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Numerical Reasoning Test 2

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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
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 Q1 An organization is refurnishing its offices by providing employees with new
chairs, desks and filing cabinets. Each office requires 18 desks, 18 chairs
and 36 filing cabinets. The furniture supplier provides desks at £145.95 per
desk, chairs at £45.95 per chair and filing cabinets £39.95 per cabinet. The
organization has 7 offices which require refurnishing. What will be the total
cost of the new office furniture?

(A) £32,198.70
(B) £34,246.80
(C) £36,829.80
(D) £38.298.90
(E) £40,182.20

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 Q2 A storage container has 1100 cubic feet of storage space. This storage
contain is used to hold identically sized boxes with the following dimensions:
width = 2ft, length = 4ft, height = 2ft. what is the maximum number of these
boxes which could be held in this storage container?

(A) 67 boxes
(B) 68 boxes
(C) 69 boxes
(D) 70 boxes
(E) 71 boxes

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 Q3 A publicly owned company has made the decision to return to private
ownership after a management buyout. Half of the company has been
purchased by private equity company A, 1/4 has been purchased by private
equity company B and the remaining quarter has been purchased by the
companies own employees. Of this quarter owned by employees, 2/3 is
owned by the company’s upper management. Of the fraction owned by the
upper management, 3/4 was financed by loans and re-mortgages. What
fraction of the company was purchased by the upper management through
loans and re-mortgages?

(A) 1/7
(B) 1/8
(C) 1/9
(D) 1/10
(E) 1/11

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 Q4 Jamal has purchased a new car for £17,000. He has opted to purchase his
car in monthly installments of 3% of the cars total value per month. Similarly,
he is being charged £59 per month in car insurance, £50 a year in
breakdown cover, £195 a year in road tax and an estimated £1,965 per year
in running costs. How much will Jamal’s car cost him per month on average?
(while he is still paying instalments for the car)

(A) £679.98
(B) £705.98
(C) £725.88
(D) £753.17
(E) £775.56

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 Q5 Fresh water accounts for 2.5% of all water on earth. Of this freshwater, 0.3%
exists as surface water. Of this fresh surface water, 87% is found in lakes,
11% in swamps and 2% in rivers. If the total volume of water on earth is
1.386 billion km³, what is the total volume of water found in lakes?

(A) 80,3738 km³

(B) 85,8383 km³
(C) 90,4365 km³
(D) 95,3731 km³
(E) 100,291 km³

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 Q6 Algae biofuel can be obtained from microalgae. Algae have a dry weight of
5% of the algae’s total weight, and a lipid content of 40% of that dry weight,
which has similar properties to vegetable oil. Algal oil can be sold for £0.42
per litre. How much revenue could be generated by the sale of algal oil from
17 metric tons of microalgae? (1 litre of algal oil weighs 0.92kg)

(A) £150.58
(B) £155.22
(C) £160.58
(D) £165.48
(E) £170.58

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 Q7 The mountain summits of K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhostse, macula and Cho Oyu
have respective heights of 8,611m, 8586m, 8,516m, 8,486m and 8,188m.
The line parent to these mountains is Mount Everest, which is 4.324% taller
than the mean heights of these 5 mountains. What is the height of mount
Everest?

(A) 8,583m
(B) 8,629m
(C) 8,718m
(D) 8,848m
(E) 8,998m

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 Q8 An international train service travels from country A to country B at an
average speed of 66 miles per hour without stopping. The distance between
the train stations in country A and country B is 430km, how long would it take
to reach city B from city A via train? (1 mile = 1.609344 km).

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

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 Q9 A dam generates a total of 1TWh (1,000 GWh or 1,000,000 MWh) of power
per year (365 days). This dam has 12 turbines which generate an equal
amount of power. How much power is generated per turbine each day on
average?

(A) 188.2836446 MWh

(B) 192.3837929 MWh
(C) 204.2866738 MWh
(D) 216.2827363 MWh
(E) 228.3105023 MWh

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 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
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 Q10 You want to stay at the hotel with the second highest number of ratings
larger than "Above Average". Which hotel should you stay at?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q11 You first select the hotels with no ratings at "Very Low" or lower. You then
select the hotels with "Comfort" ratings higher than their "Location" ratings.
Of the remaining hotels, you select the cheapest. Which hotel do you select?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q12 Hotel Luxor (not shown) has a “Location” to "Comfort" ratings ratio of 2:3.
Which hotels have a lower "Location" to "Comfort" ratio than Hotel Luxor?

(A) The Marmot and Duchess and Rye

(B) El Pacifico and Highway Inn
(C) Lanebrooke Spa and The Marmot
(D) El Pacifico and Lanebrooke Spa
(E) Duchess and Rye and Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q13 Of the hotels with a "Location" rating at or above "High" you select the two
hotels with the lowest "Price per Night". Of those two hotels, you select the
hotel with the highest rating for "Comfort". Which hotel do you select?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q14 Imagine that the most expensive hotel per night has a "Price" rating of
"Extremely High", the least expensive hotel has a "Price" rating of "Extremely
Low” and every other hotel has a "Price" rating of "Medium". With this in
mind, which hotel has the highest overall rating across all 5 features?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q15 You want to stay at the hotel with the highest possible combined score on
"Comfort" and "Service" while not paying more than £500 for five nights.
Which hotel do you choose?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q16 You do not want to stay at a hotel with a "Cleanliness" rating below
“Medium", a "Location" rating lower than its "Comfort" rating, or a "Price per
Night" above £150. Which hotel could you stay in?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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 Q17 You choose to stay at hotels with an average rating of "High" or greater
across all features, or a "Price per Night" of £100 or lower, or a "Service"
rating at extremely high. If you stay 1 night at each applicable Hotel, how
much would you spend?

(A) £261.00
(B) £270.00
(C) £279.00
(D) £288.00
(E) £297.00
(F) None of the above

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 Q18 You consider “Comfort” to be 75% more important than "Service", and
"Service" to be twice as important as "Cleanliness". You consider “Location”
to be irrelevant. With this in mind, which Hotel has the highest weight
average rating across all relevant features?

(A) The Marmot

(B) Duchess and Rye
(C) El Pacifico
(D) Highway Inn
(E) Lanebrooke Spa
(F) None of the above

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