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. 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

2. If the output figure for the Galileo field represents crude oil only, which was 30% of the total output with the remainder being water, how many thousands of barrels of water were produced per day along with the oil?

A. 270

B. 340

C. 680

D. 910

E. 1190

AB. 1380

AC. 1700

AD. 2300

AE. 2860

BC. Cannot Say

3. 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

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. Over which 2 year period did Devondale Orchards’ total output of pears equal that of apples?

A. 1983-84

B. 1984-85

C. 1985-86

D. 1986-87

E. 1987-88

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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

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

2. If the output figure for the Galileo field represents crude oil only, which was 30% of the total output with the remainder being water, how many thousands of barrels of water were produced per day along with the oil?

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

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

5. Over which 2 year period did Devondale Orchards’ total output of pears equal that of apples?

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