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 Devondale Orchards’ total production in 1985 was accounted for by pears?

A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 30%
D. 35%
E. 40%
AB. 45%
AC. 50%
AD. 55%
BC. 65%

2. What was the appropriate turnover of Barlow Chemicals in 1989?

A. £274,200
B. £324,600
C. £494,300
D. £605,280
E. £804,300
AB. £1,100,000
AC. £1,316,000
AD. £1,576,000
AE. £1,836,000
BC. Cannot Say

3. Between which years did Barlow Chemical’ pre-tax profit as a percentage of capital decrease?

A. 1986-87 & 1987-88
B. 1986-87 & 1988,89
C. 1987-88 & 1989-90
D. 1987-88 & 1988-89
E. 1988-89 & 1989-90

4. If output for the Neptune field increased by 50% in 1986, by how many thousands of barrels would its average daily output be more or less in 1986 compared with output in 1984?

A. 40 less
B. 20 less
C. the same
D. 20 more
E. 40 more
AB. 70 more
AC. 110 more
AD. 160 more
AE. 220 more
BC. Cannot say

5. At the start of which year did the coffee price index show the greatest percentage change, relative to the start of the previous year?

A. 1976
B. 1977
C. 1978
D. 1979
E. Cannot Say

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