Numerical Reasoning Practice Test

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2019

Practice Questions
Here are some practice examples to show you what the questions on the real
test are like
Question P1
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?

1 2 3
3 5 6
7 8 ?

A: 6 B: 7 C: 8 D: 9 E: 10

Question P2
What is the next number in the sequence?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

A: 6 B: 7 C: 8 D: 9 E: 10

Question P3
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
1, 2
3, 6
7, 14
6, 12
5, ?
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A: 10 B: 11 C: 12 D: 13 E: 14

You will have 30 minutes to do as many questions as you can.

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Question 1
A cave, tree and lake lie on a straight line. The tree lies between the cave and
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the lake. The distance between the cave and the tree is 51 of the distance be-
tween the cave and the lake. The distance between the cave and the lake is 510.
A bear goes from the cave to the lake to the cave to the tree. What is the total
distance travelled by the bear?
A: 1250 B: 1230 C: 1300 D: 1310 E: 1280

Question 2
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
23, 46, 138
27, 54, 162
14, 28, 84
22, 44, 132
20, 40, ?
A: 120 B: 40 C: 140 D: 50 E: 130

Question 3
One bucket contains 14 kilograms of gravel and another bucket contains 34 kilo-
grams of gravel. How many kilograms must be transfered from one bucket to
the other, so each has an equal amount of gravel?
A: 25 B: 5 C: 30 D: 10 E: 20

Question 4
Each house contains 9 rooms. Each room contains 5 doors. How many doors
are there in 8 houses?
A: 350 B: 363 C: 360 D: 362 E: 354

Question 5
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
28, 112, 784
22, 88, 484
10, 40, 100

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 26, 104, 676
19, 76, ?
A: 5786 B: 361 C: 371 D: 5776 E: 365

Question 6
Find the next number in the following sequence

15, 29, 43, 57, 71

A: 85 B: 99 C: 90 D: 80 E: 88

Question 7
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
14 34 54
44 64 84
74 94 ?
A: 114 B: 107 C: 115 D: 123 E: 122

Question 8
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of animals is 49 and the total number of legs
is 156. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 27 B: 28 C: 29 D: 26 E: 30

Question 9
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
24, 576
20, 400
28, 784
21, 441
27, ?

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A: 727 B: 719 C: 729 D: 728 E: 739

Question 10
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of cows is 22 and the total number of legs is
112. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 13 B: 16 C: 12 D: 17 E: 9

Question 11
A bag contains 29 eagles and 26 hawks. 19 of the birds are female. What is the
minimum number of female eagles?
A: 19 B: 36 C: 29 D: 0 E: 26

Question 12
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of chickens is 18 and the total number of
legs is 156. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 38 B: 30 C: 20 D: 26 E: 40

Question 13
Consider all the whole numbers between 125 and 352 including 125 and 352.
How many are the same when their digits are reversed? (e.g 121)
A: 16 B: 12 C: 19 D: 18 E: 22

Question 14
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fifth,
sixth and seventh numbers are -4, 2 and 8. What is the sum of the first 10
terms?
A: −10 B: −18 C: −4 D: −20 E: −2

Question 15
A house, shop and park lie on a straight line. The shop lies between the house
and the park. The distance between the house and the shop is 240 and the
distance between the house and the park is 500. A man goes from the house to

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the shop to the house to the shop. What is the total distance travelled by the
man?
A: 690 B: 670 C: 730 D: 760 E: 720

Question 16
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

12, O, ?, A, 6, ?, 24, C, 1, Z, 20, G

A: V, 21 B: U, 26 C: T, 21 D: V, 29 E: T, 23

Question 17
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
4 16 36
121 169 225
400 484 ?
A: 576 B: 583 C: 585 D: 579 E: 570

Question 18
Consider all the whole numbers between 131 and 329 including 131 and 329.
How many end in 8?
A: 27 B: 20 C: 24 D: 13 E: 11

Question 19
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fifth,
sixth and seventh numbers are -11, -9 and -7. What is the first term?
A: −19 B: −10 C: −17 D: −25 E: −24

Question 20
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
24, 300
20, 210

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 21, 231
25, 325
13, ?
A: 91 B: 182 C: 81 D: 86 E: 101

Question 21
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
24 20 480
19 14 266
15 18 ?
A: 266 B: 275 C: 280 D: 260 E: 270

Question 22
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
30, 62
23, 48
21, 44
19, 40
22, ?
A: 56 B: 44 C: 66 D: 46 E: 484

Question 23
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
23, 253
28, 378
25, 300
24, 276
15, ?
A: 95 B: 115 C: 100 D: 210 E: 105

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Question 24
Consider a positive whole number x.When x is divided by 3 the remainder is
1. When x is divided by 8 the remainder is 3. When x is divided by 5 the
remainder is 2. Which of the following is a possible value for x?
A: 70 B: 62 C: 72 D: 75 E: 67

Question 25
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
25 18 12
17 13 14
425 234 ?
A: 168 B: 176 C: 160 D: 177 E: 162

Question 26
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

26, Z, 10, J, 9, I, 21, U, ?, O, 25, ?

A: Y, 15 B: Y, 20 C: X, 14 D: Z, 14 E: Z, 13

Question 27
A fastfood outlet pays $117 for 39 burgers. It sells 3 burgers for the same price it
paid for 9 burgers What was the profit the fastfood outlet made on 39 burgers?
A: 234 B: 351 C: 361 D: 224 E: 371

Question 28
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
23 12 30
14 13 29
37 25 ?
A: 64 B: 52 C: 63 D: 62 E: 59

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Question 29
A cave, tree and lake lie on a straight line. The tree lies between the cave and
the lake. The distance between the tree and the lake is 140. A bear goes from
the cave to the lake to the cave to the tree. The total distance travelled by the
bear is 820. What is the distance between the cave and the tree?
A: 140 B: 130 C: 150 D: 180 E: 200

Question 30
Find the next number in the following sequence

12, 84, 588, 4116, 28812

A: 201694 B: 201714 C: 201674 D: 201684 E: 201704

Question 31
Find the next number in the following sequence

15, 30, 28, 59, 41, 88

A: 54 B: 59 C: 117 D: 112 E: 48

Question 32
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
16, 14, 452
14, 28, 980
27, 27, 1458
22, 22, 968
24, 12, ?
A: 730 B: 740 C: 710 D: 720 E: 750

Question 33
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?

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 10 20 30
26 24 50
12 27 ?
A: 39 B: 48 C: 34 D: 42 E: 44

Question 34
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
25, 650
22, 506
18, 342
24, 600
20, ?
A: 380 B: 400 C: 430 D: 398 E: 420

Question 35
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fifth,
sixth and seventh numbers are -10, -8 and -6. What is the tenth term?
A: 0 B: −10 C: −4 D: −3 E: 2

Question 36
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
45
16, 15,
34
39
10, 14,
33
54
25, 13,
32
49
20, 24,
43
12, 18, ?
46 41 41 36 48
A: 37 B: 37 C: 32 D: 37 E: 30

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Question 37
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of animals is 47 and the total number of legs
is 132. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 37 B: 32 C: 24 D: 26 E: 28

Question 38
Find the next number in the following sequence

27, 44, 61, 105, 166, 271

A: 315 B: 542 C: 437 D: 420 E: 410

Question 39
Consider all the whole numbers between 109 and 304 including 109 and 304.
How many have digits that sum to 10?
A: 19 B: 10 C: 23 D: 26 E: 12

Question 40
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

36, ?, 576, X, 49, G, 484, V, 1, A, ?, J

A: F, 102 B: G, 102 C: F, 100 D: E, 96 E: E, 103

Question 41
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
5, 2, 75
7, 8, 351
3, 5, 105
12, 11, 807
4, 7, ?
A: 173 B: 193 C: 183 D: 213 E: 168

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Question 42
Two numbers are each multiplied by themselves to give two new numbers. The
difference between the two new numbers is 51. The difference between the two
original numbers is 3. What is the sum of the two original numbers?
A: 7 B: 13 C: 8 D: 14 E: 17

Question 43
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

83, A, 98, D, 113, G, 128, J, ?, ?, 158, P

A: M, 148 B: L, 148 C: N, 140 D: N, 145 E: M, 143

Question 44
Each house contains 9 rooms. Each room contains 8 doors. How many houses
are there given there are 216 doors?
A: 3 B: 7 C: 6 D: 0 E: 4

Question 45
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
13, 156
16, 240
20, 380
17, 272
26, ?
A: 650 B: 712 C: 674 D: 702 E: 676

Question 46
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
49
24, 21,
34
39
23, 11,
33

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 45
15, 17,
25
48
14, 20,
24
21, 26, ?
54 54 54 47 49
A: 36 B: 31 C: 26 D: 38 E: 31

Question 47
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
30, 17, 363
15, 27, 348
29, 19, 374
20, 25, 365
28, 29, ?
A: 452 B: 447 C: 467 D: 457 E: 462

Question 48
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
27 39 51
189 273 357
1323 1911 ?
A: 2497 B: 2499 C: 2506 D: 2495 E: 2491

Question 49
Consider all the whole numbers between 116 and 348 including 116 and 348.
How many leave a remainder of 1 when divided by 9?
A: 26 B: 36 C: 25 D: 20 E: 30

Question 50
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?

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 16 19 13
35 48 32
83 115 ?
A: 72 B: 70 C: 90 D: 80 E: 84

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