The Civil Service Arithmetic

Offers test-taking strategies for the civil service exam. Provides practice for improving math skills, advice on control math test anxiety and study-time stress, and career development tips. Features two complete practice tests with full answer explanations. Lessons include working with fractions, decimals, percentages, and measurement and provide practical math strategies that break down and solve problems and word problems. Also has question sets that test and reinforce skills, a glossary of math terms, additional resources in basic mathematics and two study plans.

The new edition of the guide that civil service job-seekers have trusted for four decades provides clear, easy-to-follow explanations of the required application procedures, plus in-depth descriptions of all the most popular jobs. Full explanations of all eligibility requirements, model test questions with answers, and two full-length practice exams are provided.

This antique textbook of arithmetic for civil service exams provides students with key principles that cover a wide range of problems and test their mathematical prowess. A comprehensive guide includes arithmetic, trigonometry, and algebra at the level of the advanced secondary curriculum. This unique work, with its handwritten explanations and illustrations, is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.