You do not have to complete them all at once, the key to improving is to take your time to understand why you went wrong if you did go wrong in the first place!

QUESTION 1

If you jog for 30 minutes and cover 5 miles, how many miles would you cover in 180 minutes, assuming your jogging speed remains constant?

a) 60 miles

b) 20 miles

c) 30 miles

d) 15 miles

ANSWER TO QUESTION 1

Use cross multiplication to solve this. Label the miles covered in 180 minutes as 'x':

30 minutes = 5 miles

180 minutes = x miles

30 x x = 180 x 5

Now find x:

x = (180 x 5) / 30

= 30 miles

The answer to question 1 is c) 30 miles

QUESTION 2

A farm is split into 3 sections, A, B and C. If the area of all 3 sections combined is 250m² and the area of section A is 80m² work out the area of section B using the diagram below.

Diagram not drawn to scale

a) 32m²

b) 76m²

c) 74m²

d) 96m²

ANSWER TO QUESTION 2

The combined area of all 3 sections A, B and C is given as 250m² in the question and the area of section A only is given as 80m².

This means that the area of sections B and C combined must be:
250 - 80 = 170m²

It is possible to find the area of section C alone from the diagram and is calculated by multiplying the two sides together:

Area of section C is 12 × 8 = 96m²

The area of sections B and C combined is 170m² so the area of section B alone can be calculated by subtraction the area of C from the area of sections B and C combined as shown below:

Area of section B = Area of sections B and C combined - Area of section C

= 170 - 96

= 74m²

The answer to question 2 is c) 74m²

QUESTION 3

A car can drive 650 miles on a full tank of diesel. If the car takes 60 litres of diesel to fill it's tank fully and each litre of diesel costs £1.35 how much would it cost to travel 650 miles?

a) £60

b) £61

c) £81

d) £95

ANSWER TO QUESTION 3

The car takes 60 litres of diesel to fill it's tank and once the tank is full the car can then travel 650 miles. Each litre of diesel cost's £1.35 so therefore the answer is that it costs 60 × £1.35 = £81 to fill the car up with diesel and with a full tank the car can then travel 650 miles. In other words it costs £81 to cover 650 miles by car.

The answer to question 3 is c) £81

QUESTION 4

A carpet factory operates 24 hours a day. If the factory produces 10 carpets an hour, how many carpets are produced in a day?

a) 220

b) 240

c) 260

d) 280

e) 290

ANSWER TO QUESTION 4

If the factory produces 10 carpets an hour ...

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Numerical Reasoning
SECTION 1 52 Questions
SECTION 2 Practice Tests
Concluding Remarks

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