NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

In this test you will be using facts and figures present in various statistical tables to answer questions designed to assess your ability to evaluate numerical data.

In each question you are given either five or ten options to choose from. One, and only one, of the options is correct in each case.

Please refer to the statistics tables below in order to correctly answer each question.

1. What proportion of the UK population in 1981 was equivalent to the number of UK tourist visiting France in that year?

A. 0.2%
B. 04%
C. 0.8%
D. 1%
E. 2%
AB. 4%
AC. 6%
AD. 8%
AE. 10%
BC. Cannot Say

2. Which category of professional associates had the greatest ratio of non-graduate to graduate new admissions in 1984?

A. Accountancy & Law
B. Engineering
C. Science & Technology
D. Others (Commercial)
E. Others (Technical)

3. Which is the first available ferry after 12.50pm (Dover time) to leave Dover for the either French port?

A. 1pm to Calais
B. 1.15pm to Calais
C. 1.30pm to Calais
D. 1.45pm to Calais
E. 2pm to Calais
AB. 1pm to Boulogne
AB. 1.15pm to Boulogne
AD. 1.30pm to Boulogne
AE. 1.45pm to Boulogne
BC. None of these

4. If Brown’s car uses 25% less fuel than Jennings’, in which week was their combined petrol consumption the lowest?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. Cannot say

5. By approximately what percentage did Barlow Chemicals’ turnover increase during the period 1986-90?

A. 11%
B. 19%
C. 25%
D. 32%
E. 48%
AB. 67%
AC. 75%
AD. 82%
AE. 89%
BC. Cannot say

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