No they take Reasoning tests as more valuable because it tests ur problem solving skills. The thing is u can’t prepare for numerical reasoning, but for maths if u do a lot of practice, u will be fine. And btw my friend did a specialist maths book before the exam, so he’s probably gonna get 60/60
Even I can work out all the problems, I rarely get a 100%... the accuracy is around 92% which is not great.
No, doing a specialist maths textbook will not guarantee a 60/60, I assure you. How do I know [you ask]? Because that's exactly what I did, and I completed the whole Mathematical methods textbook for units 1/2 but penultimately found the Methods book a lot more helpful than anything else (for the maths exam). Actually the spesh book was more helpful for numerical reasoning as it had like formulas to find a certain number for *series i.e. t(N)= a + (n-1)d where
t(N) is the number that you are looking for.
n is the quantity of numbers in series
d is the difference
a is the first number of the arithmetic series
*There are others for geometric and infinite series! (Which I had studied for some stupid reason, the infinite series was of no use)
So overall yh guys, the specialist book is more helpful for numerical ( the spesh book also had like simultaneous equations with 3 variables and ways to solve almost every worded problem out there!)
The Maths methods book, I found, is more like used for the maths component for select entry. So for future reference, try some chapters of the specialist book as it can help for numerical reasoning (not all of course, since there is like calculus lmao studied that and was just a waste).