NUMERICAL REASONING SOLUTIONS

Question 4 = A (40days) i.e. 200*70/100 – 200*50/100= 40

Question 5= E (22554) i.e. number of staffs that left =90*70/100=63

The detail of each staff will take 358 characters

Therefore for 63 people, 358*63 character worth of space would be left.

Question 6= A (8950 characters) i.e. 25 *358 (each staff record requires 358 characters, from
question 5)

Question 7 = B (127) i.e. The First name’s first letter is character 1, and the last letter for home
address 4 is character 126

Therefore, the first letter for post code will be character 127.

Question 8 = C (99), each employee record need 358, therefore 35,700 will be for 35700/358
number of employee.

Question 1= C (can’t tell from data)

Question 9= A(5.5), if 1 litre of gloss paints 14m2, 11 by 71.e 77m2 will need 77/14 litres of gloss
paint.

Question 10= D(6litres) 1 litre undercoat covers 16m 2, therefore 96m2 will require 96/16 litres of
undercoat paint.

Question 11= F (7.5 litres) 1 litres of emulsion covers 12m 2, 90m2(6*15) will need 90/12

Question 12=E (10), note, the room is rectangular that means the opposite sides have the same area,
therefore (11*3)2+ (9*3)2= 120 which is the total area of the room. Since 1litre of emulsion covers
12m2, 120m2 will need 120/12 litres of emulsion.

Question 13=A (550), if it trebled to reach 600 in the last year, that means it was 200 b4 the last year,
if it quadrupled to reach 200, that means it was 50 b4 then. Since 50 correspond to the 3 rd year, it
means that 11 units of the product will cost 11*50 =550 dollars.

Question 3= F(2), since company Y spends 12days (5%) of 240 days in conferences, and 1 staff has
already spent 10 days, it implies that the remaining staff have just two days to spend in attending
conferences before the year runs out.

Question 14=B (2,400), price at second year is 100, then price at year three=2*100, price at year
4=4*200 and finally price at year five =800*3=2,400$.

Question 15=C (15), price at year 5=720, therefore price at year 4=720/3=240, price in year
3=240/4=60, price at year 2=60/2=30, therefore at year 1=30/2=15.

Question 16= F (200), the current price is 600$ and it trebled to get to 600$ therefore the price last
year was 200$.
Question 17=E(305), for year 1 sale after 2nd month= 35,after 4 th month= 25, after 6th month=15,
after 8th month=15, after 10th month=20, after 12th month=15.

For year 2 sale after 2nd month= 25, after 4 th month= 30, after 6th month=25, after 8th month=35,
after 10th month=35, after 12th month=30. Therefore total for the two years= the sum of sales for
year1 and 2 which is 30.

Question 18=D(82.5), if sales in year 3 was 50% greater than year 2, it means for every two months
in year 3, sales was 50% greater than the corresponding period for year 2, that is, if sales after 4 th
month in year 2 is 30, sales after 4 th month in year 3= 45(30+ 30*50/100), also if sales after 6 th
months in year 2= 25, sales after 6 th in year 3= 37.5(25+25*50/100). For year, total sales for month 2
and 4=45+37.5=82.5. (Note that 4 th and 6th month corresponds to 2nd and 3rd period on X axis of the
graph).

Question 19= A(12.5), subtract the sales for each corresponding month in between year 1 and 2 then
sum them and divide by 6.i.e 35-25+30-25+25-15+35-15+35-20+30-15=75, then 75/6=12.5

Question 20=F (4 only), if you subtract sales between corresponding months for year 1 and 2 you’d
discover that period 4 records the highest difference in sales.

Question 2 = D (96), since 40% of working days out of 240 days is spent meeting clients in company
X. 40% of 240= 96.

SOLUTIONS to Me.mths

2) B (1850000), since people that earn btw 0 and 4000 will pay 1% of their income on tax. Since
average income of Agor people is 3700, 1% of 3700=37, there 50000 people therefore total
income tax for Agor people = 37*50000=1,850,000.

3) D(125), for earner btw 6000 and 8000, tax paid will be 80+ 3% of money over 6000 in this
case 1500, since the income is 7500. 3% of 1500= 45 therefore tax on income of 7500=
80+45= 125.

4) F (0< X< 4000) Let 40 + 2X=100, this implies that, 2X= 60, IF 2% OF X = 60, What is X?Putting
it in mathematical form we have X*2/100=60, therefore, X=60*100/2=3000, so X is greater
than 0 but less than 4000 hence F is the answer.

5) A(down by 25 pounds), total initial price = 386*100+259*500=168100pence, total price

change = (386+25)100 + (259-10)500= 165600pence, Total change in price= 165600-
168100=-2500(note 1£= 100pence)therefore 2500pence= 25£

7) C (28), initial price of 200 share at 226pence= 200*226=45200, Final price after 14pence pou
increase per share= (226+14)200=48000, change in price= 48000-45200=2800pence which
implies 28£.
8) F (51.5£), the initial price for each share was 111 but since it dropped by 8, the price is
therefore 103pence. Consequently, 50shares will now cost 103*50=5150pence which implies
51.5£.

9) A (18,500), the price of producing a batch of 1000= 10000£, total income from sale of chip
running at speed 1, 2 and 3=8400£+9300£+10800£= 28,500£, therefore total profit= (selling
price) 28500-(cost price) 10000= 18500£.

10) B (4200), since the cost of producing 1000 chips = 10000, it follows therefore that each chip
will cost 10£ to produce i.e. 10000/1000=10£. Since 42% of the total 1000 chips run at the
lowest speed it means 420 out of 1000 chips run at the lowest speed i.e.
1000*42/100=420.If it cost 10£ to produce a chip then, 420 chips will cost
420*10=4200£.Note that total income from sale of chips running at the lowest speed=
8400£, therefore profit from sale of lowest speed running chip= 8400-4200=4200£.

11) E(28,500£), sum the amount of income derived from the sale chips running at speed 1, 2 and
3, which is 8400+ 9300+ 10800= 28500£

12) C (4200), the lowest speed chips make up 42% of the 1000 chips, 42% of 1000=420, each
chip costs 10£ pounds to produce(see solution to question 10), therefore the cost of 420
chips=420*10=4200.

13) A(4:7:3), 12000:21000:9000, note 3000 is common to all three, so simplify the ratio by
dividing each of the values by 3000i.e 12000/3000:21000/3000:9000/3000=4:7:3

14) E (13500), since the cost of machines from supplier r=9000 and the ratio of cost of machine
from supplier t to supplier r i.e. t: r= 3:2, let the sum of machine cost from suppliers r and t
be W.

Therefore, 2/5*W= 9000(note 2/5 is the same as r/r+t)

W= 5*9000/2=22500, it total cost of supplies from t and r=22500, and cost of supply from
r=9000, it follows therefore that cost of supplies form t = 22500-9000=13500.

15) D(1,125), let warranty cost be W, let purchase cost be C, since W α C , by introducing the
proportional constant K we have, W=KC, since W=2625, K=?, C= 21000, from W=KC, it
follows therefore that K=2625/2100=0.125, therefore warranty cost from supplier R =
0.125*9000= 1,125

16) F(30000), two machines from supplier R=2*9000, and cost of one machine from supplier
P=12000, total cost of machines= 18000+12000=30000

17) C (120), find volume of larger container, which is 2.5*4*3=30, and divide it by volume of box
which 0.5*0.5*1=0.25i.e. 30/0.25=120

18) A(21), find volume of access area which is =1*2*3=6 and subtract from volume of smaller
container which is=3*3*3=27, therefore 27-6=21

19) D (318.80) not quite sure though.

 20) E(30)(see no 17)

1) F (210), i.e. 1070+7% of 1000(since 26000 is just 1000 naira over 25000) which,
1070+7*1000/100=1070+70=1140, with an increase to 29000 tax then becomes, 1070+7% of
4000(since 29000 is 4000 greater than 25000), so, 1070+ 7*4000/100=1350, the difference
btw tax at 26000 and tax at 29000=1350-1140=210.

SOLUTIONS to Me.Eng

Note the answers are based on what is in the passage, don’t use

1) C and D

2) B and D

3) A and C

4) C and D

5) A and C

6) C and D

7) A and B

8) A and D

9) A and D

10) B and C

11) A and D

12) A and D

13) A and B

14) A and D

15) C and D

16) B and D

17) C and D

18) A and C

19) B and d

20) B and C

SOLUTIONS TO ABSTRACT REASONING

1) D
2) B

3) F

4) D

5) B

6) B

7) C

8) D

9) D

10) D

11) D

12) B

13) C

14) A

15) F

16)D