Numerical Reasoning

Practice Test 1

Solution Booklet

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Q1 How many Bernd cars were sold in May?

10 1,000 5,000 10,000

From the end of April to the end of May, the graph tells us 1000 Bernd cars were sold.
Don’t get caught out by the fact that the data is cumulative.

Q2 What were the total sales of Tymko cars for May, June, July?

21,000 16,000 22,000 6,000

Don’t waste time working out the sales for each month. End of July, cumulative sales
were 21,000, end of April, cumulative sales were 15,000. So total sales = 6,000.

Q3 If the Bernd sales trend experienced during June had continued for July, how many more
sales of Bernd cars would there have been for July?

1,000 1 12,000 2,000

Trend for June: 1,000 sales per month. Sales shown on graph for July = 0. So the
increase would be 1,000.

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Q4 In Liverpool what was the net effect of live birth and death rates in 2000?

-200 +600 +500 +300

Population = 500,000. Live births per 1000 population = 13.4, so 13.4 x 500 = 6,700.
Deaths per 1000 population = 12.4. So 12.4 x 500 = 6,200. Net effect +500.

Q5 Approximately how many live births occurred in 2000 in Birmingham and Glasgow
together?

21,800 18,200 16,700 32,100

Birmingham: 13.6 x 995 = 13,532. Glasgow: 13.8 x 600 = 8,280.

Q6 Which city had the lowest number of people under 15 at the start of the year 2000?

Birmingham Glasgow Liverpool Leeds

In thousands…Lon: 7,500 x 16% = 1,200. Bir: 995 x 18% = 179.1. Glas: 600 x 21% =
126. Liv: 500 x 22% = 110. Lee: 450 x 23% = 103.5.

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Q7 Which country experienced the largest percentage increase in public transport spending
between 2007 and 2008?

UK US Germany Cannot tell

Consider the percentage increases for each country in turn. UK: 38/35 = 1.0857
(increase of 8.57%). US: 136/128 =1.0625. Germany: 46/44 = 1.0455. Italy: 28/26 =
1.0769. UK was the largest.

Q8 Which country had the highest public transport spend per capita in 2008?

UK US Germany Cannot tell

Thousands per capita: UK: 38/60.1 = 0.632. US: 136/302.5 = 0.450. Germany: 46/84.3
= 0.546.

Q9 If in 2007, Italy aimed to spend 8% more on public transport than they did in 2006, by
how much were they short of the target?

£1 million £1 billion £0.1 billion Cannot tell

8% of £25 billion is £2 billion. They needed to spend 27, but spent only 26 billion.

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Q10 Visitors arriving from which website were most likely to make a purchase at
newbags.com?

Website W Website X Website Y Website Z

W: = 2876/315,380 = 0.91%. X: = 284/26,850 = 1.06%. Y: 183/82,520 = 0.22%. Z:

204/12,630 = 1.62%

Q11 If the average profit made per sale at newbags.com was £12, approximately how much
more profit was made from visitors from Website X than visitors from Website Y?

£1,212 £1,852 £867 £891

X: £12 x 284 = £3,408. Y: = £12 x 183 = £2,196.

Q12 Assuming all visitors arrived via either website W, X, Y or Z, approximately what
percentage of visitors arrived from Website Y?

15.7% 18.9% 25.0% 30.3%

Total number of visitors: 437,380. Number of visitors from Website Y = 82,520. And
82520/437380 = 18.87%.

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