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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 much higher was the coffee index at the beginning of 1977 than if it had risen with the general inflation rate in 1975 and 1976?

A. 7.4

B. 8.6

C. 9.4

D. 10.6

E. 12.6

AB. 14.4

AC. 16.6

AD. 18.4

AE. 20.6

BC. Cannot Say

2. 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

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. 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. Approximately what proportion of all new admissions to science & technology associations in 1984 were non-graduates?

A. 10%

B. 20%

C. 25%

D. 33%

E. 40%

AB. 50%

AC. 55%

AD. 60%

AE. 65%

BC. Cannot Say

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