Numerical Reasoning Paper 2 1
Numerical Reasoning Paper 2 1
1. My friend’s father bought a work of art for £16,400 and recently sold it for 2.5 times the purchase
price. At what price did my friend’s father sell the work of art?
2. Sheila asks her mother to get 255 balloons. She wants 5 of her friends to blow equal numbers of
balloons. How many balloons does each friend blow?
A) 53 B) 62 C) 51 D) 40
3. A triangular park has two equal sides of 42 m forming a right angle. What is the area of the park?
4. Stephen sees the following offers at a store: 30% off a pair of shoes priced at £80 a pair; 20% off
a Manchester United T-shirt priced at £70; 50% off a smart watch priced at £140.
What is the total amount of discount he has had off?
5. Out of Susan’s three children, one is very good in math, one is average and one is not so good. In
one of the tests, their math score totals 330 and the scores divided according to their level of ability
in the ratio parts of 5:3:2. What was the math score obtained by the child whose level is average?
A) 33 B) 99 C) 22 D) 44
7. Susan walks a total of 45 km over a 5 day period. On average, how many kilometres does she
walk each day?
8. A broadband package deal is currently on sale for £28 per month on a 12 month contract.
The sales person offers you a 15% discount if you sign up today. What is the total price of the 12
month contract with the discounted rate?
9. It takes Nicholas 45 minutes to walk 3 miles to work. At what pace does he walk?
11. At the school’s large choir of 150 students, 60 are girls and 60% of the choir are boys. On a particular
day, 2/3rd of the boys attended the choir. How many boys turned up for the choir on that day?
A) 20 B) 40 C) 50 D) 60
12. I think of a number, add 36 and then multiply it by 10. The answer I get is 500. What was the
original number I thought of?
A) 16 B) 15 C) 14 D) 13
14. Miriam’s dad has a mini-van that can accommodate 6 people other than the driver. On her
birthday, the driver has to drop 42 of Miriam’s friends to their homes after the party. How many trips
does the driver have to make to drop off all 42 people, assuming in each trip he takes 6 friends?
A) 5 B) 7 C) 9 D) 5
15. A fruit box contains 4 dozen bananas, 2 dozen apples and a dozen oranges.
From the fruit box, 26 bananas, 16 apples and 4 oranges are given away. Which of the following
statements are true?
A) After giving away the fruits, the remaining fruits are in the ratio 1:1:1
B) Before the fruits were given away, there were more bananas than apples plus oranges
C) After giving away the fruits, the total number of fruits remaining is 40
D) After giving away the fruits, there are more bananas than either apples or oranges
17. The probability of picking a lottery winning ticket in the national lottery is 1 in 14 million. If 42
million tickets are sold weekly, how many jackpot winners, on average, would you expect in one week?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 0 D) 1