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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 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

2. Which oil field has the highest ratio of annual operating costs to exploration and capital costs?

A. Orion

B. Jupiter

C. Galileo

D. Sirius

E. Neptune

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. By approximately what percentage did Barlow Chemicals’ turnover increase during the period 1986-90?

A. 11%

B. 19%

C. 25%

D. 32%

E. 48%

AB. 67%

AC. 75%

AD. 82%

AE. 89%

BC. Cannot say

5. If Simms & Co’s sales reps each receive 32p per mile, how much more than Brown should Jennings have received for week 1?

A. £18.60

B. £24.20

C. £30.80

D. £38.40

E. £44.80

AB. £64.60

AC. £76.80

AD. £88.00

AE. £94.80

BC. Cannot Say

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