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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. 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

2. 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

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. 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

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