Test Partnership Numerical Reasoning Test 1 Questions Booklet Instructions This numerical reasoning test comprises 18 questions, and you will have 60 seconds per question. Calculators are permitted for this test, and it is recommended you have some rough paper to work on. This example test has two subtests. The first subtest assesses your ability to perform numerical calculations and the second subtest assesses your ability to make decisions based on numerical data. This first subtest comprises nine questions and you will have 60 seconds to answer each question. This subtest measures your ability to interpret numerical information and perform calculations. You will be presented with short numerical problems, requiring a number of calculations to solve. For each question you will be presented with five possible options, only one of which is correct. You will need a calculator and some rough paper to complete this subtest. You will have to work quickly and accurately to perform well in this test. If you don't know the answer to a question, leave it and come back to it if you have time. Each question will have five possible answers, one of which is correct. If the exact correct answer is not provided, select the closest possible answer. You may click Back and Next during the test to review or skip questions. You can submit your test at any time. If the time limit is up before you click submit the test will automatically be submitted with the answers you have selected. It is recommended to keep working until the time limit is up. Try to find a time and place where you will not be interrupted during the test. The test will begin on the next page. AssessmentDay Practice Aptitude Tests Q1 A company wants to increase its sales force by 20% and simultaneously lower the number of all non-sales staff by 7.5%. The company currently has 30 sales personnel and 120 non-sales personnel, what will be the total number of staff after the desired changes in headcount are made? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 147 149 151 153 155 For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 2 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q2 At the current exchange rate, 1 Pound Sterling (£) is equal to 143.37 Japanese Yen (¥). Also, 1 Euro (€) is equal to 125.38 Japanese Yen. How much in Pounds Sterling (£) is €1,827? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) £1,348.50 £1,483.00 £1,597.75 £1,718.25 £1,928.75 For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 3 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q3 Staff turnover at HCG Ltd for 2012 was 15%. 35% of leaving staff were directly headhunted by competitors, 20% left due to redundancy, 30% resigned due to personal issues with the company and 15% had their employment involuntarily terminated. By the end of 2012 there were 3,827 employees at HCG Ltd, how many employees had been made redundant during 2012? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 90 105 120 135 150 For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 4 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q4 Aisha sells 3 products: product A; product B and product C. In March, Aisha sold 3,570 units in total. The numbers of units sold for products A, B and C is in the ratio 10:5:2 respectively. How many units of B and C combined were sold by Aisha in march? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1,470 units 1,580 units 1,690 units 1,800 units 1,910 units For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 5 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q5 The distance between City A and City B is 178km. Ricardo’s car has a fuel economy of 35 miles to the gallon. If a litre of petrol costs £1.32, how much money would Ricardo spend on petrol traveling from City A to City B? (1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres; 1 gallon = 4.54609 litres) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) £16.78 £18.96 £20.10 £22.93 £25.83 For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 6 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q6 An employee at a call centre has recently undergone advanced telesales training. It was calculated that after the training, the employee has increased their sales performance by 5% and was now generating on average £1,050 in revenue per week. The advanced telesales training cost £3,000, how long would it take the employee to generate enough additional revenue to meet the costs of the training course, based on the employees sales performance increase? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 50 weeks 55 weeks 60 weeks 65 weeks 70 weeks For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 7 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q7 A river has an average rate of water flow of 59.6 m 3/s. This river has three tributaries, tributary A, B and C, which account for 36%, 47% and 17% of water flow respectively. How much water is discharged in 30 minutes from tributary B? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 3 40,190.7 m 3 42,837.9 m 3 45,383.8 m 3 47,573.2 m 3 50,421.6 m For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 8 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q8 A quarter of all staff at Casper and John Partners Ltd are eligible for a fully funded company car. However 1/2 of eligible employees have opted out of the company car scheme and 1/8th of opted out eligible employees have stated their reasons for doing so are due to environmental concerns. What fraction of employees at Casper and John Partners Ltd opted out of the company car scheme due to environmental concerns? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1/61 1/64 1/67 1/69 1/70 For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 9 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q9 In February a website received 62.42% of its traffic from search engines, 16.87% of its traffic from referrals from other websites and 20.71% of its traffic from direct visits. February’s referral traffic generated by Facebook provided 865 visits, the student room provided 632 visits and the remaining traffic from other websites provided 235 visits. How much traffic did the website receive during February in total? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 6,896 visits 7,589 visits 8,758 visits 9,896 visits 10,267 visits For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 10 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Instructions Numerical Subtest 2 of 2 This second subtest comprises nine questions and you will have 60 seconds to answer each question. This subtest measures your ability to make decisions and apply decision-making rules based on numerical data. You will be presented with tables of numerical data, and your task is to make real-world decisions based on its contents. For each question you will be presented with six possible options, only one of which is correct. You will need a calculator and some rough paper to complete this subtest. Try to find a time and place where you will not be interrupted during the test. The test will begin on the next page. For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 11 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q10 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You want to invest in the commodity with the highest combined rating of “Liquidity" and "Forecast". Which commodity should you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 12 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q11 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You select the commodities with no ratings at or below "Very Low". Of the selected commodities, you choose the two cheapest per tonne. You then invest in the commodity with the fewest ratings at or below "Above Average". Which commodity do you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 13 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q12 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You only want to invest in a commodity with a "Liquidity" to "Forecast" ratings ratio of 1:1 or above. Which commodity do you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 14 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q13 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) Of the commodities with a "Price per Tonne" lower than £200, you select the commodity with the highest number of ratings between "Medium " and "High". Which commodity do you select? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 15 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q14 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You want to invest in the commodity with both an average rating of "High" or more across all features, and a rating of at least "High" for "Performance". Which commodity do you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 16 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q15 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You want to invest in the commodity with a “Price per Tonne” of less than £200 per Tonne, and with no ratings at or below "Low". Which commodity do you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 17 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q16 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You do not want to invest in a commodity with a "Performance" rating lower than its rating for "Forecast”, a “Volatility” rating at or above "High", or a price per tonne of £200 or higher. Which commodity could you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 18 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q17 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You want to either invest in a commodity with no ratings at or below "Medium", or a commodity with an average "Performance" and "Liquidity" rating of "Above Average" or higher and a commodity with a "Price per Tonne" of £150 or lower. Which commodity do you invest in? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 19 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk Q18 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) You consider "Performance" to be 50% more important than "Forecast", which you consider to be 30% more important than either of the other two ratings. With this in mind, which commodity would have the highest weighted average across all four ratings? Wheat Oats Rice Corn Soybeans None of the above -- End of Test -- For personal use only. Unauthorised copying or distribution in printed, electronic, or any other form in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior written permission from AssessmentDay. Page 20 AssessmentDay Document last updated 23-03-2015 www.assessmentday.co.uk