Numerical Ability – Reasoning 2

22 Questions
Instructions: Answer as many questions as you can in 20 minutes. Circle the letter on the
right which corresponds to the correct answer. You can use a calculator.

Identify the missing number at the end of the series.

A B C D E
1) 3, 9, 15, 21, ? 30 27 25 28 29 A B C D E

A B C D E
2) 4, 13, 21, 28, ? 37 36 31 34 33 A B C D E

A B C D E
3) 798, 777, 756, 735, ? 712 711 720 710 714 A B C D E

A B C D E
4) 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, ? 23 29 27 25 28 A B C D E

A B C D E
5) 20, 16, 12.8, 10.24, ? 7.39 8.19 8.55 8.00 7.29 A B C D E

Identify the missing number within the series.

A B C D E
6) 16, 18, 21, ?, 30 27 28 22 25 26 A B C D E

A B C D E
7) 97, 94, ?, 79, 67, 52 88 86 70 81 82 A B C D E

A B C D E
8) 21, ?, 8, 5, 3, 2 12 14 13 17 11 A B C D E

A B C D E
9) ?, 125, 64, 27, 8, 1 298 200 175 216 210 A B C D E

A B C D E
10) 134, ?, 101, 89, 67 112 108 123 109 111 A B C D E

11) Identify the missing number.

7 12 12 17
22 17 ? 22

A B C D E
24 36 32 38 27 A B C D E

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12) Identify the missing number.

13 34 50 ?
91 62 25 100

A B C D E
25 75 34 91 62 A B C D E

13) Identify the missing number.

6 12 14 20
1 7 9 ?

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

14) Identify the missing number.

3 6 4 7
6 6 7 ?

A B C D E
11 9 8 6 4 A B C D E

15) Identify the missing number.

14 28 74 98 154
7 14 37 49 ?

A B C D E
76 59 77 80 88 A B C D E

16) Identify the missing number.

3 2 6 2 7
4 9 1 1 ?

A B C D E
12 9 5 8 7 A B C D E

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17) Anna drives to her sisters at an average speed of 60 mph and then drives home again
at an average speed of 30 mph, what is her average speed in mph for the whole trip?

A B C D E
50 40 45 48 37 A B C D E

18) A bank offers 4% per annum interest which is calculated and added at the end of the
year. Another bank offers 10% per annum which is also calculated and added every
year. What is the difference in dollars on a deposit of $1000 after two years?

A B C D E
128.40 12.80 126.10 26.10 124.80 A B C D E

19) Tom, Dick and Harry own stock in their company in the ratio 4:5:6. If the total value
of the stock is $45,000, What value of stock would Harry need to give Tom for all
three to own the stock equally?

A B C D E
$3,000 $4,000 $3,200 $3,500 $5,000 A B C D E

20) Anna and John both drive to their new home 600 miles away. Anna drives the family
car at an average speed of 65 mph. John drives the removal truck at an average speed
of 50 mph. During the trip, Anna stops for a total of 2 hours and 20 minutes, John
stops for 90 minutes. What is the difference in minutes between their arrival times?

A B C D E
91 131 129 116 15 A B C D E

21) A total of 600 copies of a CD were sold. 55% were sold at 45% discount, 20% were
sold at 25% discount and the remainder were sold at the full price of $9.95. What was
the approximate total revenue in dollars?

A B C D E
$4,662 $3,660 $3,866 $3,992 $4,192 A B C D E

22) In a survey, people were asked if the preferred butter, margarine or new Tastee low
fat spread. The ratio of people who preferred Tastee to margarine was 4:1. The ratio
of people who preferred butter to margarine was 7:1. What was the ratio of people
who preferred butter to those who preferred Tastee?

A B C D E
3:2 4:7 2:3 7:4 3:1 A B C D E

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Answers

1) B 11) E 21) E
2) D 12) A 22) D
3) E 13) E
4) C 14) B
5) B 15) C
6) D 16) C
7) A 17) B
8) C 18) A
9) D 19) A
10) C 20) D

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