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 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 188.The forecast for Bunbury indicates there is a 70% chance of rain on Thursday.Which of the following best describes the likelihood of rain on Thursday? a) Unlikely b) Even chance c) Certain d) Likely 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 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 127.A small cafe in the city decided to keep a tally of the amount of coffees customers bought each week.How many customers purchased more than 6 coffees in the week? a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 d) 18 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 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 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 67 b.At the end of the trading day a newsagency has a number of notes in the till. They are:b) $43.75 was collected in coins; in total how much was collected altogether (notes + coins)? Please select your answer a) $475.75 b) $476.75 c) $477.75 d) $478.75 Question 235.A company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) uses Australia Post to send documents about their Annual General Meetings or share purchase plans to their investors.The cost of sending these documents will depend on their size and weight. Larger, heavier documents will cost more than smaller, lighter documents as seen in the table below.This year the company posted 120 Share Purchase Plan documents and 150 Annual General Meeting documents.Which expression shows the company’s total postage cost? a) (125 x 2.20) + (250 x 3.30) b) (120 + 150) x (2.20 + 3.30) c) (120 x 3.30) + (150 x 2.20) d) (120 x 2.20) + (150 x 3.30) 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 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 110. Kimberley is building a helicopter model and she is using the scale of 1:50.If the helicopter blades span 18 cms on her model, what is the real life span of the helicopter blades? a) 7.5 m b) 8.8 m c) 9.0 m d) 10.3 m None Question 144. A triangular pyramid has three edges on its base and three edges reaching to the apex of the pyramid. This gives a total of 6 edges for a triangular pyramid.A square pyramid has four edges on its base and four edges reaching to the apex of the pyramid. This give a total of 8 edges for a square pyramid.How many edges would a hexagonal pyramid have? a) 5 edges b) 9 edges c) 12 edges d) 14 edges None Question 198.Meadow’s family owns a pet pig. When they bought the pig, it weighed 30.3 kg. They weighed the pig two weeks later. It weighed 31.2 kgHow many grams did the pig gain over the two weeks? Please select your answer a) 0.9 g b) 90 g c) 900 g d) 9000 g 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 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 199.Peter owns a self-storage facility in an industrial area. He is creating new units that have floor dimensions of 3 m by 3 m. The total floor space available for storage units is 540 m2What is the largest number of units he can create? a) 60 b) 54 c) 36 d) 27 None Question 36.Alex is painting his living room.He needs to buy: Drop sheets and paint materials worth $48 4 tins of paint which are $85 each, and Paint rollers, $8 per roller He wants to spend no more than $440 for these materials.What is greatest number of rollers he can buy? a) 3 rollers b) 5 rollers c) 6 rollers d) 8 rollers None Question 231.Last cricket season Brendan had a batting average of 40.This season he has increased his average by 15%What is his batting average for this season? a) 42 b) 44 c) 46 d) 50 None Question 213. Susan put a new cooktop in her kitchen and needed to place a splashback (glass protective shield) behind the cooktop to protect the wall.She had ordered a 70 cm by 80 cm rectangular splashback.The cost of the glass was quoted in dollars per square metre ($/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 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 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 81.Four university students are renting a house. They all share an equal part of the rent.They each pay $120 per week.Two more students will move into the house and the rent will be shared equally between all six people.By how much does the weekly rent per student decrease? a) $40 b) $45 c) $50 d) $60 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 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 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 221.Amber’s Thai green curry recipe serves 4 people. The ingredients are:300g rice1 brown onion210g of Thai green curry paste400 mL of coconut milk450g Chicken100g snow peas1 green capsicumIf Amber wants to make 10 servings, how much additional coconut milk does she need to use? Please select your answer a) 1000 mL b) 800 mL c) 700 mL d) 600 mL Question 61.It was half past three, 4 minutes ago.What is the time now? a) b) c) d) 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 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 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 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 54.Maddy is building a model Lego house. She has adapted the base of the Lego mat to suit her building.What is the area of the Lego mat that she is going to build on? a) 250 cm2 b) 300 cm2 c) 400 cm2 d) 500 cm2 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 245. Matt and Adam were playing a game of Monopoly. Matt needed to roll 2 sixes (12) to pass all of Adam’s properties and land on GO.Adam told Matt that the probability of rolling two sixes was very low and that he would be landing on one of his properties.What is the probability that Matt would roll two sixes and land on GO? a) 1⁄36 b) 2⁄36 c) 12⁄36 d) 18⁄36 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 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 244. Christian was on holiday and rented a motor home with his family for a week.The rental was $80 per day and 80 cents per kilometre driven.After 7 days, Christian returned the motor home having driven a total of 500 kilometres.What was the total bill for renting the motor home? a) $750 b) $880 c) $960 d) $1,020 None Question 189.Carlos went to watch a Queen tribute band at the Sydney Opera House.The performance was an afternoon session and started at 3.02pmThe watch face below shows the time the performance finished.How long did the concert go for? a) 90 minutes b) 110 minutes c) 140 minutes d) 170 minutes 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 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 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 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 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 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. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name Email Website Δ