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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. Between which two weeks was there the greatest proportional increase or decrease in Brown’s mileage, relative to the previous week?

A. Weeks 1-2

B. Weeks 2-3

C. Weeks 3-4

D. Weeks 4-5

E. Cannot say

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Between which years did Barlow Chemicals’ pre-tax profit as a percentage of capital increase the most?

A. 1986-87

B. 1987-88

C. 1988-99

D. 1989-90

E. Cannot Say

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