Numerical Comprehension Test 5

Questions Booklet

Instructions

This numerical reasoning 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.

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Practice Aptitude Tests
 Q1 A crowd funding campaign to raise seed capital for a new venture succeeded
in raising £25,000. In total, 752 investors participated in the crowd funding
campaign. Three years later, the new venture had become a success and
investors were permitted to make an exit. If the individual share price has
since tripled, what would the average profit per investor be from selling the
shares?

(A) £57.81
(B) £60.15
(C) £63.89
(D) £66.49
(E) £69.24

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 Q2 A pharmaceutical company dedicates 21% of its annual budget to research
and development activities. ½ of this is focused on developing antiviral drugs.
Of this anti-viral drug research, ¼ is spent on improving existing drugs. If the
company’s annual budget is £75,000,000, how much money is spent
annually on improving existing antiviral drugs?

(A) £1,756,750
(B) £1,854,000
(C) £1,968,750
(D) £2,015,500
(E) £2,157,250

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 Q3 In the previous year, a university received 2,129 applications, with 34% of
applicants being offered places. However, this year the university only
received 1,653 applications, with 48% of applicants being offered places.
What is the difference in successful applications between this year’s intake
and the previous year?

(A) 57 applicants
(B) 60 applicants
(C) 63 applicants
(D) 66 applicants
(E) 69 applicants

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 Q4 Tobin is required to purchase stationary for the office. A pack of A4 paper
costs £2.99, a box of pencils costs 1.99 and a pack of ball tip pens costs
£0.99.If Tobin is required to purchase 25 packs of A4 paper, 15 boxes of
pencils and 20 packs of ball tip pens, how much money will remain unspent
with a budget of £130?

(A) £4.85
(B) £5.13
(C) £5.54
(D) £5.60
(E) £6.13

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 Q5 A manatee consumes 10% of its own bodyweight in vegetation per day and
the average manatee weighs 450kg. If a sea life park holds 23 manatees,
how much vegetation is required to feed them for a week?

(A) 7,035kg
(B) 7,245kg
(C) 7,465kg
(D) 7,621kg
(E) 7,865kg

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 Q6 A company places an order for 30,000 business cards. For the first 1,000
business cards, the company will be charged 65p per card. For the next
9,000 cards, the company is charged 60p per card. For all following cards,
the company is charged 55p. If business cards are delivered in packs of
5,000 cards and a postage and packaging fee of £3.95 is charged per pack,
how much will these business cards cost the company all together?

(A) £13,950.75
(B) £14,750.70
(C) £15,100.00
(D) £16,010.10
(E) £17,073.70

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 Q7 An individual savings account (ISA) is a financial product, allowing customers
to avoid paying tax on savings up to £5,640. One customer has £5,000 in an
ISA and another customer has £5,000 in a regular savings account. If both
savings accounts pay 3% interest (paid once annually) and both customers
pay 20% income tax, how much more interest is earned by the customer with
the ISA in 1 year? (income tax is paid on regular interest payments, not
ISA’s)
(A) £30.00
(B) £32.50
(C) £35.00
(D) £37.50
(E) £40.00

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 Q8 The performance enhancing effects of caffeine are well known, and 6mg per
kg of bodyweight is the minimum dose required for performance
enhancement. In the case of a 185 pound athlete, what is the minimum
caffeine dose needed for performance enhancing effects? (1kg = 2.2
pounds.)

(A) 504.5 mg
(B) 512.5 mg
(C) 526.5 mg
(D) 534.5 mg
(E) 542.5 mg

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 Q9 A survey was taken within an organization to gather demographic
information. It was found that women make up 34% of the workforce and that
ethnic minorities make up 28% of the workforce. If there are 1,520
employees at this organization, how many employees are women from ethnic
minorities?

(A) 130
(B) 135
(C) 140
(D) 145
(E) Cannot say

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 Q10 An employer receives 15,000 applications for a graduate scheme. Following
psychometric testing, 60% of applicants were screened out. Of the
successful candidates a further 55% were screened out following an online
interview. The remaining candidates were invited to assessment centres, in
which 15% received job offers. How many graduates received job offers from
the initial applicants?

(A) 390
(B) 395
(C) 400
(D) 405
(E) 410

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 Q11 A student union holds an election to elect a new president. Candidate A
received 138 votes, Candidate B received 264 votes and candidate C
received 87 votes. If 59% of student union members did not vote and there
were only three candidates, what percentage of the student union voted for
candidate B?

(A) 18.24%
(B) 20.21%
(C) 22.14%
(D) 24.78%
(E) 26.14%

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 Q12 George is traveling in his car at a speed of 30 metres per second. The speed
limit for the road he is traveling on is 70 miles per hour. By how much is
George traveling under or above the speed limit? (1 mile = 1.609344
kilometres).

(A) Under by 6 miles per hour

(B) Under by 3 miles per hour
(C) Over by 3 miles per hour
(D) Over by 6 miles per hour
(E) Cannot say

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 Q13 A hotel currently has 80% of its rooms booked for the first of May. In order to
reach 100% occupancy, the hotel has lowered the price of the rooms by
12.5%. If there are 25 rooms still available, and each room was originally
£150 per night, how much additional revenue is made by reaching 100%
occupancy?

(A) £3,281.25
(B) £3,358.75
(C) £3,452.55
(D) £3,524.25
(E) £3,412.75

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 Q14 A Tobin tax is a tax on spot conversion of one currency into another. An
investor converts 12,000 US dollars into Euros on a foreign exchange
market. If the exchange charges a 3% fee per transaction, and a 1.5% Tobin
tax is charged on the value of the transaction after paying the fee, how many
Euros will the investor have after the conversion? (1 US dollar = 0.75 Euros)

(A) €8,102.84
(B) €8,235.54
(C) €8,325.36
(D) €8,461.10
(E) €8,599.05

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 Q15 An executive headhunter charges 1/3 of the basic salary of each executive
they provide to their clients. Of this 1/3, the headhunter personally receives
50% of this fee as a personal commission. If the headhunter provides 12
executives per year, who have an average basic salary of £150,000, how
much commission will the executive headhunter earn?

(A) £225,000
(B) £250,000
(C) £275,000
(D) £300,000
(E) £325,000

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 Q16 Jacob works part time at £6.20 an hour. Jacob is paid every four weeks. In
the first week, Jacob works for 16 hours, in the second he works for 10
hours, in the third he works for 13 hours and in the fourth he works for 19
hours. Assuming Jacob pays 20% income tax, how much money will Jacob
earn at the end of four weeks after tax?

(A) £268.24
(B) £274.24
(C) £287.68
(D) £297.34
(E) £304.56

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 Q17 An office retailer sells A4 paper in bulk. The retailer sells five packs of A4
paper per box and each pack contains 500 sheets of paper. If the paper is
sold for £3.50 per hundred sheets, how much will 12 boxes of paper cost to
purchase?

(A) £1,050
(B) £1,150
(C) £1,250
(D) £1,350
(E) £1,450

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 Q18 A market stand was able to sell 28 of item A, 17 of item B and 23 of item C in
one day. Item A sells for £5.95, item B sells for £4.95 and item C sells for
£9.95. If the daily sales target is £400, by what amount has today’s sales
exceeded the daily target?

(A) £67.20
(B) £70.90
(C) £73.80
(D) £76.20
(E) £79.60

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