Civil Service Test Study Guides
Math Skills

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• Arithmetic/Math (includes decimals and percentages)

• Charts and Graphs

• Statistics

• Basic arithmetic from the County of Los Angeles

• Math computation questions from the State of Wisconsin.  Download the Exam Guide.

• Sample civil service written questions from the State of Louisiana for mathematics.

• Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library - help on word problems, statistics, and most any other math question that you'll come across in a civil service test.

1. 1001 Math Problems (Skill Builders Practice), Shirley Tarbell, 1999

2. All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides), Steve Slavin, 1999 

3. Civil Sevice Arithmetic and Vocabulary Review, Arco, 2004

4. How to Calculate Quickly, Henry Sticker, 1985
   Meet the challenge of time in the civil service test - learn how to calculate quickly.

5. Math for Civil Service Workers, Jessika Sobanski, 2002 

6. Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep), Jerry Bobrow, 1985 - RECOMMENDED

7. Master Math: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra (Master Math Series), Debra Anne Ross, 1996

8. Practical Math Success in 20 Minutes a Day (Skill Builders Series (New York, N.Y.), Judith Robinovitz, 1998

CHARTS AND GRAPHS

• Reading charts and graphs questions from the State of Wisconsin.  Download the Exam Guide.

• Sample civil service written questions from the State of Louisiana for tables and charts.

STATISTICS

• Statistics help from the HyperStat Online Textbook.
• Introduction to Data Collection and Introduction to Statistics from the County of Los Angeles.

1. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Larry Gonick, 1994

2. Statistics for the Utterly Confused, Lloyd R. Jaisingh, 2000

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