Numerical Reasoning : Jo Thompson Recruitment

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. Which professional association had the highest number of new admissions in 1984?

A. Engineering

B. Accountancy & Law

C. Science & Technology

D. Others (Commericial)

E. Others (Technical)

2. 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

3. If the price of coffee rose by the rate of inflation during 1979, approximately how much higher would the index have been at the start of 1980 than at the start of 1975?

A. 15

B. 21

C. 27

D. 32

E. 38

AB. 43

AC. 49

AD. 54

AE. 61

BC. Cannot say

4. 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

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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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

1. Which professional association had the highest number of new admissions in 1984?

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

3. If the price of coffee rose by the rate of inflation during 1979, approximately how much higher would the index have been at the start of 1980 than at the start of 1975?

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

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?

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