Most people rush numerical tests and lose marks. Here is why accuracy is scored first, and how to pace it.
Numerical reasoning is typically scored on correct answers, then speed. A wrong answer from rushing costs you more than an unanswered hard question, so blindly racing the clock backfires.
The winning approach: budget your time per question, lock in the ones you can do accurately, and skip or estimate the time-sinks. Learn the core operations - percentage change, ratios, reverse percentages - so the arithmetic itself is fast and reliable.
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