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Logoutumerical reasoning is designed to test candidates’ maths skills and tends to focus on several specific areas. Tests are usually for those applying for sales, professional, managerial and supervisory positions, or roles that require workers to make decisions and inferences based on numerical data.
Table and graph questions
Countless types of tables and graphs display numerical data. Numerical reasoning contain a mixture of table themes - for example, balance sheets, population demographics and results of telemarketing surveys - since the intention is to see how quickly you can analyse shifting data sets.
Here’s one example of a table and graph-style numerical reasoning question
Tables take many forms and test your arithmetic skills and ability to quickly calculate ratios or percentages. Candidates taking tests for firms that specialise in financial services will likely come up against multiple data sets (coupling a table with a graph is a popular theme), questions that require the ability to calculate common financial ratios (for example, growth rates, profit margins and return on equity), or questions that require a higher level of analysis.
Non-calculator numerical tests
Some numerical reasoning tests don’t allow the use of calculators. These tests often contain a mix of questions, and give you just a few seconds to answer each.
Non-calculator tests usually contain a mix of word problems, mental arithmetic and other calculations. JobTestPrep offer free and paid-for customised to help you gain confidence, improve your speed and accuracy, and ensure that you fulfil your potential.
Word problems
Word problems require you to make a quick mental arithmetic calculation to answer the question - so you must be able to do subtraction and division quickly. Practising this type of question will help you to improve your speed when doing the real thing.