Tables
Find the right cell, mind the unit, and turn percentages into counts before combining them. Tables is tested in the Numerical reasoning section of the Bocconi Test, which has 6 of the 50 questions (75 minutes in total, 2027/28 format). This guide covers it in 3 lessons, each with the rule that solves it and a diagram.
Reading a table
Read the title, the unit, the rows and the columns before any number. Tell absolute change (difference) from relative change (difference over the start), and keep the unit in the answer.
Percentages from data
A percentage needs its base: count = rate × size. The overall rate of several groups is total count over total size, not the average of the rates. Percentage points measure the gap between two rates.
What is the Bocconi Test format?
Online Bocconi Test for admission in academic year 2027/28, as published by Università Bocconi.
- Questions / time
- 50 / 75 minutes
- Distribution
- 24 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 9 critical thinking
- Scoring
- +1 correct · 0 blank · −0.2 wrong
- Question languages
- English · Italian
- Three-option questions
- Some critical thinking questions have three options; a wrong answer there costs −0.33
- Minimum score
- Below 17 points the test is not considered for selection
- AI degree
- Mathematical and Computing Sciences for Artificial Intelligence also needs at least 11 of 24 points in mathematics
- Law test
- A separate test, 50 questions / 75 minutes: 5 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 18 logic and critical thinking · 10 verbal reasoning; same scoring
Source: Università Bocconi, Online Bocconi Test page (checked October 7, 2026)
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