Numeracy Practice Test 1-270 Show session ID Load QuizSave Quiz 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 37.Ray and Jason work at a local convenience store.Jason’s wage is $1200.One-quarter of Jason’s wage is the same as half of Ray’s wage.What is Ray’s wage? a) $300 b) $400 c) $600 d) $900 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 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 124.Mandy used this ice tray to make ice cubes for her water cooler.She had to fill the ice tray 7 times to get the amount of ice blocks required for the cooler.How many ice blocks did she make? a) 56 b) 52 c) 48 d) 44 None Question 220. Daniel works as an electrician around Perth. He charges a call out fee of \$50, and \$80 labour per hour worked.He was called out to a house in South Perth and worked there for 4 hours.Which of the following expressions should Daniel use to calculate his charge for working at the house? a) Amount in $ = 80 x hours worked b) Amount in $ = 80 + 50 x hours worked c) Amount in $ = (50 + 80) x hours worked d) Amount in $ = 50 + 80 x hours worked None Question 107.Peter was looking at the Bureau of Meteorology website to determine how hot it was going to be in January. He lives in Brisbane.What is the chance that Peter will experience a warmer summer than normal? a) Very likely b) Moderately likely c) Likely d) Not at all likely 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 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 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 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 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 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 241. A bakery wanted to purchase bulk paper bags for their baked goods.1 box contains 100 paper bags and costs $4Omar wants to buy 18 boxes of paper bags.Which expression states the total cost of purchasing the boxes of paper bags?The correct expression is: Please select your answer a) 4 x 10 + 4 x 8 b) 4 x 10 + 4 + 8 c) 4 x 10 + 18 d) 4 x 20 + 8 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 139.What are the correct expressions to show how much pizza Stan has? a) 2.6 b) 260% c) 2 3⁄5 d) 14⁄5 Question 70.A runner is starting to train for a long distance event. The runner runs a 5.6 km course 4 times a week and also runs on the weekend. The total distance for the week is 35 km.What is the distance run on the weekend? a) 14.3 km b) 12.6 km c) 10.9 km d) 8.9 km 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 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 61.It was half past three, 4 minutes ago.What is the time now? a) b) c) d) None Question 88.Gavin uses a diagram, with a scale of 1:10, to calculate the area of his bathroom.If the diagram is 20 cm long and 15 cm wide, what is the area of Gavin’s actual bathroom? a) 20 m2 b) 12.5 m2 c) 6 m2 d) 3 m2 None 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 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 165. Wayne works in a part time job. He is paid $32 per hour.His is getting a 5% pay rise.How much more will Wayne be paid per hour? a) $1.06 b) $1.60 c) $3.20 d) $3.60 None Question 257.Maddy uses this chart to buy the correct size of a pair of leggings from her local clothing store.She is 181 centimetres tall and weighs 73 kilograms. The values in each row and column are assumed to be minimum values (e.g. for the kg row, the 40kg box represents 40-44kg) a) Large b) Medium c) Extra Large d) Small 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 171. Printing business cards costs $3 for a box of 50 cards.Pia wants to buy 27 boxes of business cards.Which expression states the total cost of the business cards that Pia wants to purchase?The correct expression is: Please select your answer a) 3 x 20 + 7 b) 3 x 20 + 27 c) 3 x 20 + 3 + 7 d) 3 x 20 + 3 x 7 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 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 85.A 10 kilometre section of highway is to be resurfaced.The highway is straight and is 6.3 metres wide.How many square metres of the road need to be resurfaced? Please select your answer a) 13,000 m2 b) 47,000 m2 c) 63,000 m2 d) 87,000 m2 Question 259. Ella goes to an escape room in Fremantle with her 7 friends. Whilst in one room, they are given 8 combination codes to unlock the door, one code per person. Only one combination code can unlock the door. The first 3 people try their codes, but they don’t unlock the door. It’s Ella’s turn to try her code next. What is the chance her combination code will unlock the door? a) 1 in 8 b) 1 in 5 c) 1 in 4 d) 1 in 3 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 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 1. Fred used this tray to make muffins.If he filled the tray 3 times, how many muffins would Fred make? a) 42 b) 28 c) 36 d) 45 None Question 266. Jenine and Troy lived in Wollongong and holiday in Coffs Harbour once a year. When they travel up to Coffs Harbour they drive along the coastal highway. They travel about the same distance every day and stay in a town or city each night. If it takes them three days to travel to Coffs Harbour, where did they stay on the second night? Image from: https://ontheworldmap.com/australia/state/new-south-wales/nsw-road-map.html a) Maitland b) Tamworth c) Newcastle d) Port Macquarie None Question 135. At the beginning of 2017 the population of New Zealand was 4,747,443.What is New Zealand’s population to the nearest thousand? a) 4,747,000 b) 4,757,000 c) 4,746,000 d) 4,748,000 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 96.How many kilowatt hours has this household used? a) 21,825 kWh b) 20,715 kWh c) 21,724 kWh d) 20,814 kWh 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 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 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 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 31.Peter works as a window cleaner.To calculate the price of a cleaning job he must charge for several areas of his work: $20 per hour for his labour The cost of materials used GST, which is 10% of the total A job takes Peter 4 hours and he uses $10 worth of materials.How much should he charge for the job? a) $78 b) $86 c) $92 d) $99 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 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 You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning? Submit a CommentYour email address will not be published. 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