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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. Approximately how many miles did Brown cover during the five week period?

A. 2100

B. 2300

C. 2500

D. 2700

E. 2900

AB. 3100

AC. 3300

AD. 3500

AE. 3700

BC. 3900

2. 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

3. 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

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. Between which years did Barlow Chemicals’ pre-tax profit as a percentage of capital increase the most?

A. 1986-87

B. 1987-88

C. 1988-99

D. 1989-90

E. Cannot Say

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