Police exam.

[Snookerbro]

Hey guys and gals

Basically, I'm retesting for the Victorian Police Exam (In Australia)

I passed every section except Maths and Spelling! All up five sections, so I only retest the two I failed.

To make me feel worse I failed by ONE mark on Spelling and Maths.

I only have one more chance to pass this, (get two tries then have to wait 6months).

All I'm asking is what is a good way to study for spelling and maths?

The link for list of spelling words: http://www.vetassess.com.au/take_a_test/..._forms.cfm

Maths: Basically, it involves long division, percentages, addition, subtraction, multiplication and 'worded' questions such as buying one type of apple for this much and two of a different type for this much, with this amount of money and how much you have left over, etc!

(If you understand me)

Cheers for any help

[Mao]

Lemme give you some copypasta advice for the math problems

Addition -
-increased by
-more than
-combined
-together
-total of
-sum
-added to

Subtraction
-decreased by
-minus
-less
-difference between/of
-less than
-fewer than

Multiplication
-of
-times
-multiplied by
-product of
-increased/decreased by a
factor of (this type can
involve both addition or
subtraction and
multiplication!)

Division
-per
-a
-out of
-ratio of
-quotient of
-percent (divide by 100)

Equals
-is,
-are,
-was,
-were,
-will be
-gives,
-yields
-sold for


Note that "per" means "divided by", as in "I drove 90 miles on three gallons of gas, so I got 30 miles per gallon". Also, "a" sometimes means "divided by", as in "When I tanked up, I paid $12.36 for three gallons, so the gas was $4.12 a gallon".

Warning: The "less than" construction is backwards in the English from what it is in the math. If you need to translate "1.5 less than x", the temptation is to write "1.5 – x". Do not do this! You can see how this is wrong by using this construction in a "real world" situation: Consider the statement, "He makes $1.50 an hour less than me." You do not figure his wage by subtracting your wage from $1.50. Instead, you subtract $1.50 from your wage. So remember; the "less than" construction is backwards.

Also note that order is important in the "quotient/ratio of" and "difference between/of" constructions. If a problems says "the ratio of x and y", it means "x divided by y", not "y divided by x". If the problem says "the difference of x and y", it means "x – y", not "y – x".

[Snookerbro]

Lemme give you some copypasta advice for the math problems

Wow, thank you. That was actually very informative.

Also, do you know any sites which you can continually do math tests...which would be based off the above topics

Cheers

EDIT: Also, I would like to know if anyone has great tricks for doing percentages quickly and easily. As in the Maths section you have 10 Minutes to do 10 Questions.

My last attempt was foiled as I was too slow!

Cheers

[Eve]

Congratulations on passing the other three sections. I wish you well with re-taking the remaining two tests.

From the website you linked to, a sample test and two books are recommended. Try borrowing the books from your local library. If it is not available, the State Library of Victoria stocks copies on reserve, so you can study in the hall. You can also check if the Victoria Police Library has any study material.

http://www.vetassess.com.au/take_a_test/...e_test.cfm
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp...t_ID=12485

These online links may be helpful:

English Language Tests.
Mathematics Practice Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3.

And here is a trick for calculating percentages: (Click to View)

Find 7 % of 300. Sound Difficult?

Percents: First of all you need to understand the word “Percent.” The first part is PER , as in 10 tricks per listverse page. PER = FOR EACH. The second part of the word is CENT, as in 100. Like Century = 100 years. 100 CENTS in 1 dollar… etc. Ok… so PERCENT = For Each 100.

So, it follows that 7 PERCENT of 100, is 7. (7 for each hundred, of only 1 hundred).
8 % of 100 = 8. 35.73% of 100 = 35.73
But how is that useful??

Back to the 7% of 300 question. 7% of the first hundred is 7. 7% of 2nd hundred is also 7, and yep, 7% of the 3rd hundred is also 7. So 7+7+7 = 21.

If 8 % of 100 is 8, it follows that 8% of 50 is half of 8 , or 4.

Break down every number that’s asked into questions of 100, if the number is less then 100, then move the decimal point accordingly.

EXAMPLES:
8%200 = ? 8 + 8 = 16.
8%250 = ? 8 + 8 + 4 = 20.
8%25 = 2.0 (Moving the decimal back).
15%300 = 15+15+15 =45.
15%350 = 15+15+15+7.5 = 52.5

Also its useful to know that you can always flip percents, like 3% of 100 is the same as 100% of 3.

35% of 8 is the same as 8% of 35.

Source: 10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks

[Knight]

While I can't offer much in physical support to help, I can give you the knowledge that someone in the world is cheering you on. Good luck!

[Snookerbro]

Congratulations on passing the other three sections. I wish you well with re-taking the remaining two tests.

From the website you linked to, a sample test and two books are recommended. Try borrowing the books from your local library. If it is not available, the State Library of Victoria stocks copies on reserve, so you can study in the hall. You can also check if the Victoria Police Library has any study material.

http://www.vetassess.com.au/take_a_test/...e_test.cfm
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp...t_ID=12485

These online links may be helpful:

English Language Tests.
Mathematics Practice Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3.

And here is a trick for calculating percentages: (Click to View)

Source: 10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks

Hey

Cheers for the info, I'll try and find more information on percentages.

Thankyou!

Cheers

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While I can't offer much in physical support to help, I can give you the knowledge that someone in the world is cheering you on. Good luck!

Thankyou! I really do like this forum

Cheers