Numeracy for AIB.

[peregrine34]

Hi,

I've got my AIB in 5 weeks (Christ!). I'm slightly panicking about the numeracy section of the test. I would really appreciate if somebody could help me with how to prepare. Could anyone clarify what I really need to nail down in order to get a good score? I under performed during the RT numeracy section and I want to this one right. At the moment i'm doing fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, algebra and speed distance time. Is there anything else I really need to brush up on? Also, does anyone have some good online resources ? I don't really want to buy books.

Cheers all!

 

[Trainer]

Why not buy books? - invest in yourself. You seem like the sort of chancer I would not like in my beloved Officer Corps.

 

[peregrine34]

I'm not really sure which books to buy. I have heard that the how2become books are littered with mistakes and I was told that online resources sufficient.

 

[peregrine34]

Besides I can take them out of the library.

 

[BigD1980]

If an Electric train is travelling North East at a spee of 110 Mph and the wind is blowing North west at a speed of 30 Mph in what direction does the Smoke go ???

 

[peregrine34]

Is that the kind of question I can expect?

 

[BigD1980]

Is that the kind of question I can expect?

No ! I'm taking the P**S

 

[Seadog]

I'm not really sure which books to buy. I have heard that the how2become books are littered with mistakes..

Beginning with the title, so don't buy them, don't borrow them, don't use them.

 

[peregrine34]

Okay. Any recommendations?

I'm thinking about buying their planex book.

Do you think 5 weeks is enough time to get it all done?

 

[Pontius]

If an Electric train is travelling North East at a spee of 110 Mph and the wind is blowing North west at a speed of 30 Mph in what direction does the Smoke go ???

It could be smoke from the galley as they cook some sandwiches

 

[Seadog]

Okay. Any recommendations?

Heed what Trainer wrote above.


A Complete O Level Mathematics by A. Greer. The RN used it as a teaching text back when Euclid were a lad. I was a student, not an instructor then but still have and refer to my own legit, purchased copy. Buy books.

I'm thinking about buying their planex book.

But not that one.

Do you think 5 weeks is enough time to get it all done?

To answer that, I'd need to have some idea as to your character and competence and the level from where you begin. I am beginning to form an idea.

I don't really want to buy books.

Should you make it through the mill and move up in the Service, you'll hate being handed the course or Commandant's reading list when you are appointed to JSCSC. You'll have to buy books and read them.

CDS has a reading list too. I'm not suggesting that you start reading The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius or On War straight off the bat but know that books, reading and academia have their place in the Armed Forces and not only for Officers.

 

[Seadog]

You seem like the sort of chancer I would not like in my beloved Officer Corps.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, is that you?

 

[dapperdunn]

It could be smoke from the galley as they cook some sandwiches

Salad surely?
I know, don't call me Shirley

 

[dapperdunn]

I'm not suggesting that you start reading The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.

For quickness, just watch the film:

 

[dapperdunn]

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, is that you?

You're beautiful, I shit you not.

 

[peregrine34]

Can you recommend a Planex book then?

I didn't want to buy the Maths books because someone posted on this site that there are adequate resources online.

I have read Clausewitz and Marcus Aurelius already.

 

[Sumo]

If an Electric train is travelling North East at a spee of 110 Mph and the wind is blowing North west at a speed of 30 Mph in what direction does the Smoke go ???

Trains are non smoking in all carriages, its the law?

 

[Sumo]

Can you recommend a Planex book then?

I didn't want to buy the Maths books because someone posted on this site that there are adequate resources online.

I have read Clausewitz and Marcus Aurelius already.

You have to understand, adequate for someone that is not struggling with Maths is not always the same as someone struggling with Maths. For those that achieved an A Level at A* a quick brush up an aid to memory is all that is needed, for lesser humans, start grafting, getting past the AIB is the starting point of a career of learning and reading, and as @Trainer & @Seadog have pointed out buying books could be a way of investing in your future.
I have even heard that Chefs read books not just cook them.
Good luck its your life, do as you think best, with the advice given.

 

[peregrine34]

Advice taken.

Thanks all.

 

[peregrine34]

Chefs like to read cookbooks.