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Numerical Reasoning Test > Numerical Reasoning Test Guide > Part 3: Moving your score upwards

Part 3.2: Moving your score upwards

To develop your numerical ability to its full potential through practice you should make sure that you learn from your mistakes. When reviewing your answers against the correct ones provided with the practice questions you should spend time with each wrong answer to identify:

Your test score

Where did you go wrong? - review the approach you took and find the errors

What was the correct approach to the question? - reattempt the question until you get it right

Is there a pattern to your mistakes? - if you tend to make similar errors, perhaps in arithmetic or interpretation of tables of data for example. Identify your weak spots and learn to compensate

You will gain greater benefit from completing a small number of practice questions and learning from your mistakes than completing a huge volume and not taking time to embed the learning that is available through your wrong answers. Ideally you should complete lots of practice questions and make sure you spend time reviewing your answers.

Practice questions can be a powerful way of increasing your underlying numerical ability and your test score as a result.

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• Guide contents
• 1: What you're up against
  
  1.1: About numerical tests
  
  1.2: What maths you need
  
  1.3: Critical reasoning
  
  1.4: Top numerical tests
• 2: Master test-taking
  
  2.1: Test strategies
  
  2.2: Prepare for your test
  
  2.3: Focus & concentration
  
  2.4: Effective test behaviours
  
  2.5: Online v paper tests
  
  2.6: Why not cheat?
• 3: Develop numerical ability
  
  3.1: Key numerical abilities
  
  3.2: Improve your score
  
  3.3: Where else to practice
• 4: Your rights as a test-taker
  
  4.1: Employers responsibility
  
  4.2: Tests need adjusting?
  
  4.3: When tests go badly
  
  4.4: Test score outcomes
  
  4.5: Test score feedback?
  
  4.6: A final word

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