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Year 8 Selective Exam Practise: Numerical Reasoning Test 2

1. Numbers in the figure are placed with some pattern. What number should replace
the question mark?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11

2. Three hens laid 3 eggs in 3 days. How many eggs will 12 chickens lay in 12
days?
A. 48
B. 54
C. 52
D. 44
E. 66

3. Numbers in the circles are placed with the same pattern. What number should
replace the question mark?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 15
D. 18
E. 21

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4. To number the pages of the book needed 183 digits. How many pages are in a
book?
A. 19
B. 23
C. 46
D. 85
E. 96

5.
How much waste was recycled from June to August (inclusive) of 2018?
A. 1327.13 tonnes
B. 1826.15 tonnes
C. 2854.68 tonnes
D. 2827.13 tonnes
E. 5825.43 tonnes
6. On the railway section, old rails 8 m long are replaced with new ones 12 m long.
How many new rails will be needed instead of 240 old ones?
A. 20
B. 96
C. 120
D. 144
E. 160

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7. Find the next number in the sequence 8; 23; 48; 83; 128; . . .
A. 173
B. 143
C. 153
D. 163
E. 183

8. What is the missing number in the sequence: 2, 1, ?, 0.25, 0.125,

A. -1
B. 0.5
C. 0
D. 0.22
E. 1
9. What is the missing number in the sequence: ?, 7, 27, 107, 427, 1707
A. 0.7
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3.5
E. 10

10. A man is 40 years old and his son is 12 years old. In how many years, the age of
son will be one third of his father.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 7
D. 12
E. 15

11. The sum of two numbers is 432. The first is greater than the second by 18. Find
these numbers.
A. 207;225
B. 200;232
C. 180;252
D. 216;216
E. 400;32

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12. A snail needs to climb a tree 10 meters high. During the day, it rises to 4 meters,
and during the night it slides back by 3.When will she crawl to the goal, if the snail
started on Monday morning?
A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Tuesday
D. Wednesday
E. Monday

13. How many months saw more new memberships in the Thuringowa Branch than
in the Aitkenvale Branch?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 1
E. 3

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14. If twice the number when decreased by 5 is 60, then find that number.
A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 35
E. 40

15. What is the missing number in the pattern: 160, 250, ?, 430, 520, 610
A. 280
B. 310
C. 340
D. 360
E. 420

16. What is the missing number in the sequence: 50, 75, ?, 168.75, 253.125
A. 100
B. 110 ¼
C. 112
D. 112 ½
E. 122

17. A large cube is painted with blue colour and sawed into 27 small identical cubes.
How many small cubes have only one painted face?
A. 6
B. 18
C. 9
D. 12
E. 8

18. Father is 4 times older than Maria. In 20 years he will be older than Maria by 2
times. How old is Maria?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 13
E. 15

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19. The pet store sells large and small birds. A big bird is twice as expensive as a
small one. One lady bought 5 large birds and 3 small ones, and the other 5 small
and 3 large ones. In this case, the first lady paid 20 dollars more. How much is a
small bird?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 8
E. 10

20. There were 40 buckets of water in the barrel. When several buckets were poured
from it, there was 7 times more water left than it was poured out. How many
buckets were poured out?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7

21.
If the total amount of revenue is 486.1 billion, then what is the approximate sales
taxes revenue?

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A. 34.1 billion
B. 72 billion
C. 123 billion
D. 223 billion
E. 394 billion

22. The numbers in each of the three brackets follow the same rule. Find the missing
number.[20, 7, 3] [14, 2, 5] [?, 3, 9]

A. 21
B. 24
C. 27
D. 12
E. 6

23. The graph above shows the number of applications for certificates of birth by
years. What is the percentage decrease in applications made in 2015 compared
to 2011?

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A. 12%
B. 13%
C. 16%
D. 15%
E. 10%

24. Spot the pattern in the table and find what should replace the question mark.

A. 62
B. 60
C. 58
D. 57
E. 53

25. How many calories will be consumed when eating 170 g of cooked crab meat?
A. 180
B. 156
C. 176
D. 123
E. 157

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26. Three apples and 1 pear weigh as much as 10 peaches, and 6 peaches and 1
apple weigh as much as 1 pear. How many peaches should I take to balance one
pear?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 5
D. 6
E. 8

27. Find the missing number: 1(27)2; 2(64)2; 2(125)3; 3(?)3.

A. 249
B. 216
C. 247
D. 256
E. 213

28. There were 86 apples in two baskets. When 3 apples were transferred from the
first to the second, the apples in the baskets became equal.
How many apples were in the first basket originally?
A. 41
B. 46
C. 52
D. 85
E. 92

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29. The graph shows the total number of children sharing the same first name born in

2015. How many children are named Matilda or Mia?

A. 27
B. 37
C. 43
D. 62
E. 73

30. 100 teams played in a tournament using the play-off system (where the losing
team leaves the tournament). How many matches have been played before an
ultimate winner is decided?
A. 78
B. 99
C. 121
D. 144
E. 169

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Year 8 Selective Exam Practise: Numerical Reasoning Test 3

1. Mum counted that if you give the children 4 candies each, then 3 candies will
remain. And if you give them 5 candies each, then you will be short two candies.
How many children are there?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

2. Three painters in 5 days can paint 60 windows. How many painters need to be
put on the painting of the windows so that in 2 days they painted 64 windows?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8
E. 10

3. The numbers in each of the four brackets follow the same rule. Find the missing
number.[353=18] [281=17] [147=11][426=?]
A. 13
B. 12
C. 14
D. 48
E. 64

4. Find the missing number.

A. 12
B. 13
C. 16
D. 18
E. 19

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5. The boy read 42 pages, and he had 8 pages less left to read than he had already
read. How many pages are in the book?
A. 50
B. 34
C. 76
D. 84
E. 124

6. A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The second,
fourth and sixth numbers are 2 , 8 , and 14. What is the fifth number in the
sequence?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 17
E. 23

7. How much water was used in schools in the second and third quarters?

A. 127485
B. 238576
C. 493909
D. 584763
E. 849573

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8. If the product of two consecutive numbers is 420, then find the sum of these
numbers.
A. 41
B. 44
C. 52
D. 64
E. 66

9. In the sequence, each number is obtained by multiplying the previous term with
the same number. The third and sixth numbers are 4 and 32. Find the eighth
number.
A. 76
B. 98
C. 118
D. 124
E. 128

10. What is the missing number in the sequence: 52, 54, 58, ?, 532, 564
A. 516
B. 237
C. 295
D. 474
E. 514

11. If the product of two consecutive numbers increased by 2 is equal to 44, then find
the smaller number.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 8
D. 9
E. 11

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12. The first team collected 52 devices in one day, the second collected 9 devices
less than the first, and the third collected 12 devices more than the second. How
many devices did the three teams collect in one day?
A. 145
B. 147
C. 150
D. 153
E. 166

13. A math teacher is three times older than her student Suzan. The sum of their
ages is 40 years. How old will Suzan be when she becomes twice as young as
her teacher?
A. 14
B. 20
C. 22
D. 25
E. 27

14. In the multiplication table, the letters a and b each stand for a positive number.
Accordingly, what is the value of b?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 9
E. 12

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15. An equilateral triangle with 16 cm each side is constructed from wire. If a square
is constructed with the same amount of wire, what would be the area of the
square?
A. 64 cm2
B. 100 cm2
C. 36 cm2
D. 144 cm2
E. 81 cm2

16. The dog chases a rabbit 150 feet away. The dog makes a 9 foot jump each time
the rabbit jumps 7 feet. How many jumps should a dog make to catch a rabbit?
A. 75
B. 74
C. 73
D. 72
E. 71

17. Comparing 1st Term 2018 and 1st Term 2017 student head counts, which school
had the largest increase in student headcount?

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A. Bayview Secondary College

B. Blackmans Bay Primary School
C. Albuera Street Primary School
D. Austins Ferry Primary School
E. Bothwell District High School

18. To number the pages of a book, 3309 digits have been used. How many pages
are in the book?
A. 1058
B. 1070
C. 1104
D. 1502
E. 1302

19. Find the missing number.

A. 1
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
E. 9

20. What number should replace the question mark?

A.
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 14
F. 25

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21. The book has 120 pages. The girl read half on the first day, and a third of all the
pages on the second day. How many pages does she have left to read?

A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 30
E. 40

22. How many months were there more than 900 tonnes of waste recycled?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8

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23. What is the missing number in the sequence: 2, 3, ?, 63, 3968

A. 4
B. 8
C. 15
D. 33
E. 60

24. What is the missing number in the sequence: 5, 2, ?, -4, -7, -10
A. 1
B. 0
C. -1
D. -2
E. -3

25. Tourists planned to go 65 km in three days. For the first day they travelled 24 km,
for the second - 3 km less. How many kilometres they have to go on the third
day?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 24
D. 38
E. 45

26. The perimeter of the rectangle is 48 cm, its length is 4 cm longer than the width.
Find the width of the rectangle.
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12

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27. 2 kg of bananas, 3 kg of pomegranates and 1 kg of apples cost 1,300 cents. 6 kg

of bananas, 10 kg of pomegranates and 3 kg of apples cost 4,200 cents. How
much does 1 kg of pomegranates cost?
A. 200
B. 300
C. 400
D. 500
E. 600
28. How much water did Moil and Nakara park use together in May?

A. 2384
B. 4429
C. 5849
D. 6849
E. 9984
29. Spot the pattern in the sequence and find the sum of first 12 terms: 1;1;2;3;5;8…
A. 126
B. 144
C. 324
D. 376
E. 400
30. Moving at a constant speed, the train travelled 60 m in 2 seconds. How far will
the train go in 15 seconds?
A. 300
B. 450
C. 500
D. 480
E. 640

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