how to prepare for private school test

Here are some general strategies to prepare for these tests:

Get a Review Book

Look over a review book to get a sense of the sections on the test, which mainly consist of reading, verbal reasoning (such as identifying the word that is synonymous, or the same as, the given word), and math. Get a sense of the format of the sections and the time allotted for each section.

Take Timed Practice Tests

Practice taking the tests under simulated test conditions, giving yourself only as much time as the test allows. Be sure to pay attention to how you pace yourself on these tests, and note if you are taking too much time, or if you are rushing. Instead of getting hung up on one question, mark any question you are unsure about and go back to it when you've finished the other questions.

Boost Your Weak Areas

If you find that you are consistently getting certain types of test questions wrong, go back and correct those areas. For example, you may need to work on one area of math, such as fractions or percents, or you may need to work on your vocabulary by making flash cards with the most commonly used vocabulary words on these tests, which are available in the test review books. read more :

How To Do Math In Your Head!

If you want to get better at math or do it faster in your head, so you can do better at work or do better in school, there’s a way to do so.

One of the things my Dad taught me early on was to do math in my head, whenever I could.  He taught me to round things to 10′s, 100′s, 1000′s, and to re-arrange the math and break it down if it was, too complex.

This helps, whether you’re doing math in your head, or doing some quick figures on paper, or even using a calculator.

If you can do quick math estimates in your head, it gives you an advantage at work when people are throwing numbers around.  This can help you quickly get a sense of how many, how much, how often, or what percent, when people are throwing numbers you way.

It can also help you in interviews under pressure, or it can help you day-to-day to get a rough idea of how much you are spending at the store.

More importantly, if you can quickly get to ballpark estimate and make meaning out of numbers, you can focus on the bigger context, or play out “what if” scenarios, rather than get distracted, or lose the flow, while you pull out calculators or number crunch. And, in a lot of scenarios, not everybody is going to wait for you to pull out a calculator, … or catch up.

But how do you do math in your head?

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