Numerical Reasoning

Thanks for this test. Trying to recall enough basic maths to pass one of these things and the help is much appreciated.

Quick query, though: the answer to one of the questions confuses me. The question is worded:

'If the number of cars that are greater than 6 years old has grown by 30% between 1994 and 2001, how many cars were less than 6 years old in 1994'?

The answer given by the test works for a 30% *decrease* from the 2001 figure, *NOT* for a 30% *increase* from the 1994 figure - take the given answer and multiply up to 130%, and you won't find 25,000,000 cars on the road in 2001 any more. The wording of the question seems to be asking for 30% *growth from 1994 to 2001*, which isn't the same thing as lopping 30% off the 2001 figure. Or am I getting something wrong here (very likely!).

Thanks,

J

You are missing something I'm afraid. You can't calculate up from the 1994 figure because you aren't given it- you have to deduce it from the 2001 figre.

Remember, it's 25 million car in 2001, not 1994.

So,

1. Take 25m * 51%
2. Reduce this by 30% (i.e. multiply by 70%) to get the number of cars >6 years old on the road in 1994.
3. That's only 45% of the cars, so the total number of cars on the road in 1994 was 100/45 times this figure.
4. Finally, we're interested in the cars less than 6 years old, so multiply that by 55%.

In other words,
25million x 0.51 x 0.7 x 100/45 * 0.55 = 10908333.33

Hope this helps!

I thought the same as jjphiggs

Surely this question is phrased wrong, for instance "'If the number of cars that are greater than 6 years old has grown by 30% between 1994 and 2001, how many cars were less than 6 years old in 1994'?"

This will not work if the qeustion said "grown by 100% between 1994 and 2001" ....as then per ojitsu's logic, our starting value for cars in 1994 would be 0 and hence any percentage increase for 2001 does not make sense, mathematically or logically.

Are the inventors of this test sure the phrasing should not be changed or the answer changed to reflect this ?

I thought I'd chip in here, seeing as I wrote the test.... critisism noted- and you are quite right, I believe that's an error. Instead of multiplying by 0.7, you should divide by 1.3- and the answers at present don't reflect that.

Can someone confirm my thinking and I'll get the test changed!

Hi chrism2671 .... yes, my method was the divide by 1.3 etc ..... I would think that the two possible modifications would be

(1) rephrase the question emphasising the 30% in its correct form( i.e say "the sales in 1994 are 30 % less than 2001 values" so you do not mention "grow" which indicates you need to reference the 1994 figure hence the confusion) so you still retain the original answer of 10million etc

or

(2) change the answer to reflect the 1.30

others should confirm there thoughts on this which should sort it out ?

Hi chrism,
I would just like to confirm that i agree that the current answer is wrong... you need to divide by 1.30 rather than multiply by 0.70.

Great, I've changed the test to reflect that. The answer is now 11,987,179. Let me know if you think that's wrong!

Thanks for all the help!

Chris.

Hi

I was just wondering if someone could help me out with understanding questions that have inflation index and rebasing in them. I actually have no idea and the help would really be appreciated.

Hello again,

Gosh - so many responses!

Thanks, chrism, for fixing that, and thanks again for the whole test, which was very helpful.

On a side note - like dinojan, I'd also be interested in an idiot's guide to inflation indices and rebasing. It looks like the actual test I need to take doesn't include them, happily - but, as some do, and as they are magic voodoo foreign-speak to me, I'd love to learn.

Anyway, thanks again, again,

J

is it possible to have an explanation as to why the answer is what it is. i have encountered this frustration on other practice tests and think that is the only way to learn. thanks!

To use ojitsu's workings from above:

1. Take 25m * 51%
2. Scale this down by 30% (i.e. divide by 1.3) to get the number of cars >6 years old on the road in 1994.
3. That's only 45% of the cars, so the total number of cars on the road in 1994 was 100/45 times this figure.
4. Finally, we're interested in the cars less than 6 years old, so multiply that by 55%.

In other words,
25million * 0.51 / 1.3 * 100/45 * 0.55 = 11987179.49

Does that help?

i'm sorry i didn't make myself clear! i meant for all the questions. that way if we are to encounter a similar scenario we know what format to apply. with maths subjects at uni and even at school there are tutors and structured books on hand to fill this gap. whereas i think the set-up for practice psychometric tests is lacking in this.

When they say "the biggest change", they mean the absolute change or the relative change? Like in the food/water/... cost question?

And, "gained the least number of employees", is "gain" used in the mathematical sense? Can lose be described as gain a negative amount?

I've done a few online tests with the big four and I'll be honest, this one doesn't seem very similar (I've passed the tests by the way!). I've never seen the inflation base thing come up. I agree with whoever it was that said worked answers should be provided at the end, learning how to approach these questions is the hardest part. I'm sure we can all do these if we had all the time in the world but learning shortcuts and how to approximate from the data is as important as being able to do the calculations. Perhaps that's just my view!

Hey,
Thanks for writing the test. Just want to comment on the question below.

UK GDP
Year Gross domestic product/$m US dollar exchange Inflation index(2000=100)
1980 230,695 £0.42 43
1985 354,952 £0.77 60
1990 557,300 £0.56 76
1995 718,383 £0.63 92
2000 953,576 £0.65 100
2005 1,209,334 £0.54 107

Question:

What was the GDP/million of the UK in 2005?

Cheers.

Great practice test, thanks!

One question on this problem:

Major Currencies
..................Rupee/unit..........Ringit/unit
Dollar..........42.275...............3.25
Yen..............0.39..................0.03
Sterling...........83.4................6.42
Euro..............66.09.................5.08

Question:

If the euro fell in value by 11%, how many euros could you buy for 1500 Ringit?

My answer is 327.76 Euro, but the answer key states "331.77"

Here's my math:

5.08 (current rate for Ringit) / 1.11 (decrease by 11%) = new Euro exchange rate for Ringit 4.5766

Now, take the 1500 Ringits and divide by the new exchange rate (4.5766) = 327.76

What's wrong with my math??

Thanks!

1500/(5.08*0.89) = 331.77 Euro I reckon - what do you think?

GDP is normally reported in millions of US dollars no matter what country it is.

To use ojitsu's workings from above:

Take 25m * 51%
Scale this down by 30% (i.e. divide by 1.3) to get the number of cars >6 years old on the road in 1994.
That's only 45% of the cars, so the total number of cars on the road in 1994 was 100/45 times this figure.
Finally, we're interested in the cars less than 6 years old, so multiply that by 55%.
In other words,
25million * 0.51 / 1.3 * 100/45 * 0.55 = 11987179.49

Does that help?

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Guys i dun think this is right ....
25 *0.51/1.3=> the no. of cars that > 6 yrs age
I dun think you should do 100/45.... i dun get the rationale behind this. it should be that number/0.45=> gives you the total no. of cars in 94, then you time that by 0.55 which gives you something around 15xxx....

correct me if i am wrong

siyaosan

I agree with chrism2671..
the detailed math is here:
let ring/euro be x for the new price
x-5.08/5.08=-0.11 you get x= 4.5212 then u use 1500/4.5212=331.77

becuz 5.08 is essentially the per unit price for euro... so you don't need to do any adjustment ...

These questions are NOT of the standard of I banks, they are way too easy. So no one be placed under any illusions or false pretenses that this test represents an accurate measure of their numerical aptitude.

.

No I think the phrasing is fine.

What you have to do is calculate the number of cars greater than 6 years old in '2001' by doing
51 % * 25,000,000 = 12,750,000.

NOW, if we say 'X' is the number of cars greater than 6 years old in '1994', we would get a formula like:

130 % * X = 12,750,000 or 130 / 100 * X = 12,750,000.

If we do the subject of formula to have 'X' as subject, we would get

X = 12,750,000 / 130%

   = 12,750,000 * 100 / 130
   = 9,807,692

Hope that this helps...

If anyone can provide screenshots of their actual test it will be of great benefit in constructing new tests of a similar standard. Any help much appreciated!

Hey this is very embarrassing but could some point in the direction of a place where I can revises all of the maths skills I will need for these types of test.

OK kids, I've put up a new test, written by the nice guys at http://www.assessmentday.co.uk/ - have a go and let us know what you think, and if there's any issues!

Chris.

Chris
The following sites can help you to revise the math.
http://www.mathwithlarry.com/
http://helpingwithmath.com
hope it could help

Can someone explain to me why the answer of question 22 on Numerical Practice Test 1 is Cannot say rather than 6%? I am really baffled.

Hi,

I just finished the 1st test. 54% score looks not good.

Thank you!!!

Hi everyone,
Need a little help with practice test one. Can people please give explanations for questions 3, 4 (why water), 25 and 28? thanks a lot. has anyone here done any tests for real and if yes, how does this one compare? had a look at the barcap eg's someone's put on here and they look really hard!

Barcap and KPMG are amongst the hardest - harder than these tests. PwC, E&Y, etc are about this standard.

After completing these tests and barely acheiving over 50%, i am now seriously worried! These tests seem too difficult especially the inflation and exchange rate questions, i'm almost certain the information is decetively presented! I have both numerical and verbal reasoning testS for KPMG, should i worry if i dont understand the majority of the test i have just completed??? An advice is welcome!

It would have really helped if the soltions to the questions is Numerical Test 1 were provided, I am especially frustated by the questions on GDP which involve rebasing. Has anybody managed to get round them? If somebody can post the solutions to the GDP questions, I would greatly appreciate it.

Paddy77: If you are struggling you need to do more practice. These tests are of a similar standard to KPMG and the rest of the Big 4.

Hi,
I did yesterday tests to BT. The numerical was really much more difficult that I expected and then both Numerical Tests provided on this webside ;-(

Can you give example questions?

UK GDP
Year Gross domestic product/$m US dollar exchange Inflation index(2000=100)
1980 230,695 £0.42 43
1985 354,952 £0.77 60
1990 557,300 £0.56 76
1995 718,383 £0.63 92
2000 953,576 £0.65 100
2005 1,209,334 £0.54 107

Question:

What was the increase in GDP/million from 1980 to 2005 in real terms?

Choose one correct answer from the following -

$1,315,018
$593,719
$2,435,218
$393,285

In that case i'll keep at it untill i do/hopefully undrstand! Think someone may have mentioned this already but where are the answers to the first test?

Heres an awesum example for those still struggling with the rebasing and inflation rates:-

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081019060809AAhfbcF

Thanks guys, these tests helped!!

Eureka!! I got it

All one needs to do is to find the Real GDP for 1980 and 2005 and then calculate the difference between them.

The formula for Real GDP is:- GDP (for year x) x Consumer Price Index (for base year)/ Consumer Price Index (for year X)
Note that the Base Year for the above case is 2000
So in the case of 1980 Real GDP = 230695 x 100/43 = 536499.97
similarly Real GDP for 2005 = 1209334 x 100/107 = 1130218.6
Hence the difference betweeen the two is 593718.7, which when rounded up becomes 593719

hey. just wondering whether anyone has sat a test where they haven't been allowed to use a calculator? did anyone manage to do this one without one? thanks.

Hi!

Great tests for practising although i must say test 2 is harder! Just a question though (on test 2), for question 12 (i think) on the transrapid Maglev and PV, is this related to the graph being presented? I got that answer wrong but I think there is a problem with the question. Am I right? I have a test to take with E&Y... which would be a better representative of the actual tests? Anyone took the E&Y tests before? Please help!!! i only got about 60+% for both test (first try) :((((

Sorry in advance for my stupidity. But in the first paper, there's a question: "What was the GDP/million of the UK in 2005?"

Been trying for ages to work it out but no joy as of yet, would appreciate some clarity.

Cheers

Hhaha - sorry no need, i am truly an idiot lol

Hi Sundave911, just curious as to why you use 100 in your calculation?

100 is the Inflation index for the base year which is year 2000, refer to my earlier thread where I have written the formula for calculating Real GDP. Cheers!

79%, still got a lot to improve...

Anyway, thanks for the test and it really help me to prepare.

Test one has been very usefull. I recentlly joined this forum. can anyone tell me where I can get practice material for shl's advanced numerical critical reasoning test?

sundave911>

I tried to work out the answers about GDP as you asked for :

Q:

UK GDP
Year...........Gross domestic product/$m........US dollar exchange..........Inflation index(2000=100)
1980...........230,695........................................£0.42.......................................43
1985...........354,952........................................£0.77.......................................60
1990...........557,300........................................£0.56.......................................76
1995...........718,383........................................£0.63.......................................92
2000...........953,576........................................£0.65.......................................100
2005...........1,209,334.....................................£0.54.......................................107

What was the GDP/million of the UK in 2005?

I admit that I didn't really understand the question ... but you just have to multiply the 2005 GDP by the exchange rate
1,209,334*0.54 = 653,040.36

What was the increase in GDP/million from 1980 to 2005 in real terms?

You are looking for the increase in REAL GDP, which means the GDP corrected by the inflation
(GDP_2005/inflation_rate_2005) - (GDP_1980/inflation_rate_1980)
(1,209,334/1.07) - (230,695/0.43) = 593,718.69 that you just have to round

Which period had the greatest percentage increase in GDP?

You are looking for RELATIVE percentage increase. For the first step, you don't need to compute anything, because by doing it for each period you will lose too much time; you can eliminate some periods. You notice that 1980 to 1985, the increase is roughly 50% (but lower than it) and for 1985 to 1990, the increase is a little bit more than 200,000 on a base of 354,952, which is higher than 50%. Other periods can be eliminated because you can see without any computation than the increase rate is lower the latter.
If you are unsure, you can compute the increase rate for the two first periods and you would find the following :
(557,300-354,952)/354,952 = 57%

Which period had the greatest general increase in prices?

For this one, you need to compare the increase in the inflation rate. I just pasted the solution given by the website because I think that it is enough, but if you need further help, let me know.
"Divide the current year by the previous year to get the percentage growth. In this case, 60/43 *100% gives you the greatest growth, hence 1980-1985."
Maybe you could do it more quickly, by noticing that this period is the one which has the highest ABSOLUTE increase (+17) whith the lowest base (43) so you can answer quickly without computing anything.

If inflation was rebased in 1990, what would be the inflation index in 2005?

You are looking for the inflation index of 2005, so you want to know the weight of its index against the 1990's one.Simply divide the inflation index of 2005 by the 1990 one :
107/76 = 1.407 that you round to obtain an index of 141.

I hope that it helped you, and I am sorry for any English mistake(s) I could have made, I still need to improve my English skills ;)

P.S.: does anyone took the BNP Paribas' test ? Is it from SHL ? I think I will take it tonight or maybe tomorrow, I am still not sure ... so let me know ;)

the system is helpful and user-friendly

Hi

Can anyone help me with this question, seems simple but can't get the corrent answer.

Thanks

The answer is A 96. Since you know the number of Men only then if there are (1000) x (10,000 miles)=10 millon miles driven and the rate 23-29 year old man is 9.6 Acc/million miles then
9.6 x 10 Acc=96 Accidents.

Btw do you have more of this Questions in order for me to practice? Thanks!

rav>

I would say that the answer is A: 96.
I would do the following calculation:

Take the number which corresponds to the number of accident per million miles for men 23-29
In this case, it is 9.6. If you don't feel comfortable with those operation, the "simplest" way to perform it on your calculator is: (9.6/1,000,000) * (1,000*10,000)

Or if you had noticed that 1,000*10,000 = 10,000,000, and logically that 10,000,000 is ten times higher than 1,000,000 (logic!), you just have to multiply 9.6 by 10 --> 96

What did you answer ?

Nuria Prats>

Did you go on eFinancialCareers ? There is 3 different tests on this website ...

If you have already done it, I will try to look in bookmarks if I have any other websites, but I am not really sure ...

another question I found

For the first one, the answer is A (£ 1,182)

The main thing is not to forget to rebase year 1999 as base 100; then, the computation is not hard, it is as follows:

[100,000*(216/182)] / [100,000*(175/146)] = -1,181.70

I will look at the question number two, I answered one by one because my connection has some problems

For the second one, the answer is D ($125.9 million).

Even if they speak about "market share" don't waste your time by calculating what was the market share, (as a reminder, the formula would be 65/(175+65) = 27.08%)
If you have time, I mean if you are doing it as a practice question, do it, but if you are under time pressure, the quickest way to do it is the following:
65/175 = 0.3714 Now you know that to obtain the same market share, Easymode's sales have to be 0.3714 times those of Rest.
You just have to multiply the Rest's sales by this ratio to obtain the result:
339*0.3714 = 125.9

At the first question in numerical practice test 1, shouldn't be "greatest percentage decrease" in order to be correct? As it is now I think the correct answer is: All the same

Hello everyone

I would be very grateful, if you guys add another test, both of the current numeric test are all right, but I think they are not challenging enough. The only way I can master numeric test is by doing more challenging tests.

I would very much appreciate all your help.

thank u

the answer to the first question

883

ratio 1:4.5
total population 1079 mil
1079/5.5 = 196.18

population in rural india 2001
196.18 * 4.5 = 882.81
approx 883

Damn, got a rejection from P&G today. Reached their Step 2 and then got the boot. and here I was hoping to give their Aptitude test. Best of Luck to everyone else here.

I think 2nd one is B 2245.

self employed No of injuries equals 1247 now, expected growth would double this to 2494/100*90= 2244.6

Not sure if this is how to approach this one but percentage of people to fail in 2001 was 37/369 = 0.10027. Divide by 2 as the fail rate has halfed = 0.050135.

Now for 2002, include the 37 who failed Grade 2 in 2001 to the 280 who passed Grade 1 which equals 317*0.050135 = 15.89, round up to 16.

yaz, i'm not sure i agree with your answer to US modem market - $125.9m (D).

I assumed the size of the total US modem market in year 6 did not change and hence come out with $116.2 (C).

its not 100% clear to me which is the correct answer though...

Hello Yaz,
for your calculation in the house price indexes. what is the reason for rebasing it to 100 at 1999?

Hello mancmackem,

I tried to do the 2nd one. Dont you have to find the number of self employed ppl first? i.e. 1247/39.8=31,133165(x100 000) therefore 3 113 3165 ppl are self employed NOW. Then I doubled it as the question asks to 6 266 233. Divide this by 100 000 to be able to get injuries per 100 000 and multiply that by 39.8*0.9=35.82 which is the lower rate of injuries per 100k... I got 1749.. Did not round so I probably went wrong somewhere.. dont really see where tho.

FLO,

First
x * 39.8/10000 = 1247

 x=313,317 (Number of people for now)

626633 * 39.8/10000 * 0.9 = 2244.59 (Round it = 2245)

So answer is B

Hi guys,

Does anyone have the answer to this question on price indices? I'm confused because the question states that the houses were bought in euros, but all the answers are in £. Anyone got any ideas on this??

i cant access the 2nd test in numerical.........does anyone face the same problem?

Hi,
I have recently sat tests for Deloitte, KPMG and Grant Thornton, before taking these tests i did so much preparation and i seemed to do fine on these test but i continue to fail th real ones. I found KPMG to be the hardest by a mile, anyone who has taken these tests could you give me some pointers please??? I have a PWC one to do now, wondering what to expect and could anyone who has already sat this test give me some pointers please.

Thank you x

You might benefit from taking further, more difficult, practice tests, available here - http://www.jobtestprep.co.uk/jtpsite/content/English_UK/Home/PsychometricTestOnline.aspx?AffiliateID=10107

hI every one :) , I need a help for these questions , I can not understand first two graphs and do not know how to answer of teh questions . If somebody can solve it. I have done 6 out of 12 , but not sure which one are corect. Thank you and good luck to every one . http://www.psl.co.uk/practice/

Answer:

1.D (3)
2.C (300)
3.E (Friday)
4.B (20%)
5.C (Italy)
6.A (France)
7.E (None of these)
8.D (230,000)
9.A (FBD Group)
10.E (Cannot Say, because you don't know what happen before December, have it travel more than 1000 miles before that)
11.C (99.73)
12. B (34.03)

In test 1 on one of the Morningside limited questions, if it said

"Which department gained the least number of staff "

then wouldn't the correct answer be the department that have
'reduced' the number of their staff the most, not the opposite
as in the answers?

dkgeki,

What they are looking for is the department with a gain but with the least gain.
(Is like screening a stock which has a positive earning but least compare to others)

Does anyone know how hard the E-financial careers practice tests are in comparison to real ones? I seem to do a lot better on E-financial than the ones on here! Thanks.

Hi Chihoongng , thank you verey much for the answers , :),

Hey all. I did practice test 1 and got good result.
practice test 2 was tougher.

so I hope I pass my online test. wish me luck.

should the answer to q7 on test 2 be 4 not 3?

less than ford production but greater than VW (which is currently ranked 4th) ?

I don't know if anyone agrees with me here BUT, shouldn't the answer simply be 'cannot say' since the question asks 'how many cars were less than 6 years old in 1994'. Now seeing as the graph represents >6, <3 and 3-6, you cannot assume that the 3-6 represents less than 6 years old since it also includes cars of 6 years old too, right?

does anyone know where I can get info/practice on siftability tests?

Thanks

I did not jot the details down but in the 2nd practice tests i found problems with questions:
12, 17, 19 & 20
Either not given sufficient information, one had a graph that did not relate to the question and another one had incorrect values on the graph.

Questions 26 & 27 were duplicates

Hi, I think there's some problem in Q12 for the numerial test 2 as the question asked does not seem to be matched with the information displayed by the diagram?

Thanks. Please let me know if I'm wrong :)

Hi,

theses tests are a great help, but having just done the first one, I only got an explanation of the correct answer for Qs 1-10 and would really appreciate explanations for the rest. Is there anything that can be done about this?

Here you are :

1) Take (5.08). (11%)=0.5588
2)Take 5.08 - 0.55 = 4.5212 (If the euro felt %11)
3) 1500 / 4.5212 = 331.77

Does it make sense ?

I am facing a problem related to following SHL question, any help would be highly appreciated,

transport Type=Motorcycle, Avg. no. of vehicles per day (000)= 320, Avg. distance travled by one vehicle per day (km)= 26, Avg. no. of seats= 1.6, Avg. occupancy (%)= 71, Avg. CO2 emission (gram/person/km)= 75

transport Type=Car, Avg. no. of vehicles per day (000)= 1075, Avg. distance travled by one vehicle per day (km)= 43, Avg. no. of seats= 4.3, Avg. occupancy (%)= 33, Avg. CO2 emission (gram/person/km)= 250

transport Type=bus, Avg. no. of vehicles per day (000)= 112, Avg. distance travled by one vehicle per day (km)= 57, Avg. no. of seats= 55, Avg. occupancy (%)= 57, Avg. CO2 emission (gram/person/km)= 70

transport Type=Train, Avg. no. of vehicles per day (000)= 89, Avg. distance travled by one vehicle per day (km)= 108, Avg. no. of seats= 430, Avg. occupancy (%)= 44, Avg. CO2 emission (gram/person/km)= 120

transport Type=Airplane, Avg. no. of vehicles per day (000)= 0.54, Avg. distance travled by one vehicle per day (km)= 780, Avg. no. of seats= 220, Avg. occupancy (%)= 84, Avg. CO2 emission (gram/person/km)= 370

Assuming avg. occupancy remained unchanged, if the number of cars was reduced by 20% and the occupants travelled by Bus instead, approx. how much CO2 (gram/person/km) would bus travel produce

Possible answers (g/person/km)
60
64
68
72
76

Hey Stacy,

I did one with Norwich Union and failed and I have taken tests with Xerox and Deutsche Bank today but dont know my results yet. All these were with SHL excep Deutsche Bank which was with PSL. I found PSL easier than SHL.

Any tips/advice for Grant Thornton Numerical reasoning test; I have got one to be taken this week with Grant Thornton and which one they use; SHL or PSL?

hi beverage thanks for tyhe insight another q i wanted to ask (everyone can suggest the answer) was on the shl practice q where they were 39 q - i cant seem to get the answer to work it out, i just wanted to know if anyone has done it and gone the right answer and if the could explain their working out - the q's was

q 11: if the tax bill for this year was £20,000 which was an increas of 25% from last year how much was paid out on expenses that year?

q5: If the number of bus passengers who are under 35 decreased by 0.8% next year, and 11% of this age group travelled by bus axpromaitely how many commuters would be under 35?

Thanks - am open to anyone method of working them out

Hi everyone,

I am congenitally bad at math and I find the cubicks tests here rather difficult (I also find difficult the test on the SHL site). I find other tests (some of those provided by jobtestprep) much less difficult.

Could you please let me know how is the degree of difficulty determined? Are the cubick tests available here and the one on the SHL site very difficult, or is this what I should expect on the test?

Many thanks to all of you for your kind feedback

Hi there, if you need some extra help on practicing for these numerical tests and improve your basic maths for this kind of tests I would suggest to check this website which I used myself and is really usefull especially the math refresher tought me some new/old stuff I had forgotten about .... the ratio part was good, good luck.............

Another numerical test is available
Here!

I'm 32 years old. Since leaving secondary school, I've only solved math problems to help my 10 year old son. I took Test 1 and scored a horrid 57%. I have to take psychometric testing to qualify as a Crime Scene Investigator but I have no specific info about the range of the test so I've been practising all types of tests. I've taken tests by US and Australian companies which we about 50 times EASIER than Test I. I was unable to answer the exchange rate and inflation index questions. Can anyone offer advice on how to solve questions in these 2 areas or maybe a website that can help? Thanks!!

Hey guys, just wondering if someone could give me a hand with

 Question:

on test two....? if anyone had the patience to go through it in simple terms I would be massively grateful!

Hi,
I have applied at a university for a degree in partnership with Ernst&Young and I have an online test coming soon, which is said to have been designed as a part of the selection process to test my numerical skills. However, I can't find anywhere information about what does such a test include to get at least a rough idea what to expect. Since I am an international student I am quite worried, as I'm not sure whether our Math study program covers the same material studied in the UK.
Has anybody heard or done such a test? I'd be very grateful for any kind of information.
Thanks in advance :)

I have been on the SHL website practising their numerical reaoning test and there are a couple of questions that are really confusing me. If anyone has managed to work them out, I would really really appreciate the help. The questions were;

q 11: if the tax bill for this year was £20,000 which was an increas of 25% from last year how much was paid out on expenses that year? (Table with extra info is on the website).

q5: If the number of bus passengers who are under 35 decreased by 0.8% next year, and 11% of this age group travelled by bus approximately how many commuters would be under 35? (Table with extra info is on the website).

I would appreciate any answers guys.

PS. what is the average pass rate on these tests. I am finding them really difficult. I got 56% on a third attempt before. :0-(

hey guys i think barlcyas test is on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlDLvOYym0 try looking at it cheers

Is 70% on both numerical and verbal enough to be selected to interviews?

Anyone knows the ”passing" %？

Just completed the SHL freebie test on their website and came across what I thought was a mistake so I went back, skipped through the test and took a screenshot. Yep, there's a mistake for questions 27 and 28. No where in the question do they indicate an exchange rate for dollars to Euros. Anyone else notice this? http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=35a68wh&s=5

Sodium,

If you're to decrease 5.08 by 11% you shouldn't divide as 5.08/1.11. That's close but doesn't give you a number 11% less than 5.08. Easiest way is simply to multiply by .89 which give you 4.52.

Another way to look at it.

100 decreases by 10 % = 90 or 100 x .9 = 90.

What you were doing was:

100/1.1 = 90.9. 90.9 is simply the number if increased by 10% would equal 100 or 90.9 x 1.10 = 100

Useful tests thanks!

just wondering, because I just opened the two practice exams but none of the images are showing. I don't think it's possible to do the questions without the images so could you please fix it up ASAP because I'm going to do the UBS cadetship online numerical competency exam this weekend. Has anyone done a UBS cadetship one? Is it hard?...btw I tried the Assessment Day numerical practice exams and they were alright, it just takes me 1.5 to 2 minutes to do one question >< that's bad isn't it?

The answer to the car question is wrong. It should be 'Cant tell'

'If the number of cars that are greater than 6 years old has grown by 30% between 1994 and 2001, how many cars were less than 6 years old in 1994'?

None of the information tells you how many cars were equal to 6 years old.
To get the answer stated, the question should read
....how many cars were 6 years old or less in 1994?

Hi could anyone tell me the pass rate for these practice tests? Or at least the average score? Thanks!

Hay dear youths I recently Appeared for RBS numerical reasining test. I have cleared the first round and now called for second test Thats verbal reasoning. can Anyone tell me about he assesment center and futher process. if anybody attended please pls do mention here details.

Any one got any clues of where to obtain practice test questions for psl? many thanks in Advance for replying.

Is 84% good? First trial

Anyone understand the pattern behind following sequence? It's from a Deloitte aptitude test:

1 2 2 3 4 6 ...

ah i got it :)

i feel stupid since i started this job hunt....

I cant access the test packs the site seems to be down for the last 2-3 days

In response to khan's SHL question on the previous page

(1075*0.2*4.3*0.33+112*55*0.57)=3816.285
total number of people travelling by bus

3816.285/3511.2=1.0869
proportion compared to before

1.0869*70=~76
effect on C02 emissions

I think that the gear question has the wrong answer because, the maximum difference it says in the answer that the min is obtained if workers are only on one machine but for the maximum they are on different machines. Shouldn't the minimum be obtained rather from having the lowest level workers on the machines not producing anything implying min 3*5+3*7=36 so that difference is 105-36=69?

What am I missing out on?

I got call from RBS, who told I will be given a SHL test on the assessment day. Does anyone know it is a verbal test included or not?

hi, can anyone help explain the exchange rate questions in the 1st test? thanks

Hi all. First off, I'd like to thank the authors of the practice tests. They have helped my build confidence before taking the real thing. I ended up with a score of 89% (25 out of 28). One of them I immediately realised was a silly calculation error. I have a query concerning the other two though. The first one is as follows:

Morningside Limited - Number of Staff Employed by Department

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Admin 22 28 26 18
Factory 314 483 350 383
Sales 63 99 83 73
Distribution 111 120 130 113
Other 98 64 43 75
Total 608 794 632 662
Question:

Which department gained the least number of staff between years 3 and 4?

The correct answer is given as Other. I'm guessing the author meant to ask "Of those departments that DID gain staff between years 3 and 4, which gained the least number of staff?". Most of the departments lost rather than gained staff, which is why I ended up choosing the department that had lost the most staff (Distribution) since I figured a -17 staff gain by Distribution is technically less than a 32 staff gain for Other. I think the question needs to be, at the very least, rephrased to make its meaning clear.

The second question I have a query about is the following:
Major Currencies

Rupee/unit Ringit/unit
Dollar 42.275 3.25
Yen 0.39 0.03
Sterling 83.4 6.42
Euro 66.09 5.08
Question:

What is the exchange rate of rupee to ringit?

The answer was given as 13.00 which was I to be taken to mean that 1 Ringit was equivalent to 13 Rupee. I'd chosen 0.077 meaning 1 Rupee is equivalent to 0.077 Ringit which is saying exactly the same thing. I guess the question is when you say the exchange rate of rupee to ringit which of those two equivalent forms is the desired response? The question could be rephrased to explicitly request either one of the two rather than leave it ambiguous.

Either way thanks for a great set of practice questions. The only addtional request I could have would be for the inclusion of a timer - while I did okay on the questions (I think) I might have taken way too long to do them which is now my main worry. On the plus side the test has given me some confidence in my ability to tackle the real thing (SHL) tomorrow.

Hi has anyone done the numerical test for the RBS Corporate Banking Graduate Scheme and do the numerical questions in the purchaseable files above reflect them?
Any advice would be great!

I soooo feel the same. especially with my poor math :p

can anyone help me with this Question:

If it costs £20,000 for admin and sales staff, and £14,000 for the remaining staff, by what percentage did the wage bill change between year 2 and year 3?

thanks very mcuh!!!!!!

the test are not working properly for numerical test - 2, images are missing in the questions from 9 onwards. how to solve this.
cheers

Hi Edward 5,

Thanks for pointing this out, I am in the process of fixing it as we speak. I'll post on here again to let everyone know when the problem has been resolved.

Those problems should be resolved now, any further problems please post on here or send me a private message and I will take care of them :)

Cheers

thanks mate very much.

cheers

hey... did u guys use a calculator while practicing these tests?

Are calculators normally permitted for tests conducted for investment banking division(as mentioned above)?

Thanks

thanks for posting these tests, they are really useful

When I click the results link in the emails sent on completing a test it says Access Denied.

What I really wanted was to see the review page again because I found mistakes in tests 4 and 5 which I wanted to make you aware of, but now i've closed the review pages it's a pretty massive effort to go through the whole quiz again

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Hi, first of all I'd really like to thank everyone who has been answering questions in this forum. I'm a student and about to start my Master in Birmingham. I have been doing tests everyday to improve my skills in SHL, PSL & GTIOS but still I'm not able to score more than 50/55%. I was wondering if any of You knows someone who can provide coaching or tuition such as a one to one or courses that can help me in improving the techniques to solve such psychometric tests and also improve time management as well as I am gonna apply this year for graduate schemes in accountancy or banking firms?

Hey i was just going through the question and i realised it gives you the $/£ exchange rate. So basically yo should multiply the GDP/m by the exchange rate to get the answer. Hope I am right.

Hi all,

I'm in the process of practising for the numerical and verbal reasoning tests, and I was wondering if there is anyone who has taken all of the Wikijob practice tests as well as the AssessmentDay.co.uk practice tests. If you have, could you tell me which site has the hardest tests?

Thanks!