Verbal and Numerical Reasoning Exercises for the Police Recruit Assessment Process

by Richard Malthouse

• ISBN13: 9781844454624
• ISBN10: 1844454622
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Learning Matters

Summary

This practical and accessible book focuses on the verbal and numerical reasoning exercises, which form a key part of the Police Recruit Assessment Process. The book clearly explains the purpose of the reasoning tests, why these skills are important for a career in the police and examines the format and structure of the tests. It provides an explanation of the basic numeric rules and operations required for the numerical reasoning tests, with questions to check understanding, and a number of full mock tests, with answers, for both verbal and numerical reasoning.

Author Biography

Richard Malthouse is currently employed within a large law enforcement agency, providing training design and performance needs analysis. He has been teaching, coaching, and assessing police officers for over 11 year and is a director of the Interview Success Company Ltd which coaches individuals through the National police Recruit Assessment Process. Jodi Roffey-Barentsen has been involved in a wide range of teacher training programmes, including training police, prison, army and ambulance trainers. She works as a consultant for the Institute for Learning and is an Associate Trainer for the Interview Success Company Ltd. This extensive range of experience has contributed to a broad understanding of education and training in the public services sector.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Verbal Logical Reasoning Test
Introduction to the verbal logical reasoning test	p. 5
Chapter objectives	p. 5
Brief introduction	p. 5
The nature of the verbal logical reasoning test	p. 5
Verbal logical reasoning practice tests	p. 8
Chapter objectives	p. 8
Verbal logical reasoning test	p. 9
The Numerical Reasoning Test
Introduction to the numerical reasoning tests	p. 69
Chapter objectives	p. 69
Brief introduction	p. 69
The nature of the numerical reasoning test	p. 70
Understanding basic numeric rules and operations	p. 71
Chapter objectives	p. 71
The basic numeric rules and operations	p. 71
Addition	p. 72
Subtraction	p. 76
Multiplication	p. 79
Division	p. 82
Averages	p. 86
Percentages	p. 88
Fractions	p. 92
Area and perimeter	p. 95
Volume	p. 97
Time	p. 97
Numerical reasoning practice tests	p. 102
Chapter objectives	p. 102
Numerical reasoning practice tests	p. 103
Epilogue	p. 145
Answers to the verbal logical reasoning practice tests	p. 146
Answers to the numerical tasks	p. 149
Answers to the numerical reasoning practice tests	p. 154
References	p. 157
Index	p. 159
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