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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. 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

2. If Brown received 5p per mile less than Jennings and Jennings was due

A. £147.00

B. £171.50

C. £196.00

D. £252.00

E. £275.00

AB. £275.80

AC. £292.00

AD. £303.50

AE. £3233.50

BC. None of these

3. What will the time be in Dover when the last ferry arrives from either French port?

A. 8.00pm

B. 9.00pm

C. 9.45pm

D. 10.15pm

E. 11.30pm

AB. 12.30am

AC. 1.00am

AD. 1.30am

AE. 2.00am

BC. 2.30am

4. If Devondale Orchard’s crop of apples was or equal value to their crop of pears in 1983, and pears were worth £300 per tonne, how much were apples worth per tonne?

A. £100

B. £125

C. £150

D. £175

E. £200

AB. £225

AC. £250

AD. £275

AE. £300

BC. None of these

5. 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

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