Numeracy Practice Test 1-270 (Extra time) 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 129. Anna bought 11 packets of 6 bread rolls for \$3.20 each. She paid with a \$50 note.How much change should she receive? a) $13.40 b) $14.80 c) $15.20 d) $16.30 None Question 178. Tom found an old soup recipe that required him to use 4 pints of chicken stock and 2 pints of water in the soup. A pint measures 568 millilitres in volume. If Tom doesn’t add any other ingredients, what is the closest amount of soup that the recipe makes in litres? a) 3.8 litres b) 3.5 litres c) 3.4 litres d) 3.1 litres None Question 130. John was building a play house for his children. He measured the top section for some beams that he needed for the roof. As he was building one of the other sections he realised that the original measurement for the roof was incorrect. He needed an additional 15% of wood for the beam.The original measurement for the beam was 1,800 mm. What does the new length of the beam need to be? a) 2,050 mm b) 2,070 mm c) 2,095 mm d) 2,115 mm None Question 11. Jack and his class had to prepare the gym for assembly. They had to arrange 293 chairs into rows. Each row had 30 chairs, except the front row. How many chairs did Jack and his class put in the front row? a) 15 b) 19 c) 23 d) 27 None Question 226. A father and his young son were watching a West Coast Eagles and Fremantle derby at Optus Stadium. The son asked his father what the green and red zones on the screen meant. The father explained that the green zone represented a goal worth 6 points and the red zone represented a behind worth 1 point. At the end of the game the winning team kick 9 goals and 8 behinds. How many points did the winning team kick, as their final score? a) 80 b) 62 c) 55 d) 48 None 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 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 86. To supplement his diet, Campbell takes 500 milligrams of calcium every day. So far, he has taken a total of 25 grams. Approximately for how long has Campbell been taking calcium? a) 25 days b) 35 days c) 43 days d) 50 days None Question 232. At a children’s party, a game of pass the parcel was played with a toy as the final prize. 12 children played the game and all 12 children could be picked multiple times. 8 rounds were played and 8 children got minor prizes. 4 children hadn’t won a prize yet. What chance do each of the four children have of winning the final prize? a) 1 in 2 b) 1 in 4 c) 1 in 6 d) 1 in 12 None Question 159. Brett was selling his boat for \$165,000.Three weeks later the price was reduced by \$25,000He ended up selling the boat for 5% less than the reduced price.How much did he sell the boat for? a) $130,000 b) $133,000 c) $135,000 d) $138,000 None Question 24.Hannah has a part time job with a regular pay rate of $20 per hour.On Sundays her pay rate is 1.5 times the regular pay rate.Last week, she worked: 7 hours on Tuesday 5 hours on Wednesday and 3 hours on Sunday For her work last week, Hannah’s total pay should be? a) $300 b) $330 c) $350 d) $390 None Question 146. Thomas was looking at Perth City on google maps. He measured the straight-line distance between the WACA ground and Perth Arena to be approximately 3 centimetres. Thomas looked up the real straight line distance between WACA ground and Perth Arena. It is approximately 3 kilometres. What is the scale ratio of the google map that Thomas was looking at? a) 1 : 100 b) 1 : 1,000 c) 1 : 10,000 d) 1 : 100,000 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 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 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 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 139.What are the correct expressions to show how much pizza Stan has? a) 2.6 b) 260% c) 23⁄5 d)14⁄5 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 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 173. Aaron painted the ceilings of the rooms shown below: How many square metres did he paint? a) 44.5m2 b) 41m2 c) 39.5m2 d) 38m2 None Question 192. A personal trainer was instructing a client on how to perform a squat. In those instructions it was said that the angle behind the knee joint should be small to achieve a deep squat. Which of the following best describes the angle formed behind the knee joint in this picture? a) Right angle b) Obtuse angle c) Reflex angle d) Acute angle None Question 262. The table below details the different number of phones sold over a week in an electronics store. What percentage of the phones sold were Samsung phones? a) 75% b) 50% c) 33% d) 25% 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 249.A dance company in Perth produced an end of year concert and were selling tickets for audience members.Tickets were sold at \$10, \$20 and \$25 per ticket.The graph below shows the prices and number of tickets sold.What percentage of tickets sold were $20 tickets? a) 60% b) 45% c) 35% d) 30% None Question 53.A house was for sale for \$400,000.Three weeks later it was reduced by \$40,000Rhys bought the house for 1% less than the reduced price.How much did he pay for the house? a) $352,000 b) $355,600 c) $356,400 d) $360,000 None Question 191. Sally bought a new Hybrid car for its fuel efficiency. On average her car uses 6 L per 100 km. Last week Sally drove a total of 354 km. The amount of fuel her car used last week is closest to: a) 18 L b) 21 L c) 24 L d) 27 L None 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 242. The Emu Downs Wind Farm is a 79.2 MW wind farm, approximately 200 kilometres North of Perth, near Cervantes. The wind farm provides electricity to the Kwinana Desalination Plant to produce drinking water for Perth.If 1 Megawatt (MW) = 1000 kilowatts (kW) and 1 kilowatt (kW) = 1000 watts (W) how many kilowatts are produced by the Emu Downs wind farm? a) 79,200,000 kW b) 7,920,000 kW c) 792,000 kW d) 79,200 kW 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 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 5.Brendan bought perfume and chocolates for his sister’s birthday.The perfume cost \$47 and the chocolate \$16.How much in total did Brendan spend? a) $58 b) $61 c) $63 d) $67 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 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 193. Asha has a gift-wrapping business that uses many different coloured ribbons when wrapping presents. For one job, she needed 8 different coloured ribbons, each 5500 mm long. The cost of the ribbon is $2 per metre, how much did Asha pay? a) $44 b) $88 c) $440 d) $880 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 27. The frame around a rectangular painting is 10cm wide. The outside dimensions of the frame are as shown in the image below. What are the inside dimensions of the frame? a) 210 cm by 170 cm b) 210 cm by 180 cm c) 220 cm by 180 cm d) 230 cm by 190 cm None Question 7. The length of a piece of timber is 2.4 metres. Jordan cuts it to a length of 2,150 millimetres. What length did Jordan remove? a) 20.3 mm b) 242.65 mm c) 250 mm d) 300 mm 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 60. Luke was checking how much space he had on his computer before he tried to install a computer game on his hard drive. This is what he found: Movies: 325 GB Apps: 90 GB Audio: 75 GB Photo’s: 10 GB Free space ?? GB The size of Luke’s hard drive is 1 TB (terabyte). As a percentage, how much free space was available on Luke’s hard drive? a) 40% b) 45% c) 50% d) 55% None Question 230. Recently a young skateboarder named Gui Khury in California was the first person to be able to perform a 1080-degree trick on a halfpipe — a trick in which the skater spins three full times in the air, 1,080 degrees. Before this accomplishment, the best skateboarding trick anyone has ever done was a 900-degree trick by Tony Hawk. When Tony Hawk performed his 900-degree trick, how many turns did he go through? a) 3 turns b) 2.5 turns c) 2 turns d) 1.5 turns None Question 128. A plumber turns a tap handle through 5 full revolutions to turn it off.How many degrees did he turn the tap handle through? a) 1,800 degrees b) 1,650 degrees c) 1,500 degrees d) 1,350 degrees None Question 222. A delivery van has been parked in a loading zone for 38 minutesHow many minutes of parking time has the van got left? a) 102 minutes b) 32 minutes c) 28 minutes d) 22 minutes 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 183. A whale shark tour company in Ningaloo offers full day whale shark tours for tourists. Which expression gives the correct total cost in dollars, for 2 adults and 3 children of ages 8, 9 and 11 years? a) (2 x 350) + 280 b) (2 x 350) + (3 x 280) c) (5 x 350) + (5 x 280) d) (2 x 350) + (3 x 310) 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 Time's upTime is Up! Home Numeracy Skill Builders Reading Skill Builders Writing Skill Builders
