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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. 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

2. How many more W German tourists visited France than French tourist visited W Germany in 1981?

A. 740,000

B. 1,910,000

C. 2,311,000

D. 2,650,000

E. 3,131,000

AB. 3,428,000

AC. 3,840,000

AD. 4,016,000

AE. 4,328,000

BC. 4,840,000

3. What was the approximate percentage fall (to the nearest 5%) in the price of coffee from the beginning of 1978?

A. None

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 15%

E. 20%

AB. 25%

AC. 30%

AD. 35%

AE. 40%

BC. Cannot Say

4. What was the approximate pre-tax profit of Barlow Chemicals as a percentage of turnover in 1990?

A. 1%

B. 5%

C. 8%

D. 11%

E. 15%

AB. 19%

AC. 23%

AD. 28%

AE. 32%

BC. Cannot Say

5. 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

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