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 126.The Hawaii Ironman event is considered one of the most gruelling and challenging Ironman events in the world. The record for the fastest time completing the event was set in 2011 at 8 hours 3 minutes and 56 seconds.If the world record for finishing the race is at 3:03:56 pm, what is starting time of the race? a) 7:00 am b) 7:13 am c) 7:15 am d) 7:30 am None Question 224.Ezekiel was repairing a tap in his back garden.He used an adjustable spanner to tighten the garden tap onto the pipe fixing.Ezekiel placed his spanner in the position below:He rotated the spanner through a three-quarter turn clockwise.What was the position of the spanner after that rotation? a) b) c) d) None Question 255. According to the Australian Safety Sign Standard AS1319-1994, safety signs are classified and should be used according to their function as follows:(i) DANGER signs: Signs warning of a particular hazard or hazardous condition that is likely to be life-threatening. These signs typically have written words inside an oval shape. (ii) Warning signs: Signs warning of a hazard or hazardous condition that is not likely to be life-threatening. These signs typically contain a triangle within them. Which one of these signs does not fall within either of the above two classifications in the Standard? a) A b) B c) C d) D None Question 181.It costs $2.10 to send a 50 g letter from Australia to New Zealand.Select the stamps that would be found on the envelope. a) A, B & D b) B, C & D c) A, C & D d) A, B & C 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 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 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 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 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 190. A recreation camp site offers camp accommodation to school groups.They have 12 beds in each of their roomsIf a school has 81 students staying at the campsite, what is the least number of rooms needed so that every student has a bed? a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 None Question 141 a.Bianca’s recipe for 10 banana muffins is:400g flour500g sugar2 eggs300g of banana20g baking sodaa) If Bianca wants to make 16 muffins, how much sugar does she need to use? Please select your answer a) 640g b) 700g c) 780g d) 800g 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 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 80. Rose and her four friends went out for lunch.The total bill for the lunch was \$67.20.Rose was the only one to have a cup of coffee.She paid \$4 for her coffee and the rest of the bill was shared equally.Which expression shows the total amount of money Rose paid for her lunch?Complete correctly:The total amount Rose paid for her lunch is equal to: Please select your answer a) (67.20 – 4) ÷ 5 b) (67.20 + 4) ÷ 5 c) (67.20 + 4) ÷ 5 - 4 d) (67.20 – 4) ÷ 5 + 4 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 111.A car was originally priced at \$20,000. Its price was reduced by \$2,000. There is now a further 5% off the reduced price.How much will the car cost now? a) $18,150 b) $17,800 c) $17,100 d) $16,750 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 79.A bank pays 1.25% simple interest per year on a term depositIf you deposit $5,000 into that term deposit for 1 year, how much interest should the bank pay out? a) $50 b) $55 c) $60 d) $62.50 None Question 108.The graph below shows population from different areas of the world over a one hundred year time period.From 1950 to 2010 the world population appears to have? a) Doubled b) Halved c) Stayed the same d) Tripled 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 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 73.The shape of a market garden paddock is a rectangle. It is 1.8 kilometres long and 700 metres wide.There is a fence around the entire paddockWhat is the length of the fence? a) 3.8 km b) 4.6 km c) 5.0 km d) 5.4 km None Question 208.This die-cast model car is made to a scale of 1:50If the diameter of the model car wheel is 1.25cm, what is the diameter of the full-sized car wheel? a) 6.25 cm b) 62.5 cm c) 625 cm d) 6,250 cm None Question 150. In the winter months, Australia and New Zealand do not have daylight savings time. There is a 2 hour time difference between Perth and Brisbane and another 2 hour time difference between Brisbane and Wellington.It was 16:35 in Perth and Tegan wanted to call family in Brisbane and Wellington. Tegan spent 30 mins talking to her Uncle in Wellington. She then rang her Dad in Brisbane.What time was it in Brisbane when Tegan rang her Dad? a) 18:05 b) 18:45 c) 19:00 d) 19:05 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 191. Sally bought a new Hybrid car for its fuel efficiency.On average her car uses 6 L per 100 km.Last week Sally drove a total of 354 km.The amount of fuel her car used last week is closest to: a) 18 L b) 21 L c) 24 L d) 27 L 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 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 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 130.John was building a play house for his children. He measured the top section for some beams that he needed for the roof. As he was building one of the other sections he realised that the original measurement for the roof was incorrect. He needed an additional 15% of wood for the beam.The original measurement for the beam was 1,800 mm. What does the new length of the beam need to be? a) 2,050 mm b) 2,070 mm c) 2,095 mm d) 2,115 mm 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 143.A swimmer is training for an international event. The swimmer swims 3.4 kilometres 3 times a week and also swims on the weekend.The total distance for the week is 21 kilometres.What is the distance swum on the weekend? a) 5.6 km b) 7.3 km c) 9.2 km d) 10.8 km 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 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 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 77.Ethan wanted to estimate the length of a block of land.He counted 71 paces.Each pace was about 65 centimetres.The length of the block is closest to: a) 42 m b) 44 m c) 45 m d) 46 m None 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 141 b.Bianca’s recipe for 10 banana muffins is:400g flour500g sugar2 eggs300g of banana20g baking soda From question 141 a. Bianca actually made 16 muffins.b) If Bianca gives away half of her muffins and eats 1 muffin, how many muffins does she have now? Please select your answer a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9 Question 82.Georgie completed a training run in 30 minutes.She ran at a steady speed of 8 km/h.The distance of the run is equal to: a) 3.5 km b) 4 km c) 4.5 km d) 5 km 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 209. Harley worked a part time job at a large supermarket chain.He was asked to stack milk bottles to a fridge shelf from a trolley of milk crates.Each milk crate had 12 milk bottles in the crate.Harley was given a trolley that was 2 layers high. There was only space for 1 row of crates on each layer of the trolley. Each row had 3 crates of milk in it.How many milk bottles did Harley have to stack? a) 48 b) 56 c) 64 d) 72 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 3.Peter went shopping with a \$50 note.He bought two items and received \$12 change.Select the two items that Peter bought. a) A and B b) A and C c) B and D d) C and D None Question 27.The frame around a rectangular painting is 10cm wide. The outside dimensions of the frame are as shown in the image below.What are the inside dimensions of the frame? a) 210 cm by 170 cm b) 210 cm by 180 cm c) 220 cm by 180 cm d) 230 cm by 190 cm None Question 58.The predicted maximum and minimum temperatures for the next five days are shown below.What will be the average minimum temperature over the next 5 days? a) 11° b) 11.5° c) 11.8° d) 12° None You’ve already answered some of the questions! Would you like to continue with quiz or restart it from beginning? Time's upTime is Up! Submit a CommentYour email address will not be published. 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