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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. 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. 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. If pears sold for £385 per tonne what was the value of Devondale Orchards’ crop of pears for 1987?

A. £7475

B. £8475

C. £9475

D. £10,475

E. £11,475

AB. £12,475

AC. £13,475

AD. £14,475

AE. £15,475

BC. Cannot Say

4. 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

5. How many ferries from the two French ports re due to arrive at Dover between 1.45pm and 4pm (Dover time)?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

AB. 5

AC. 6

AD. 7

AE. 8

BC. None of these

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