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i HOW TO PASS ADVANCED NUMERACY TESTS ii ‘A wealth of relevant practice questions and detailed explanations to help candidates prepare.’ Sunday Citizen ‘Questions of a similar level to those in real numeracy tests and so well worth buying.’ A reader review ‘Better than many comparable books on the market for graduate tests.’ A reader review iii HOW TO PASS ADVANCED NUMERACY TESTS Improve your scores in numerical reasoning and data interpretation psychometric tests Revised edition MIKE BRYON London and Philadelphia iv Whilst the author has made every effort to ensure that the content of this book is accurate, please note that occasional errors can occur in books of this kind. If you suspect that an error has been made in any of the tests included in this book, please inform the publisher at the address printed below so that it can be corrected at the next reprint. First published in 2002 Reprinted 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (twice) Revised edition 2008 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA www.koganpage.com © Mike Bryon, 2002, 2008 The right of Mike Bryon to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 978 0 7494 5229 2 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bryon, Mike. How to pass advanced numeracy tests : improve your scores in numerical reasoning and data interpretation psychometric tests / Mike Bryon. – rev. 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–7494–5229–2 1. Numeracy—Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Mathematical ability—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Psychometrics. 4. Employment tests. I. Title. QA141.B733 2008 510.76--dc22 2008008247 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall v Contents Acknowledgements vii Part 1 Psychometric tests and practice 1 1 Demonstrate your true potential How this book will help 3; The challenge of numerical tests 4; What are psychometric tests? 4; What to expect on the day 5; Interpreting your score 5 3 2 The winning approach Key stages to a winning approach 8 7 Part 2 Hundreds of really relevant practice questions 15 3 Quantitative reasoning Practice questions – revise the basics 17 17 4 Data interpretation 43 5 Business judgement and data sufficiency Business judgement 75; Data sufficiency 90 75 6 Mock tests Mock test 1 129; Mock test 2 143; Mock test 3 159; Mock test 4 167 129 vi Contents Part 3 Answers and many detailed explanations 185 Answers and explanations Chapter 3 Quantitative reasoning 187; Chapter 4 Data interpretation 192; Chapter 5 Business judgement and data sufficiency 197; Mock test 1 203; Mock test 2 205; Mock test 3 207; Mock test 4 208 187 Further reading from Kogan Page 213 vii Acknowledgements I owe thanks to Carla Valerio-Chapperon, Miriam Walfisz and Ed Hateley for contributing many practice questions and checking answers. Their contributions make the title a far better book and I trust more valuable as a source of practice. The views expressed and any errors are entirely my own. viii THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 1 Part 1 Psychometric tests and practice 2