CIVIL SERVICE EXAM PREP!!! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM PREP!!!
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
NumeratorV-VANSWERVTheVwholeVnumberVthatVappearsVonVtheVtopVofVaVfraction.V



?/D



DenominatorV-VANSWERVTheVnumberVthatVappearsVonVtheVbottomVofVtheVfraction.V



N/?



ProperVfractionV-VANSWERVTheVnumeratorVisVsmallerVthanVtheVdenominator.V



Ex.V1/2



ImproperVfractionV-VANSWERVTheVnumeratorVisVlargerVthanVtheVdenominator.



Ex.V2/1



MixedVnumbersV-
VANSWERVAVmixedVnumberVconsistsVofVaVwholeVnumberVandVaVproperVfraction.VAVimproperVfractionVcanVb

eVwrittenVintoVaVmixedVnumber.



HowVdoVyouVconvertVanVimproperVfractionVintoVaVmixedVnumber?V-
VANSWERV1.VDivideVtheVnumeratorVbyVtheVdenominator.VTheVresultVwillVbeVaVwholeVnumber,VwithVorVwith

outVaVremainder.

2.VWriteVtheVwholeVnumber.

3.VIfVthereVisVaVremainder,VwriteVaVfractionVwithVtheVremainderVinVtheVnumeratorVandVtheVoriginalVdenomi
natorVinVtheVdenominator.V

,Ex.VConvertV17/5VtoVaVmixedVnumber?V



17/5=3VwithVaVremainderVofV2



17/5=3V2/5



HowVdoVyouVconvertVaVmixedVnumberVintoVaVimproperVfraction?V-
VANSWERV1.VMultiplyVtheVwholeVnumberVinVtheVmixedVnumberVbyVtheVdenominatorVofVtheVfraction.V



2.VAddVtheVresultVtoVtheVnumeratorVofVtheVfraction.



Ex.VConvertV5V1/6VtoVanVimproperVfraction.V



5x6=V30V

30+1=V31



5V1/6=V31/6



WhenVshouldVyouVconvertVmixedVnumbersVintoVimproperVfractions?V-
VANSWERVWheneverVyouVareVaskedVtoVmultiplyVorVdivideVmixedVnumbers




HowVdoVyouVreduceVaVfraction?V-
VANSWERVYouVreduceVaVfractionVbyVdividingVbothVtheVnumeratorVandVtheVdenominatorVbyVaVsingleVvalueVt

hatVdividesVevenlyVintoVbothVofVthem.



Ex.VReduceV5/10?



BothV5VandV10VareVdivisibleVbyV5



5/5=1

10/5=2

, 5/10=V1/2



KeyVwordsVforVequal?V-VANSWERVIs,Vare,Vhas,Vwas,Vwere,Vhad



KeyVwordsVforVaddition?V-VANSWERVSum,Vtogether,Vmore,Vtotal,Vgreater,VorVolderVthan



KeyVwordVforVmultiplication?V-VANSWERVProduct,Vtimes,Vof



KeywordsVofVdivision?V-VANSWERVPer,Vevenly



KeyVwordsVofVsubtraction?V-VANSWERVDifference,VlessVthan,Vfewer,VorVyoungerVthan,Vremain,VleftVover



exampleVofVkeyVwordsVforVsubtraction.VJacobVhasV5VfewerVthanVLeslie?V-VANSWERVWouldVbeVLeslie-
5=Jacob



DistanceVformulaVproblemsVincludeVkeyVwordsVsuchVas?V-
VANSWERVspeed,Vplane,Vtrain,Vboat,Vcar,Vwalk,Vrun,Vclimb,VandVswim




DistanceVFormulaV-VANSWERVRateVxVTimeV=VDistance



KeyVwordVinVtheVdistanceVformulaVprovideV2VofVtheV3VelementsV-VANSWERVrate,Vtime,Vdistance



PlugVthoseV2VelementsVintoVtheVformulaVandVsolveVforVtheVthird



RateVandVtimeVhaveVtoVbeVmeasuredVintoVcommonVunitsV-
VANSWERVIfVtheVrateVisVmeasuredVinVmilesVperVhour,VtheVtimeVhasVtoVbeVmeasuredVinVhours,VnotVminutesV

orVdays