Dragnet Numerical Reasoning Questions and Answers


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106)

Brand A and Brand D are to have their number of staff reduced by the same percentage reduction seen by their Marketing Budgets between 2010 and 2011. If the number of staff at Brand A was originally 120 and the number of staff at Brand D triple this, what are the new reduced staff numbers for each Brand?

Step 1 – calculate the percentage reduction in Marketing Budget for each Brand.
Brand A: 225 / 300 = 25% reduction
Brand D: 210 / 300 = 30% reduction

Step 2 – calculate the new number of staff for Brand A
120 x 0.75% = 90

Step 3 – calculate the new number of staff for Brand D
(120 x 3) x 0.7 = 252

So the correct answer is 90 (Brand A); 252 (Brand D)
107)

Which Brand has suffered the largest percentage cut in its Marketing Budget?

Step 1 - Calculate the % cut for each branch from 2010 to 2011:

Brand A = 75/300 x 100% = 25%
Brand B = 135/410 x100% = 32.9%
Brand C = 85/260 x 100% = 32.7%
Brand D = 90/300 x 100% = 30%
Brand E = 115/365 x 100% = 31.5%

So the correct answer is Brand B
108)

Between 2010 and 2011 what is the total cut in the marketing budget across the 5 Brands (in 10,000s)?

Step 1 – calculate the 2010 total marketing budget for each Brand
300 + 410 + 260 + 300 + 365 = 1635

Step 2 – calculate the 2011 total marketing budget for each Brand
225 + 275 + 175 + 210 + 250 = 1135

Step 3 – calculate cut
2010 marketing budget – 2011 marketing budget = 1635 – 1135 = 500 (in 10,000s)

So the correct answer is 500

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109)

If the 2006 Inventories cost had increased by an eighth compared to the previous year, what was the previous year’s Inventories cost (to the nearest £10,000)?

To increase by an eighth (12.5%) we simply multiply by 1.125. So we can say (previous year’s Inventory costs)  x 1.125 = £11,410. Rearranging we have previous year’s inventory costs = (£11,410 ¸ 1.125) = £10,142,222

Thus the correct answer is £10.14 million
110)

Which cost changed by the second largest percent from 2008 to 2010?

Step 1 – calculate the % change for each of the 6 costs between the years 2008 to 2010.

Staff costs: 215 / 248 = 0.867 ; 13.3% decrease
Property depreciation: 132 / 112 = 1.179 ; 17.9% increase
Inventories: 16,420 / 11,842 = 1.387 ; 38.7% increase
Loan impairment: 22 / 9 = 2.44 ; 144.4% increase
Other expenses: 502 / 357 = 1.406 ; 40.6% increase

Note: be careful to note the question asks for “the second largest”. It is a common mistake to overlook this and select the largest increase.

Thus the correct answer is Other expenses

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