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 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 16. Tim wanted to record a movie on TV. He set his DVD recorder to start recording at 9:45pm and finish at 11:20pm The movie started at 9:45pm and finished 2 hours and 5 minutes later. How many minutes of the movie were not recorded? a) 55 minutes b) 43 minutes c) 30 minutes d) 10 minutes None Question 196.An ice cream shop collected some data of people’s favourite ice cream purchases. The graph below shows the data they collected.Which of the following statements is NOT true? a) Just less than half of the people chose Cookies and Cream or Vanilla as their favourite ice cream b) Cookies and Cream was less popular than Vanilla c) Mint Choc Chip was the most popular ice cream d) More people chose chocolate, than Strawberry, as their favourite ice cream None Question 30. This table shows the approximate driving times between places in Western Australia. Daniel wants to drive from Perth to Mandurah, then Mandurah to Collie and then Collie to Busselton. What is Daniel’s total driving time? a) 2 hrs b) 2.5 hrs c) 3 hrs d) 3.5 hrs 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 6. Rowan used this map of Perth City when he visited Perth from Melbourne. Rowan’s hotel was listed as number 18 on the map. Which one of these attractions was closest to Rowan’s hotel? a) Western Australian Museum b) Perth Mint c) His Majesty’s Theatre d) Art Gallery of Western Australia None 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 Question 233. Once every 6 months Bruce donates plasma to the Australian Red Cross In the last 4 years he has donated 300 millilitres of plasma per visit. How many litres has Bruce donated over those 4 years? a) 1.2 L b) 1.8 L c) 2.4 L d) 3.2 L None Question 22. Sam paid $72 for 1.2 kilograms of fish. How much did the fish cost per 100 grams. a) $6.60 per 100g b) $6.00 per 100g c) $0.66 per 100g d) $0.60 per 100g 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 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 12.Stella’s pay rate on Friday is \$12 per hour.On Sunday, her pay is \$21 per hour.Last week she worked 10 hours on Friday and 5 hours on Sunday.How much was Stella paid for her work? a) $195 b) $208 c) $215 d) $225 None Question 182. This tally chart shows the essay results of students in an English class. A mark of 27 or more is considered to be a good mark. How many students received a good mark? a) 9 b) 11 c) 12 d) 14 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 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 258. In a game of snooker, the objective is to score the most points from hitting balls into one of the 6 pockets on the table. Players begin by using the cueball (white ball) to hit or “pot” a red ball into a pocket then try and pot any coloured ball into a pocket to score points. If a player successfully pots a red ball, they get one point. The coloured balls are all allocated points in the diagram below. For example, a blue ball is worth 5 points. Once a coloured ball has been successfully potted, then the player must pot another red ball before attempting to hit another coloured ball. If a player successfully pots a combination of 4 red balls, a black ball, a green ball, a pink ball and a blue ball. How many points do they score? a) 17 points b) 20 points c) 21 points d) 25 points 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 237.Charlotte was listening to the Queen Greatest Hits Disc One whilst on the train.She was approximately 20 minutes away from her destination and she was wondering if she could get through the first 5 songs on disc one.What is the total playing time for the first 5 songs? a) 19 minutes and 33 seconds b) 18 minutes and 17 seconds c) 18 minutes and 51 seconds d) 17 minutes and 48 seconds None Question 240. Chiara is a local artist who was asked to paint a dog on a wall in a public space.Before she starts painting, she needs to figure out the size of the wall so she can get the proportions of her painting correct.The brick wall is 18 bricks high and 24 bricks long. Each brick is 20 centimetres high and 30 centimetres long.What is the height of the wall that Chiara is going to paint on? a) 260 cm b) 320 cm c) 360 cm d) 400 cm 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 186. What is the temperature shown on this thermometer? a) 20 °C b) 19 °C c) 18 °C d) 16 °C None Question 55. A pair of jeans was on sale with a 10% discount. Ellie received a further 10% off the already discounted price. If the original cost of the jeans cost $100, how much has she paid for the jeans? a) $79 b) $80 c) $81 d) $83 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 180. On a real estate website, the median sales price for a house in the suburb of Hill Valley was \$450,000.During the last month 37 houses were sold, including one for $1.5 million.If the \$1.5 million house is not included in the calculation of the median price, which statement would be true? a) The median price must either stay the same or be lower. b) The median price must either stay the same or be higher. c) The median price must stay the same. d) The median price must be lower. None Question 75. A swimming pool has a length of 50 metres. The shallow end has a depth of 1.5 m and the deep end has a maximum depth of 4 m. There is a gradual slope from the shallow end to the deep end. Which diagram shows the correct profile of a side wall of the pool? a) b) c) d) 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 101. 1 gram of protein contains 4 Calories (Cal). 1 gram of fat contains 9 Calories (Cal). 1 Calorie is equivalent to approximately 4.2 kilojoules (kJ). That lamb loin chop contains 672 kilojoules of protein. How many grams of protein are there in the lamb chop? a) 35 grams b) 40 grams c) 44 grams d) 52 grams 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 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 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 32.Jack made a sand pit for his children. The dimensions of the sand pit are as shown in the image below.To fill 2⁄3 of the sand pit, how many cubic metres (m3) does Jack need to order? a) 10 m3 b) 17 m3 c) 20 m3 d) 24 m3 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 39. Connor used Google maps to get directions to a friend’s house. The mobile device he was using showed the trip distance as 3000 metres. On the screen the trip distance measured 100 millimetres (0.1 metres). What was the scale of the map on Connor’s mobile device? a) 1 : 30 b) 1 : 300 c) 1 : 3,000 d) 1 : 30,000 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 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 65. The birthdates of four friends are below: Who is the youngest? a) Peter b) Bruce c) Phillip d) John 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 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 177. A map of Perth Airport’s runway network has a scale of 1 : 50,000 On the map, the length of the main runway is 7 centimetres. What is the actual length of the main runway? a) 4,000 metres b) 3,500 metres c) 3,250 metres d) 3,000 metres None Question 216. Fletcher is painting the exterior walls of his house. The paint comes in small (1 L), medium (4 L) and large (10 L) tins. A hardware warehouse is offering a “buy 2 medium tins and get 1 small tin free” special deal. Fletcher needs a minimum of 9 litres of paint. Which of the following will give him the lowest cost? a) One large tin b) 1 Special deal c) 3 Medium tins d) 2 small tins and 2 medium tins 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 50. When Lola was in Bali she needed to exchange Australian (AUS) dollars to Indonesian Rupiahs (Rp). The exchange rate is: If Lola wants at least 1 million rupiahs for her holiday expenses, how many Australian dollars should she exchange? a) $10 b) $100 c) $500 d) $1000 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 48. Shane had to renovate his bathroom. He put a row of blue tiles at the bottom of the wall. Each tile was 5 centimetres in width. His wall was 5 metres in length, how many tiles did he use? a) 55 b) 80 c) 95 d) 100 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 You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning?
