Numeracy Practice Test 1-270 Welcome to the OLNA Support Numeracy Practice Test Each question will be multiple choice There will be 4 answers to select from Select the correct answer Click next to begin! 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 132.A survey was taken on 150 people about what is their favourite sport to watch on television. The table below shows the results of that survey.Out of the 150 people surveyed, how many females watch AFL and BBL cricket as their favourite sports to watch? a) 47 b) 51 c) 56 d) 62 None Question 170. Bruce had his backyard fence fall down during a storm. Temporary fencing is required while he organises to get a replacement fence. He needs 10 fencing panels to cover the fallen fence.The length of each fence panel is 2400 millimetres. There is a 5 centimetre gap between each of the panels when joined together.What will be the total length of the fencing once it has been assembled? a) 244.5 metres b) 240.4 metres c) 24.45 metres d) 24.04 metres None Question 18.At a beef farm, 90 cattle were moved out of the paddock and weighed. Cattle heavier than 660 kilograms were not returned to the paddock.How many cattle were not returned to the paddock? a) 61 b) 49 c) 25 d) 19 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 134.Scott was visiting Perth and wanted to see several sites in the city. He decided to catch the Perth CAT bus service. His hotel was on the corner of Hay St and Plain St. What colour and number bus stop is closest to his hotel? a) Blue 14 b) Yellow 30 c) Red 29 d) Green 20 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 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 Question 87.You can buy soft drink from a shop in different ways. One 2 litre bottle will cost you $3.00 Two smaller 1.25 litre bottles for a total for $5 A box of twenty 350 millilitre cans for $16 When comparing the cost per litre, what is the correct order from the lowest to highest cost per litre? a) Two smaller bottles, one 2 litre bottle, a box of cans. b) A box of cans, one 2 litre bottle, two smaller bottles. c) One 2 litre bottle, two smaller bottles, a box of cans. d) Two smaller bottles, a box of cans, one 2 litre bottle. 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 65.The birthdates of four friends are below: Who is the youngest? a) Peter b) Bruce c) Phillip d) John None Question 142.Georgie wanted to buy some new shoes. The shoes cost $60 a pair. When she went to pay for the shoes, the sales assistant said there was special deal for buying shoes.She could buy one pair of shoes and get ¼ off the price of the second pair of shoes.How much did Georgie pay for the two pairs of shoes? a) $105 b) $95 c) $60 d) $35 e) $15 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 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 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 228. During the Corona virus pandemic, the public transport capacity in cities around Australia were affected.Each was working at a lower capacity than in normal times.Which figure shows the greatest reduction in public transport capacity? a) Brisbane: 3/4 capacity b) Melbourne: 68% capacity c) Sydney: 70% capacity d) Adelaide: 2/3 capacity 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 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 160. Jack bought a new iPhone. It has a 128 gigabyte (GB) hard drive.He notices that 5% of the storage space is already used for the iPhone operating system.How much space is left on his new iPhone? a) 98.9 GB b) 105.6 GB c) 114.2 GB d) 121.6 GB 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 49.David needs to cut a piece of aluminium into a circle for a welding job.The aluminium is in the shape of a rectangle. One side is 66 cm and the other is 44 cm.What is the radius of the largest circle David could cut? 22 cm 24 cm 32.5 cm 44 cm None Question 14.Steve catches public transport to travel between work and home.He catches a bus and tram in both directions.One way tickets cost \$4 for the bus and \$6 for the tram.Select the expression that shows Steve’s daily travel cost in dollars. a) 4 + 6 x 2 b) 4 x 2 + 6 x 2 c) (4 + 6)2 d) 2 x (4 + 6) x 2 None Question 41.The height of 7 players in an AFL team were measured and given below. 187, 191, 194, 198, 202, 202, 205 Their mean, median, mode and range were calculated.The recruitment manager selected two more players at the season draft with heights of 197 cm and 202 cm.For these select players, which of the following statements are true? a) The mean will change. b) The median will change. c) The mode will change. d) The range will change. None Question 162.Josh’s results in a javelin throwing contest are shown below.Ordered from the shortest throw at the top of the list to the longest throw at the bottom, what is the correct order of his throws? A B C D 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 61.It was half past three, 4 minutes ago.What is the time now? a) b) c) d) None Question 147. The internal playing surface of a 7 foot English pool table is 180 cm by 90 cm. When adding on the cushion and frame the pool table is larger in size.If the cushion and frame are an extra 13 cm on each side of the table, what is the total length and width of the pool table in metres? a) 1.67 m by 0.77 m b) 1.93 m by 1.03 m c) 2.06 m by 1.16 m d) 2.10 m by 1.20 m 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 52.Trent has to hire a car while his car is at the mechanic for a major service.He found this advertisement.Trent was told that these conditions apply: Daily rate of $35 (as per the advertisement) GPS optional at $15 per day As Trent is 24 years of age, he must take out extra insurance. This is a one-off cost of $30.How much would it cost Trent to hire the car with the GPS for 5 days? a) $205 b) $230 c) $255 d) $280 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 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 119. During the summer time in Australia, NSW switches to Daylight Savings Time. This means that Sydney would be 3 hours ahead of Perth.What is the time in Perth, if it is 15:45 in Sydney? a) 11:45 b) 18:45 c) 17:45 d) 12:45 None Question 247. Stephen plays for a professional sporting club.He can be remunerated (paid) in several different ways: A weekly wage of $2,000 A game payment of $1,000 A bonus payment of $20,000 if he is the highest scoring player in his team at the end of the year. If Stephen worked for 52 weeks of the year, played 14 games and was also the highest scoring player at the end of the season, how much did he earn? a) $112,000 b) $118,000 c) $127,000 d) $138,000 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 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 148.Ethan went to the local community fair. Whilst he was there he bought a wooden hand-made toy for \$14 and a painting for \$27.How much in total did Ethan spend? a) $32 b) $36 c) $41 d) $43 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 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 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 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 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 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 203.Lottie works at a recycling collection factory.She is paid \$238 for every 1000 plastic bottles sorted.She also received a bonus of \$821 if she sorts over 10,000 plastic bottles in the week.If Lottie sorted 18,000 plastic bottles in a week, which is the best estimate of the amount she earned? a) 800 + (200 x 10) b) 800 + (300 x 10) c) 800 + (200 x 20) d) 800 + (300 x 20) 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 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 Time's upTime is Up! Submit a CommentYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name Email Website Δ Home Numeracy Skill Builders Reading Skill Builders Writing Skill Builders
