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. If output for the Neptune field increased by 50% in 1986, by how many thousands of barrels would its average daily output be more or less in 1986 compared with output in 1984?

A. 40 less

B. 20 less

C. the same

D. 20 more

E. 40 more

AB. 70 more

AC. 110 more

AD. 160 more

AE. 220 more

BC. Cannot say

2. Which is the first available ferry after 12.50pm (Dover time) to leave Dover for the either French port?

A. 1pm to Calais

B. 1.15pm to Calais

C. 1.30pm to Calais

D. 1.45pm to Calais

E. 2pm to Calais

AB. 1pm to Boulogne

AB. 1.15pm to Boulogne

AD. 1.30pm to Boulogne

AE. 1.45pm to Boulogne

BC. None of these

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 Devondale Orchard’s crop of apples was or equal value to their crop of pears in 1983, and pears were worth £300 per tonne, how much were apples worth per tonne?

A. £100

B. £125

C. £150

D. £175

E. £200

AB. £225

AC. £250

AD. £275

AE. £300

BC. None of these

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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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

1. If output for the Neptune field increased by 50% in 1986, by how many thousands of barrels would its average daily output be more or less in 1986 compared with output in 1984?

2. Which is the first available ferry after 12.50pm (Dover time) to leave Dover for the either French port?

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

4. If Devondale Orchard’s crop of apples was or equal value to their crop of pears in 1983, and pears were worth £300 per tonne, how much were apples worth per tonne?

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

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