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Numerical Test 9
Questions Booklet
Instructions
This numerical reasoning test comprises 30 questions, and you will have 30 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. You may click Back and Next during the test to
review or skip questions.
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automatically be submitted with the answers you have selected. It is recommended to keep
working until the time limit is up.
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Practice Aptitude TestsQ1 If Howards and Makepeace’s annual sales target for Brand B was £690,000,
what fraction of this were actual Brand B sales?
(A) 1/3
(B) 22/70
(C) 3/5
(D) 2/5
Q2 What are the average sales per quarter for each brand (in the order Brand C;
B; A)?
(A) 70,500; 69,000; 61,250
(B) 7,050; 6,900; 6,125
(C) 61,250; 69,000; 70,500
(D) 61; 71; 69
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q3 What was Brand a’s total sales turnover for the first and second month in
Quarter 4?
(A) £30,000
(B) £28,000
(C) £25,000
(D) £23,000
Q4 If the variable costs had been 5% higher for the previous month then what
would have been the impact on Brand A’s profit?
(A) £165 increase
(B) £275 decrease
(C) £275 increase
(D) No effect on profit
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have been 16.5%. The mistake caused the Net Turnover for Brand A to be
reported as being what?
(A) £575 too high
(B) £1650 too low
(C) 16.5% too high
(D) £575 too low
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q6 Which operation achieved the highest sales per Sales and Support staff?
(A) Telephone (CF plc)
(B) Catalogue (CF plc)
(C) High Street (CF plc)
(D) Telephone (Callz Ltd)
Q7 Callz Ltd plans to reduce its staff headcount by two. The remaining staff will
be split across an online team and an offline team to a ratio of 1:2. If the
online group sales target is £180,000, what is the average target per member
of the online team?
(A) £50,000
(B) £60,000
(C) £40,000
(D) £35,000
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q8 Across both companies, which retail operation had the lowest absolute
difference between monthly sales and sales target?
(A) Internet (Callz Ltd)
(B) Catalogue (CF plc)
(C) High Street (Callz Ltd)
(D) Catalogue (Callz Ltd)
Q9 What is the ratio of CF plc’s actual monthly telephone sales to overall
monthly CF plc sales?
(A) 1:3
(B) 1:30
(C) 1:4
(D) 1:5
Q10 Following a merger, the four retail operations are combined with each other
across Callz Ltd and CF plc. The targets are also combined for each retail
operation, with 5% added to each target for each staff member that works in
the combined retail operation. Which combined retail operation has a sales
target of £119,000?
(A) High Street
(B) Internet
(C) Catalogue
(D) Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q11 The US operations exceeded their sales target for 2009 by 25%. If the
target was split equally across 4 American regions, what was the individual
sales target for each region?
(A) None of these
(B) £1.03 million
(C) £0.58 million
(D) £0.15 million
Q12 In 2009, which categories of electrical goods each sold more than £0.75
million in the UK?
(A) Misc
(B) Misc, Computers and DVD players
(C) Misc and DVD players
(D) Computers and DVD players
Q13 Tamcer Inc’s Russian business is split into 2 regions: Eastern Region and
Western Region. Eastern Region’s sales were the equivalent of 300% of the
Western Region’s sales. What were the Eastern Region’s sales?
(A) £275,000
(B) £1,275,000
(C) £825,000
(D) None of these
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q14 If the absolute level of computers, games and cameras sold in France
mirrors that of the UK, what is the total value of DVD players and Misc
electrical goods sold in Tamcer’s French operations?
(A) £2,280,500
(B) £1,309,500
(C) £1,909,500
(D) Can’t tell from the data
Q15 The total worldwide sales for Tamcer Inc. are £29 million. What level of sales
is accounted for by countries other than those shown?
(A) £19.6 million
(B) £9.6 million
(C) £10.6 million
(D) £9.4 million
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q16 If instead of being introduced in full next year, the budget salary increases
are phased in over the next three years (at a rate of 2% per year), what
will be the average United States Director’s salary in 2 years time?
(A) £119,646
(B) £121,900
(C) £119,600
(D) £122,000
Q17 Next year the rise in budget for a Spanish Director's average salary will be
achieved through two consecutive pay-rises. If the first pay-rise is an
increase of 2%, what will the second percentage increase have to be?
(A) 2.5%
(B) 2.6%
(C) 2.9%
(D) 3.0%
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q18 Directors and managers are allowed to purchase company shares (price =
£4.50) in place of salary next year. Which country’s average Director can buy
the most number of shares, and which country has the most managers who
can buy shares?
(A) United States, United States
(B) United States, Germany
(C) Germany, United States
(D) Germany, Germany
Q19 Put the countries in order of decreasing numbers of managers.
(A) United States, Spain, Germany, France, United Kingdom
(B) Spain, United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom
(C) United States, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, France
(D) United States, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q20 Which two countries have the same absolute difference in the number of
female and male managers?
(A) United Kingdom and United States
(B) Germany and Spain
(C) Germany and France
(D) France and Spain
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q21 The HR Director at Shevinshaw’s Ltd conducts a survey. An eighth of the full-
time HR employees state that they would prefer to work part-time. If this
occurred and other staff numbers remained the same, what would be the total
number of part-time employees for this year?
(A) 37
(B) 89
(C) 27
(D) 56
Q22 Which function is forecast to lose the same number of employees as it lost
last year?
(A) None of these
(B) Finance
(C) Research
(D) Sales
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q23 Which function has the lowest ratio of full-time employees compared to part-
time employees and freelance employees combined?
(A) Marketing
(B) Finance
(C) Research
(D) HR
Q24 Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Finance has the most employees
(B) Total Sales employees outnumber total HR
(C) Research has the most employees
(D) HR has the most freelance employees
Q25 Weekend overtime is paid at a rate of double pay for Marketing and
Research employees, with other employees receiving time and a half. Which
function will work the second highest number of overtime hours – assuming
that each employee works 8 days per year overtime – next year?
(A) Research
(B) Marketing
(C) Finance
(D) Sales
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q26 In which month shown did house prices change the most, and the least,
respectively?
(A) March, May
(B) May, January
(C) May, March
(D) March, January
Q27 Which two property prices are in the ratio of 4:5?
(A) 4-bedroom house: 3-bedroom flat
(B) 2-bedroom flat: studio flat
(C) Studio flat: 2-bedroom flat
(D) 2-bedroom flat: 3-bedroom flat
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q28 At the end of June, a property speculator buys three 2-bedroom flats at the
average price and rents each one out at £900 profit per month. If she sells
the properties eighteen months later with house prices having risen 15%
since purchase, how much profit, before costs, has she made?
(A) £140,850
(B) £165,600
(C) £142,200
(D) £48,600
Q29 If the cost of a 4-bedroom house continues at the same monthly rate of
inflation as July, what will the cost be at the end of October?
(A) £385,522
(B) £381,300
(C) £381,327
(D) £381,237
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what was its value at the end of February?
(A) £141,679
(B) £142,000
(C) £140,834
(D) £141,769
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