Irish Numerical Reasoning case studies

The Irish Numerical Reasoning assessment is a multiple-choice test used by employers and assessment providers in Ireland to gauge how quickly and accurately a candidate can work with numbers under time pressure. It is typically encountered at the screening stage for graduate schemes, trainee roles, civil and public service competitions, banking, insurance and shared-service functions, where the job involves interpreting figures rather than simply calculating them. Questions are drawn from number series, arithmetic word problems, percentages, ratios and proportions, table and chart interpretation, speed-distance-time and work-rate problems, and approximation. Most items are short and self-contained, so the challenge is pace and accuracy rather than advanced mathematics: a calculator is often permitted, but the clock is the real constraint. The Irish Numerical Reasoning case studies are 5 cases and about 1,850 words.