Numeracy Practice Test 1-270 (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 19. An electrician screws in a light bulb into a light fitting. To secure the bulb, the electrician turned through 2 1⁄2 revolutions. Through how many degrees did he turn the bulb? a) 900 degrees b) 720 degrees c) 540 degrees d) 360 degrees None Question 63. After visiting the emus, I walk to the rhinoceros enclosure. In what direction did I walk? a) SE b) S c) E d) SW None Question 197. Wyatt and Anton are playing a game of Battleship, a grid guessing game. Anton has set up his ships in the format below. Wyatt has the first turn and calls out the first grid location of (E, 5) which is a miss. On Wyatt’s second turn he calls out the next grid location of (C, 7). What ship does he hit? a) Carrier b) Battleship c) Submarine d) Patrol Boat None Question 213. Susan put a new cooktop in her kitchen and needed to place a splashback (glass protective shield) behind the cooktop to protect the wall.She had ordered a 70 cm by 80 cm rectangular splashback.The cost of the glass was quoted in dollars per square metre ($/m2). Susan had to convert her measurement to find out the cost of the splashback.What is the area of Susan’s splashback? a) 56 m2 b) 5.6 m2 c) 0.56 m2 d) 560 m2 None Question 100. 1 gram of protein contains 4 Calories. 1 gram of fat contains 9 Calories. 1 Calorie is equivalent to approximately 4.2 kilojoules. A lamb loin chop contains 11 grams of fat. How many kilojoules of fat are there in the lamb chop? a) 412.6 kilojoules b) 415.8 kilojoules c) 416.2 kilojoules d) 418.4 kilojoules 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 13. It was 7:35pm when Olivia arrived home from work. The trip home took her 55 minutes. What time did she leave work? a) 6:55pm b) 6:51pm c) 6:43pm d) 6:40pm 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 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 109. Joseph is looking for a holiday home to rent for 7 nights. He finds one that: Charges $150 per night Has a cleaning fee of $120 Wifi for $8 per night A repayable bond of $300 if there is no damage to the home. What is the total cost of his holiday rental if there is no damage to the home? a) $1,182 b) $1,226 c) $1,410 d) $1,526 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 26. Caitlin buys a 2 litre container full of fish oil tablets. The total amount of fish oil is 2 litres. Each tablet has 50 millilitres of fish oil. She takes one per day. How many days will the container last? a) 20 days b) 35 days c) 40 days d) 60 days None Question 98. David is on a construction job. He charges $60 per half hour or part thereof. On Wednesday he was on the job for 5 ½ hours, on Thursday he returned for 3 ½ hours, and he finished the job on Friday with 50 minutes of work. How much did he charge for the job? a) $780 b) $920 c) $1,060 d) $1,200 None Question 194. Kayden owns a two-bedroom townhouse which has the following plan. The unit has exterior and interior doors. Excluding the garage door and cupboard doors, what is the total number of doors in Kayden’s plan? a) 10 b) 9 c) 8 d) 7 None Question 261. Athena wants to donate tinned tuna to her local food bank. She could either buy the larger 425 gram tins, or the smaller 95 gram tins. Usually, she would donate four 425 gram tins. Unfortunately, the larger tuna tins are out of stock and she can only get the smaller tins. How many smaller tins does she have to buy to get at least the same weight of tuna as she would usually donate? a) 20 tins b) 18 tins c) 17 tins d) 15 tins None Question 99. In the swim leg of the Geelong Ironman, what direction are competitors heading in when they turn around the first turning buoy in the water? a) South West b) North East c) South d) South East None Question 118. Which of the following expressions represents the proportion of red smarties in the picture? a) 10% b) 1 c) 1⁄10 d) 0.10 Question 45. An electronics store has a sale on during the month of September. The sale started on the 9th and finished on the 27th. How many days were the electronic items on sale for? a) 17 days b) 19 days c) 21 days d) 22 days None Question 255. According to the Australian Safety Sign Standard AS1319-1994, safety signs are classified and should be used according to their function as follows:(i) DANGER signs: Signs warning of a particular hazard or hazardous condition that is likely to be life-threatening. These signs typically have written words inside an oval shape. (ii) Warning signs: Signs warning of a hazard or hazardous condition that is not likely to be life-threatening. These signs typically contain a triangle within them. Which one of these signs does not fall within either of the above two classifications in the Standard? a) A b) B c) C d) D None Question 229. Mikael and Astrid had just visited Karijini National Park in the Pilbara. They were staying in Newman and were on their way back to Perth. They estimated that the distance to Perth was about 1,200 kilometres. They wanted to drive an average of 400 km a day. At the end of their first day driving they reached Meekatharra. Image from: http://ontheworldmap.com/australia/state/western-australia/road-map-of-western-australia-with-cities-and-towns.html Which town did they reach at the end of their second day of driving? a) Leonora b) Gascoyne Junction c) Northampton d) Paynes Find None Question 121. If four 1 kg bags of mixed cereal grains cost $96, how much would seven and a half 1 kg bags cost? a) $164 b) $168 c) $175 d) $180 None Question 243. Christine was tiling her living room floor.She bought several boxes of tiles to cover the area of the floor.Each box had 6 tiles and covered an area of 4 m2. Christine used 72 tiles to cover the area.What was the total area covered by tiles? a) 64 m2 b) 48 m2 c) 36 m2 d) 28 m2 None Question 238. Western Australia is the largest iron ore supplier in the world, producing 39% of the global iron ore supply in 2018. An increased demand for iron ore across the world is projected to continue throughout this century. Table sourced from the WA government department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation. In the above table we can see iron ore demand from Asian countries. Approximately how many Megatonnes did China demand in 2011? a) 1200 Mt b) 1050 Mt c) 1000 Mt d) 900 Mt None Question 36.Alex is painting his living room.He needs to buy: Drop sheets and paint materials worth $48 4 tins of paint which are $85 each, and Paint rollers, $8 per roller He wants to spend no more than $440 for these materials.What is greatest number of rollers he can buy? a) 3 rollers b) 5 rollers c) 6 rollers d) 8 rollers None Question 112. A bar fridge has a width of 500 mm and a depth of 500 mm. If the height is 70 cms, what is the volume of the fridge? a) 196,000 cm3 b) 187,000 cm3 c) 182,000 cm3 d) 175,000 cm3 None Question 97. Matthew got to work at ten minutes to 8am and left at a quarter past 5pm. How long was he at work? a) 8 hours and 45 minutes. b) 9 hours and 25 minutes. c) 9 hours and 45 minutes. d) 10 hours and 15 minutes. None Question 136. A cylinder is cut in half from top to bottom to form two half cylinders.How many straight edges are there on both half cylinders combined? a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10 None Question 77. Ethan wanted to estimate the length of a block of land. He counted 71 paces. Each pace was about 65 centimetres. The length of the block is closest to: a) 42 m b) 44 m c) 45 m d) 46 m None Question 113. Fridges are advertised with their capacity in litres. Use the rule below to figure out how many litres the bar fridge can hold. If the fridge has a capacity of 175,000 cm3, how many litres do this bar fridge hold? a) 17.5 L b) 17,500 L c) 175 L d) 1,750 L None Question 234. Ed drives a special delivery service from Perth to Bunbury once a week. The average time for his one-way drive from Perth to Bunbury is 1 hour and 50 minutes. His average speed is 90 km per hour. Which expression gives the distance, in kilometres, of Ed’s delivery run? a) 90 + (0.50 x 90) b) 90 + (0.83 x 90) c) 90 + 0.50 d) 90 + 0.83 None Question 268. Jessie’s dog had puppies. They sold all the pups except for one. The birth weight of the pup they kept was 0.8 kilograms. The pup has grown up and now weighs 20 times its birth weight. How much does the dog weigh now? a) 20 kilograms b) 16 kilograms c) 12 kilograms d) 8 kilograms None Question 195. Mercy was looking at the Australian Bureau of Statistics website and noticed that almost 500,000 people regularly took the train to work. Out of the total population that uses some type of transport to work, this equals 5% of the Australian population traveling to a workplace. What is 5% expressed as a fraction? a) 5⁄10 b) 1⁄5 c) 5⁄100 d) 1⁄50 None Question 201. Jensen is installing laminate flooring in his dining room. He needs to purchase an extra 10% of the flooring to allow for wastage when it is being installed. His dining room area is 16 m2. What is the total amount of flooring Jensen needs to order? a) 1.6 m2 b) 14.4 m2 c) 17.6 m2 d) 20.8 m2 None Question 131.The tables below show the fare for a Transperth ride for adults and children (concession).A Family Rider fare can be purchased for up to seven peopleWhat would be the cheapest price for 2 adults and 3 children to travel 2 zones paying cash? a) $14.90 b) $13.75 c) $12.40 d) $11.85 None Question 140. Robert was preparing a grassed area for his children to play on. The width was 6 m and the length was 9 m. After preparing the area he needed to buy roll on grass which cost $10 a square metre.How much did it cost Robert for the roll on grass? a) $380 b) $470 c) $540 d) $620 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 122.Harry was going to a National Basketball League game. He had to travel on the train to and from the game plus purchase tickets for the game. The game tickets cost \$64. The return train ride cost \$15.How much did his trip out to watch the game cost him? a) $83 b) $79 c) $75 d) $68 None Question 42. Victoria Skype calls from Perth to Adelaide regularly for business. When it is 3:30pm in Adelaide, it is 1:00pm in Perth. Victoria had to make a Skype call at 1:15pm Adelaide time. What was the time in Perth when she had to make that Skype call? a) 10:15am b) 10:45am c) 11:15am d) 11: 30am None Question 141 b.Bianca’s recipe for 10 banana muffins is:400g flour500g sugar2 eggs300g of banana20g baking soda From question 141 a. Bianca actually made 16 muffins.b) If Bianca gives away half of her muffins and eats 1 muffin, how many muffins does she have now? Please select your answer a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9 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 144. A triangular pyramid has three edges on its base and three edges reaching to the apex of the pyramid. This gives a total of 6 edges for a triangular pyramid. A square pyramid has four edges on its base and four edges reaching to the apex of the pyramid. This give a total of 8 edges for a square pyramid. How many edges would a hexagonal pyramid have? a) 5 edges b) 9 edges c) 12 edges d) 14 edges 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 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 158. A cricket sight screen is used so a batsman can see the cricket ball clearly as it comes out of a bowler’s hand. Sight screens are rectangular in size, mostly 4 m by 5 m and are placed at the edge of the oval behind the bowler’s run up. What is the area of the 4 m by 5 m sight screen in square centimetres (cm2)? a) 200,000 cm2 b) 185,000 cm2 c) 160,000 cm2 d) 144,000 cm2 None Question 117. In a 5 x 5 grid D4 is South East of B2. What direction is B4 from D1? a) North East b) East c) North West d) South East None You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning? Time's up
