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 169. Sam bought a 20 kg bag of chicken feed. He has used 3.5 kg and now has 16.5 kg left. If he takes out 700 grams, how much is left in the bag? a) 0.7 kg b) 7.7 kg c) 13.6 kg d) 15.8 kg None Question 138.In the Smith family budget, they allocate $3,500 a month for bills and mortgage. The ratio of spending for food to bills and mortgage is 1:3.5.How much do they spend on food? a) $1,100 b) $1,000 c) $900 d) $750 None Question 269. Reva just bought a reclining outdoor wooden lounge chair for her back yard. She has her chair set to the position shown in the image. If the reclining part of the chair (the backrest) is at 0˚ when it is laid down flat (horizontal), what would be the closest angle to which Reva has her chair set to? a) 160˚ b) 125˚ c) 85˚ d) 60˚ 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 111.A car was originally priced at \$20,000. Its price was reduced by \$2,000. There is now a further 5% off the reduced price.How much will the car cost now? a) $18,150 b) $17,800 c) $17,100 d) $16,750 None Question 260. Hassan went to watch a performance at the Fringe World Festival in Perth. The performance started at 7:30pm and finished 115 minutes later. What time did the performance finish? a) 8:30 pm b) 8:55 pm c) 9:25 pm d) 9:45 pm None Question 17. Barometers are used when measuring atmospheric air pressure. Two units commonly used for atmospheric pressure are the hectopascal (hPa) and millimetres of mercury (mmHg). What atmospheric pressure is this barometer showing in hectopascals? a) 1016 hPa b) 1012 hPa c) 762 hPa d) 758 hPa None Question 37. Ray and Jason work at a local convenience store. Jason’s wage is $1200. One-quarter of Jason’s wage is the same as half of Ray’s wage. What is Ray’s wage? a) $300 b) $400 c) $600 d) $900 None Question 199. Peter owns a self-storage facility in an industrial area. He is creating new units that have floor dimensions of 3 m by 3 m. The total floor space available for storage units is 540 m2 What is the largest number of units he can create? a) 60 b) 54 c) 36 d) 27 None Question 72. The table below shows the height, in metres, of the tides at Derby for five days in December 2016. Low tides are printed in red and high tides are printed in blue. What was the difference between the highest and the lowest tides on Saturday, 3rd of December? a) 8.8 m b) 7.3 m c) 11.1 m d) 9.8 m 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 246. Carrie was buying food for her daughter’s birthday party. She noticed that chocolate bars and boxes were on sale.A bar of chocolate was \$3 and a box of chocolates was \$5. She bought the same number of bars as boxes.If she paid with a \$50 note and got \$2 in change, how many bars and boxes did she buy altogether? a) 6 b) 8 c) 9 d) 4 None Question 204. Common microwave ovens heat food at frequencies near 2.45 GHz (Gigahertz). 1 Gigahertz represents 1 billion cycles per second. 1 Hertz represents 1 cycle per second. What is 2.45 Gigahertz when converted into Hertz? a) 245,000,000,000 Hertz b) 24,500,000,000 Hertz c) 2,450,000,000 Hertz d) 245,000,000 Hertz 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 212. Eli was living and working in Auckland, New Zealand. He had family all over the globe; from Perth to Johannesburg to New York. One evening Eli wanted to call his cousin in New York. It was 8:15 pm in Auckland. He didn’t call, as he realised, that the time in New York was 2:15 am. Eli called his cousin the next day at 11 am Auckland time. What was the time in New York when he called his cousin? a) 5 am b) 5 pm c) 7 am d) 7 pm None Question 102. Charlie had 5 tests this week. His results are in the table below. What percentage did Charlie score in his S + E test? a) 36% b) 64% c) 68% d) 71% None Question 256. Josh sells lolly bags at his Deli. He needs to buy some more stock to sell at his shop. A large box of lollies costs \$24 and a small box costs \$16. Josh bought 2 small boxes and 2 large boxes. How much should he pay in total for the 4 boxes of lollies? a) $42 b) $56 c) $80 d) $94 None Question 93.A bobcat driver has to estimate the volume, V, of sand in a pile for removal.The pile forms a cone shape, 4 metres across the base and 1.5 metres high.Using the formula in the box, which of these answers is the best estimate of the volume of the sand pile? a) 35 m3 b) 21 m3 c) 13 m3 d) 6 m3 None Question 165. Wayne works in a part time job. He is paid $32 per hour. His is getting a 5% pay rise. How much more will Wayne be paid per hour? a) $1.06 b) $1.60 c) $3.20 d) $3.60 None Question 71. A group of 30 AFL supporters are organising a catch up to watch an AFL match. Sixteen are Richmond supporters. The remaining people are Western Bulldogs supporters. One person is allocated to organise the catch up. What is the probability that a Richmond supporter will be allocated to organise the catch up? a) 16⁄30 b) 1⁄16 c) 8⁄15 d) 14⁄30 Question 171. Printing business cards costs $3 for a box of 50 cards.Pia wants to buy 27 boxes of business cards.Which expression states the total cost of the business cards that Pia wants to purchase?The correct expression is: Please select your answer a) 3 x 20 + 7 b) 3 x 20 + 27 c) 3 x 20 + 3 + 7 d) 3 x 20 + 3 x 7 Question 34.Steve had a shed that was becoming cluttered. He decided that he would hang some of his tools from a tool rack.In one section of the rack he could only fit 5 tools.Each tool needed a hook to hang on.The first and last hooks had to be 4 centimetres from the edge of the rack, andThe distance between all 5 hooks had to be the same distance.The tool rack was 58cm long.How far apart was each hook from each other? a) 7.5 cm b) 10.5 cm c) 12.5 cm d) 15.0 cm 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 120. Layla cooks a lamb roast in the oven for 2 1⁄2 hours and then leaves it in the oven for another 1⁄4 of an hour to cool slightly. What is the total number of hours that the lamb roast was in the oven? a) 2.5 hours b) 3 hours c) 2.75 hours d) 3.25 hours None Question 110. Kimberley is building a helicopter model and she is using the scale of 1:50. If the helicopter blades span 18 cms on her model, what is the real life span of the helicopter blades? a) 7.5 m b) 8.8 m c) 9.0 m d) 10.3 m None Question 95. Taxi company A charges \$1.40 per kilometre while Taxi company B charges \$1.55 per kilometre.How much do you save by using Taxi company A, if you travel 20 kilometres? a) $1.50 b) $3 c) $4.50 d) $5 None Question 61. It was half past three, 4 minutes ago. What is the time now? a) b) c) d) None Question 149. Jack went to the Melbourne Town Hall as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His ticket was in A reserve, section DD, seat 47. His friend Ben was C reserve, section QQ, seat 34. Which statements are true? a) Jack is near a walkway b) His seat is on the lower floor c) Jack is sitting closer to the stage than his friend Ben d) Section GG is directly adjacent to where Jack is sitting 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 76.Scott buys biscuits and savoury rolls for a morning tea.He buys 20 biscuits at \$2 each and 20 savoury rolls at \$3 each.Select all of the expressions that show the amount that Scott should pay in dollars. a) 2 + 3 x 20 b) 20 x 2 + 3 c) 20 x 2 + 20 x 3 d) 5 x 20 Question 259. Ella goes to an escape room in Fremantle with her 7 friends. Whilst in one room, they are given 8 combination codes to unlock the door, one code per person. Only one combination code can unlock the door. The first 3 people try their codes, but they don’t unlock the door. It’s Ella’s turn to try her code next. What is the chance her combination code will unlock the door? a) 1 in 8 b) 1 in 5 c) 1 in 4 d) 1 in 3 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 Question 104. Which of the following shapes could be used to tile a floor without requiring cuts or having any gaps (except for tiles bordering onto the wall)? a) b) c) d) Question 248. Nathan owns a petrol station which sells snacks & confectionery at the front desk. Each week he orders 6 multipack boxes (20 packets per box) of Smiths chips to sell. Unfortunately, he was unable to make his order and must purchase the smaller multipack (6 packets per bag) from the shops. How many smaller multipacks does he need to buy to get the same number of chip packets as the larger multipack boxes? a) 11 b) 16 c) 20 d) 24 None Question 44. Daisy uses her measuring cups quite frequently when cooking. Their sizes are 1⁄2 cup, 1⁄4 cup, 1⁄3 cup, and 1⁄8 cup. What size is Daisy’s largest cup? a) 1⁄2 cup b) 1⁄4 cup c) 1⁄3 cup d) 1⁄8 cup 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 94. A rectangular prism is cut in half and forms two cubes. The original prism had 6 faces and 12 edges. How many faces do the two cubes have combined? a) 2 b) 6 c) 12 d) 14 None Question 265. A length of timber is 2100 millimetres long. Welsey cuts the length of timber into 7 smaller pieces. They are all the same length. What is the length in centimetres of each piece of timber? a) 300 centimetres b) 30 centimetres c) 3 centimetres d) 0.3 centimetres None Question 123.Sandy went to the Sydney Opera House to watch a performance. She was sitting in the Box B area. She was sitting in seat 34. Which statement is true? a) Sandy is sitting directly in front of the platform b) Box D is directly adjacent to where Sandy is sitting c) She is sitting right in the middle of the Box B area d) She is near Door 14 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 263. The map below shows the different areas of the City of Melville, within the Perth metropolitan area. These areas correspond to scheduled dates when verge side collections take place. Helen’s verge side collection takes place in Area 8. Using a system of x-y coordinates, which of these coordinates could be the location of her house? a) (2,4) b) (4,5) c) (6,3) d) (4,3) None Question 179. The middle triangle that is formed in this roof truss is an isosceles triangle. What is the size of the angle labelled x? a) 23° b) 36° c) 42° d) 48° 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 67 a.At the end of the trading day a newsagency has a number of notes in the till. They are:a) What was the amount collected in notes? Please select your answer $385 $400 $435 $460 Question 168. Claudia runs every second night to work on her fitness. Her average time for her run is 1 hour and 20 minutes. Her average speed is 7 km per hour. Which expression gives the distance, in kilometres, of Claudia’s average run? a) 7 + 0.20 b) 7 + 0.33 c) 7 + 0.20 x 7 d) 7 + 0.33 x 7 None You’ve already answered some of the questions! 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