A Deeper Look At The Used Exam Tables

By Marci Glover


An examination table is a specially prepared mathematical or scientific document which contains basic formulas and computations. The formulas form a way of guiding students sitting for a test. The mathematical and scientific computations vary depending on the course and the field of specialization. Mathematical computations could include interest rates, net present values and a range of mortality tables. These are useful where the students do not have to perform the basic computations. The figures are just read off from the already computed values.

The collection of tabulated formulas may be very expensive to acquire since the research costs, publishing and printing costs are included in the purchasing price. As a result, majority of the students opt to acquire used exam tables. Most of these are sold in a number of bookshops and other book points across the world. The students can acquire used books at a relatively lower cost after a series of negotiation efforts.

Some of the acquisition can also be done over the internet. The internet has expanded the scope of disseminating and access of information. The seller posts the materials they want to sell. The willing buyers then access the various websites with the items on sale. The two parties negotiate on the selling prices. The payments are also made over the internet. The seller then ships the item to the buyer after receiving the payments.

A lot of research and very deep research is carried out before the printing of various scientific materials. The researchers also add some patent costs to their materials. The publishers further add the costs attributed to the transformation of materials into something friendly. All these costs are passed over to the students. This is what ends up making the study materials very expensive.

Most of the mathematical computations that are tabulated in special collections come in handy when experts and other students are sitting special professional examinations. Students taking finance and economics-oriented need the tabulations for the calculation of special interest rates and the net present values of projects under consideration. Actuarial students may as well need the tabulations in computing special mortality and projection rates in examinations.

Medical students also find some of these tables very useful. They are used in occasions where the derivation of some medical and pharmaceutical computations may be very complex. The collection of the formulas simplifies the calculations and derivations of some basic matters. This is saves time especially when undertaking various tests.

Changes to various frameworks are made often. For example, the changes in the taxation rates and regimes affect the various tabulations in the economics and finance tables. These changes in the framework have to be reflected by making the necessary adjustments in the tabulations. In some cases, some formulas may be updated after some additional research.

Some students have come up with very interesting ways of sharing the information in the scientific and mathematical collections. Although some of the sharing tricks may be illegal since they infringe on the publishing ad sharing rights, it is worth to note that students have to survive in tough times. Some have special online accounts that are used for sharing the scanned copies. These are then downloaded and printed for use.




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