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Ratios in Aptitude Tests

You may deal with ratios on daily basis but you may not be aware of it. For example, in your daily routine you may compare certain number of quantities and make particular inferences from such information. In essence, a ratio refers to comparison of two numbers which can be divided by fraction bar or colon such as 1:3 or 1/3. Often in your aptitude tests you will not only be required to work out ratios to compare two quantities, reduce them to the lowest form or express them in terms of decimals or percentages but also you will be required to manipulate with such concepts to the extent where you will have to mentally absorb large scale of data and make particular inferences from information given. In psychometric tests there could be a wide range of these problems to deal with so how to prepare for all of these? Note that even though, there is a great variety of questions the concept of ratios remains the same. Hence, once you will grasp the basic understanding and logic you will be able to apply the same to a range of other similar challenges.

Ratios in Aptitude Tests

In the below paragraphs we will demonstrate how to tackle some basic and most popular problems you may be faced with in your numerical reasoning tests. For example you may be asked to calculate the lowest or highest ratio of specific data range. Would you have the knowledge, skills and aptitude to tackle such problems? To test your skills try to answer the below question. Take no more than 30 seconds and once you will mark your answer check the explanation below.

Which year assumed the lowest ratio of master to undergraduate students? How did you find the question, difficult? Well do worry if you have not done well on this one. Once you will undertake thorough preparation you will have nothing to worry about. Note that by careful inspection you can see that the fraction of master students in 2010 had to be greater than in 2009 as the number of postgraduates increased by 25% whereas the number of undergraduates increased hardly 3% and hence you can mark 2010 as unlikely answer. Now, if you go further to 2011 and compare the figures with 2009 you must notice that the fraction must be lower as both nominator and denominator decreased by 20 compared to 2009. Looking at the table for figures in 2012 and 2013 you can see that 2012 must make the lowest fraction compared to 2011 and 2013 as it has the lowest number of postgraduates and highest number of undergraduate students. Hence, to get move forward and ace quantitative mental ability tests you need to study to eyeball the large amount of data and make accurate deductions. We are not suggesting that you may encounter exactly this type of question in your aptitude test however the point we are trying to make here is that the ratios, proportions or other mathematical, arithmetic or algebraic operations in occupational standardised tests are constructed to measure your intellectual abilities rather than acquired mathematical knowledge. Hence, to acquire such aptitude you must organise your practice around acquiring such skills. The more learning and revision you do on this topic the better equipped you will be to deal with such concepts.

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