Numeracy Practice Test 1-290 (Extra time) Show session ID Load QuizSave Quiz Welcome to the OLNA Support Numeracy Practice Test (Extra Time) Each question will be multiple choice There will be 4 answers to select from Select the correct answer Click next to begin! Question 220. Daniel works as an electrician around Perth. He charges a call out fee of \$50, and \$80 labour per hour worked.He was called out to a house in South Perth and worked there for 4 hours.Which of the following expressions should Daniel use to calculate his charge for working at the house? a) Amount in $ = 80 x hours worked b) Amount in $ = 80 + 50 x hours worked c) Amount in $ = (50 + 80) x hours worked d) Amount in $ = 50 + 80 x hours worked None Question 106. A car is travelling at 1.5km/min on a Freeway. How fast is the car travelling in kilometres per hour? a) 80 km/h b) 87 km/h c) 90 km/h d) 102 km/h None Question 88. Gavin uses a diagram, with a scale of 1:10, to calculate the area of his bathroom. If the diagram is 20 cm long and 15 cm wide, what is the area of Gavin’s actual bathroom? a) 20 m2 b) 12.5 m2 c) 6 m2 d) 3 m2 None Question 227. Chris owns a farm just South of Perth. He was on the Bureau of Meteorology website looking to gather some information on the likelihood of getting above the median rainfall on his farm. What is the chance that Chris will get above the median rainfall for his farm? a) Moderately likely b) Likely c) Unlikely d) Not at all likely None Question 33. Joseph needs to buy ice-cream for a children’s party. He can make 12 ice-creams from 2 litres. He needs to make 60 ice-creams for the party. How many litres does he need to buy? a) 3 Litres b) 5 Litres c) 8 Litres d) 10 Litres None Question 47. Jaylen has 4 bags of balloons, with 22 balloons in each packet. He wants to put the same number of balloons into 10 paper bags. What is the greatest number of balloons that Jaylen could put in each bag? a) 5 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10 None Question 143. A swimmer is training for an international event. The swimmer swims 3.4 kilometres 3 times a week and also swims on the weekend. The total distance for the week is 21 kilometres. What is the distance swum on the weekend? a) 5.6 km b) 7.3 km c) 9.2 km d) 10.8 km None Question 28. Darcy is the captain of the Devils cricket team. Before the game a coin is tossed to determine who is batting and who is fielding. Darcy has lost the toss in each of the last 4 games. What is the chance that he wins the next toss? a) Fifty – fifty b) Unlikey c) Likely d) Impossible None Question 61. It was half past three, 4 minutes ago. What is the time now? a) b) c) d) None Question 272.Rae's car consumes approximately 8 litres of petrol for every 100 kilometres driven. Last week, Rae travelled 175 kilometres. How many litres of petrol did her car use during that time? a) 10 Litres b) 12 Litres c) 14 Litres d) 16 Litres None Question 40.Isabella drove from Perth to Geraldton, an approximate distance of 450km.The trip lasted 6 hours.Select the statement that is correct.The average speed of Isabella’s trip was: a) 50 km per 30 mins b) 75 km per 60 mins c) 170 km per 2 hours d) 215 km per 3 hours None Question 105. Sam spent $16 on spaghetti at the supermarket. Which of the following statements are true? Sam could have bought: a) Two 4 packs, two 3 packs and two single cans b) Three 4 packs and one 3 pack c) Four 3 packs and 4 single cans d) Five single cans, one 3 pack and three 4 packs Question 266. Jenine and Troy lived in Wollongong and holiday in Coffs Harbour once a year. When they travel up to Coffs Harbour they drive along the coastal highway. They travel about the same distance every day and stay in a town or city each night. If it takes them three days to travel to Coffs Harbour, where did they stay on the second night? Image from: https://ontheworldmap.com/australia/state/new-south-wales/nsw-road-map.html a) Maitland b) Tamworth c) Newcastle d) Port Macquarie None Question 187. A department store offers birthday voucher discounts to its store members. Kat wanted to use her voucher to get 20% off the price of a new coat. The full price of the coat was $260. How much will Kat save by using the voucher? a) $64 b) $52 c) $48 d) $41 None Question 250. Emma has a job working as a receptionist. Her wage is $1,200 after-tax. If she pays 20% of her weekly wage in tax, how much does she earn before tax? a) $1,650 b) $1,500 c) $1,440 d) $1,300 None Question 290. Matt is renovating his bathroom, which has a wall and floor area of 25 m². If he needs to order 15% extra tiles for wastage, what is the total amount of tiles Matt needs to order? a) 3.75 m² b) 28.75 m² c) 33.75 m² d) 35 m² None Question 219.Armani made a batch of home-made jam to sell at her local markets. She used a round cylindrical jar to sell the jam in.The dimensions of the jar were:Diameter = 5 cmHeight = 7 cmWhich expression would give Armani the closest amount of Jam she needs to fill the Jar? a) (π x 52 x 7) cm3 b) (π x 72 x 5) cm3 c) (π x 2.52 x 7) cm3 d) (π x 102 x 5) cm3 None Question 153. Isla has 3 bags of Snakes from The Natural Confectionery Company. There are 18 snakes in each bag. She wants to divide up the snakes in 5 bags for herself and her friends. If she divides up the snakes equally per bag, how many snakes are left over? a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 7 None Question 66. This graph shows the average daily power usage of a family home over 2 years. Approximately, which season had the largest difference in power usage between the two years? a) Summer b) Autumn c) Winter d) Spring None Question 84.Julia works 38 hours a week as a secretary and earns \$22 per hour.Every fortnight, \$340 of tax is taken from her pay.How much pay does Julia take home each fortnight? a) $1,287 b) $1,332 c) $1,372 d) $1,408 None Question 124.Mandy used this ice tray to make ice cubes for her water cooler.She had to fill the ice tray 7 times to get the amount of ice blocks required for the cooler.How many ice blocks did she make? a) 56 b) 52 c) 48 d) 44 None Question 175. Grant has a water container that is 40cm high, 50cm wide and 60cm long. The surface of the water is 10 cm from the top of the container. If Grant wants to fill 2-litre water bottles for his friends to use on a hiking trip, how many bottles will he be able to fill using the water in the container? a) 45 bottles b) 43 bottles c) 38 bottles d) 35 bottles None Question 176. Before slikpik, lotto players had to choose six numbers from 1 to 45.To win the lotto jackpot, they had to have all six numbers corresponding to the lotto draw.Charlotte’s numbers were: 16, 17, 25, 27, 36, 42Matilda’s numbers were: 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 45Olivia’s numbers were: 9, 13, 21, 28, 41, 45Which one of these statements is true? a) Olivia’s numbers are completely random, so she is the most likely to win. b) Charlotte’s numbers are large, and hence have the best chance of winning. c) All three players have the same chance of winning. d) Matilda’s numbers have a pattern, so she has the least chance of winning. None Question 68. Mark filled up 5 buckets of water and weighed each one. He wrote the weight on each bucket. If he goes to pick up the two heaviest buckets how many kilograms would he be holding in total? a) 16.622 kg b) 16.520 kg c) 16.502 kg d) 16.232 kg None Question 35. The graph below shows Sophie’s monthly budget. Sophie budgets $150 for food. How much does she budget for entertainment? a) $80 b) $100 c) $120 d) $160 None Question 286. A bottle of Bundaberg Ginger Beer is 375 mL in size. We need to find out how much sugar is in 1,000 mL of ginger beer. If 375 mL of ginger beer contains 40 grams of sugar, approximately, how much sugar is in 1,000 mL of ginger beer? a) 90.66 grams b) 91.33 grams c) 106.66 grams d) 89 grams None Question 280.What is the percentage profit made after selling a gold bar bought for \$1,500 and sold 4 years later for \$4,500? a) 50% b) 100% c) 150% d) 200% None Question 70. A runner is starting to train for a long distance event. The runner runs a 5.6 km course 4 times a week and also runs on the weekend. The total distance for the week is 35 km. What is the distance run on the weekend? a) 14.3 km b) 12.6 km c) 10.9 km d) 8.9 km None Question 41. The height of 7 players in an AFL team were measured and given below. 187, 191, 194, 198, 202, 202, 205 Their mean, median, mode and range were calculated. The recruitment manager selected two more players at the season draft with heights of 197 cm and 202 cm. For these select players, which of the following statements are true? a) The mean will change. b) The median will change. c) The mode will change. d) The range will change. None Question 155. A factory’s management collected data about its work force. It collected that data in two different ways. Use the information from both tables to determine the correct statement. a) Experienced workers have worked for 1 year b) A level 6 worker is considered a very experienced worker c) A worker with little experience would be a level 4 worker d) A very experienced worker has worked for at least 3 years None Question 57. A building and construction company is building a new stadium. They have estimated their costs to be: Materials $550,000,000 Labour $360,000,000 Planning fees $80,000,000 What is the estimated total cost, to the nearest $100,000,000? a) $990,000,000 b) $1,000,000,000 c) $1,010,000,000 d) $1,100,000,000 None Question 270. Lamai was holidaying in Australia and she wished to send pictures and videos of her holiday back to family in Thailand. She decided to use one of the pre-paid mobile phone plans from a mobile company in Australia. Lamai was charged \$0.50 per standard international MMS (pictures) and \$0.75 for Standard international video MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). If she sent 60 picture MMS and 70 video MMS, which expression would show the total cost in messages sent? a) (60 x 0.75) + (70 x 0.50) b) (60 + 70) x (0.50 + 0.75) c) (60 x 0.55) + (70 x 0.70) d) (60 x 0.50) + (70 x 0.75) None Question 67 b.At the end of the trading day a newsagency has a number of notes in the till. They are:b) $43.75 was collected in coins; in total how much was collected altogether (notes + coins)? Please select your answer a) $475.75 b) $476.75 c) $477.75 d) $478.75 Question 126. The Hawaii Ironman event is considered one of the most gruelling and challenging Ironman events in the world. The record for the fastest time completing the event was set in 2011 at 8 hours 3 minutes and 56 seconds.If the world record for finishing the race is at 3:03:56 pm, what is starting time of the race? a) 7:00 am b) 7:13 am c) 7:15 am d) 7:30 am None Question 20. Laura’s computer has a 720-gigabyte (GB) hard drive The hard drive is 80% full. How much space is left on the hard drive of Laura’s computer? a) 70 GB b) 72 GB c) 144 GB d) 288 GB None Question 247. Stephen plays for a professional sporting club. He can be remunerated (paid) in several different ways: A weekly wage of $2,000 A game payment of $1,000 A bonus payment of $20,000 if he is the highest scoring player in his team at the end of the year. If Stephen worked for 52 weeks of the year, played 14 games and was also the highest scoring player at the end of the season, how much did he earn? a) $112,000 b) $118,000 c) $127,000 d) $138,000 None Question 38. A computer screen is a rectangle, 40 cm by 30 cm. What is the area of the screen in square metres (m2)? a) 12m2 b) 1.2m2 c) 0.12m2 d) 0.012m2 None Question 103. Charlie had 5 tests this week. His results are in the table below. Which subject did he perform the best in? a) English b) Math c) Science d) S + E e) Information Technology None Question 224.Ezekiel was repairing a tap in his back garden.He used an adjustable spanner to tighten the garden tap onto the pipe fixing.Ezekiel placed his spanner in the position below:He rotated the spanner through a three-quarter turn clockwise.What was the position of the spanner after that rotation? a) b) c) d) None Question 210. Bianca went to the petrol station of buy some diesel for her car. The price of diesel was 119.9 cents per litre. Bianca bought $36 worth of diesel. Roughly, how many litres of diesel did she buy? a) 10 L b) 25 L c) 30 L d) 38 L None Question 25. Jacob buys tin fencing to enclose his vegetable patch. The size of the vegetable patch is 3 m x 2 m. He decides to buy 10% more fencing than the required length. How many metres of tin fencing did Jacob decide to buy? a) 10 m b) 11 m c) 12 m d) 15 m None Question 190. A recreation camp site offers camp accommodation to school groups. They have 12 beds in each of their rooms If a school has 81 students staying at the campsite, what is the least number of rooms needed so that every student has a bed? a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 None Question 114. Matt and Gary were both bowlers in a local cricket team. They were comparing how many runs were scored off their overs. They are: Matt: 3, 3, 4, 5, 8 Gary: 3, 4, 4, 6, 6 Which of the following statements are true? a) Matt and Gary have the same mode b) Matt’s range is higher than Gary’s c) Matt’s and Gary’s mean are the same d) The median is the same for both players Question 208. This die-cast model car is made to a scale of 1:50 If the diameter of the model car wheel is 1.25cm, what is the diameter of the full-sized car wheel? a) 6.25 cm b) 62.5 cm c) 625 cm d) 6,250 cm None Question 214. Regina has a part time job at a newsagency. Her pay rate depends on the day and time she works. Her pay is shown in the table below: Last week, Regina worked from 3 pm to 9 pm on Thursday and 9 am to 1 pm on Sunday. What was Regina’s total pay for last week? a) $146 b) $134 c) $128 d) $112 None You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning?
