Illustrative example
All deliveries arrive before noon.
“A delivery arrives at 2 pm.”
scales verbal
Use the information provided to judge each statement.
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Aon (cut-e) Numerical Verification: Test 1
Aon bought cut-e in 2017 and the tests are still sat, and still talked about, under both names. The scales numerical test is a verification test: you judge short statements True, False or Cannot say against one company’s figures rather than picking a value from a list, and that is exactly what this test does. Aon spread those figures across about six named tabs, so working out which tab settles a statement is part of the real task; here the data is in front of you.
You have 3 minutes to answer 10 questions. Every question shows the same Kestrel Logistics data. Decide whether each statement is True, False, or Cannot say using ONLY that data, setting aside anything you know about the industry. Exactly one answer is correct. The real Aon (cut-e) scales numerical test gives about 19 seconds per question, and Aon states candidates are not expected to answer them all. This practice version runs the same style of items against a single overall timer and is short enough that you should finish it, so work quickly and do not linger on any one statement.
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Question 1 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics operated 15 depots in 2024.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: A. True
The statement is True. The Depots row gives 12 for 2022, 12 for 2023, 15 for 2024 and 18 for 2025, so the 2024 column reads 15 directly. The rule: a statement is True when a single cell of the table states it, with no calculation and no assumption required. The only work here is landing on the correct row and the correct year column.
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Question 2 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics employed 1,020 staff in 2022.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: B. False
The statement is False. The Staff row gives 960 for 2022 and 1,020 for 2023, so 1,020 is a real figure attached to the wrong year. The rule: a statement is False when the table contradicts it, and the commonest contradiction is a correct figure read against a neighbouring period. Checking the year column, and not just the number, settles it.
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Question 3 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics averaged 100,000 deliveries per depot in 2022.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: A. True
The statement is True. Deliveries are stated in thousands, so 2022’s 1,200 is 1,200,000 deliveries, and dividing by that year’s 12 depots gives 100,000 per depot. The rule: an average must be divided by the unit named in the claim, here depots, and the unit in the row heading has to be carried through the arithmetic. Numerator and divisor are both taken from the 2022 column, which is what makes the figure exact.
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Question 4 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics revenue rose by 10% from 2024 to 2025.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: B. False
The statement is False. Revenue went from 105.0 to 113.4 GBP m, a rise of 8.4 on a base of 105.0, which is 8%; the 10% figure belongs to 2022 to 2023, where 84.0 rose by the same 8.4 to 92.4. The rule: a percentage change is measured against the earlier year’s own base, so an identical absolute rise is a different percentage in different years. Here a correct percentage has been attached to the wrong pair of years.
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Question 5 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics employed more drivers than warehouse staff in 2025.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: C. Cannot say
The statement is Cannot say. The Staff row gives one total for 2025, 1,240, and the table never breaks that total down by job. Drivers and warehouse staff appear nowhere in it, so no comparison between them can be made either way. The rule: a total constrains only itself, and a claim about two groups inside it needs the split to be reported, not assumed from what the company does for a living.
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Question 6 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Operating costs equalled 85% of Kestrel Logistics revenue in 2022.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: A. True
The statement is True. In 2022 operating costs were 71.4 GBP m against revenue of 84.0 GBP m, and 85% of 84.0 is 71.4, so the proportion is exact. The rule: a share claim is checked by taking the stated percentage of the named base, here revenue, rather than by eyeballing the two figures against each other. Both values are read from the 2022 column.
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Question 7 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics revenue will exceed 120.0 GBP m in 2026.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: C. Cannot say
The statement is Cannot say. The table stops at 2025, and no row carries a forecast, a target or any statement about future trading. The rule: a percentage change describes the years it was measured over and does not license a claim about a year the table does not cover. Extending a trend forward is an assumption, not a reading.
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Question 8 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics averaged 70 GBP of revenue per delivery in 2024.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: A. True
The statement is True. In 2024 revenue was 105.0 GBP m against deliveries of 1,500 thousand, and 105,000,000 divided by 1,500,000 is 70 GBP per delivery. The rule: when numerator and denominator are stated at different scales, millions against thousands, both must be put on the same scale before dividing. The average is named per delivery, so deliveries are the divisor.
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Question 9 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics revenue exceeded operating costs by 16.8 GBP m in 2023.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: B. False
The statement is False. In 2023 revenue of 92.4 GBP m less operating costs of 77.0 GBP m leaves 15.4 GBP m; the gap of 16.8 belongs to 2024 and again to 2025. The rule: a difference claim has to be recomputed for the year it names, because a gap that recurs in other years is easy to accept without checking. Reading down the 2023 column is what settles it.
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Question 10 of 10
Measure 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue (GBP m) 84.0 92.4 105.0 113.4 Operating costs (GBP m) 71.4 77.0 88.2 96.6 Deliveries (000s) 1,200 1,320 1,500 1,560 Depots 12 12 15 18 Staff 960 1,020 1,150 1,240 Based only on the Kestrel Logistics data shown, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?
Statement: “Kestrel Logistics held a larger share of the freight market in 2025 than in 2022.”
- True
- False
- Cannot say
Show the answer
Answer: C. Cannot say
The statement is Cannot say. Market share is a company’s revenue as a proportion of the whole market, and the table reports Kestrel Logistics alone, with no market total and no competitor figures. The rule: a proportion needs a numerator and a denominator, and the denominator is absent here, so the share cannot be computed for either year. Growth in a company’s own figures says nothing about the size of the market around it.
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What is a Cut-e test?
A cut-e test is an online assessment from the range now branded Aon Assessment Solutions; Aon acquired cut-e in 2017 and employers and candidates still use the earlier name. The core scales tests are short, sharply timed measures of numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning, most lasting 5 to 15 minutes, and many adapt their difficulty to your answers. They are delivered through Aon's mapTQ portal, usually unsupervised at home.
Which Cut-e test you sit depends on the employer and the role: an entry-level position will not be given the same assessment as a graduate or managerial one.
How a Cut-e test works
Four things to know before you sit one. Timings and difficulty vary with the level of the role.
- FormatShort single-aptitude tests on mapTQ
- Each test measures one skill and runs on the mapTQ portal, which works on phones and tablets though a computer is recommended. Every test opens with an untimed introduction and example exercises you must complete before the clock starts.
- PaceAs many tasks as you can, in 5 to 15 minutes
- The numerical test offers 37 tasks in 12 minutes and the verbal 49, and nobody is expected to finish. Data sits on separate tabs, so finding the right tab is part of the time.
- DifficultyUnusual layouts, no knowledge
- The tests need no prior knowledge (mechanical reasoning aside), but their layouts and formats differ from SHL or Kenexa, which is why cut-e-specific practice matters. Many tests adapt to your answers.
- ScoringPoints on, points off
- On most tests a correct answer scores a point and a wrong one loses a point, so a guess is not free. Personality tests distribute six points across the statements on each page.
Cut-e: assessment names, formats and timings
Match the name in your invitation to the assessment below. Timings marked “approx.” are completion estimates; other published durations are limits for the named version.
| Assessment | What it measures | Questions | Timing |
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| scales numerical | True, false or cannot say from data on separate tabs | 37 | 12 min |
| scales verbal | True, false or cannot say from short verbal information across tabs | 49 | 12 min |
| scales mtu mechanical | Technical and mechanical understanding from graphics; industrial roles | 24 | 15 min |
| scales cls inductive | Find the common rule in a pattern, then assign new images to it | 12 | 12 min |
| scales ix inductive | The item in a series of nine that does not fit the pattern | 20 | 5 min |
| gapChallenge (deductive logic) | Fill the empty cell in a grid where each shape appears once per row and column | As many as you can | 6 min |
| ADEPT-15 (current Aon personality guidance) | Work-style preferences | 100 statements | Approx. 30 min; untimed |
| scales ndb | Spatial orientation with a gyrocompass and radio compass; pilots and air traffic controllers | See invitation | See invitation |
Counts and timings vary by role level and by the version an employer licences. Check the instructions on the screen before you start. Facts checked 11 September 2026.
These are Aon’s published task limits. Cut-e assessments are now part of Aon. Follow your invitation for the version and any agreed adjustments.
Official sources for assessment names and timings
What Cut-e assessment formats look like
A visual guide to the skills and response formats covered on this page. Your invitation tells you which assessments to prepare for.
Illustrations by Practice Aptitude Tests · not official test screenshots
Illustrative example
Find the missing shape
Inductive logic
Identify the rule linking patterns before classifying the next image.
Illustrative example
Which is most like you?
○ I enjoy meeting new people
● I check details carefully
○ I like exploring new ideas
Workplace preferences
Personality questionnaires explore your usual behaviour rather than a correct answer.
Employers who set Cut-e tests
If you know which company invited you, start there: the employer guide tells you which Cut-e assessment sits at which stage of that firm's process.
- LidlCut-e numerical and verbal reasoning in the aptitude test stage
- Procter & GambleThe P&G Interactive Assessment, game-based, through Aon
- SchrodersRecorded video interview on the Aon cut-e platform
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Results from every test in our Cut-e (AON) pack, past and present.
622,046completed sittings · 2026 edition
Key findingCut-e (AON) test takers gain 8 points by their fifth practice test.
Average score60%Half scored 60% or more
Top quarter scored75%+The 75th percentile
Full marks1 in 25of sittings scored 100%
Gain from practice+8 ptsFirst test to fifth test
How scores spread
22% scored 80% or more, and 16% scored under 40%.
Share of sittings in each score band.
Practice pays
Regular practisers went from 61% on their first test to 69% on their fifth.
11,749 people who took five or more tests.
Does speed help?
Speed makes little difference here.
Quickest quarter58%
Slowest quarter61%
Typical pace: 41 seconds a question.
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