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 133.Corey had a pool table measuring 1.4 m by 2.4 m.He wanted to place a large rectangular piece of carpet under the table so that people were comfortable when playing pool. He decided that he needed an additional 70 cm all around the pool table.What is the minimum size of carpet he needs to fit around the pool table? a) 1.8 m by 2.6 m b) 2.2 m by 2.8 m c) 2.5 m by 3.4 m d) 2.8 m by 3.8 m 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 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 217. After painting the outside of his house Fletcher decides to paint the inside of his house. The paint he is looking at comes in 4 litre tins. 1 litre of paint covers approximately 10 m2. The wall area of the house is 420 m2, but Fletcher only needs to paint 310 m2. How many tins of paint should Fletcher buy? a) 9 b) 8 c) 7 d) 6 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 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 225. The graph below shows the fundraising effort of two Surf lifesaving Clubs in 2019. How much more money did the Mullaloo SLSC raise than Fremantle SLSC? a) $1,450 b) $1,150 c) $400 d) $300 None Question 115. At the Perth Arena, Keanu sat in the light blue section of block 214. His friend Tim sat in the yellow section of block 204. Which of the following statements are true? a) Keanu sat in the adjacent block to Tim b) Tim is sitting near a stairway and exit c) Keanu sat right in front of the court d) Tim sat in the opposite block to Keanu 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 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 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 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 152. Gabriel went to the shop to buy some chewing gum. In one packet there were 14 sticks of gum. He bought 3 packets. How many sticks of gum did he have in total? a) 32 b) 36 c) 40 d) 42 None Question 164. Mike is going on an overnight hike. He weighs himself with his backpack. Mike then weighs himself without his backpack. How much does Mike’s backpack weigh? a) 18.5 kg b) 19 kg c) 19.5 kg d) 20 kg None Question 92. A plane flight left from Melbourne to Perth. The time of departure in Melbourne was 10:00 and the flight arrived in Perth at 14:00. Melbourne time is 2 hours ahead of Perth time. If the distance flown was 2,720 kilometres, what was the approximate average flying speed of the plane? a) 398 km/h b) 453 km/h c) 512 km/h d) 576 km/h None Question 59. Max grew pumpkins in his backyard vegetable patch. When picking his pumpkins he noticed one was much heavier than the others. When he weighed the pumpkin it weighed 5.35 kilograms. The average of all the other pumpkins was 2.5 kilograms. How much heavier was the heavy pumpkin than the other pumpkins? a) 2.85 kg b) 3.05 kg c) 3.15 kg d) 3.45 kg None Question 166. Tiffany and Caroline both work as a women’s boot makers. Tiffany makes one pair of boots every 15 minutes. Caroline’s rate is 5 pairs of boots per hour. Altogether, how many boots would they make in 4 hours? a) 6 pairs of boots b) 20 pairs of boots c) 36 pairs of boots d) 42 pairs of boots None Question 251.Asif was cooking a BBQ for his friends. He used 7 small onions to make hot dogs (sausage sizzle).He cooked half an onion for each person’s hot dog.How many servings of hot dogs did he make? a) 28 b) 18 c) 14 d) 3.5 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 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 21. Cathy uses her iPad timer when she gives her class 1 minute quick quizzes. According to Cathy’s iPad timer, there is 24 seconds remaining and 36 seconds have past. What fraction of the minute is left? a) 1/4 of the minute b) 2/5 of the minute c) 3/5 of the minute d) 1/12 of the minute None Question 29. Jenna wants to fertilise her backyard lawn. The lawn is a rectangle shape, 5 m by 8 m. The instructions on the fertiliser bag are: How many handfuls of fertiliser will Jenna need? a) 12 handfuls b) 16 handfuls c) 22 handfuls d) 30 handfuls 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 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 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 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 89. A standard paperclip weighs 1 gram. I collected one hundred thousand paperclips.I wanted to estimate the mass of the collection in grams.Which statement does not reflect this estimation? a) Finding the mass of 50 paperclips, then multiplying by 2,000 b) Counting the number of paperclips in 1 kilogram, then dividing 100,000 by this number. c) Finding the mass of 100 paperclips, then multiplying by 1,000. d) Finding the mass of 10 paperclips, then multiplying by 10,000 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 254.Across different cricket leagues, the weight of cricket balls varies according to who is using them. The different types of balls are: Men’s cricket ball = 156g Women’s cricket ball = 140g Junior’s cricket ball = 133g Indoor cricket ball = 114g Chris plays with the second heaviest ball. Which league is Chris playing in? a) Women’s league b) Indoor league c) Junior league d) Men’s league 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 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 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 205. The table below shows the weight of the players in a Super Rugby squad In Australia, the average weight of an adult male is 85 kg. How many of the players are 21 kg or more above this average weight? a) 25 b) 23 c) 20 d) 18 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 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 206. Graeme worked as a carpenter’s apprentice. His boss had asked him to saw a wood cube in half for a specific join. His boss specified that the cube was to be cut vertically and across the diagonal as per the diagram. Which of the following is the shape of the cut wood? a) A b) B c) C d) D None Question 154. Kayla left work early to attend an appointment. It took her 25 minutes to drive to the appointment. The appointment took 30 minutes. She then had to drive home which took her 45 minutes. She arrived home at 6:10pm. What time did Kayla leave work for her appointment? a) 4:55pm b) 4:45pm c) 4:39pm d) 4:30pm 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 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 125.Dana is a baker. She is making hot cross buns at her store for Easter. She packages them into boxes of 6. She made 220 hot cross buns.How many hot cross buns were left over? a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 3 None Question 283. A 500-gram packet of salt costs \$2.00. The unit price is the cost per 100 grams of salt. What is the unit price of the salt in this package? a) $0.30 b) $0.40 c) $0.50 d) $0.60 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 211. Kiara was giving her house a spring clean and she decided to hire an upholstery (furniture) cleaner. These were the equipment-hire company’s rates and prices. Kiara hired the standard machine for 3 days. She also hired the upholstery wand tool, organised home delivery, and bought 4 large bottles of cleaning fluid. She also had to pay the deposit when hiring the upholstery machine. What was Kiara’s total cost including the deposit? a) $200 b) $225 c) $245 d) $255 None Question 91.In a game, two standard dice are thrown.The numbers that are facing up are added together. That number will determine how many spaces a player moves.If Ethan throws a 6 or 7 on his turn, he would land on a yellow square.What is the probability that Ethan would land on a yellow square? a) 2⁄36 b) 6⁄36 c) 9⁄36 d) 11⁄36 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 You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning?
