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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. If the output figure for the Galileo field represents crude oil only, which was 30% of the total output with the remainder being water, how many thousands of barrels of water were produced per day along with the oil?

A. 270

B. 340

C. 680

D. 910

E. 1190

AB. 1380

AC. 1700

AD. 2300

AE. 2860

BC. Cannot Say

3. 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

4. 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

5. Over which 2 year period did Devondale Orchards’ total output of pears equal that of apples?

A. 1983-84

B. 1984-85

C. 1985-86

D. 1986-87

E. 1987-88

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