This Mathematics Worded Problems Practice Test is composed of 30 multiple-choice questions that challenge your ability to analyze and solve practical math problems written in sentence form. These types of questions often appear in the Civil Service Exam (CSE) and test not just your mathematical knowledge but also your reading comprehension and logical reasoning.
In worded problems, the challenge lies in understanding what the problem is asking and determining the correct operation — whether it’s addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentage, ratio, or a combination of these.
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What You’ll Learn and Practice
The Worded Problems section of the Civil Service Exam measures your ability to apply mathematics to everyday situations. This area requires analytical thinking as much as it does arithmetic skill. Topics typically include:
- Age Problems – interpreting relationships between ages and finding present or future values
- Work Problems – calculating time and rate of work when tasks are done by one or more people
- Mixture Problems – finding concentration or value of mixed items like solutions or commodities
- Speed, Distance, and Time – solving travel-related problems using basic formulas
- Ratio and Proportion – comparing quantities and determining missing values
- Percentages and Discounts – computing profit, loss, and percentage increases or decreases
- Simple and Compound Interest – determining interest earned or total amount over time
- Average and Weighted Mean – calculating typical or combined values
By practicing these, you’ll develop sharper critical thinking and numerical reasoning — both crucial skills not just for exams but for practical decision-making in real life.
How to Approach Word Problems
- Read the problem carefully. Understand what is being asked before solving.
- Identify the given information. Take note of numbers, relationships, and what’s missing.
- Translate the words into equations. Express the situation using mathematical symbols.
- Solve step by step. Avoid skipping steps to minimize careless errors.
- Check your answer. Substitute it back into the problem to verify accuracy.
Remember: word problems test comprehension as much as computation — so focus on understanding the situation before doing the math.