The fourth floor of the company’s corporate headquarters is being redesigned into offices for a new business unit. The floor is in the shape of a large rectangle, measuring 100 meters (m) by 150 m. If all offices on the floor will measure 6 m by 9 m, what is the maximum number of offices that will fit on the floor?

16

54

165

250

277
An 18 centimeter (cm) long candle burns at the rate of 1.5 cm per hour. If it burns for exactly an hour and a half each day, how many days will it last?

8

12

16 1/2

18

40 1/2
A box in the shape of a rectangular prism measures 26 centimeters (cm) by 26 cm by 13 cm. The box contains 32 solid cylindrical tubes. Each tube has a diameter of 6.5 cm and a height of 6.5 cm. Approximately what percent of the box is empty?

10%

12%

21%

52%

68%
Company X is opening two branch offices, one in the city and one in the suburbs. The income from the office in the city is expected to increase £15,000 each week, whereas the income from the office in the suburbs is expected to increase £7,500 each week. The office in the city will have £150,000 in start-up costs and £5,550 per week in advertising costs. The office in the suburbs will have £82,000 in start-up costs and £2,250 per week in advertising costs. In approximately how many weeks after start-up will the two offices have the same amount of profit?

9 weeks

10 weeks

11 weeks

15 weeks

16 weeks
A set of six identical steps needs to be covered with carpet. Each step is 90 centimeters wide. The depth, or run, of each step is 30 centimeters, and the rise of each step is 25 centimeters. The carpet costs £12.00 per square meter. How much will it cost to carpet this set of steps?

£4.86

£5.94

£10.98

£19.44

£35.64
A project was 15% over budget at the end of the first quarter. During each month of the second quarter, the project team spent €2,500 less than the monthly budgeted amount of money so that the project would be back on budget by the end of the second quarter. What is the quarterly budget for the project?

€ 16,667

€ 30,000

€ 37,500

€ 50,000

€ 66,667
A tank contains 50,000 liters of water. Pump A removes 200 liters of water per minute from the tank. Pump B removes 100 liters of water per minute from the tank. Both pumps are started at the same time. When 5,000 liters of water remain in the tank, the flow of water from pump B starts returning to the tank. The two pumps continue to pump until there are 1,000 liters of water in the tank, and then both pumps are shut off. How long will both pumps run before they are shut off?

2 hours 30 minutes

2 hours 43 minutes

3 hours 10 minutes

3 hours 45 minutes

4 hours 5 minutes
A mixture for dry cement is 8 parts limestone, 7 parts clay, 4 parts gravel, and 1 part gypsum. A plant where dry cement is mixed has 2,000 cubic meters (m3) of limestone, 260 m3 of clay, 125 m3 of gravel, and 500 m3 of gypsum in stock. What is the greatest amount of dry cement the plant can produce using their available stock?

500 m3

620 m3

818 m3

948 m3

2,510 m3
A manufacturing facility currently produces 340,000 units per day. The facility normally operates 7 days per week. The manufacturer will install new equipment to increase the production rate by 20%. The new equipment will be installed during the first 7 days of June. While the new equipment is being installed, the facility will function at 25% of its current production rate. What is the projected production for the 30 days of June?

2,159,000 units

8,415,000 units

9,979,000 units

10,200,000 units

11,169,000 units

Numerical Reasoning Test Instructions



Instructions


The following questions are designed to assess your ability to use numerical information to solve complex business related problems. Each question will present you with a short description of a real life situation. Using the information provided, determine which of the five (5) answers provided is the best response.

Although not required to answer the questions, you may use scratch paper and a calculator.

You should work as quickly and accurately as possible. Your score on this test will be based on the number of questions that you answer correctly.

Example:

1. A machine produces 100 units of product per minute. If 24 units of product are packed to the case, how many cases can be filled in one hour by the machine?

A. 125
B. 250
C. 500
D. 2,500
E. 6,000


Explanation:

If 100 units are produced every minute, then 100 units x 60 minutes = 6,000 units are produced every hour. 6,000 units per hour / 24 units per case = 250 cases per hour. The correct answer is B.