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Numerical Comprehension Test 1
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Instructions
This numerical comprehension test comprises 18 questions, and you will have 18 minutes in
which to correctly answer as many as you can. Calculators are permitted for this test, and it is
recommended you have some rough paper to work on.
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.
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Practice Aptitude TestsQ1 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) 147
(B) 149
(C) 151
(D) 153
(E) 155
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) £1,348.50
(B) £1,483.00
(C) £1,597.75
(D) £1,718.25
(E) £1,928.75
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) 90
(B) 105
(C) 120
(D) 135
(E) 150
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) 1,470 units
(B) 1,580 units
(C) 1,690 units
(D) 1,800 units
(E) 1,910 units
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.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) £16.78
(B) £18.96
(C) £20.10
(D) £22.93
(E) £25.83
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) 50 weeks
(B) 55 weeks
(C) 60 weeks
(D) 65 weeks
(E) 70 weeks
Q7 A river has an average rate of water flow of 59.6 m3/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) 40,190.7 m3
(B) 42,837.9 m3
(C) 45,383.8 m3
(D) 47,573.2 m3
(E) 50,421.6 m3
Q8 ¼ of all staff at Casper and John Partners Ltd are eligible for a fully funded
company car. However ½ of eligible employees have opted out of the
company car scheme and ⅛ of opted out eligible employee 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) 1/61
(B) 1/64
(C) 1/67
(D) 1/69
(E) 1/70
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.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) 6,896 visits
(B) 7,589 visits
(C) 8,758 visits
(D) 9,896 visits
(E) 10,267 visits
Q10 An oil and gas field generates 5000 barrels of crude oil, and 17,000 cubic
metres of natural gas per day. The current price per barrel of crude oil is
$91.87 and the price per 1000 cubic metres of natural gas $131.10. The
profit margins per barrel of oil and per 1000 cubic metre of natural gas are
31% and 27% respectively. How much profit is generated by this oil and gas
field in 7 weeks? (Assume the price of oil and gas remains constant)
(A) $7,007,012
(B) $7,160,045
(C) $7,282,185
(D) $7,387,896
(E) $7,482,453
Q11 A companywide staff satisfaction survey revealed that 60% of staff provided
negative responses on one or more question items on the survey. Of this
60% of staff, ½ stated low opportunities for advancement, ¼ stated that
payment and benefits were unsatisfactory and ⅜ stated that problems with
their line manager were common. There are 3,461 members of staff at the
company and the survey had an 86% response rate. How many members of
staff stated that problems with their line manager were common?
(A) 660 members of staff
(B) 670 members of staff
(C) 680 members of staff
(D) 690 members of staff
(E) 700 members of staff
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q12 Gareth’s house hold budget per week is £250. ½ of this budget is spent on
rent, 12.5% is spent on bills and 27.5% is spent on food. Every week, ¾ of
the budget not accounted for by rent, food and bills is placed in a savings
account. How long would it take Gareth to save up £900 from his left over
house hold budget?
(A) 42 weeks
(B) 44 weeks
(C) 46 weeks
(D) 48 weeks
(E) 50 weeks
Q13 An investor purchased 25 ounces of gold in 2007 for a total of £16,225.
When the investor sold the metal in 2012, the price of gold per gram was
£50.74. The profits gained from this transaction were used to buy silver at the
market price of £27.57 per ounce. What is the largest amount of silver that
the investor could purchase using profits generated from selling their gold? (1
gram = 0.035274 ounces).
(A) 512 ounces of silver
(B) 596 ounces of silver
(C) 678 ounces of silver
(D) 716 ounces of silver
(E) 876 ounces of silver
Q14 Architectural Bronze is an alloy, typically composed of 57% copper, 3% lead
and 40% zinc. The current price of copper is £3,670 per metric ton and the
current price of zinc is £1,240 per metric ton. If a foundry has 1275 tons of
lead, how much would it cost to purchase enough copper and zinc to
produce the maximum amount of architectural bronze possible with the
existing amount of lead?
(A) £86,282,920
(B) £92,282,170
(C) £101,272,280
(D) £109,985,750
(E) £111,728,270
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q15 The wild population of Snow Leopards was recorded at 6,590 in 2003. At the
time 34% of wild Snow Leopards resided in China, 23% resided in Mongolia
and 12.5% resided in India, with the remaining population residing in other
Asian countries. By 2012, wild snow Leopard populations had grown by 16%
in China, 3.5% in Mongolia, decreased by 2.9% in India and remained
unchanged in other Asian countries. In 2012 an additional 600 Snow
Leopards reside in Zoos, what was the total Snow Leopard population in
2012?
(A) 7,578 Snow Leopards
(B) 7,754 Snow Leopards
(C) 7,956 Snow Leopards
(D) 8,145 Snow Leopards
(E) 8,235 Snow Leopards
Q16 Claire provides freelance consulting services at £30 per hour, with a 1 hour
unpaid lunch break and paid overtime at 1.5 times the usual hourly rate. Her
latest contract requires to her to work from 8.30am till 5.45pm, for 15 billable
days, with an extra 1 and a half hours overtime per day. Assuming Claire
pays 30% in taxes on her income, how much will Claire earn from her latest
contract after tax?
(A) £2,568.75
(B) £2,863.50
(C) £3,010.00
(D) £3,205.50
(E) £3,307.50
Q17 An organization spends 5.5% of its annual training and development budget
on evaluating the effectiveness of training programs. 65% of the money
spent on evaluation is used to evaluate employee’s immediate reaction to the
training, using reaction sheets. ¾ of the money spent on capturing reactions
to training programs is spent on analyzing and benchmarking the data
collected. If the organizations training and development budget is £2.7 million
per year, how much is spent analyzing reaction data per month an average?
(A) £5,583.32
(B) £5,736.93
(C) £6,032.81
(D) £6,258.38
(E) £6,473.57
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q18 Daniel holds 170 shares of Company A, 80 shares of Company B and 110
shares of Company C. At the time of purchase, company A shares were
valued at £2.82 per share, company B shares were valued at £1.92 per
share and company C shares were valued at £2.78 per share. When Daniel
sold his shares, company A and B shares had risen in value by 5% and 6%
respectively, and the value of company C shares had dropped by 2%, how
much profit did Daniel generate from selling his shares?
(A) £24.89
(B) £27.07
(C) £29.64
(D) £32.45
(E) £34.89
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