HAST-P Mathematical Reasoning

De Roza Education and Research

2020

You will have 35 minutes to do as many questions as you can. The test contains
25 multiple choice questions.
Please do not turn this page until you are asked to do so.

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Question 1
An item has it price decreased by 20% by what percentage should the price be
increased to recover the original price?
A: 20 B: 26 46
79 C: 25 5
D: 35 37

Question 2
What is the value of α in the following diagram? (Diagram not to scale)

59◦

α 124◦
A: 60◦ B: 31◦ C: 65◦ D: 79◦

Question 3
What is the perimeter of the following rectangle given its area is 28?

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A: 22 B: 44 C: 11 D: 4

Question 4
When a number is multiplied by 6 and the result is added to 18 the answer is
60. What is the number?
A: 7 B: 28 C: -8 D: 13

Question 5
What is the area of the right triangle given the area of the left triangle is 25
(Diagram not to scale)?

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α β α β
10 12
A: 36 B: 300 C: 30 D: 3600

Question 6
A whole number is multiplied by itself and 4 is added to the result. What is
not a possible value for the final result?
A: 8 B: 40 C: 29 D: 80

Question 7
If today is Thursday what day is it in 115 days time?
A: Tuesday B: Wednesday C: Saturday D: Sunday

Question 8
When a number is added 2/3 the reuslt is equal to the sum of 9/11 and 9/8.
What is the number?
A: 337/264 B: 689/264 C: 171/88 D: 2/3

Question 9
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs and each
cow has 4 legs. If the total number of animals is 36 and the total number of
legs is 112 how many chickens are there?
A: 15 B: 12 C: 19 D: 16

Question 10
1 1 1
+ + =
12 3 2

A: 1/17 B: 1/72 C: 3/17 D: 11/12

Question 11

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On a number line there is a number between 43 and 91 such that the distance
between this number and 91 is 5 times the distance between this number and
43. What is this number?
A: 50 B: 51 C: 53 D: 54

Question 12
Which of the following is equivalent to 1/2 ?
A: 19/13 B: 5/10 C: 59/41 D: 3

Question 13
What is the value of x in the following diagram?
7 x 16
A: 5 B: 6 C: 10 D: 8

Question 14
To make $146 per week at 4 % commission the value of the goods sold must be?
A: 58400 B: 73/2 C: 584 D: 3650

Question 15
Opal has 1023 pencils. If David gains 88 pencils Opal will have 11 times as
many pencils as David. How many pencils does David have?
A: 85 B: 181 C: 101 D: 5

Question 16
What is h in the following diagram, given the area of the shape is 119? (Dia-
gram not to scale)
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A: 13 B: 7 C: 15 D: 17

Question 17

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What number is halfway between 9/4 and 4/3
A: −11/12 B: 43/24 C: 11/12 D: 43/12

Question 18
What is the value of α in the following diagram? (Diagram not to scale)

5α

5α 5α
A: 147◦ B: 122◦ C: 27◦ D: 12◦

Question 19
The are two items. The second weighs 4 times as much as the first. If the total
weight is 240 what is the weight of the lighter item?
A: 48 B: 60 C: 45 D: 192

Question 20
The sum of two numbers is 52 and the difference is 4. What is the smaller
number?
A: 24 B: 48 C: 28 D: 56

Question 21
11 + 6 × 9 + 4 × 10 + 5 =

A: 163 B: 198 C: 213 D: 110

Question 22
Two lights flash at same point in time one flashes every 6 seconds and the other
flashes every 33 seconds. How many seconds until the first time they both flash
at the same time again?
A: 66 B: 198 C: 22 D: 39

Question 23

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Perry walks at a speed of 3 km/h. Craig walks at a speed of 10 kh/h. What
is the distance between them after 7 hours assuming they start from the same
point and walk in the same direction?
A: 7 B: 49 C: 91 D: 13

Question 24
There are 4 items with a total weight of 137. Item 1 weighs 7 times as much as
item 2. Item 3 weighs 6 times as much as item 4. If item 2 has a weight of 11
what is the weight of item 4?
A: 12 B: 5 C: 11 D: 7

Question 25
A tree is 15 metres high and grows 9 metres every year. How high will it by in
36 years?
A: 324 B: 339 C: 337 D: 326

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