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Numerical Reasoning

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Q1

Which share has shown the largest absolute range in price over the last year?

(A) Huver Co. (B) Drebs Ltd (C) Fevs Plc (D) Fauvers (E) Steapars

Q2

What was yesterday’s cost difference between 50 shares in Fevs plc and 100 shares in Steapars?

(A) 164,726 Euros (B) 251,163 Euros (C) 172,577 Euros (D) 164,045 Euros (E) None of these

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Q3

Today’s Drebs Ltd share price represents a 40% increase on the price one month ago. What was the price a month ago?

(A) 22 Euros (B) 25.20 Euros (C) 12.68 Euros (D) 12.90 Euros (E) 12.86 Euros

Q4

How much is the total annual dividend payable for 1,550 shares in Drebs Ltd?

(A) Cannot say (B) 635 Euros (C) 2,232 Euros (D) 2,418 Euros (E) 2,822 Euros

Q5

If the exchange rate is 1.15 Euros to the £, what is today’s value of 250 Drebs Ltd shares (in £s)?

(A) £4,500 (B) £2,875 (C) £2,785 (D) £3,931 (E) £3,913

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Q6

A field sales agent plans to travel on average 4,250 miles per month driving along motorways in her Xtam car. What is her projected average annual consumption of fuel (in gallons)?

(A) Cannot say (B) 1,500 (C) 125 (D) 150 (E) 1,250

Q7

A car dealership has £600,000 to spend and wants to buy equal numbers of the Taber and Ursa cars. What is the largest number of each type of car that can be ordered?

(A) 27 (B) 48 (C) 19 (D) 21 (E) 22

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Q8

What is the ratio of the cost of a Taber: Velvo: Xtam?

(A) 2:4:5 (B) 1:4:6 (C) 1:3:5 (D) 2:3:5 (E) 1:2:3

Q9

A Tink car is taken on a test drive for 90 minutes around the city. If the average speed is 34 miles per hour how much petrol is consumed?

(A) 1.5 gallons (B) 2.5 gallons (C) 2 gallons (D) 0.5 gallons (E) 1.75 gallons

Q10

A family plans to spend a month driving around Scottish cities where the average cost of a gallon of petrol is £4.75. If the family drive 1,500 miles in their Velvo, what would be the family’s total petrol costs (to the nearest £)?

(A) £216.00 (B) £203.57 (C) £204.00 (D) £215.89

(E) None of these

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The projection for Year 6 is the same absolute increase in spending by legal services on IT hardware, software and consulting as there was in Year 5. What is the total spending projection for IT hardware, software and consulting by legal services in Year 6?

Q11

(A) £75 million (B) £85 million (C) £95 million (D) £105 million (E) £110 million

Q12

How much did Make Fit Ltd’s income from consultancy services for Years 1 to Year 3 inclusive differ from Pure Gap plc’s income over the same period?

(A) £110 more (B) £110,000 less (C) £1,100,000 more (D) £110 less

(E) £1,100,000 less

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Q13

Which of the following statements is false regarding legal sector spending between Year 4 and projected Year 5.

(A) IT consulting will increase by £5million. (B) IT consulting will match that of year 2. (C) IT software will exceed IT consulting. (D) Spending on IT hardware will decline. (E) None of these.

Q14

In which year(s) did Make Fit Ltd and Pure Gap plc’s combined IT consultancy income exceed £6million?

(A) Year 1 and Year 4 (B) Year 4

(C) Year 1 and Year 3 (D) Year 3

(E) Year 3 and Year 4

Q15

If there had been double the number of Pure Gap plc sales in Year 2, what

fraction would Make Fit Ltd sales been of combined Pure Gap plc and Make Fit Ltd sales in Year 2?

(A) 18/49 (B) 9/40 (C) 9/4 (D) 4/9 (E) 18/31

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Q16

If actual labour costs rise so as to halve their discrepancy against the target, what will be the change in Gross Profit?

(A) Falls by £4,500 (B) Rises by £4,500 (C) No overall effect (D) Rises by £9,000 (E) Falls by £9,000

Q17

IKE Computers aim to grow monthly profits by 1.5%, starting in February. If monthly costs are kept constant what will the sales turnover need to be in February?

(A) £242,099 (B) £277,987 (C) £38,555 (D) £274,299 (E) 288,000

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Q18

If the American operations of IKE Computers had a January sales turnover in the ratio of 4:5 (American:UK) then what was the January sales turnover for American operations in $ (at an exchange rate of 1.6$ to the £)?

(A) $557,400 (B) $355,008 (C) $216,860 (D) $216,680 (E) $554,700

Q19

If IKE Computers in the UK employed eighty permanent employees in January who were on the same salary, what would be the effect on February’s labour costs of replacing twenty permanent employees with interim staff on £36,000 average salaries?

(A) Cannot tell (B) £130,000 (C) £20,750 (D) £2,075 (E) £18,500

Q20

If February’s gross profit target is set as a 40% increase on January’s gross profit target, to be followed by a 25% decrease in March, what is March’s gross profit target (in £1,000s)?

(A) 66,675 (B) 666.8 (C) 66.7 (D) 6.7

(E) 666,750

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Q21

Which sector represents approximately 19% of total profits?

(A) Leisure

(B) Manufacturing (C) Retail

(D) Government (E) Utilities

Q22

If the ratio of profit to turnover for Pacific Rim contracts was 2:15, what was the Government turnover in the Pacific Rim (in £100,000s)?

(A) 36 (B) 27 (C) 270 (D) 360 (E) 540

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Q23

Reyes Heslop had a target for Leisure profits to be a quarter of their total profits. Assuming profits in other areas remain the same, by how much did the Leisure profits miss this target?

(A) £2.1 million (B) £2.4 million (C) £2.7 million (D) £2.8 million (E) £2.58 million

Q24

A competitor wants to takeover Reyes Heslop and offers a price of 8 times current profits. Reyes Heslop shareholders reject this offer and suggest a price that is 20% higher, what is this price?

(A) £79 million (B) £63 million (C) £628 million (D) £754 million (E) £502 million

Q25

If the Worldwide Sales Director of Reyes Heslop Consulting is aiming for a total sales ratio of 3:2 (American: Pacific Rim), by what absolute amount do American profits need to change if Pacific Rim profits remain constant?

(A) £5.35 million increase (B) £15.1 million increase (C) £5.35 million decrease (D) £15.1 million decrease (E) None of these

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What is the difference between direct sales and telesales across the five teams

Q26

(A) £10 million (B) £11 million (C) £12 million (D) £13 million (E) £14 million

Q27

If there are 50 direct sales and 65 telesales employees assigned to each of the Eastern region’s teams A-E, what are the average sales per sales employee for the lowest performing team in terms of overall sales (to the nearest £1,000)?

(A) Cannot tell from the data

(B) £200,000 (direct); £340,000 (telesales) (C) £260,000 (direct); £260,000 (telesales) (D) £340,000 (telesales); £200,000 (direct) (E) £20,000 (direct sales); £30,000 (telesales)

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Q28

If the Eastern Region’s total sales represent 26% of the total for all regions, what are the total sales across all regions (to the nearest £million)?

(A) £124 million (B) £142 million (C) £161 million (D) £619 million (E) £620 million

Q29

What are the total sales targets for next year across all five teams if the target is set as a 20% and 10% increase in this year’s Direct Sales and Telesales respectively?

(A) Direct (£75 million); Tele (£86 million)

(B) Direct Sales (£104 million); Telesales (£82 million) (C) Direct (£82 million); Tele (£104 million) (D) Direct (£95 million); Tele (£90 million) (E) Direct (£90 million); Tele (£94.6 million)

Q30

If there are 5 direct sales employees and 6 telesales employees in each team, which sub-team has the lowest average sales per rep?

(A) Direct sales (Team B) (B) Direct sales (Team D) (C) Telesales (Team A) (D) Telesales (Team B) (E) Telesales (Team D)

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