TIAS Capacity Test – Guide and Practice [2024]

The final solution looks like this:

This is a bar graph question – a very common type in the interactive versions of the SHL Numerical Reasoning and General Ability tests.

We recommend solving these questions with the help of a table:

Want to try using this table yourself? Get a printable PDF template for your SHL test.

• The bold cells are what we actually need to find.
• Bold type numbers represent data given in the question. Regular type numbers are derived from that data.
• The Roman numerals in parentheses (I) represent the equation used to derive that number (see below).

Formulating equations and calculations:

1. (Stocks Ben) + 50 + (Stocks Ben) = 250 → (Stocks Ben) = 100
2. 1050 – 700 = 350
3. 1050 – 500 – 250 = 300
4. 100/250 = 40%
5. 350 x 30% = 105 (Adam manages 30% of total stocks)
6. 350 – 100 – 105 = 145
7. 145/500 = 29%

This is where we stop. No need to calculate further.

What’s good about this solving method is that it shows you EXACTLY the data you need to find, as well as how simple it is to calculate with the horizontal-and-vertical structure of the table.

The final answer looks like this:

Let’s formulate the 4 equations based on the data provided:

1. 2N + S = 65
2. E = W
3. 2(S + W) = 126
4. E + W + S + N = 100 à 2W + S + N = 100 (Due to eq. 2)

The best way to solve these 4 equations is to represent all variables using a single variable.

It would be faster to choose either S or N, because once we find them both, the question is practically solved. Let’s pick S. However – this can be done with any variable you choose.

1. N = (65 – S) / 2
2. W = 63 – S

Plugging into 4 and solving yields:

S = 39.

And, therefore, N = 13.

The remainder of the pie should divide equally between E and W:

(100 – 39 – 13) / 2 = 24

E = W = 24.

The correct ranking is as follows:

Let’s formulate the 4 equations based on the data provided:

1. A = B + 2
2. B = F + 2
3. C = 25
4. D = (A/2) + (B/3)
5. E = (D + F)/2
6. (F/4) + C = E [Did you write (C+F)/4 = E? Check out the Pro Tip below].

After solving this system of equations, we get:

1. Adam – 40
2. Ben – 38
3. Fei – 36
4. Elizabeth – 34
5. Dan – 32
6. Catherine – 25

The correct answer is Cannot Say.

While we know that free-time activities and workshops during work has a major impact on productivity, it does not mean that this impact is acquired through longer working hours. It may be a better working atmosphere, better interpersonal relationships, motivation, etc.

The correct answer is True.

According to the text:

“Over the past two decades…senior management increasingly view…emotional intelligence as crucial for effective leadership and have made these skills a key requirement in their search for candidates.”

The word “increasingly” indicates that senior management view emotional intelligence as more crucial for effective leadership than twenty years ago.

The correct answer is False.

According to the text: “…transformations also require the commitment and involvement of the entire organization to prevail – managers and employees alike.

Hence, a digital transformation imposed by senior management will not be successful, according to the text.