co NUMERICAL REASONING YEAR 8 - DOCKLANDS HENDERSONS SHS Format You may use the back of your answer sheet for your working. This is what you are given at the real exam to use as working paper. *DO NOT WRITE ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE EXAM PAPER*™ This test asks you to look at numerical reasoning material and to answer 50 questions on this material. Instructions. For each question you are given five (5) possible answers marked A, B, C, D. or E. You must choose the answer that you think is correct and mark its letter (A. B. C, D or E) on the answer sheet. Do not spend too much time on any one question: you may come back to the difficult ones later if you have time. Be sure that the question number on your answer sheet corresponds to the number of the question that you are answering. If you think that you know an answer, mark it even if you are not certain it is correct. There are no marks deducted for incorrect answers. \f you decide to change an answer, erase it completely and mark your new answer. You will have 30 minutes to do this test. Once you start this test. keep working until you have finished ail the questions or the supervisor tells you to stop. | You will be given a warming when there are fifteen (15) minutes left, and again when there are five (5) minutes left. Hendersons Educational Services Ply Ltd materials. including workbooks ang practice exams are protected by tne Copycight Laws of Australia Aé rights are reserved No matera may be ___feproduced_photocop.ed of used by any person other than the griginal client 7 Question 1 Find the missing number in the following series. 7 21 63 ? 567 A, 34 B. 118 Cc. 189 D. 239 E. 421 Question 2 There are 60 members of a choir with a ratio of men and women of 3:2 How many men are there? A. 36 B. 40 Cc. 24 D. 30 E. None of the above. Question 3 A fruit salad has one third melon and one fifth strawberries. If the fruit salad has 300 g of melon. what is the total weight of the fruit salad? A. 600¢ B. 900g C. 700g D. 950g E. 580gQuestion 4 Which one of the following options belongs with the following set of numbers? 738, 627, 882 A. 730 B. 563 Cc. 974 D. 140 E. 207 Question 5 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Which numbers should be in the squares marked by ? and * ? ui | 22 | 24 Question 6 In Debble Primary School they have several grade six classes: three classes each with twenty. one class of fifteen and one of thirty students. How many would there be in each class if enough students were moved to make the classes even? mee Bo44 Cc. 22 D. 35 E. None of the above. Use the following graph to answer Question 7 and Question 8. The graph below shows the current northem region sales of Tina's Coffee Company. The region is made up of four teams. Each team is made up of direct sales and telesales. Northern Region Sales ($ millions) Current Year "Direct —_—Telesates Team A Team 8 Team ¢ Team D Question 7 What is the difference between direct sales and telesales across the four teams for the current year? A. $6.3 million B. $7 million C. $2.6 million D. $3.4 million E. SS million Question 8 What are the total sales targets for next year across all four teams if the target is set as 2 20% and 10% increase of this year’s direct sales and telesales respectively? A. Direct sales = $12.6 million Telesales = $7 million B. Direct sales = $65.6 million Telesales = $70 million $75.6 million Telesales = $73 million $75.6 million Telesales = $77 million E, None of the above.Question 9 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. What are the missing numbers in the grid below? | 6 65 6872 7 E. None of the above, Question 10 If two is added to four fifths of a number. the result is fourteen, What is the number? A. 20 Bo Cc. 10 D1 E. None of the above. Question 117 acti CE) ee yd Question 12 What is the missing number in the series of numbers below? 26 169 24 ? 22 121 20 A. 132 B. 144 145 D. 156 E. 139 Question 13 A certain chemical solution contains 30% water. In a beaker containing 650 mL of the solution, how much water is there? 620 mL 130 mL 300 mL 195 mL None of the above. Question 14 In the following exercise. the first line is multiplied by the number in the second line, What numeral is missing from the resulting product? 5 * 9 x # 83 “1 none_ Question 15 The following group of numbers goes together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by the question mark. 3.27,9 5,15,3 7,63,9 9, 108, ? A 3 B 9 Cc. 10 tee E. None of the above. Question 16 If each of the letters of the alphabet is worth the reciprocal of its place in the alphabet (: = b= - Which one of the following words has the GREATEST value? A. hat B. pad Cc. add D. tall E. eat Question 17 Sally has a painting measuring 2 m » 3-5 m she would like to get framed. The frame shop charges $15.00 per metre for the frame she has chosen. How much will it cost to frame the painting? A. $112.50 B. $165.00 C. $243.75 D. E. $210.28 eee a aaa eee eee Eee eee ee eee eee eee Question 18 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Which numbers should be in the squares marked b Question 19 What is the missing number in this sequence? 3 6 10 us ? A. 19 B. 21 Cc. 30 D. 32 E, 23 Question 20 A restaurateur 1s trying to work out how many tables he needs. Six 3-legged stools fit around one table and four 4+-legged chairs fit around a table. He knows that there are 318 chair and stool legs altogether. and that there is stool or chair seating for 90 people. How many tables does the restaurateur need? A. 19 B. is Cc. is (eee eu EB. 1sQuestion 21 Charlotte received an average score of 82% for her first four Semester One Science reports, She completed three more reports before the end of the Semester. Her average score for her entire Semester One's Science reports was 84%. What scores might Charlotte have received for her final three Science reports? A B. E. None of the above. Question 22 There are eight red, fourteen green and four blue beans in a jar. What is the probability that you will pick one that is not part of the majority? A & 13 BS 13 c, 10 13 bp 13 E. None of the above. Question 23 Two cousins collect postage stamps and one cousin has three times as many as the other. When combined their collection total is $0 000 stamps. ‘What is the size of the smaller stamp collection? A. 60.000 B. 30000 Cc. 20000 D. 40000 E. 50000 Question 24 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. What is the sum of the missing numbers from the grid? (Tia 1s] a9 1 9 13] 17 5 17] 21 | 11s 19 | 23 A. 75 B. 72 Cc. 80 D. 71 E. 79 Question 25 Find the missing number. PTH EON a reset @reereeae teed 7; A B. 33 Cc. 38 D. 37 E. 36 Question 26 Jordy loved playing with numbers. Today he decided to add up the sequence of the house numbers in his street. The houses all had odd numbers and ranged from 17 to 49 (there are no missing houses). He wanted to know what all the numbers would add to. A, 528 B. 585 Cc. 361 D. 499 E. 566Question 27 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. What is the missing number in the grid? 96 96| 96 96 96 96 | 96 96 100 | 100 100100100} 96” 96 100/194 104 104 100/ 96 96 100/104" 2 ‘104’ 100| 96 96 100/104 404 104 100/96 96 "100 | 100 | 100 100 ' 100| 96 9696196 96 96 96 [96 A. 105 B. 106 Cc. 108 D. 107 E. 109 Question 28 Three concretars were cementing the floor of a huge factory. They decided to complete the work in sections. The whole job was going to take them $ days. How many extra workers would they need to hire to complete the floor in 1 day? (Assuming they all have the same work rate.) A 1s BR Cc. 13 D. oi4 EB. it Question 29 I think of two numbers. If I double the first and add three times the second. the result is zero. If I subtract three times the second from twice the first. the result is -12. What are the two numbers? Question 30 ‘The shed at the local bike repair shop has seven bicycles with broken seats. eight bicycles with flat tyres and four bicycles with a broken bell. Three bicycles have broken seats and flat tyres. and two bicycles have flat tyres and a broken bell. How many bicycles are in the shed? A 4 B. 18 c 12 D. 20 E. Impossible to tell. Question 37 The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Find what ? represents. 8 2% 2 (29 17 34 20 | A BB B. 51 Cc. 48 D. s%nnn Question 32 What is the 10% number in the following series? 603 607 611 615 619 A. 605 B. 627 Cc. 639 D. 651 E. 643 Question 33 Tourist train A is at station A and tourist train B is at station B. The stations are 195 km apart. Tourist train A constantly travels at x times the speed of tourist train B. For both trains to reach the same hot air ballooning destination at the same time. they need to leave their different stations at 9:00 a.m. on the same moming. Which one of the following is the location of the hot air ballooning destination? A. 125km from station A B. 60 km from station B C. 50 km from station B D. 110 km from station A E. None of the above. Question 34 Select the missing number in this series: 54 27 24 12 ? 4s A. 10 B. 6 Cc. oll D. 68 E. None of the above. Question 35 Find the missing number marked by the question mark. A B. c. D. E. None of the above, Question 36 A well-known soft drink manufacturer surveys fifty people in a supermarket at random to see which soft drinks have been purchased. They find that 15 have purchased both “Fizzy” and “Dizzy. They also record that “Fizzy” has been bought by 25 of those surveyed and “Dizzy” is amongst the purchases of 30 customers. How many people surveyed have purchased neither “Fizzy” nor “Dizzy"? A. 20 B. 15 Cc. 10 Ds E. 25 Question 37 Find the missing number. 234 3 us 8 A att B. 472 a : " E. 470 cdQuestion 38 The numbers inside the circles form a pattern. Find what the values of the ? and * represent. Question 39 Five cousins were born in consecutive years and when they added their ages, together. they have a total of 180 years. How old is the eldest cousin? A B. C. 36 years D. 38 years E. 40 years Question 40 Helen divided her vegetable garden bed in the following way. First. she divided it into quarters then one of the quarters she divided in half and the remaining quarters, were divided into thirds. How many sections does she now have? A 9 B.S Cc. 12 D. it E. None of the above. Question 41 The grid below is a ‘magic square’. What is the missing number marked by the question mark in the grid below? 2:6 7 47 bog | 9.2 4B 13 11 10 16 He 19 5) A 13 B, 15 c. 10 D9 Ei Question 42 Constable Bob is driving along the Hume Highway at 100 kmh, He is passed by Melissa who is driving in the same direction at a constant speed. Ten seconds after Melissa passed Bob. their cars are 100 m apart. What is the speed of Melissa's car in km h? A. 110kmh B. 120kmh C. 160kmh D. 136kmh E, 142kmh Question 43 Toby sold cup-cakes at his sisters market stall for $3.99 each. A packet of flour. enough to make forty cup-cakes. costs $8.40, The amount of sugar. butter and milk needed per cup-cake works out to cost $1.40, How much profit does Toby make on each cup-cake?Question 44 Find the missing number. 3 7 4 5 6 12 6 4 1 A. 18 B. 15 GQ 5 D. 20 E. None of the above. Question 45 A full jar of vegemite weighed 663 g. After 20% of the vegemite had been eaten it was weighed again and it was only 378 g. What did the empty jar weigh? A. 428¢ B. 18S C. 238¢ D. 2838 E. None of the above. Question 46 The following pairs of numbers go together in a certain way Find the missing number marked by the question mark. 14,82 43,68 | 82,2 | 34,86 AL 14 B. 164 Cc. 107 D. 56 E. 46 Question 47 This code only uses the digits 0 + 9. The codes for TEAR. APE. READ. EARN and REALLY are (not in the correct order) 746. 1678. 6718, 167223 and 9671. What is the word represented by the code 267189 ? A. leader B. nearby C. nearly D. leaves E, leant Question 48 Each row contains the numbers 1 to 9 and each column can only have a number once. Following these rules. which one of the following options will fit in the blank space?Question 49 What are the next two characters in this series? (| [AL 46 E) at] [7 [2 A. 24andP B. 26andM C. 28 andR D. 26andU E. None of the above. Question 50 Ifa=1,b=2.c=3.... = 26, what is the number shown as a7? 18) T oy kK 24 1216 o|a o|M 4{s i]s A. 10 B12 c. 1s D. 17 E. None of the above End of examination paper, if you have any time left, check your answers.