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. What proportion of the UK population in 1981 was equivalent to the number of UK tourist visiting France in that year?

A. 0.2%

B. 04%

C. 0.8%

D. 1%

E. 2%

AB. 4%

AC. 6%

AD. 8%

AE. 10%

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. At the start of which year did the coffee price index show the greatest percentage change, relative to the start of the previous year?

A. 1976

B. 1977

C. 1978

D. 1979

E. 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. If I catch the latest ferry from either French port which is due to arrive in Dover by noon, how long before noon (Dover time) would I arrive?

A. 15 minutues

B. 30 minutues

C. 45 minutes

D. 60 minutes

E. 75 minutes

AB. 90 minutues

AC. 105 minutes

AD. 120 mintues

AE. 135 minutes

BC. Cannot Say

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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

1. What proportion of the UK population in 1981 was equivalent to the number of UK tourist visiting France in that year?

2. What was the approximate pre-tax profit of Barlow Chemicals as a percentage of turnover in 1990?

3. At the start of which year did the coffee price index show the greatest percentage change, relative to the start of the previous year?

4. If Brown’s car uses 25% less fuel than Jennings’, in which week was their combined petrol consumption the lowest?

5. If I catch the latest ferry from either French port which is due to arrive in Dover by noon, how long before noon (Dover time) would I arrive?

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