hi there everybody my name is Richard
McMunn from the numerical reasoning test
website my psychometric test comm and in
this tutorial I am going to help you
pass a numerical Reason test now it does
not matter what kind of numerical
reasoning test you have coming up I
promise you that by the end of this
tutorial you will be far better prepared
because I'm going to go through a number
of worked examples live on the screen to
help you prepare and then I'm gonna get
you to try some whilst I go through the
video so it's a bit of fun you get to
practice and improve as we go along now
before I get into those numerical
reasoning test questions have a warm
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okay straight into it question number
one now I'm gonna start off on basic
numerical level and then we're going to
work up to get progressively harder as
we go through the tutorial so the
question is Lucy wants to buy some
clothes she spends 29 pounds on a pair
of shoes 23 pounds on a dress 12 pounds
on a belt and 69 pounds on a jacket how
much change will she have left from 207
pounds is it a 59 pounds be 76 pounds
see 75 pounds or D 74 pounds now this is
called a multiple-choice question so you
get a number of answer options and this
will be pretty much the same as the
numerical test that you will go through
so the important thing to remember we
don't need to really worry about the
additional information that's based
around the question so it doesn't matter
about Lucy it doesn't matter about what
she's buying it's the numbers and the
calculation that are most important so
this is a basic addition and then
subtraction calculation and that's all
we need to focus on so that's a good tip
is to always just focus on the numbers
and the calculation so if we add up
those items 29 plus 12 plus 23 plus 69
we get a total of 133 and then all we
need to do is subtract 207 minus
one three three to get our answer 74 so
the first question the answer is D okay
so it's a good tip don't waste time
studying the information because you
will lose time you are under timed
condition so you really need to get down
to the calculation so let's get you
practicing one of them now it's shorter
please put your answer to question two
that's coming up right now in the
comment section below the video for
marking so on the screen I've put a
timer here on the right hand side if you
want to use a calculator please feel
free to do so so the question is number
two Muhammad by sixteen bottles of water
each costing 75 pence how much change
will he have from 32 pounds 15 is he a
12 pounds is it be 20 pounds 55 is it C
20 pounds and 5 D 20 pounds or e none of
these okay is it a B C D or E put your
answer to question 2 below now I've got
a timer here on the right side you have
the time it takes that timer to go down
to answer the question here we go
okay so if you've got the answer in that
time limit you've done really well you
will get a bit more time than that
during the real test but I want to put
you under a bit of pressure if you need
to pause the video just to make sure you
get the calculation right and you get
the answer correct as I progress please
feel free to do that let's now try a
different type of numerical reasoning
test question let's increase it a little
bit the difficulty question three Susan
walks a total of 45 kilometers over a
five-day period on average how many
kilometers does she walk each day is it
a 40 B 5 c 9 or D 11 or none of these so
to calculate the average all we need to
do is go 45 kilometers the distance
divided by the number of days which is 5
and the answer is 9 very very simple so
to calculate the average simply divide
the distance by the number of days to
get your answer so now it's your turn
I've got this one please put your answer
to question 4 in the comment section
below the video for marking and we'll
use the same process as before with the
timer with the same amount of time so
mark runs a total of 91 miles over a
seven-day period on average how many
miles does he run each day he's at a 13
B 84 C 11 D 8.1 or a none of these
here's a timer
okay well done if you got the answer put
down so don't forget put it in the
comment section below will accommodate
each day every day and market for you so
that's an average question let's now
take a look at a different one let's get
a little bit tougher different type of
numerical reasoning test question here
we go question 5 a broadband package
deal is currently on sale for 28 pounds
a month on a 12-month contract now the
salesperson offers you a 15% discount if
you sign up today what is the total
price of the 12-month contract with the
discounted rate so what is the total
price of the 12-month contract with the
discounted rate is it a 50 pounds and 40
pence B 285 pounds 96 C 50 pounds and 4
pence D 176 pounds 90 so how do we
calculate this these three stages first
of all calculate the cost without the
discount so that would have to be a
12-month contracts of 12 months times 28
pound a month would equal 336 336 pounds
that's the total that's without the
discount then we need to work out what
the discount would be so it's a 15%
discount so if we do 336 divided by 100
for a hundred percent times the 15%
discount that gives us a total discount
which is 50 pounds of 4 pence now an
important tip you'll see there that one
of the answer options is 50 pounds and
40 pence or 50 pounds and 4 pence that's
to confuse you that's not the answer but
some people would choose that we now
have to go one stage further and work
out the cost with the discount so then
we go 336 minus 50 pounds and 4 pence
that gives us the answer of 285 pounds
96 so don't get caught out with that
second stage and think oh yeah it's 50
pounds and 4 pounds when you see it
appear in the multiple choice options
right now is your turn please put your
answer to question 6 in the comment
section below the video for marking so
this is a harder okay so now we're
really trying to we'll start to ramp up
the difficulty here we go a gym
membership cost 27 pounds a month for a
12 month contract however if you sign up
today the sales
presentative is offering you a 12%
discount how much will you pay per month
with the discount included he's at a 38
pounds 88 be 324 pounds see 23 pounds 76
d 285 pounds and 12 pencil II none of
these and you have the time it takes
that timer to go down to the bottom to
put your answer in the comments section
below here we go
fantastic well done so we'll get in a
bit hard now we've got a couple more
questions to go through however at some
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let's get straight back to those
questions let's take a look at another
type of numerical reason test this is a
this is a difficult one you can get this
right you're doing really well
question 7 he takes Nicolas 30 minutes
to walk one and a half miles to work at
what pace does he walk so what's the
speed so it takes Nicolas 30 minutes to
walk one and a half miles to work what
pace does he walk is it a three miles an
hour be 0.75 miles an hour
see four miles an hour or D two miles
now so what we have to do this is really
really important with this kind of
question you have to convert the minutes
to the hours okay so 30 minutes is half
an hour it's noir point five that's
really important so 30 minutes to noir
point 5 and then divide the distance by
the time so the distance is one and a
half miles divided by noir point five
and that gives you the answer three
miles an hour it's a okay now it's your
turn please put your answer to question
eight in the comment section below the
video for mark and here we go
it takes Michelle 45 minutes to drive 24
miles to work at what speed does she
travel is it a 32 miles an hour be 18
miles an hour see 16 miles an hour or D
69 miles per hour and he got the time it
takes that to go down to answer the
question
okay and if you got that one down in
that time limit you're doing
tremendously well now got one more
question
there is a deliberate mistake been made
in this video tell me what the mistake
is and put it in the comment section
below
so there's a deliberate mistake but been
made during the video
what is that mistake on the screen okay
and it's visually you can actually see
it tell me what it is and if you spotted
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