Calculating Sales and Percentages

Richard McMunn provides a comprehensive tutorial on answering pie charts, tables, and graphs questions in numerical reasoning tests. The video includes step-by-step explanations and practice questions with timers to help viewers improve their skills. It covers basic and advanced questions, offering strategies for calculating averages, percentages, and profit changes. The tutorial concludes with information on accessing additional resources for further practice.

What is the main focus of this tutorial?

• Understanding algebraic equations

• Studying historical events

• Learning to interpret pie charts, tables, and graphs

• Improving language skills

How do you calculate the average monthly sales from a bar chart?

• Multiply all sales figures together

• Divide the total sales by the number of products

• Add all sales figures and divide by the number of months

• Subtract the lowest sales figure from the highest

In a pie chart, if mechanics students make up 10% and law students 5%, what percentage of students study these subjects combined?

• 10%

• 20%

• 5%

• 15%

How do you calculate the number of employees in a department using a table?

• Multiply the total employees by the department percentage

• Add the department percentage to the total employees

• Subtract the department percentage from the total employees

• Divide the total employees by the department percentage

If the number of assaults decreases by 12 in a year, how do you calculate the percentage decrease?

• Subtract the decrease from the original number

• Multiply the decrease by the original number

• Add the decrease to the original number

• Divide the decrease by the original number and multiply by 100

What is the first step in calculating the percentage of sales in a specific month from a table?

• Identify the total sales and the month's sales

• Add all monthly sales together

• Multiply the month's sales by the total

• Subtract the month's sales from the total

How do you calculate the total profit after a 10% weekly increase over four weeks?

• Add 10% of the initial profit each week

• Subtract 10% of the initial profit each week

• Multiply the initial profit by 10% each week

• Divide the initial profit by 10% each week

What resource is offered at the end of the tutorial for further practice?

• A language learning app

• Access to an online numerical reasoning test suite

• A free book on numerical reasoning

• A video series on historical events