;

2 the metric system of measurement;

3 more complex mathemetical operations.

If you are certain that you have these maths basics covered then

you should skip ahead.

somewhere, deep inside

your mind, your maths

knowledge is still there

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