Assessment Centres and poor maths

[buchanan]

I went to an assessment centre today as part of a recruitment process and realise my maths could be better.  Can anyone recommend a good web site or book that helps prepare for the types of financial reasoning and maths test conducted at assessment centres?  Bit of a dull questions but I may have more of these coming up.

[apricot2]

If you're in the UK any local college will give you free Skills for Life training to bring you up to speed.

[buchanan]

Thanks apriocot2 - I'll investigate.

[ewand]

buchanan, you will notice if you study enough of these types of test, that you need to be good a certain areas of maths, and you can greatly improve your scores if you brush up on these areas alone.  This following are regularly tested:

• Adding
• Subtracting
• Multiplication
• Long division
• Ratios and fractions
• Percentages
• Basic statistics such as calculations of mean, median mode etc.

If you make sure you can cope with fairly difficult (calculatorless!) questions, you should do a lot better than you expect.  If you look on amazon, you could find similar books on numerical reasoning:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340812338/qid=1102940499/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-2696008-7462818

 

and logic testing too.........also, many of the bitesize revision websites cover the basics.   If you want to further progress, try looking into more advanced courses such as those offered by the Open University etc.

Best of luck........

[buchanan]

Thanks ewand - a wonderfully comprehensive answer! I'll be sending of for the book.  Its staggering how you can toddle along in life now and hardly ever have to use maths.

[ewand]

Absolutely no problem at all, buchanan, nice to be appreciated!