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Police Officer Exam: Mathematical Reasoning Practice Test 1
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Mathematical Reasoning: This ability involves being able to reason abstractly using quantitative concepts and symbols. It includes reasoning through mathematical problems in order to determine appropriate operations that can be performed to solve them.

Police Officer Exam: Mathematical Reasoning Practice Test 1
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1. Officer Karen Campisi issued the following summonses during a four week period.
Week Number Moving Summonses Parking Summonses
1 12 24
2 11 36
3 8 40
4 13 28
Officer Campisi is required to list the total number of summonses in her Activity-Log at the end of the four week period. Which one of the following formulas will provide an accurate amount of summonses issued.
2. Police Officer Thomas O'Toole is assigned to verify that all the equipment assigned to the Coney Island detail is still on hand. Officer O'Toole counts the following property:
Quantity Item
23 Barriers
15 Portable Radios
2 3 Wheel Scooters
3 2 Wheel Scooters
1 Portable Telephone
Officer O'Toole is required to make an entry in his memo book regarding the total number of items he has counted. Which one of the following formulas would Officer O'Toole be correct to use?
3. Police Officer Sam Jackson has arrested Bill Gorman for burglary. The following is a list of currency Mr. Gorman possessed at the time of his arrest.
Denomination Number Possessed
$1 12
$5 4
$10 5
$20 12
Officer Jackson must count the money and inform the desk officer of the total amount of money taken from the suspect. Which one of the following formulas should Officer Jackson use to correctly calculate the total amount?