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. 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. Between which years did Barlow Chemical’ pre-tax profit as a percentage of capital decrease?

A. 1986-87 & 1987-88

B. 1986-87 & 1988,89

C. 1987-88 & 1989-90

D. 1987-88 & 1988-89

E. 1988-89 & 1989-90

3. 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

4. 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

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

2. Between which years did Barlow Chemical’ pre-tax profit as a percentage of capital decrease?

3. 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?

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

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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