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. Which professional association had the highest number of new admissions in 1984?

A. Engineering

B. Accountancy & Law

C. Science & Technology

D. Others (Commericial)

E. Others (Technical)

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. 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

4. What proportion of the total populations of the 4 tourist nations shown was equivalent to the number visiting Italy in 1981?

A. 0.1%

B. 02%

C. 0.3%

D. 0.4%

E. 1%

AB. 2%

AC. 3%

AD. 4%

AE. 10%

BC. 20%

5. 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

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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

1. Which professional association had the highest number of new admissions in 1984?

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?

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

4. What proportion of the total populations of the 4 tourist nations shown was equivalent to the number visiting Italy in 1981?

5. 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?

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