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Table of Contents
Section 1 Compose an equation and solve. .............................................................................................. 3
Section 2. Diagram analysis. ..................................................................................................................13
Section 3. Situation analysis and making a decision. ..............................................................................39
Section 4. Table analysis and making a decision.....................................................................................57
Section 5. Spatial Reasoning. .................................................................................................................95
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Section 1 Compose an equation and solve.

1. A child's bus fare is cheaper than the adult fare but is more than half the adult fare. The total cost of a single
journey for an adult and two children is £1.20. Adult fares are all multiples of 10 p. What is the adult fare?
A. 30 p
B. 40 p
C. 50 p
D. 60 p
E. 70 p

2. Steven has a customized motorcycle that he is very proud of and shows regularly in competitions. It is very
important to him that his presentation is perfect and he likes to stop in front of the judges with both his tyre valves in
the same position. The front tyre is smaller than the rear to aid its handling. The circumference of the front wheel is
2m and the circumference of the rear wheel is 2.5m. Steven starts with both valves in the same position at the bottom
of each wheel. How far must he drive before the valves line up again at the bottom of each wheel?
A 2.0 m
B 2.5 m
C 4.5 m
D 10.0 m
E 12.5 m

3. Pierre and Marc are waiters. In one particular month, Pierre worked 30 sessions at the normal rate and 10
sessions at the overtime rate. Marc worked 20 sessions at the normal rate and 5 sessions at the overtime rate. At the
end of this month, Pierre earned 700 euros. Marc earned 425 euros. What is the overtime rate per session?
A 35 euros
B 30 euros
C 25 euros
D 20 euros
E 15 euros
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4. Inflation in Bolandia has been a steady 10% per year for many years. Evitan, a Bolandian citizen, bought his
car one year ago for 500 Bols. He now wants to trade in his car for an identical model. He can expect to receive 80%
of the current new value of his existing car. The price of new models has increased in line with inflation. How many
extra Bols will he have to pay for his new car?
A. 50
B. 55
C. 60
D. 100
E. 110

5. In a prize weight-lifting competition the winner receives $100 if he lifts 80kg. He then receives $10 for the
next 5 additional kg, $15 for the second, and the incremental prize money increases by a further $5 for each additional
unit of 5kg he successfully lifts. The winner of the competition lifts 110kg. How much prize money does he receive?
A $ 130
B $ 160
C $ 235
D $ 240
E $ 310

6. In the twenty-first century, many people aged over 65 are perfectly capable of working, and also are likely to
live longer than individuals did in previous times. If people work after age 65, there is more chance that they will be
financially self-sufficient when they do retire. Compulsory retirement ages have long been banned in the USA, and
we should get rid of them in the UK also. This would be good for individuals and for the country. We should ignore
those employers who complain that they would be unable to get rid of older and inefficient employees. After all,
those who are really incompetent to do a job can be dismissed on the grounds of merit, rather than of age. Which of
the following expresses the main conclusion of the above argument?
A. It is unfair to prevent people working after age 65.
B. People who are incompetent to do a job can be dismissed.
C. Raising the retirement age would be good for the country.
D. The UK should abolish compulsory retirement ages.
E. Those who work beyond age 65 can be financially self-sufficient.

7. Ionnais lives at the bottom of a very steep hill. Worse than that, the post office is at the top. Every Thursday
he must go there to collect his pension. He can only walk at 2 km per hour uphill but manages 4 km per hour
downhill. The round trip, excluding the wait at the post office, takes him 4½ hours. How far is it from his house to the
post office?
A. 3.00 km
B. 6.00 km
C. 6.75 km
D. 12.00 km
E. 13.50 km
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8. Hockey is an 11-a-side game, but a team may consist of up to 16 players, with unlimited substitutions
allowed throughout a match of 70 minutes duration.
Roger captains the Buccaneers hockey team. He has 16 players for today's match. He will play the whole match
himself, as will the goalkeeper. He intends to rotate all the others in such a way that each of them spends the same
total amount of time on the pitch. How much time should each player (except Roger and the goalkeeper) spend on the
pitch during today's match?
A. 39 3/8 minutes
B. 45 minutes
C. 46 2/3 minutes
D. 48 1/8 minutes
E. 55 minutes

9. A small restaurant is open for 45 weeks each year. It employs 6 people at total wages of £1200 per week (they
are not paid when the restaurant is closed). It is open for lunch on Monday to Friday and dinner on Tuesday to
Saturday and on average 20 people eat at each opening. The owners pay rental on the premises of £36 000 per year.
Other expenses (insurance, gas electricity, water, rates etc.) come to £9000 per year. The cost of buying food works
out at £5 per meal served. How much must the owner charge for each meal to cover expenses?
A. £ 10
B. £ 11
C. £ 16
D. £ 22
E. £ 27

10. A rainwater butt in Joan's garden fills from a flat roof of an equivalent area to 25 square metres. The butt
holds 200 litres and is full when Joan starts using it in the summer. During the gardening season, 160 litres falls on
each square metre of roof. Only half of this is collected as the rest evaporates. Joan uses 100 litres from the butt to top
up her garden pond each week for 25 weeks. If there is not enough water in the butt, she completes the job with mains
water which is rather expensive. During the summer months there is never enough rain to overfill the butt. How much
mains water would she expect to use in an average summer?
A. 0 litres
B. 300 litres
C. 500 litres
D. 2000 litres
E. 2300 litres

11. Splashford Swimming Pool charges £2 per session for adults and £1 for children. Also available is a Family
Swimcard. At a cost of £50, the Family Swimcard allows unlimited use of the pool for one year for 2 adults and up to
3 children. For larger families, every additional child must pay half the children's rate each time. Mr and Mrs Teal and
their 4 children are keen swimmers. They used their Swimcard when the family went swimming 40 times last year.
How much did the Swimcard save the Teal family last year?
A £ 50
B £ 190
C £ 230
D £ 250
E £ 270
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12. The ferry from Harport to Selmer is at sea for 1 hour 15 minutes and at its berth at either end for 30 minutes.
The hovercraft service between the same ports takes only 45 minutes and is berthed for 15 minutes before returning.
If both leave Harport at 08:00 what is the next time they will both be at the same port together?
A 09:45
B 12:45
C 14:45
D 15:00
E 18:00

13. When my father ran a pizza shop he sold pizzas for a fixed amount plus an amount proportional to the
ingredients used. A regular pizza uses twice the ingredients of a mini one and a large pizza twice those of a regular
one. Which one of the following price scales could he have used for mini, regular and large pizzas?
A £0.49, £1.00, £1.96
B £1.00, £2.00, £3.00
C £1.10, £2.20, £3.30
D £1.70, £2.00, £2.40
E £2.00, £3.00, £5.00

14. I have just joined a savings scheme. I will pay in £50 each month and at the end of each completeyear I will
be paid 5% interest on my average balance (i.e. the average of my starting and finishingamount) for the previous 12
months.
How much will I have in total when my interest has been paid at the end of the second year?(Answer to the
nearest £10.)
A £1230
B £1260
C £1290
D £1380
E £1990

15. Every Thursday, Marilyn spends 10 hours making 60 cakes to sell at her local market. The cost ofthe
ingredients to make each cake is £1.60 and Marilyn charges £6 an hour for her time. She usually sets the sale price
for a cake at 75% more than the total costs of making it. However, whenshe sells to her friends she gives them a
10% discount on the normal sale price. What do her friends have to pay for one of Marilyn's cakes?
A £3.42
B £4.10
C £4.29
D £4.55
E £4.88
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16. Mr Daley has bought some used carpeting for his new 24 m x 12 m car showroom. The carpet is in8 m x 4 m
rectangles which will be joined using a strip of double-sided tape along all seams. Additionally, double-sided tape
will be needed to stick the carpet around the edges of the showroom.
What is the minimum amount of tape he requires?
A 72 m
B 108 m
C 144 m
D 216 m
E 288 m

17.Central Avenue is a long straight road, several kilometres long. Both my home and my office are on Central
Avenue, and the diagram below shows their positions, together with two sets of traffic lights that lie in between.

Both sets of lights turn to green for Central Avenue traffic simultaneously, showing green forexactly two minutes,
turning green again exactly two minutes later.
I cycle to work every morning at a steady speed of 5 metres per second (except, of course,whilst waiting at traffic
lights).
What is the longest journey time I can expect the journey to work to take?
A 6 minutes
B 7 minutes
C 8 minutes
D 9 minutes
E 10 minutes

18. David has a new cycle computer but has not learned all the functions yet, so can only read thecumulative mileage
and average speed of all of the journeys since he fitted it. On his first journey using it he covered 15 km at an average
speed of 30 km/h. He can work out from thisthat the journey took him 15/30 hours or exactly 30 minutes. After the
second journey, his cumulative mileage was 24 km and overall average speed 32 km/h.
What was his average speed on the second journey?
A 18 km/h
B 31 km/
C 34 km/h
D 36 km/h
E 45 km/h
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19.A public telephone has been vandalised and will take only 50 pence coins and 10 pence coins. Awoman puts £8.50
into the phone to make a long-distance call with twenty-five coins. Five 10 pence coins are returned when she finishes
her call.
What combination of coins is retained by the machine?
A Twice as many 10s as 50s.
B One-and-a-half times as many 50s as 10s.
C The same number of 50s and 10s.
D Three times as many 50s as 10s.
E One-and-a-half times as many 10s as 50s.

20.A film star has agreed to sign autographs for £1 each at a charity function, all day from 9 am to6 pm. He claims to
sign his name consistently ten times every minute, but insists on having a ten-minute break after each full hour of
signing.
How much do the organisers hope that the autographs will raise?
A £4,500
B £4,600

C £4,700

D £4,800

E £5,400
21.The following is from a report on road accidents in Scotland in 1998:
A total of 13,828 car users were injured in road accidents, representing 62% of all casualties.Of these people, a total
of 2,386 were either fatally or seriously injured, 223 of whom died.
Roads in built-up areas accounted for a little over half of all car-user casualties (53%: 7,389 outof 13,828).
Presumably because average speeds are higher in non-built-up areas, they accounted for much higher percentages of
the total numbers of car users who were fatally injured (84%: 187 out of 223) or were fatally or seriously injured
(72%: 1,724 out of 2,386).
How many car users suffered serious, but not fatal, injuries in accidents on roads in Scotland innon-built-up areas in
1998?
A 1,537
B 1,724
C 2,199
D 6,439
E 7,389

22.A company is producing a one-page flysheet 24 cm high by 18 cm wide. It will have a text areain the centre
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which has a margin of the same width all the way around. The text must occupy exactly half of the total area:

text area

margin

What is the width of the margin?

A 3.00 cm
B 4.50 cm
C 5.25 cm
D 6.00 cm
E 12.00 cm

23.Bob, Eve, Nan, Pip and Viv took part in a 6-hour sponsored bowling marathon to raise moneyfor charity. They
were all sponsored per complete 100 points scored.
Bob was sponsored for a total of £63 per 100 points.Eve was sponsored for a total of £56 per 100 points.Nan was

sponsored for a total of £72 per 100 points.Pip was sponsored for a total of £54 per 100 points. Viv was sponsored for

a total of £68 per 100 points. During the 6-hour marathon: Pip scored 2,835 points. Eve scored 2,782 points.Bob

scored 2,407 points.Viv scored 2,293 points. Nan scored 2,169 points. Remarkably, four of them raised exactly the

same amount. Who raised a different amount tothe other four?

A Bob
B Eve
C Nan
D Pip
E Viv

24.Anna buys potatoes in the local market. She has noticed that the price on Saturday morning is5 p per kilo more
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than the normal weekday price. However, an hour before the stall closes on aSaturday afternoon, the price drops to
5 p per kilo below the weekday price. She spends £3.00 a week on potatoes. This will buy her 3 kilos less in weight
on a Saturday morning than on a weekday, but 5 kilos more in weight at the low Saturday afternoon price than on a
weekday.
What is the weekday price of potatoes per kilo?
A. 12 p
B. 15 p
C. 20 p
D. 25 p
E. 30 p

25.A café owner makes 50 mini pizzas and 50 flapjacks for sale during the day. The pizzas are sold for $2.00
each and the flapjacks are sold for $1.00 each. However, by the end of lunchtime there are 10 mini pizzas still
unsold and 15 flapjacks unsold, so the price of each ishalved for the afternoon. At the end of the day there are still
2 mini pizzas and 1 flapjack left which are given away free to the last customer. If the original 50 mini pizzas and
50 flapjacks had a combined production cost of $30.00, howmuch profit is made on the sale of the mini pizzas
and flapjacks for the day?

A. $100.00

B. $102.50

C. $115.00

D. $120.00

E. $130.00

26.Rosie needs to mow her lawn. She has just bought a new lawn mower, and believes she canmow at a rate of 2
m2 a minute. With her old mower, she could only mow the lawn at a rate of
1 m2 a minute. Her lawn is 10 m by 25 m. There is a patio in one corner which is 2 m by 3 m andwhich she does not
need to mow.
How much time does she save with her new lawn mower?
A. 122 minutes
B. 125 minutes
C. 128 minutes
D. 244 minutes
E. 250 minutes

27. There are 24 pupils in a class. They decided to help the local park by planting a total of 24 plants, a mixture
of birch trees and roses. Each girl planted three roses, and every three boysplanted one birch tree between them.
How many more boys than girls are there in the class?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 8
D. 12
E. 18

28.Jake has a 500 ml bottle of orange squash that he has made according to the instructions onthe bottle of
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concentrate. The instructions dictate that he should add 4 parts water to 1 part concentrate. He accidentally spills
his squash, and now there is only 400 ml in the bottle. He then tops up the remainder with concentrate.
What percentage of the squash in his 500 ml bottle is now concentrate?
A. 18%
B. 20%
C. 28%
D. 36%
E. 40%
29. Recently, packets of Amblers crisps have had ‘money-off’ coupons inside them. Some couponsare worth 9p, some
are worth 14p and some are worth 20p.George has been collecting these coupons. He has more 14p coupons than 9p
coupons, andmore 9p coupons than 20p coupons. The total value of all of his coupons is exactly £1.50.How many
coupons has George collected?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
E. 13
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Answers for section 1.

№
1 C
2 D
3 C
4 E
5 C
6 E
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 B
11 D
12 B
13 E
14 B
15 B
16 C
17 D
18 D
19 D
20 C
21 A
22 A
23 E
24 C
25 A
26 A
27 D
28 D
29 C
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Section 2. Diagram analysis.

1. The chart below shows the distribution of results this season for the Arlsea Strikers hockey team. They have
played 24 matches to date and lost none.

How many matches have they won?

A4
B6
C 14
D 16
E 18

2. Peter is having a large conservatory built at the back of his house. Below is a plan of the project, showing when
each part of the conservatory is to be built.

Each blocked square on the plan represents one man for one day. How many days labour will Peter have to pay for,
and what is the maximum number of workers on site at the same time?
A 48 and 3
B 48 and 4
C 58 and 3
D 58 and 4
E 58 and 6
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3. The petrol tank of Jenny's car holds 50 litres of petrol. A warning light comes on when only 5 litres are left. She
always fills it as soon as she can after the warning light comes on. The car travels 100km on 8 litres of petrol.
Last time she put petrol in, which she was able to do immediately after the light came on, she only had $6 with
her so she spent it all on fuel at 60c per litre. She then drove 50km and saw a new garage offering petrol at 50c
per litre - an offer too good to miss. She filled the tank completely and paid with her credit card. How much did it
cost?
A. $ 15.50
B. $ 17.50
C. $ 19.50
D. $ 22.50
E. $ 24.50

4. This is a map of the island of Metallica showing the eight main towns (labelled P - W) and the roads that connect
them, together with a chart giving the shortest distance (in km) by road between each pair of towns:

Which of the towns on the map is Nickel?

A. Q
B. R
C. S
D. T
E. W
F.
5. The graph below shows Northern Ireland house prices as a percentage of the UK average (1980=100%) for the
period 1980 to 1986.

Which one of the following pieces of information can be inferred from the graph above?
A. House prices in Northern Ireland fell by almost 30% in the period shown.
B. House prices in Northern Ireland rose in some years and fell in others.
C. Average house prices in the UK (outside Northern Ireland) have risen over the period shown.
D. In some years average prices in Northern Ireland rose compared to those in the UK as a whole.
E. House prices in Northern Ireland had peaked in 1980
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6. Oliver's first job is with Bubble Engineering Ltd. The company grants paid holidays each year on the following
basis:

Oliver has decided to leave Bubble Engineering on the tenth anniversary of his starting there. Part of his reason for
leaving is that he has never been able to take his full holiday entitlement: Holiday Record

Oliver knows the company always avoids adverse publicity by giving the full entitlement once employees give notice.
How many more days holiday will he get before he leaves?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35
E. 65

7. A woman has to get up for work at seven o'clock in the morning. She wakes up and looks over at her digital
clock. Unfortunately, the batteries are low and the figures on the display, showing hours and minutes, aren't
showing up properly. All she can see is the display below:

It is light outside, so she cannot be more than twelve hours late. What is the greatest amount of time that she could be
late waking up?
A. 1h 39min
B. 1h 59min
C. 2h 25min
D. 2h 35min
E. 2h 59min
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8. A taxi service advertises its rates for travel to the local airport as shown below:

Which one of the following bar graphs correctly illustrates how the cost per person decreases as more people get
together to share a taxi to the airport?

A. B.

C. D.

E.

9. The graph below shows Mr Evans' bank balance at the end of each month in a year

Which one of the following graphs could show the actual change in his bank balance each month?

A. B.
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C. D.

E.

10. Maggie is preparing 300 information packs so that she can respond to enquiries for her holiday cottages. Each
pack contains:
A basic information sheet - this is printed on A4 sized paper on both sides so that it may be folded to form 4 pages.
A sheet with prices on one side and a booking form on the other - two of these are printed on a sheet of A4 paper
which is then cut in two.
An A4 information sheet giving details of some local amenities - this is printed on one side only.
A single A4 sheet colour brochure printed on both sides - this is provided free by the local Angling Association.
The local printer charges 2p per side of A4 for reproduction.
How much will her 300 packs cost her?
A. £ 15
B. £ 24
C. £ 30
D. £ 36
E. £ 42

11. This is the draw for this year's end of season knockout trophy (and the results so far) competed for by sixteen
teams that take part in a quiz league:

Although teams are drawn against each other, all participating teams in each round answer the same set of 50
questions, worth 2 points each.
In the first round, each 'match' is won straightforwardly by the team with the higher number of points. This team
carries half of these points through to the next round; then in subsequent rounds winners carry through half of their
'new' points from the previous round. For example, the Amber Aardvarks carried 39 points through to their quarter-
final, then in the quarter-final itself they added 86, and so carried 43 through to their semi-final.
How many more points (at least) must the Indigo Iguanas score than the Orange Ocelots in the final to win the
trophy?
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A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12

12. All the telephone numbers in my village have six digits and begin with 58. I have accidentally torn up and thrown
away a piece of paper on which I had written the telephone number of a friend who lives nearby. The only piece I can
find is the scrap shown below:

How many different phone numbers in my village could be consistent with this extract?
A. 2
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
E. 22

13. To play a football pools game, participants must select four matches from the fifty on the coupon. Points are
scored depending on the result of each match as follows: If the home team wins, the participant scores 1.0 point If the
away team wins, the participant scores 1.5 points If the match is a draw, the participant scores 3.0 points Which of the
following total scores for the four matches is not possible?
A 8.5 points
B 9.0 points
C 9.5 points
D 10.0 points
E 10.5 points

14. To encourage themselves to lose weight, Alma, Brigit, Cara, Danni and Evelyn each put £10 into a pot. They
weighed themselves when they began and again at the end of each week. The one who had lost most weight after 4
weeks won the £50. The following chart shows their progress:

Who won the £50?

A Alma
B Brigit
C Cara
D Danni
E Evelyn
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15. Below is a list of the Angevin and Plantagenet kings of England and the dates of their reigns.

Which of the following bar charts represents a distribution of the lengths of the reigns of these kings?

A. B. C.

D. E.

16. A man drives off from his house and travels through the village at a constant speed. As he leaves the village
behind, his speed increases to a new constant value which he maintains until he reaches a steep hill which slows him
down. At the top of the hill the driver stops for a few minutes to admire the view. He realises that he has left his
picnic basket at home and so drives rapidly back along his route to collect it. Which one of the following graphs best
represents the driver's distance from home throughout his journey?

A. B.

C. D.
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E.
17. There are seven books on my shelf, which are of various sizes. When I look at them straight on I see the following
picture:

I now look at them from the left-hand end (in the direction of the arrow). Which one of the following diagrams is not
a possible view when seen from the left-hand end?

A. B. C.

D. E.
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18. The table below, from a newspaper, shows how much money ($) you will need at various points in the future to
buy items costing $1000 today, depending on the annual rate of inflation.

Raoul has just bought a new car for $10 000. He expects this car to last him 8 years, when he will buy another
equivalent model. He puts $10 000 into a bank account ready to pay for the next car. The price of cars rises with
inflation at 8% and his savings only earn interest of 6%. How much will he need to add to his savings when he needs
to buy his new car?
A $ 1612
B $ 2570
C $ 5338
D $ 5940
E $ 8510

19. As part of a journey, I must travel from Bowbridge to Downland. I can choose either the motorway (known
locally as 'the road to hell') or the old road known as Buttercup Way. On the motorway I average 60 mph, on the old
road I average 40 mph. I can change from one to the other at Clatterton where they cross.

The distances by the two roads are as follows:

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If I take the fastest route, what will be the time saving over the slowest route?
A 5 min
B 10 min
C 15 min
D 20 min
E 30 min

20. This table shows how household sizes in Great Britain changed between 1961 and 1991.

What was the change in the percentage of households with fewer than 3 people between 1971 and 1991?
A7
B8
C 10
D 11
E 17

21. University education is not a matter of forcing through the largest number of graduates at the lowest possible
short-term cost. This would not serve the needs of the current generation of students and, even from a narrow
economic viewpoint, it would not promote economic prosperity in the long term. It is often a poor economic practice
to skimp on the production costs of a product, even when you are only interested in the eventual monetary profit to be
made from it. But in any event university education has wider purposes than merely the promotion of economic
prosperity. Which of the following is an underlying assumption of the above argument?
A. The principal purpose of university education is to serve the needs of the present generation of students.
B. The principal purpose of university education is to promote the long term economic prosperity of the community.
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C. The more money the manufacturer spends on the production of a product, the greater the eventual profit is likely to
be.
D. Policies of cost-cutting are likely to reduce the extent to which the university education will achieve its overall
purpose.
E. Universities should be managed so as to make a monetary profit, but they should also promote certain non-
financial values

22. The following table shows the results of a test on smokers trying to quit. Of 240 people, half were given nicotine
tablets and half were given a placebo (a substance containing no medication).

The researchers assumed that: of the smokers given nicotine tablets, the same proportion would have quit without
using them as would have quit using the placebo. How many of the smokers that were given the nicotine tablets can
the researchers conclude had quit due to taking the tablets?
A 16
B 32
C 39
D 40
E 45

23. I am a member of a book club. Every month I must choose at least one book. All books are sold at a discount of
£2.00 on shop prices. I pay a fixed charge for postage regardless of which books I order. Which one of the following
graphs could show the relationship between the number of books ordered in a month and the total saving on shop
prices (allowing for postage charge)?

A. B.
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C. D.

E.

24.
WINTER

SPECTACULARAT

THE PLAYTIME
THEATRE

From: Saturday 7th

DecemberTo: Saturday

28th December

Performances nightly at 7 pm

(Sun–Fri)(Saturdays at 5.30 pm

and 8.30 pm) Matinees Weds,

Thurs and Sat at 2 pmTickets

from £8
How many times will the Winter Spectacular
(Theatre closedbe25th
performed at the Playtime Theatre during its run?
December)
A. 31
B. 34
C. 35
D. 36
E. 38
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25. The table below shows the percentage of adults, grouped by age and socio-economic group, withno natural
teeth.

Age group

25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75+

Professionals, employers and managers 1 3 10 22 48 71
Intermediate 1 4 14 34 53 71
Skilled manual 2 7 23 48 66 82
Semi-skilled and unskilled manual 3 14 34 58 71 87

Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the table above?
A. Most people have lost their natural teeth by the age of 55.
B. Professional people tend to keep their natural teeth longer than semi-skilled and unskilledmanual workers.
C. Manual work is bad for your teeth.
D. People without natural teeth tend not to be employed as managers.
E. There are over three times as many 45–54 year-old manual workers with no teeth asprofessionals.

26. The graph below shows the additional financial value of repeated applications of fertiliser applied tocrops in a
field for a year. For example, two applications gives £2,000 more value to the crop thanone application.

If each application of fertiliser costs £1,000, how many applications should be made to maximisethe farmer's profit?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
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27.There is a half-hourly train service that operates along the Rowbina Valley, between Erd and Teovil.Leaving Erd at
10 and 40 minutes past each hour, trains stop at Aregon, Lowley, Ergen, Uble and Gidion before arriving at Teovil 51
minutes after departure from Erd. In the opposite direction, trains leave Teovil at 20 and 50 minutes past each hour,
arriving at Erd 51 minutes later.

The trains normally average a speed of 60 km/h, but this rises to 80 km/h if they are running late.They stop for three
minutes at each station en route, but this is reduced to two minutes when running late.
Yesterday the 10.20 am train from Teovil arrived at Uble on time, but because of a technical fault, remained at Uble for
22 minutes. There were no further delays.
How many minutes late was yesterday's 10.20 am train from Teovil when it arrived at Erd?
A. 5 mins
B. 8 mins
C. 10 mins
D. 13 mins
E. 15 mins

28. The bar chart shows the amount of money in the savings accounts of three friends at the start of the year.
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Since then, they have all spent the same amount of money from their accounts and the amountin Belinda's account
has halved.
Which one of the following pie charts could represent the amounts of money in the accountsnow?

A B

C D

29. Acting on government advice, schools in England now provide only semi-skimmed milk to pupils. This
assumes that all children are similarly at risk of becoming obese and ignores thebenefits full-fat milk may bring
to many children, including vegetarians and those who are underweight. It is another example of the Government
interfering unhelpfully in the way peoplelive their lives.
Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the above argument?
A. The Government assumes that all children are equally likely to become obese.
B. There are benefits in some children being given full-fat milk.
C. The advice is an example of unhelpful interference by the Government.
D. Not all children should be given semi-skimmed milk at school.
E. The Government's advice about milk will have a negative effect on health.
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30. Amy is researching her family history. She has two parents and four grandparents. However,she discovers
that, among her great grandparents, two sisters from one family married two brothers from another.
How many great-great grandparents has she?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14
E. 16
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31. The cost of entry to the Victoria and David Museum is as follows:Adults £7

Children £4 Senior Citizens £5

This chart shows the breakdown of yesterday's total takings of £679 by age group.

Which one of the following pie charts shows the number of visitors in each age group that paidto enter the museum
yesterday?

A B

C D

E
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32. The maths sets at Newtown Comprehensive are identified by their teacher's name. Every yearthe Head of
Maths gives the same test to all the maths sets at the end of year 7, calculates theaverage mark for each set and then
produces the results on a bar chart in ascending order. Heis asked to present the graphs for the last five years to the
Board of Governors. Unfortunately,when they were cut and pasted onto one sheet by the Clerk to the Governors, the
years were missed off.

The results for last year were as follows:

Set 7BR 7EV 7LE 7MO 7RA 7SP

Av. mark 57 36 82 20 71 49

Which one of these five graphs shows last year's results?

A B

C D

E
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33.Deliveries of containers for a fast-food takeaway are made only four times per year, at the beginning of January,
April, July and October. Last year the takeaway over-ordered containersand currently has 2,000 left. The number of
containers used per month varies, but is no more than 3,000 and no fewer than 1,000. The maximum number that
can be delivered at one time is 6,000. The usage for last year is illustrated below.

Assuming the same usage this year, how many containers need to be delivered each quarter(in January, April, July
and October) in order for over-ordering to be minimised?
A. 5,000 in January, 6,000 in April, 5,000 in July, 6,000 in October
B. 6,000 in January, 7,000 in April, 5,000 in July, 6,000 in October
C. 4,000 in January, 7,000 in April, 5,000 in July, 6,000 in October
D. 6,000 in January, 6,000 in April, 6,000 in July, 6,000 in October
E. 4,000 in January, 6,000 in April, 6,000 in July, 6,000 in October

34.An unusual dartboard is used in a playground game:

24

30 11

18 21

In order to win the big prize, contestants must score exactly 50 with three darts, all of whichmust be in different
sectors.
Which number must they hit with one of the three darts in order to score 50?
A. 8
B. 11
C. 18
D. 21
E. 24
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35.The floor of the reception area of the head office of Stott and Walsh is tiled as shown below:

Which one of these tiles could not be used to replace a damaged tile on this floor?

A B C

D E
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36. The following ingredient and nutrition information (rounded to the nearest 0.1 g or 1 kcal)appears on a 300 g packet
of oatcakes.
Each oatcake provides:
energy 53 kcal
fat 2.2 g
saturated fat 0.6 g
salt 0.2 g
sugars 0.3 g

Ingredients: oatmeal (77%), vegetable oils, wheat flour, sugar, salt, raising agent: sodiumhydrogen carbonate.
Typical values per 100 g: energy 1792 kJ, 427 kcal; protein 10.7 g; carbohydrate 56.45 g ofwhich sugars 2.4 g,
starch 53.7 g; fat 17.6 g of which saturates 5.0 g, mono-unsaturates 7.9 g,polyunsaturates 4.5 g; fibre 8.9 g; salt 1.4 g
of which sodium 0.6 g.
How many oatcakes are there in a packet?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 21
D. 24
E. 27

37. The table below shows the numbers of pupils and teachers in all UK schools in 2003:

pupils (thousands) teachers (thousands)

England North 2,418 132
England Midlands 1,613 88
England East 900 50
England London 1,173 66
England South 2,160 121
Wales 497 26
Scotland 893 59
Northern Ireland 341 21

Which region had the lowest ratio of pupils per teacher?

A. England Midlands
B. England South
C. Wales
D. Scotland
E. Northern Ireland
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38.The diagram below shows the method of construction of a book with four folded sheets in each block, and three
blocks in total. Page one is the first page of the first block of four sheets. At the centre of each block, you can see the
stitching that binds the book together.

A book is to be made using the same technique but with eight sheets of paper in each of thethree blocks.

Which of the following pairs of pages could be in the centre of a block (that is, if opened there,the stitching would
be visible)?
A. 46 and 47
B. 47 and 48
C. 48 and 49
D. 63 and 64
E. 64 and 65

41. Below is a greyscale image of the flag of Canada. The flag consists of two red strips on the leftand the
right, a white square in the middle, and a red maple leaf in the centre.

1 2 1

[diagram not to scale]

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The width of the white square is twice as large as the width of a red strip. The red maple leafoccupies a quarter
of the square in the middle.
What is the ratio of red to white in the flag?
A. 1 : 1
B. 2 : 1
C. 3 : 2
D. 5 : 3
E. 5 : 4

42.The bar chart shows the total numbers of tickets sold for a concert over three nights.

number of tickets sold

350
300
250 StandardPremium

200
150
100
50
0

Thursday Friday Saturday

Premium tickets are more expensive than Standard tickets.Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. The highest total sales income was for Thursday.

B. The highest total sales income was for Friday.

C. The highest total sales income could have been for Thursday or Friday.

D. The highest total sales income could have been for Thursday or Saturday.

E. The highest total sales income could have been for Friday or Saturday.
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43.Peter has drawn two diagrams showing information about the two cars owned by his parents:

max. speed
market price
car 2 car 2

car 1 car 1

age size

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A. The more expensive car is newer.
B. The cheaper car is bigger.
C. The older car is slower.
D. The newer car is bigger.
E. The slower car is smaller.

44. Alex and Sue are playing a game with a set of nine cards, numbered from 1 to 9. A 3 × 3 grid ofcards is dealt onto
the table. The cards for the next round have just been dealt and are as shown below.

5 1 8

3 6 2

9 7 4

The first player chooses two cards and scores the difference between the two numbers. The second player then chooses
two cards from the seven that are left and scores the average ofthe two numbers. The highest score wins the round. Both
players must choose cards that areeither horizontally or vertically next to each other in the grid.
For this round of the game Alex has to decide whether to play first or second. She wants to make sure that she wins the
round. If she has more than one possible winning move then shewants to achieve the highest score possible.
What should Alex choose to do?
A. play first and choose the 1 and 8
B. play first and choose the 3 and 9
C. play first and choose the 6 and 7
D. play first and choose the 7 and 9
E. play second
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46. The Head of Year 6 is planning an end-of-term treat for her students. The pie chart represents thenumbers of votes
cast by the children for each of the five possible outings.

steam train
excursion
theme park

adventure
playground

museum

farm

Which one of the following rows (A–E) could show the actual number of votes cast by the childrenfor each of the
options?

steam train adventure farm museum theme park total

excursion playground

A 35 45 30 15 55 180

B 24 28 20 16 32 120

C 45 55 20 15 65 200

D 22 28 15 15 40 120

E 32 36 20 14 48 150
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№
1 E
2 D
3 C
4 D
5 D
6 B
7 E
8 D
9 D
10 B
11 A
12 D
13 C
14 E
15 E
16 D
17 C
18 B
19 C
20 D
21 D
22 B
23 C
24 B
25 B
26 C
27 C
28 D
29 C
30 C
31 B
32 E
33 A
34 C
35 B
36 D
37 D
38 C 44 E
39 B 45 C
40 C 46 E
41 D
42 E
43 B
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Section 3. Situation analysis and making a decision.

1. I have so many four digit code numbers to remember that I cannot keep them all in my head. The banks say you
should not write down your Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) for cash and credit cards and keep them in a
wallet with the cards. So I can find out what the numbers are, I have devised a code which should be complicated
enough to confuse any thief who steals my wallet. I code all the numbers using 1=A, 2=B up to 9=I, 0=J. Then I write
the coded numbers down backwards so 1234 is written DCBA. Finally at the end of each coded number I add an extra
letter between A and J to say what that particular code is of: C is for credit card; F is for phone card; B is for bicycle
lock combination; E is for my Eastern Bank card and D is for my Denton Building Society card.
My list looks as follows:
ADGEF
CJDBE
BGFAC
GJACD
DFGCB
What is my bicycle lock combination?
A 4673
B 5741
C 7613
D 4356
E 3764

2. The roads on Bolandia all run either north - south or east - west and are laid out on a 5km grid. Ahmed and Wayne
are delivery drivers. One morning, Ahmed starts at Abbeytown and drives 5km west then 15km south to reach
Barneyville. He then drives 5km east to Carloston. Wayne started at Barneyville, drove 5km south to Denburgh then
10km east and 15km north to Easterby. Ahmed then rings Wayne to arrange to meet for lunch.
If one of them stays where he is, what is the minimum distance the other must drive to meet him?
A 10 km
B 15 km
C 25 km
D 30 km
E 35 km

3. A long-running play in London's West End is performed every evening except Sunday. In addition, there are matinee
performances every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. What is the maximum number of performances that can be
given during a calendar month of 31 days?
A 36
B 38
C 39
D 41
E 42
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4. I am resurfacing my driveway using bricks in the pattern shown below. The visible part of the brick measures 10cm
by 20cm. To achieve a rectangular shape, part of some of the bricks must be cut off. The part which is cut off can be
used elsewhere on the drive. The diagram shows that eight bricks would be required to cover an area 40cm by 40cm:

What is the minimum number of bricks needed to resurface a rectangular drive measuring 550cm by 400cm?
A 1080 bricks
B 1100 bricks
C 1120 bricks
D 1127 bricks
E 1128 bricks
5. A netball tournament is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the teams are divided into equal groups within
which each team plays every other team once. In the second stage, the winners of each group take part in a knockout
competition which starts with four quarter finals. Which of the following could be the number of teams starting the
tournament?
A8
B 20
C 44
D 50
E 72
6. A piece of ribbon 8m long is folded in half so the two ends are on top of each other. This doubled 4m length is then
folded in half again. The folded, 2m length of ribbon is then cut right through at its midway point. How many cut
pieces are there and what are their lengths?
A 8 pieces of ribbon each 1m long.
B 6 pieces of ribbon, 2 of 2m long and 4 of 1m long.
C 5 pieces of ribbon, 3 of 2m long and 2 of 1m long.
D 4 pieces of ribbon each 2m long.
E 3 pieces of ribbon one 4m long and 2 of 2m long.
7. Peter needs to separate his sheep into 16 square pens. Each side of a pen is formed by a free-standing barrier known
as a hurdle. Each pen must be individually accessible on at least one side so that sheep can be penned or released
without a risk of the others escaping. What is the smallest number of hurdles that Peter must take out to the fields in
order to accomplish his task?
A 40
B 42
C 48
D 49
E 64
8. A small mail order company sends out three sizes of parcel in about equal numbers which require postages of 24c,
30c and 72c. They stock stamps in denominations of 6c and 30c and use the minimum number of stamps on each
parcel. What proportion of the two denominations of stamps should the company buy?
A 1 x 6c for every 4 x 30c
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B 1 x 6c for every 1 x 30c
C 2 x 6c for every 1 x 30c
D 5 x 6c for every 1 x 30c
E 11 x 6c for every 2 x 30c

9. 100 pellets of chicken food will feed one large chicken and two small chickens for a day. 175 pellets of food will feed
two large and three small chickens for a day. Which of the following statements is not true?
A A small chicken can be fed for longer than a day with 30 pellets of food.
B 70 pellets of food are sufficient to feed a large chicken for a day.
C A large chicken needs twice as many pellets as a small chicken.
D Two large and four small chickens will need 200 pellets of food for a day.
E Three large and ten small chickens will need 450 pellets of food for a day.

10. A boy is given $1.00 by his grandparents to buy sweets. He decides to spend at least half his money on gobstoppers at
5c each, at least a quarter of his money on fruit chews at 3c each and at least one tenth of his money on pieces of
bubble gum at 2c each. He will decide how to spend the rest of the money when he gets to the shop. What is the
possible range of number of pieces of bubble gum he can buy?
A. From 5 to 9
B. From 5 to 11
C. From 5 to 13
D. From 6 to 12
E. From 10 to 22

11. The diagram shows three pulleys driven by belts. Pulley A and the small, inner pulley at B are 1 m across, the outer
pulley at B is 2 m across and pulley C is 4 m across.

Pulley A rotates at a rate of 8 complete turns every second. If the belts do not slip, then how many complete turns
every second will pulley C make?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
E. 64

12. Julie lives in London. She has three daughters; April, who lives in New York (where the local time is 5 hours behind
London), May, who lives in Vancouver (8 hours behind London), and June, who lives in Tokyo ( 9 hours ahead of
London). They all communicate with each other regularly. Last week April received a text message from May that
said "call me on Wednesday at 23.30 your time." Unfortunately, the message had been sent to April by mistake and
was intended for June. How much later than expected did May's phone eventually ring?
A. 12 hours
B. 13 hours
C. 14 hours
D. 17 hours
E. 22 hours
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13. In a particular year the month of January (which has 31 days) contains five Fridays. Which one of the following could
NOT be true?
A. The first Friday in the month occurs before the 4th.
B. The 1st of January is a Wednesday.
C. There are only 4 Tuesdays.
D. There are also 5 Sundays.
E. The 31st of January is a Monday.

14. To take part in the National Lottery, entrants must select six different numbers between 1 and 49 inclusive. My
mother asked me to buy a National Lottery ticket for her. "Choose any six numbers you like," she said, "but make
sure that each one is a multiple of 3, or contains a 3, or 6 or 9." How many numbers can I choose from?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 22
D. 25
E. 31

15. Starting from its depot in town X, a delivery lorry is to make deliveries to three towns A, B and C, in any order which
the driver chooses and finally to return to X. Straight roads connect each town to every other town. Depending on the
layout of the towns, which of the following could NOT be the shortest journey for him to take?
A. XAXBCBX
B. XACBX
C. XAXBCX
D. XBABXCX
E. XABCBAX

16. Acme Haulage pays dividends to its shareholders every six months. Better Ball Bearings pays its shareholders every
eight months and Koffmore Chemists pays every eighteen months.
In January 1990 all three companies paid me a dividend.
In what month and year did this next happen?
A. July 1991
B. January 1992
C. July 1995
D January 1996
E January 2002

17. A woman has to get up for work at seven o'clock in the morning. She wakes up and looks over at her digital clock.
Unfortunately, the batteries are low and the figures on the display, showing hours and minutes, aren't showing up
properly. All she can see is the display below:

It is light outside, so she cannot be more than twelve hours late. What is the greatest amount of time that she could be
late waking up?
A 1h 39min
B 1h 59min
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C 2h 25min
D 2h 35min
E 2h 59min

18. The Richter Scale is used to measure the strength of earthquakes. It has the property that an increase of one unit on
the scale represents a tenfold increase in the strength of the quake. Three earthquakes have the following values on
the Richter Scale:
X : 2.0
Y : 3.0
Z : 4.0
Which one of the following statements about their relative strengths is true?
A X is one-tenth the strength of Y and one-twentieth the strength of Z.
B X is one-tenth the strength of Y and one-hundredth the strength of Z.
C X is one-tenth the strength of Y and one-thousandth the strength of Z.
D Z is twice as strong as X and Y is one-and-a-half times as strong as X.
E Z is one-tenth stronger than Y which is one-tenth stronger than X.

19. I have been asked to move 120 boxes weighing 25kg each and 90 boxes weighing 20kg each from the ground floor to
the fifth floor of the office block in which I work. Unfortunately, nobody is available to give me any help.
There is a sign in the lift which reads:

I weigh 80kg.
What is the minimum number of journeys I will have to make from the ground floor to the fifth floor?
A 10
B 12
C 13
D 15
E 16

20. A secretary is in a bad mood with her boss and has to write three letters intended for three different people. She
makes sure that each of the recipients of the letters will receive one written to someone else.
In how many different ways can she send three different letters to achieve this?
A1
B2
C3
D5
E6
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21. Fred, Joe and Bill do plumbing, electrics and plastering respectively and work together on certain building jobs. They
will each take on any job involving all three types of work, sub-contract to the others where necessary and sort out
any payments at the end of the month.
At the end of March, Bill has done £300 of work for Fred and £200 of work for Joe. Joe has done £100 of work for
Fred and £250 of work for Bill. Fred has done £150 of work for Joe and £200 of work for Bill.
Which of the following will settle their accounts?
A Bill and Joe each pay Fred £25.
B Fred pays Bill £50.
C Fred and Joe each pay Bill £75.
D Bill pays Fred and Joe £100 each.
E Joe pays Bill £150 and Fred £50.

22. A survey claimed that in 1990 40% of the adult British population smoked. It claimed further that in 1991, after an
anti-smoking campaign, only 30% of the adult British population smoked. It reported a 10% fall in the number of
smokers. However, the campaign organisers, in their advertising, reported a 25% fall in the number of smokers.
The campaign organisers' advertisement reflects:
A the change in the number of smokers expressed as a percentage of the population in 1990.
B the change in the number of smokers expressed as a percentage of the population in 1991.
C the change in the number of smokers expressed as a percentage of smokers in 1990.
D the change in the number of smokers expressed as a percentage of smokers in 1991.
E the change in the size of the population expressed as a percentage of the population in 1990.

23. The coffee machine in our office offers a choice of regular or decaffeinated coffee; black or with one of three sorts of
milk (full, semi-skimmed, skimmed); and, for those who want sweetening, either one or two spoonfuls of sugar or
one or two non-sugar sweetening tablets.
How many different kinds of coffee can be made?
A 11
B 24
C 32
D 40
E 48

24. My local park has a network of paths linking various locations, as shown below. The stars on the map represent five
of the park's landmarks: the fountain, lake, bandstand, statue and bowling green.

When I walk round the park, I often vary my routes and I do not always take the shortest route from one place to
another. I have noticed that when I go from the statue to the fountain, I always pass the bandstand, but that going
from the lake to the bowling green, I never pass the fountain unless I pass the bandstand twice.
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How many of the stars on the diagram can be identified from the given information?
A0
B1
C2
D3
E5

25. Dates may be written in an eight digit form. For instance, 19 January 2005 may be written 19-01-2005. In what year
will the next date occur for which all eight digits are different?
A 2013
B 2134
C 2145
D 2345
E 2456

26. I often order items from a mail order catalogue. The charges for postage and packing (to be added to the order value)
are as follows: Order value: less than £25.00 - £4.50 £25.00 to £49.99 - £8.50 £50.00 to £74.99 - £12.00 £75.00 to
£99.99 - £15.00 £100.00 and over - £17.50 Just before sending off my latest order, I noticed that the current catalogue
offers half price postage and packing for orders of 8 or more items. My order was for 7 items, with an order value of
£74.60. I could not find anything else I wanted, so I just added the cheapest item in the catalogue (priced at £1.25) to
my order. By how much did adding the extra item to my order reduce the total cost?
A £3.25
B £4.50
C £4.75
D £5.75
E £6.25

27. John wishes to have 500 copies of a brochure printed and is offered a choice of two price structures: 1. An equal
cost for each brochure printed, regardless of number. 2. An initial fixed cost followed by a lower cost than structure 1
for each brochure. Which one of the following sets of information would be sufficient for him to be able to decide
which of the two price structures would be least expensive?
A. The number of brochures for which the total bill would be the same by both structure 1 and structure 2.
B. An example showing the cost of 500 brochures for structure 1 and 200 brochures using structure 2.
C. The cost per brochure using structure 1 and the initial cost using structure 2.
D. An example showing the cost of 200 brochures using structure 1 and 200 brochures using structure 2.
E. The cost of 1 brochure using structure 1 and 2 brochures using structure 2.
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28. A group of Construction students must choose their specialist options from the following list: Bricklaying, Damp-
proofing, Drainage, Flooring, Joinery, Plastering, Roofing Each student must choose three options. The available
options may be combined with each other in any way, with the exception of the restrictions that Damp-proofing and
Drainage together may not be combined with Bricklaying or Plastering because of timetable constraints, and that
students choosing Joinery must also choose Flooring. How many possible combinations including Drainage could the
students choose from?
A7
B8
C9
D 10
E 11

29. Mr Daley has bought some used carpeting for his new 24 m x 12 m car showroom. The carpet is in8 m x 4 m
rectangles which will be joined using a strip of double-sided tape along all seams. Additionally, double-sided tape
will be needed to stick the carpet around the edges of the showroom.
What is the minimum amount of tape he requires?

A 72 m
B 108 m
C 144 m
D 216 m
E 288 m

30. On only 360 occasions during the twentieth century was it possible to write the date in the form
DD/MM/YYYY using eight different digits. One example was 28th July 1956 (28/07/1956).
Eleven of Arthur's birthdays have been such dates (though not his date of birth), and in 1974 and1983 the two digits
that did not form part of the date made up his age at the time.
In which year was Arthur born?
A 1909
B 1916
C 1918
D 1936
E 1938

31. I stopped in a town called Akeland to ask the way to Eksberg. The only sense I could get from alocal was as
follows:
Akeland is east of Benford. Eksberg is north of Cranton.Ducton is south of Akeland.Cranton is west of Ducton.

Assuming that 'east' means, as near as it matters, 'due east', which one of the following can besaid with certainty?

A. I need to go due west.

B. I need to go to the west, but it may be north-west or south-west.
C. I need to go north-west.
D. I need to go to the north, but it may also be a bit west.
E. I need to go south-west.
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32. In recent years there has been a great deal of media attention focused on the private lives of politicians and world
leaders, with particular attention paid to their personal relationships. There are those who suggest that this attention is
unwarranted because only their professional abilities are important to their political role. This attitude fails to consider
that the public have little insight into the day-to-day lives of world leaders and, indeed, few points of reference.
Personal lives offer common ground. In democratic states leaders are elected based on how the public perceive them,
and private lives can offer an insight into an individual's values. The personal aspects of a politician's life should
continue to be reported if the electorate find it important.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the above argument?
A. All those in the public eye are subjected to media attention.
B. Some politicians have high profile affairs.
C. Attention on their private lives can cause leaders to lose their focus.
D. Many of the public are very interested in the family lives of sports personalities.
E. Most politicians claim to be respectable and honest in all aspects of their lives.

33. A popular option at the Pizza Parlour is the 'Plus Two' pizza, which is a basic cheese and tomatopizza plus a choice
of any two different additional toppings from the following list:
Tuna Ham Chicken Onion Mushroom SweetcornThis gives 15 variations, which can be calculated as follows:

Each of the six additional toppings can be combined with one of the other five to create 30 pairs,but this counts each
pair twice, e.g. tuna and ham; ham and tuna.
Which of the following does not give a result of 15?
A. The total number of matches when six teams play each other once.
B. The total number of handshakes when six people shake hands with each other.
C. The total number of crackers needed for six children to pull a cracker with each of the others.
D. The total number of partnerships possible when two people are chosen from a shortlist of sixto represent their
society in a debate.
E. The total number of cards sent when six friends send each other Christmas cards

34. An acre of land planted with sugar beet produces 550 gallons of ethanol from the sugar by fermentation. A car
converted to run on E75 (a 75% ethanol, 25% petrol mixture) can do 40 miles per gallon.
If you drive 20,000 miles per year, how many acres of sugar beet will be needed to produce the ethanol you need?
A. (20000/40 x 25/100)/550 = 0.23
B. (20000/40 x 75/100)/550 = 0.68
C. (20000/40 x 100/75)/550 = 1.21
D. (40/20000 x 100/75) x 550 = 1.47
E. (20000/40 x 100/25)/550 = 3.63
35. In the past 15 years the government has poured millions of pounds into promoting sport to try to increase adult
participation. The results show no lasting effect. A survey showed that unless children 'catch the sport habit' between
the ages of seven and fourteen years they are unlikely toparticipate in sport as an adult, and that the sports they adopt
as children are likely to be the sports they play as adults. Schools need and should be given money to give children an
interest in sport. Spending money trying to persuade adults to take up sport is like locking the stable door after the
horse has bolted.
Which one of the following best expresses the conclusion of the argument in the passageabove?
A. If people do not gain an interest in sport when they are young they never will.
B. The government has wasted millions of pounds promoting sport to adults.
C. The government should give funds to schools to help children catch the sport habit.
D. Schools need more time in the curriculum to promote sport.
E. The sports children adopt will determine what they play as adults.
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36. There was a 17 per cent decline in public library use in the UK between 1993 and 2003 according to a report by
CABE (The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment). They suggest this is not due to a lack of public
interest in reading books. Rather it is the authoritarian style and image of libraries with their rules about silence and
fines for late returns of books. Those few libraries that have moved away from this image such as the one in
Bournemouth, which provide cafes and 'chill-out' zones, have seen a 40 per cent increase in library use. Therefore it is
clear that the future of the function of the UK library service will be more assured if all libraries follow this lead.
Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the above argument?
A. The decline in public library use has not occurred in other European countries.
B. The main users of public libraries are school children looking for reference books.
C. Bookshops have experienced an increase in sales since 1993.
D. The use of computers in libraries has increased over the same period.
E. Few people who use new-style libraries use them to borrow books.

37. A hotel offers its guests a dinner allowance of £28.50 per night. A guest wishes to spend up to her allowance on a
three course meal without overspending.
Here is the menu:
STARTER PRICE (£)
Soup of the day 5.00
Prawn cocktail 6.50
Smoked salmon 6.10
Duck confit salad 6.95

MAIN COURSE
Sirloin steak 8 ozs. 14.90

Gammon steak 12.50

Rainbow trout 16.10
Duck a l'orange 15.15
Vegetarian risotto 12.75

DESSERT
Cheese and biscuits 6.10
Cheesecake 5.60
Apple pie and cream 5.30
Lemon sorbet 5.20
Profiteroles 6.20
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What is the largest sum she can spend without exceeding the limit?
A £28.05

B £28.30

C £28.35

D £28.40

E £28.45

38. The number of crimes carried out by girls has increased significantly. The rise in offences suchas criminal damage,
public disorder, robbery and minor assaults by girls under 18 are all seen as linked to a rise in alcohol consumption.
So the greater availability of alcohol is contributing to rising crime levels among young girls.
Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the above argument?
A. Greater alcohol consumption is associated with crime in males as well as females.
B. Girls who commit offences are now more likely to be prosecuted for them.
C. The greater availability of alcohol affects all age groups.
D. Offences of violence and disorder were traditionally associated with males.
E. Girls under 18 are drinking to much higher levels than in previous years.

39. There are 420 candidates sitting a public exam in a college. The sports hall can accommodate210 students; once
this has been filled there are other rooms available that are much smaller.The following is a list of the number of
single desks that have been set up in each room:

26, 20, 24, 28, 24, 20, 24, 16, 20, 18, 26.
The rooms have sufficient space for all the candidates who are not in the sports hall. Theexams officer wants to
leave the same number of empty desks in each of these rooms.
What procedure should the exams officer adopt to work out how many students to have in eachroom?
A. Divide the total number of candidates by the total number of workspaces in each roomand take that number away
from the capacity of each of the rooms.
B. Add up the total capacity of the rooms, subtract that number from the total number of candidates, divide the result
by the total number of rooms and then subtract that numberfrom the capacity of each room.
C. Add up the total capacity of the rooms, subtract the total number of candidates from thatfigure, divide the result by
the total number of rooms and subtract that number from the capacity of each room.
D. Divide the total capacity by the number of students and then take that number away fromthe capacity of each room.
E. Add up the total capacity of the rooms and divide by the total number of candidates.
Multiply the result by the total number of rooms, which gives the number of students toplace in each room.

40. I stayed in a hotel last night. My room was at the front of the building. At one point I looked out ofthe window and
saw:

on an illuminated digital clock on the other side of the road. I took the opportunity to reset mywatch, which had stopped
sometime earlier.
This morning, when I looked out, I realised that what I could see across the road was a reflection in the building
opposite of a clock outside the hotel. According to my watch (which I now knew I had reset incorrectly last night)
the time was supposedly nine minutes past ten.
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What did I see across the road when I looked out this morning?
A B

C D

41. I have booked a flight from London to Auckland, which is in a time zone 12 hours ahead ofGMT. I am due to
leave London at 17:30 GMT on 19 August and will arrive in Auckland at 06:15 on 21 August (local time). My
journey includes a 1-hour stop in Los Angeles and a 1.5-hour stop in Hawaii.
How many hours am I due to spend in the air?
A. 12¾
B. 22¼
C. 23¼
D. 24¾
E. 34¼

42. Last night I took part in a quiz night, and my team won first prize.The quiz consisted of three rounds: Round 1
was 20 easy questions worth 1 point each; Round 2 was 20 medium questions worth 2 points each;Round 3 was
20 hard questions worth 5 points each. Our winning score was 138 points, having answered just nine questions
incorrectly. The runners-up were annoyed because they had fewer incorrect answers, but fortunately for us
(although a little embarrassing) we had more incorrect answers in Round 1 (the easy questions) than in either of
the other two rounds. How many questions did we answer incorrectly in Round 1?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8

43. A picture 40 cm high by 30 cm wide is to be framed. There will be a mount between the edge ofthe picture and the
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frame. This mount will be 6 cm wide at the top and sides, and 9 cm wide at the bottom. The width of the wood
used for the frame is 2 cm.
What is the overall height of the framed picture?
A. 46 cm
B. 49 cm
C. 56 cm
D. 59 cm
E. 62 cm

44. Tasty Crisps are currently running a promotion in which there is one money-off coupon insideevery packet.
Some coupons are worth 19p, some are worth 12p and others are worth 7p.
My friend tells me that he has at least one of each value and his seven coupons have a totalvalue of exactly £1.
How many of my friend’s coupons are worth 19p?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

45. I am planning to repaint the walls and the ceiling of my dining room. The room has the shape ofa rectangular box
and is 8 m long, 4 m wide and 3 m high. I do not need to paint the door and the three windows, the combined surface
2 2
area of which is 10 m . Paint is sold in 8-litre tins and 1 litre of paint is sufficient for a surface area of 12 m .

How many tins of paint do I need to buy?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 6

D. 8

E. 17

46. There are two ways of scoring points in a ball game: a ‘major’ scores 5 points and a ‘minor’
scores 3 points.
In a match played yesterday, the Reds beat the Blues 77–52 despite the fact that the Blues scored exactly twice
as many majors as minors, whilst the Reds scored exactly half as manymajors as minors.
How many majors were scored altogether in yesterday’s match?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 21
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47. Instructions were given to shade 5 particular squares on a grid of 16 squares. One studentshaded in the squares as
instructed, but the other four got exactly 1 square wrong.

Which one of the five grids below shows the correct shading?

A B C

D E

48. Most railway stations have digital clocks that display the time in 24-hour format. I recently undertook a train
journey from Exeter to Aberdeen. As the train left Exeter, the clock on theplatform showed:

I lost track of time as I read a book and then dozed. I eventually became aware of the traincoming to rest and
the guard announcing ‘Carlisle’.
I opened my eyes, and found that I could only see the top of the platform clock (because of thehoarding in the way)
as follows:

Approximately what time was it, to the nearest hour, when the train stopped at Carlisle?
A. 1 o’clock
B. 2 o’clock
C. 3 o’clock
D. 4 o’clock
E. 5 o’clock
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49. Five girls are collecting shells on a beach. They are putting them in buckets that each hold 24 shells. At the end of
the collecting time, they are going to ensure that they all have the same number of shells. Four of them are only
two short of filling their bucket, but the youngest one islagging behind with her total. Each of the others give her
three shells from their buckets in order to equalise the numbers collected.
How many shells did the youngest girl collect for herself?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 10
D. 12
E. 19

50. I have a digital clock that works in 24-hour format (that is, after 23:59, it goes to 00:00). Thepatterns for each
number are made up of segments, as shown below:

What is the maximum number of segments that can be displayed at once, while still showing avalid time?
A. 20
B. 23
C. 24
D. 26
E. 28

51. In the main draw of a lottery, six of the balls (which are numbered from 1 to 49) are selected at random, then the
numbers chosen are rearranged and displayed in ascending numerical order.
For instance: 3 17 20 29 34 45
In one draw recently, I noticed that the six numbers were made up of a total of ten digits, all different. The
lowest number on this occasion was 1 and the highest number was 49, so the range of the six numbers was 48,
the greatest possible range for the lottery main draw.
What is the smallest possible range when the six numbers in the main draw of the lottery havea total of ten digits,
all different?
A. 21
B. 23
C. 27
D. 31
E. 32
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52. A car journey begins with a 15 km drive at an average speed of 60 km / hour, then 5 hours onthe motorway,
including two 15-minute rest stops, travelling at an average driving speed of
80 km / hour, and finally a 20 km drive at an average speed of 40 km / hour from the motorway tothe destination.
If the destination is reached at 12:00 midday, at what time did the journey begin?
A. 5:18 am
B. 5:25 am
C. 5:45 am
D. 6:15 am
E. 6:45 am

53. When riding my bike in the dark, I use two rear bike lamps. Both of the lamps are in ‘flashing mode’, which
means that they repeatedly emit light for a set period of time at set intervals. Thereasons for using two lights are
that it reduces the amount of time when neither of the lamps emit light, and that if one of the lamps stops
working, other road users can still see me on the road. One of the lamps shines for one second and goes dark for
one second repeatedly; the other lamp shines for two seconds and goes dark for two seconds repeatedly. I always
turn both lamps on simultaneously at the start of my ride. For how many seconds in each minute do neither of the
lamps shine when they are in use?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 20
E. 30

54. Three friends are training to run a marathon. Part of this training involves running steadily round a track in the
local park. They are all at different stages in their training schedules so they run at different speeds. Alec
completes each lap in 3 minutes, Barry takes 5 minutes andColin takes 6 minutes. They all leave the start line at
the same time. If they each maintain their running speed throughout the session, how many more laps will Alec
have completed compared to Barry when the three of them next cross the start line together?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 10
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55. .A digital display consists of seven segments which light up in different combinations to producedigits. For
example, to display the digit ‘1’ the two right-hand segments light up as shown:

The display is used to show, in sequence, each of the digits 1 to 9.

What is the maximum and minimum number of times that any one segment lights up during thissequence?
maximum minimum

A 7 4

B 7 5

C 8 3

D 8 5

E 9 4

56. The single ferry to Pepper Island starts each day from mainland Seatown and crosses to the island port of
Kaysville. It runs back and forth from 9:30 am to 4:10 pm on Saturdays, Sundaysand Bank Holidays, and from
10:30 am to 2:20 pm from Monday to Friday.

MAY
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

highlighted days = Bank Holidays

Each crossing takes 50 minutes. Between crossings, there is a 10-minute stopover for cleaningand refuelling. This is
extended to 20 minutes on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays to allow for the increased cleaning requirements.
What is the maximum number of crossings the ferry can make in May?
A. 140
B. 144
C. 154
D. 166
E. 186
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№
1 E
2 B
3 D
4 B
5 E
6 C
7 B
8 C
9 E
10 B
11 A
12 C
13 E
14 E
15 C
16 D
17 E
18 B
19 D
20 B
21 B
22 C
23 D
24 C
25 D
26 A
27 A
28 C 45 A
29 C 46 C
30 D 47 E
31 B 48 C
32 E 49 B
33 E 50 D
34 B 51 E
35 C 52 D
36 C 53 C
37 D 54 B
38 B 55 C
39 C 56 B
40 E
41 B
42 B
43 D
44 C
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Section 4. Table analysis and making a decision.

1. The table below shows the unemployment rate and percent change in industrial production over the last year for
several countries.

Which country has had a larger percentage increase in industrial production and greater fall in the percentage
unemployed than the UK over the last year?
A. Belgium
B. Canada
C. France
D. Italy
E. USA

2. Below is part of an itinerary for flying from London to Kampala. It involves changing flights at Dubai with a wait
of 5 hours 15 minutes. All times are local times. Dubai is 4 hours ahead of London and Kampala is 1 hour behind
Dubai.
DEPART LONDON (HEATHROW) 22:30 FRI 30.01.04
DEPART DUBAI 14:30 SAT 31.01.04
ARRIVE KAMPALA (ENTEBE) 20:45 SAT 31.01.04
What is the total time spent in the air?
A. 12 hrs 30 mins
B. 14 hrs 00 mins
C. 15 hrs 00 mins
D. 17 hrs 00 mins
E. 19 hrs 15 mins
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3. Every year the 12 local teams that compete for the Tipley and District Tiddlywinks Trophy are split into two
leagues for the purpose of eliminating four of the teams, and sorting out the pairings for the knockout stage of the
competition. The table below shows how this is done (QF is Quarter Final).

This year's league stage has just been completed, with the following results.

Despite having finished 3rd in their league, the reigning champions, The Goats are still confident of reaching the
final.
If The Goats are successful, what are the alternatives as to their prospective opponents in the final?

A. The Scorpions or The Fish or The Bearers or The Rams.

B. The Archers or The Bulls or The Rams or The Fish.
C. The Scorpions or The Archers or The Bearers or The Bulls.
D. The Scorpions or The Archers or The Scales or The Rams.
E. The Scorpions or The Twins or The Bearers or The Bulls.
4. The table below shows the expenses by month for a given household.

In which month were the energy costs highest?

A. January
B. February
C. April
D. May
E. July

5. The effect of shortening degree courses at universities from three years to two would be that students would
have two-thirds as much time to think about their subject. The result would be graduates whose understanding
of their subject was shallower and whose intellectual development was much less extended. Any measure that
leads to a lowering of the quality of graduates should be resisted by universities. Which one of the following
conclusions can reliably be drawn from the above passage?
A. University graduates at present have an in-depth understanding of their subject.
B. Universities should oppose the shortening of degree courses to two years.
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C. Universities are not proposing to reduce the length of degree courses to two years.
D. Students should oppose moves by universities to shorten degree courses.
E. Universities should adopt more rigorous standards for the award of degrees.

6. Telephone network operators offer customers a choice of tariffs, with the tariff broken into two parts: (a) a
fixed monthly rental charge regardless of use, and (b) a charge per minute of call time used. The table below
shows the tariffs offered by five companies; all figures are given in £. I am considering taking a contract with one
of these and estimate that I will use 100 minutes of call-time each month.

Which company should I use to receive the lowest telephone bill?

A. Activering
B. Bellaphone
C. Canconnect
D. Dialfast
E. Engaged

7. My friend's grandmother went on an overseas trip last year visiting several countries. When he visited her this
summer she claimed she had not been able to buy him a gift as every country she visited was having a public
holiday while she was there. He was very suspicious and consulted his diary to find out whether this was
possible. International Public Holidays:

What was the longest time she could have been away?
A. 2 days
B. 3 days
C. 4 days
D. 5 days
E. 6 days

8. The rowing machine in our gym has a display that tells the user how much work they have done. The display
shows the following information:
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Today I have used the machine three times, each time as part of a circuit of training using several machines in the
gym. During my third session, I re-set the counter after rowing 500 m.

How many calories did I use up on the rowing machine?

A. 155
B. 190
C. 205
D. 206
E. 260

9. When Mrs Brown looks out of her back room window, a bungalow 7m high and 30m beyond her garden fence is
just obscured by a shrub in her hedge which is 1.6m high. She wants to choose a tree to plant beside the shrub
which, when fully grown, will have the same effect on a small block of flats 20m high beside the bungalow.
However, she does not want it to be much bigger than necessary or it will block out her light. The characteristics
of some trees are shown below:

Which of the trees above would be her best choice?

A. Copper Beech
B. Hawthorn
C. Holly
D. Hornbeam
E. Mountain Ash
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10. Oliver's first job is with Bubble Engineering Ltd. The company grants paid holidays each year on the following
basis:

Oliver has decided to leave Bubble Engineering on the tenth anniversary of his starting there. Part of his reason for
leaving is that he has never been able to take his full holiday entitlement: Holiday Record

Oliver knows the company always avoids adverse publicity by giving the full entitlement once employees give
notice. How many more days holiday will he get before he leaves?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35
E. 65

11. Sue and Ben are buying some kitchen goods at a shop which is having a sale. The terms of the sale are as
follows:

The marked prices of the goods they have chosen come to £96.
How much less would they actually spend, to the nearest £1, if they chose extra goods to the value of £6?
A£2
B£6
C £ 10
D £ 13
E £ 16
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12.

At the end of the quarterly charging period to which the above bill relates, the householder changed her electricity
consumption pattern. In the next quarter she roughly halved her standard consumption and increased her off-peak
consumption by about ten times. What approximate total bill should she expect for the next charging period?
A £ 90
B £ 120
C £ 150
D £ 170
E £ 200
13.

Which one of the following conclusions is best supported by the data given above?
A Young people are likely to be more tolerant of smoking than their parents.
B Young people tend to underestimate their parents' disapproval of their smoking.
C More than half of young people's parents are tolerant of smoking.
D Smoking in a young person can lead to a deterioration in relations with their parents.
E Parents are unlikely to express strong disapproval of their children's habits.
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14. It is 12 noon and I have just arrived in the centre of town for a meeting that is due to last for at least three and a
half hours.
After this meeting, I have an important appointment at 6.00pm which requires me to leave before 5.30pm.
There are 5 car parks in the town centre that charge as follows:

In which car park should I leave my car in order to pay as little as possible in parking fees?
A. Grove Street
B. Victoria Square
C. Central Park
D. Bonningtons
E. Grange Road

15. Anne is a researcher working for an insurance company which has decided to send out a safety awareness
mailshot to its customers during the month which costs it most in claims. She examines the average accident statistics
bearing in mind that an accident categorised as a write-off costs 10 times more than one categorised as serious which,
in turn, costs 10 times more than one categorised as slight.

In which month does Anne conclude the mailshot should be made?

A January
B March
C June
D October
E November
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16. Rachel intends to buy some toiletries for her five brothers as a present. She thinks that Rex would like aftershave,
Tom talc, Magnus body spray and the twins, James and Henry, would like shower gel. They all have a liking for
"Jasmine" brand. Her budget is a maximum of £10.00 and if she can spend less so much the better. She finds that the
items are available in combination packs as well as individually. Prices are:

What is the least amount of money Rachel must spend?

A £7.48
B £8.46
C £8.47
D £8.97
E £9.95

17. The fuel consumption of Ted's new car is given in the manufacturer's data sheet as follows:

The cost of fuel is 80c per litre. Ted's journey to work consists of 20km on country roads normally at 90km/h, 40km
on motorway at 110km/h and 20km in town at 50km/h. How much does his drive to work cost him?
A $4.16
B $4.24
C $4.26
D $4.40
E $5.30

18. Jars of Bestcaff coffee weighing 200g are normally £2.50 at Kostless and Savemore, but both supermarkets have a
special offer this week:

By how much per kilogram is Kostless's offer better value for money than Savemore's?
A £1.50 per kg
B £4.00 per kg
C £7.00 per kg
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D £8.50 per kg
E £16.00 per kg

19. The table shows the areas of the countries of the European Union

What is the minimum number of countries needed to make up at least 50% of the total land area?
A5
B6
C7
D 11
E 22
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20. The following table shows the results of a test on smokers trying to quit. Of 240 people, half were given nicotine
tablets and half were given a placebo (a substance containing no medication).

The researchers assumed that: of the smokers given nicotine tablets, the same proportion would have quit without
using them as would have quit using the placebo. How many of the smokers that were given the nicotine tablets can
the researchers conclude had quit due to taking the tablets?
A 16
B 32
C 39
D 40
E 45

21. All the teams in a local football league have now played each other once this season. Below is the current league
table:

What was the result of the match between United and County?
A United 0 County 0
B United 1 County 0
C United 0 County 1
D United 1 County 1
E United 2 County 1
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22. At Marland College, all 120 pupils in year 11 take two languages at GCSE. The table below shows the numbers
of pupils taking each language combination.

What percentage of those taking Spanish are also taking French? (Give your answer to the nearest 1% if necessary).
A 12%
B 23%
C 35%
D 39%
E 54%

23. Megan pays a subscription to Probe Information Services. This is an internet service which allows her to access
up-to-date information relevant to her job. The leaflet which came with her application form is reproduced below.

Megan's call charges are at local rates of 10c for up to 2 minutes and 5c per additional minute or part of a minute. In
the first month, Megan seeks detailed information on 5 companies and uses the other services a total of 42 times.
How much will Probe bill her?
A $ 5.00
B $ 6.70
C $ 7.50
D $ 9.95
E $ 11.65
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24. In order to qualify for a bonus, employees must fulfil certain criteria:

Absences less than 5%

£1,000 bonus Production target exceeded by at least 10%
Rejects are less than 5% of output
Absences less than 10%
£500 bonus Production targets met
Rejects are less than 8% of output
Workers performed as follows:

Smith Jones Patel Owololu McKay

Attendance (%) 95 90 100 96 97

Over production target (%) +5 +6 +12 0 -4
Product accepted (%) 98 96 95 93 96

Who qualifies for a bonus?

A. Nobody
B. Smith
C. Patel and Smith
D. Owololu, Patel and Smith
E. Jones, Owololu, Patel and Smith

25. Thomas needs to book a place to sit a test next week, but is free only in the mornings. The test centre runs the
test every day from Monday to Friday and holds a morning and an afternoon sitting.Each sitting has a total of 100
places available and will take place in the main hall unless there are 30 or fewer candidates, in which case a smaller
room is used. He does not like to take tests in crowded places, so he wants to make sure that he is in the main hall
and will try to be with the smallest number of other candidates possible. The number of places that are still
available are shown in the table below.

Day Spaces available a.m. Spaces available p.m.

Monday 75 67
Tuesday 48 47
Wednesday 57 2
Thursday 39 10
Friday 63 46
On which day should he choose to sit the test?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
E. Friday
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26. The following table gives information about five different car models.

Engine capacity(litres)
Fuel tank capacity(litres)Maximum fuel economy(miles
Model per litre)
Clipper 1.5 60 12
Ghia 2.0 70 11
Sedan 2.5 75 10
Estate 3.0 80 8

Saloon 4.0 82 5
Which of these models will travel furthest on one full tank of petrol under optimum conditions?
A. Clipper
B. Ghia
C. Sedan
D. Estate
E. Saloon

27. The table below shows the percentage of adults, grouped by age and socio-economic group, withno natural teeth.

Age group

25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75+

Professionals, employers and managers 1 3 10 22 48 71
Intermediate 1 4 14 34 53 71
Skilled manual 2 7 23 48 66 82
Semi-skilled and unskilled manual 3 14 34 58 71 87

Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the table above?
A. Most people have lost their natural teeth by the age of 55.
B. Professional people tend to keep their natural teeth longer than semi-skilled and unskilledmanual workers.
C. Manual work is bad for your teeth.
D. People without natural teeth tend not to be employed as managers.
E. There are over three times as many 45–54 year-old manual workers with no teeth asprofessionals.

28. The United States Postal Service has an online guide to help people using their postal service. This is an extract:
First Class Mail
First class mail must be used for handwritten or personal correspondence.
First Class Mail Rates – single piece rates
First 30 grams Letter size mail $0.44
Each additional 30 grams or part thereof $0.17 up to 360 grams
First 30 grams Parcel $1.22
Each additional 30 grams or part thereof $0.17
Standard Postcard $0.28
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Letters: 30 cm long, 16 cm wide, 1 cm thick, maximum weight 360 grams. (Any item largerthan this must be
sent as a parcel).
Parcels: Dimensions cannot exceed 1250 cm.
I want to send two items through the post using first class mail. One is 50 cm long, 25 cm wide, 10 cm thick and
weighs 300 grams. The other is 20 cm long, 12 cm wide, 0.20 cm thickand weighs 110 grams.
How much will it cost me to send the items?
A $2.92

B $3.53

C $3.70

D $4.04

E $4.48

29. David is planning a holiday for himself and his wife. He has a budget of £2,000 but wishes toretain about £600 for
spending money. Below is a table showing different holiday possibilities.

Return flight Ferry andtrain Car hire andfuel Hotel

accommodation
Moscow £300 perperson £250 perperson N/A £120 per night for2 only

Cyprus £195 perperson N/A N/A £42.50 per personper night

Barcelona £215 perperson £210 perperson N/A £370 per week perperson

Paris £80 perperson £78 perperson N/A £180 per night perroom
for 2
Scotland N/A N/A £40 per day£80 per night for 2only

Rome £110 perperson £220 perperson N/A £120 per night for 2only

Which one of the following holiday possibilities leaves him with as near to £600 as possible?
A. Ten nights in Moscow, travelling by ferry and train.
B. Twelve nights in Cyprus.
C. Twelve days and nights in Scotland.
D. Twelve nights in Rome travelling by plane.
E. Seven nights in Paris travelling by plane.
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30. The table below shows the energy values for the main foods used by volunteer wardens at awild bird reserve to
prepare a variety of feed mixes.
Energy per 100 g
Food (calories)
mealworms 150
peanuts 560
apples 350
oats 370
niger seed 480
cheese 400
sunflower seeds 500
raisins 300
sunflower hearts 600
suet 800
A trainee volunteer has been asked to prepare a sample of a special mix to provide exactly 5,000 calories. He has
weighed out the first four ingredients but cannot read the required massof the final ingredient because of an ink blot.
This is what has been weighed out so far:
mealworms 150 g, apple 150 g, raisins 250 g, suet 125 g
What mass of sunflower seeds must be used to successfully complete the task?
A. 500 g
B. 520 g
C. 540 g
D. 560 g
E. 680 g

31. Elsie has six grandchildren. Their birthdays are as follows:

Ryan 19th February

Rebecca 3rd May
Richard 30th May
Ralph 7th September
Ruth 17th November
Robert 16th December

Remarkably, in non-leap years the boys' birthdays are on the 50th, 150th, 250th and 350th daysof the year, whilst the
girls' birthdays are on the 123rd and 321st days, and all six are on different days of the week.
Which other grandchild's birthday is on the same day of the week as Ryan's in a leap year?
A. Ralph
B. Rebecca
C. Richard
D. Robert
E. Ruth
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32. Chris is an actor and recently feels he has become overweight. He aims to lose at least 7.5 lbsover the next 10
weeks. He decides he is able to walk the following number of miles over each of the next ten weeks:

Mondays – 5 miles Wednesdays – 5

milesSaturdays – 8 miles Sundays – 8

miles

The table below shows calories burned per mile by walking at various speeds.

What is the slowest speed he needs to walk at to lose at least 7.5 lbs if he starts at 180 Ibs?
A. 2.5 mph
B. 3.0 mph
C. 4.0 mph
D. 4.5 mph
E. 5.0 mph
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33. My current membership of the squash club is about to expire and so I wish to renew it. The options available to
me are given in the table below and have not changed since I joined as a new member six months ago (a change in
membership type counts as a renewal, not a newmember).

Membership Length Extras New Renewal

type member (£) price (£)
Bronze 1 year none 10 8
6 months free locker 25 18
Silver 1 year free locker 45 28
free locker
6 months 40 32
free competition entry
Gold
free locker
1 year 75 52
free competition entry

I am currently a Gold member, but I do not want to enter competitions any more as I play only once a month. I do
need a locker when I visit and the normal cost to hire a locker is £2 per visit. Iwant to choose a membership that will
give me the smallest possible total cost for a full year. What will be the difference between the amount that I will pay
now and the amount I paid sixmonths ago?
A. I will pay £32 less.
B. I will pay £30 less.
C. I will pay £12 less.
D. I will pay £8 less.
E. I will pay £5 more

34. The table shows the number of children in the town of Lancester aged 11 and 16 who playvarious sports after
school.

Sport 11-year-olds 16-year-olds

Football 120 181
Cricket 120 133
Hockey 55 66
Swimming 104 150
Tennis 123 149
Squash 51 97

In which sport was the proportion of 11-year-old to 16-year-old children nearest to that forswimming?
A. Football
B. Cricket
C. Hockey
D. Tennis
E. Squash
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35. The table below shows the mean maximum daily temperature for Oxford for each year from 1905 to 1920 along
with a moving 5-year average (the value shown beside 1920 is the averagefrom 1916 to 1920 inclusive). Three
values are missing from the table.

Year Mean maximum

5-year movingaverage
daily
temperature
1905 13.4 13.40
1906 14.4 13.56
1907 13.4 13.60
1908 13.7 13.66
1909 x y
1910 13.3 z
1911 14.9 13.66
1912 13.7 13.72
1913 14.2 13.82
1914 14.7 14.16
1915 13.6 14.22
1916 13.3 13.90
1917 12.8 13.72
1918 13.8 13.64
1919 13.0 13.30
1920 13.8 13.34

What value should be in the position marked 'y'?

A. 13.30
B. 13.64
C. 13.58
D. 13.66
E. 13.72
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36. William wants to cook roast beef and potatoes for himself and four friends. From his cookbookhe gets the
following information:

BEEF Medium oven Hot oven

Rare --- 10 minutes per 500 g

Medium rare 20 minutes per 500 g plus 20 mins 15 minutes per 500 g plus 15 minutes

Well done 30 minutes per 500 g plus 30 minutes ---

Allow 300 g per person.

After removing from the oven, the meat should be allowed to stand for 10 minutes.

ROAST POTATOES Medium oven Hot oven

40 minutes 30 minutes

William buys a joint of the correct weight and decides to cook it medium rare in a hot oven.
How long after putting the beef in the oven should he put in the potatoes, so that both will beready to serve at the
same time?
A. 25 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 31 minutes
D. 40 minutes
E. 50 minutes
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37. A teacher is going to award a prize to her most deserving pupil in the current school year. She has narrowed it
down to five students and must make her final judgements. She won't give theprize to anyone who has been late to
her lessons more than twice. She won't give it to anyone who has failed to complete more than two pieces of
homework by the deadline set. After thesecriteria have been met, the prize will be awarded to the student with the
fewest non-A-grade pieces of work.

No. of No. of No. of Homeworks

Year lessons times late homeworksset completed by Homeworks
Pupil
group missed for lesson deadline with grade A

Andrew 8 4 1 60 56 58

Carole 11 2 2 56 56 53

Edward 9 6 2 59 56 58

Grace 10 6 3 58 57 56

Ian 11 10 2 54 53 52

Which student will be awarded the prize?

A. Andrew
B. Carole
C. Edward
D. Grace
E. Ian

38. A market research company conducted a survey into the relative popularity of two soft drinkswith the following
results (all figures are percentages):

Age 5-15 Age 15-25 Age 25-35 Age over 35

Prefer Drink A 28 38 32 24

Prefer Drink B 20 31 33 19

No preference 33 12 22 34

Don't know 19 19 13 23
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The same number of people were surveyed in each age group.
Which one of the following conclusions can be justifiably drawn from the results?
A Drink A is consistently more popular than Drink B.
B There were more people with a preference for Drink B than with no preference.
C More people in the age group 5-15 expressed a preference than did not.
D Fewer people had a preference than those who did not.
E More than 20% of people did not know which they preferred.

39. My monthly electricity bill is calculated as a standing charge plus an amount per unit used. At the beginning of one
month my electricity company decided to change the tariff by reducing thestanding charge and increasing the cost
per unit. This was intended to help customers who use less electricity.
The table below shows my consumption and monthly charges for the whole year.

Month Units used Charge (£) Month Units used Charge (£)

Jan 125 42.50 Jul 60 36.00

Feb 150 45.00 Aug 70 37.00

Mar 130 43.00 Sep 80 36.00

Apr 110 41.00 Oct 100 40.00

May 95 39.50 Nov 110 42.00

June 75 37.50 Dec 130 46.00

At the beginning of which month was the tariff changed?
A February
B April
C August
D September
E December
40. A survey has shown the following relationships between parental occupation, type of school andeducational
success at GCSE level:
Parental occupation Average no. of GCSEs at Grade C or above
Professional 7.3
Managerial 7.2
Routine office work 6.1
Skilled manual 3.3
Semi-skilled manual 2.4
Unskilled manual 1.6
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Type of school Average no. of GCSEs at Grade C or above

Independent (i.e. private) 7.2
Specialist maintained schools 7.0
Local authority comprehensive 4.3
Local authority girls 4.4
Local authority boys 3.8
Which one of the following can be inferred from these tables?
A All children of managerial-class parents attend independent schools.
B The majority of children whose parents are office workers attend independent schools.
C School type is more important than parental occupation in determining educationalsuccess.
D The parental background of children in independent schools is more restricted than that ofchildren in
comprehensive schools.
E Factors other than type of school attended may be important in determining educationalsuccess.

41. Steve and Jen are getting married and would like to have their reception in a marquee. There willbe 80 people
attending in total and they would like to have the most expensive tables and chairs
– eight people will sit at each table. The capacity for a marquee can be worked out using the industry standard of
allowing 3 m2 per person. Price lists from the hire company they will useare given below:

Complete
Size (m) Size (ft) Marquee Carpet Lighting Lining
Package
6x3 20 x 10 £150 £45 £25 £80 £300
6x6 20 x 20 £200 £60 £35 £95 £390
6x9 20 x 30 £235 £85 £55 £115 £490
6 x 12 20 x 40 £280 £95 £45 £120 £540
6 x 15 20 x 50 £380 £125 £80 £155 £740
6 x 18 20 x 60 £440 £145 £90 £185 £860
9x3 30 x 10 £175 £65 £45 £95 £380
9x6 30 x 20 £235 £85 £55 £115 £490
9x9 30 x 30 £320 £105 £65 £135 £625
9 x 12 30 x 40 £380 £125 £75 £155 £735
9 x 15 30 x 50 £440 £145 £80 £185 £850
9 x 18 30 x 60 £520 £165 £90 £230 £1,005
9 x 21 30 x 70 £590 £185 £100 £260 £1,135
9 x 24 30 x 80 £680 £205 £110 £280 £1,275
9 x 27 30 x 90 £730 £225 £120 £310 £1,385
9 x 30 30 x 100 £810 £245 £130 £380 £1,565
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Item Cost
Bistro chair £1.30
Gilt chair £2.40
Trestle table (seats 6) £4.00
Round table (seats 8) £6.00
Patio table (seats 4) £4.00
What is the lowest total cost of a complete marquee package plus tables and chairs for Steveand Jen's reception?
A £982

B £1,385

C £1,529

D £1,637

E £1,817

42. Nowadays many people in the UK work out their own income tax bills. Everyone has a personalallowance which is
the amount of money they can earn each tax year before they start paying tax. Income above the personal
allowance is taxed in bands. The UK tax bands and personal allowances for four tax years are shown below. The
tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April the following year.

Mary is 52 and her husband is 58. Her only earnings each year are from a summer job.Between 6 April 2000 and 5
April 2001 she earned £5,585.
How much tax did she pay?
A None

B £120

C £125

D £152

E £1,200
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43. The graph below shows the cumulative rainfall for Malvern Wells in the UK for 2010.

What, approximately, was the average monthly rainfall from the beginning of June to the end
of September?
A 30 mm/month
B 40 mm/month
C 48 mm/month
D 57 mm/month
E 100 mm/month

44. Anton wants to ride one of the top 8 roller coasters in the world to celebrate his 13th birthday. The top 8 roller
coasters are spread around the world. Anton has to decide which roller coaster to visit, taking into consideration:
- Anton's height: 143 cm
- $400 maximum for two one-way flights
- The roller coaster must reach at least 90mph
- Queue time is no longer than 40 minutes
Roller coaster Min height Speed Highest Flight cost Average queue
location requirement (cm) (mph) drop (ft) (one way) ($) time (mins)
Ring Racer,
140 135 123 688 13
Rheinland-Pfalz

Dodonpa,
Yamanashi 121 107 170 400 25

Goliath,
California 155 85 235 267 50

Superman,
California 122 100 415 267 33

Intimidator 305,
Virginia 145 90 305 188 24

Top Thrill Dragster,

Ohio 150 120 420 99 27

Voyage,
Indiana 138 67 154 102 10

Kingda Ka,
New Jersey 122 128 456 56 39
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Which roller coaster will Anton choose to ride?

A Intimidator 305
B Dodonpa
C Kingda Ka
D Superman
E Voyage

45. As a treat for my sixth birthday I am going swimming with my family next Saturday afternoon. My mum is a
nurse and my dad is unemployed. My sister is three years younger than me and my brother is two years older but
they will both enjoy the treat too. Grandma is coming but shewill watch rather than swim. Grandpa loves
swimming even though he is nearly 72 years old, so he will be in the pool enjoying the swim.
The charges at the local swimming centre are shown below:

Peak Off-Peak
Admission for: Times Times
Adult £3.80 £2.90
Unemployed Adult £2.10 £1.50
Child/Senior Citizen (over 65 years) £1.90 £1.50
Family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) £9.50 £7.10
*Concession family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) £4.80 £3.60
Family ticket (1 adult and 2 children) £5.70 £4.30
*Concession family ticket (1 adult and 2 children) £3.60 £2.85
Spectators £0.70 £0.50
Under 4s free free
*Adults must be Unemployed or Senior CitizensOff-peak –
Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm Peak – all other times and
school holidays
What is the lowest price that we could pay for our tickets?
A £7.00
B £9.10
C £9.30
D £12.10
E £12.30
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46. I need to buy new printer paper for my fax machine. The paper comes in rolls. My machineneeds paper 210 mm
wide and will take a roll up to 25.4 mm in diameter.

I do not really care how long the paper in the roll is and will buy rolls in bulk if they are cheaper.I will just buy the
most economical paper to use. I cannot, however, afford to spend more than
£30.00.
The prices in the catalogue are as follows:

Single rolls Packs of 6 rolls

Width Length Diameter RRP Price Saving RRP Price Saving

(mm) (m) (mm)

216 100 25.4 £12.84 £7.99 38% £77.04 £39.54 49%

210 25 12.7 £4.16 £2.49 40% £24.96 £13.14 47%

210 100 25.4 £12.13 £7.49 38% £72.78 £38.10 48%

210 100 50.8 £12.24 £7.59 38% £73.44 £38.94 47%

210 50 25.4 £6.62 £4.19 37% £39.72 £20.94 47%

(RRP=Recommended Retail Price) How much will the

transaction cost me?

A £2.49
B £4.16
C £7.49
D £20.94
E £24.96

47. Mike wants to buy a second-hand car that offers the lowest depreciation per mile. He is not worried about the
model. His family insist that the car has 4 or 5 doors and an engine of at least
1.6 litres so that it can tow a caravan. Mike plans to keep the car until it has covered 100 000miles and then sell it for
£1,000. He scans the following price list from his local garage:
Make Model Engine Mileage Price

Ford Escort 3 door 1.6 litre 70 000 £2,500

Rover 214 SLi 3 door 1.4 litre 30 000 £4,500

Rover 414 Si 4 door 1.4 litre 40 000 £4,500
VW Golf CL 3 door 1.6 litre 95 000 £1,200

Rover 820 4 door 1.6 litre 30 000 £7,000

Vauxhall Vectra 3 door 1.8 litre 10 000 £8,000

Vauxhall Astra 3 door 1.4 litre 50 000 £3,500

Ford Escort 5 door 1.4 litre 40 000 £4,000

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Renault Clio 3 door 1.6 litre 80 000 £2,000

Renault Laguna 5 door 1.8 litre 20 000 £7,000

Rover 825 4 door 2.5 litre 90 000 £1,500

Ford Sierra 4 door 2.0 litre 70 000 £2,000

Which make of car does Mike buy?
A Ford
B Rover
C VW
D Vauxhall
E Renault

48. One of the options available to purchasers of furniture from Home Help Superstore is to hireone of the store’s
self-drive delivery vans. They have four models, with different capacities, which can be hired for either 4 hours or
1 day.

Capacityof Duration of Hire Basic Price per

Van Price Extra Mile

3 m3 4 hours (40 miles included) £33 20 p

3 m3 1 day (120 miles included) £41 20 p

8 m3 4 hours (40 miles included) £42 25 p

8 m3 1 day (120 miles included) £54 25 p

12 m3 4 hours (40 miles included) £47 30 p

12 m3 1 day (120 miles included) £63 30 p

20 m3 4 hours (40 miles included) £52 35 p

20 m3 1 day (120 miles included) £70 35 p

3
What is the minimum distance for which it is cheaper to hire a 12 m van for a whole day, evenif it could be
returned within 4 hours?
A 64 miles

B 72 miles

C 89 miles

D 92 miles

E 94 miles
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49. Below is a summary of all the second-hand cars sold by Bargain Cars during 2012 and 2013:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2012 85 83 98 102 118 135 88 97 116 83 125 128
2013 123 106 87 114 90 106 124 113 131 77 92 75
Which month of 2013 saw the biggest increase in sales compared with the previous month?
A April
B June
C July
D September
E November

50. The following table summarises the results of all the matches played last season in a football league. (The home
team’s score is always given first.) Each team plays every other team in theleague twice; once at home and once
away.
away team
Amazon

Yangtze
Orinoco
Hudson
Danube

Ganges

Volga
Rhine

Tigris
Nile
Amazon 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–1
Danube 1–3 1–4 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–5 0–1
Ganges 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–0
Hudson 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–0
Nile 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–3 2–0 1–2
Orinoco 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0
Rhine 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–1
Tigris 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–4 1–0
home team

Volga 3–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–1
Yangtze 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–3
Which was the only team that scored at least one goal in every match they played last season?
A Amazon
B Ganges
C Nile
D Rhine
E Volga
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51. The heptathlon is a seven-event athletics competition. In each event the time or distance recorded is converted
into a points score. This is the scoring table that is used for the highjump:

performance points performance points performance points performance points

2.19 1498 1.89 1093 1.59 724 1.29 399
2.18 1484 1.88 1080 1.58 712 1.28 389
2.17 1470 1.87 1067 1.57 701 1.27 379
2.16 1456 1.86 1054 1.56 689 1.26 369
2.15 1442 1.85 1041 1.55 678 1.25 359
2.14 1428 1.84 1029 1.54 666 1.24 350
2.13 1414 1.83 1016 1.53 655 1.23 340
2.12 1400 1.82 1003 1.52 644 1.22 331
2.11 1386 1.81 991 1.51 632 1.21 321
2.10 1373 1.80 978 1.50 621 1.20 312

2.09 1359 1.79 966 1.49 610 1.19 302

2.08 1345 1.78 953 1.48 599 1.18 293
2.07 1332 1.77 941 1.47 588 1.17 284
2.06 1318 1.76 928 1.46 577 1.16 275
2.05 1305 1.75 916 1.45 566 1.15 266
2.04 1291 1.74 903 1.44 555 1.14 257
2.03 1278 1.73 891 1.43 544 1.13 248
2.02 1264 1.72 879 1.42 534 1.12 239
2.01 1251 1.71 867 1.41 523 1.11 231
2.00 1237 1.70 855 1.40 512 1.10 222

1.99 1224 1.69 842 1.39 502 1.09 214

1.98 1211 1.68 830 1.38 491 1.08 205
1.97 1198 1.67 818 1.37 481 1.07 197
1.96 1184 1.66 806 1.36 470 1.06 188
1.95 1171 1.65 795 1.35 460 1.05 180
1.94 1158 1.64 783 1.34 449 1.04 172
1.93 1145 1.63 771 1.33 439 1.03 164
1.92 1132 1.62 759 1.32 429 1.02 156
1.91 1119 1.61 747 1.31 419 1.01 149
1.90 1106 1.60 736 1.30 409 1.00 141
Daphne is competing in a heptathlon competition and has just beaten her previous best
high jump performance by 18 cm. This has increased her best points score in the high jump by214.
What is Daphne’s new personal-best high jump performance?
A 1.09 metres
B 1.44 metres
C 1.74 metres
D 1.89 metres
E 2.09 metres
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52. After the financial crash there were fewer new car registrations in the UK in 2012 than there were in 2007. The
monthly figures for new car registrations for both years are given in the tablebelow.

Jan 2012 124.1 Jan 2007 161.2

Feb 2012 61.4 Feb 2007 71.5
Mar 2012 367.9 Mar 2007 445.3
Apr 2012 138.0 Apr 2007 167.9
May 2012 159.0 May 2007 184.8
Jun 2012 185.5 Jun 2007 220.6
Jul 2012 141.7 Jul 2007 175.3
Aug 2012 57.5 Aug 2007 76.2
Sep 2012 359.0 Sep 2007 419.1
Oct 2012 149.7 Oct 2007 168.0
Nov 2012 150.3 Nov 2007 160.5
Dec 2012 123.1 Dec 2007 139.8

Which one of the following charts best represents the monthly differences between new carregistrations for these two
years?

A B

C D

E
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53. The following ingredient and nutrition information (rounded to the nearest 0.1 g or 1 kcal)appears on a 300 g
packet of oatcakes.
Each oatcake provides:
energy 53 kcal
fat 2.2 g
saturated fat 0.6 g
salt 0.2 g
sugars 0.3 g
Ingredients: oatmeal (77%), vegetable oils, wheat flour, sugar, salt, raising agent: sodiumhydrogen carbonate.
Typical values per 100 g: energy 1792 kJ, 427 kcal; protein 10.7 g; carbohydrate 56.45 g ofwhich sugars 2.4 g,
starch 53.7 g; fat 17.6 g of which saturates 5.0 g, mono-unsaturates 7.9 g,polyunsaturates 4.5 g; fibre 8.9 g; salt 1.4
g of which sodium 0.6 g.
How many oatcakes are there in a packet?
A 7

B 8

C 21

D 24

E 27

54. The table below shows the numbers of pupils and teachers in all UK schools in 2003:
pupils (thousands) teachers (thousands)
England North 2,418 132
England Midlands 1,613 88
England East 900 50
England London 1,173 66
England South 2,160 121
Wales 497 26
Scotland 893 59
Northern Ireland 341 21
Which region had the lowest ratio of pupils per teacher?
A England Midlands
B England South
C Wales
D Scotland
E Northern Ireland
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55. Baytree Island’s Council is concerned to retain a balance of skilled professional workers amongst the population,
and monitors migrants in and migrants out on an annual basis. Thereis currently some concern about the trend,
and the Chief Administration Officer was asked to prepare a statistical table for the next Council meeting, as
shown below:

economically
total professionals other employed
inactive
in P M F P M F P M F P M F

2017 174 92 82 44 32 12 33 19 14 97 41 56

2016 154 83 71 45 32 13 24 14 10 85 37 48

2015 202 101 101 44 35 9 38 18 20 120 48 72

2014 201 107 94 55 40 15 36 21 15 110 46 64

2013 201 102 99 59 41 18 32 15 17 110 46 64

out P M F P M F P M F P M F

2017 159 94 65 65 49 16 32 22 10 62 23 39

2016 232 132 100 67 50 17 60 38 22 105 44 61

2015 260 136 124 68 49 19 66 37 29 126 50 76

2014 183 89 94 50 32 18 35 19 16 98 38 60

2013 165 80 85 51 32 19 35 16 19 79 32 47

Key: P = persons, M = males, F = females

In which year did the island have the greatest overall loss of professionals?

A 2013
B 2014
C 2015
D 2016
E 2017

56. The President of Bugaria is elected using the supplementary vote system, which is conductedas follows:
Voters vote for their first-choice and second-choice candidates (though a second choice isoptional).
The two candidates with the most first-choice votes go through to a second stage, whilst the others are
eliminated. The second-choice votes for these two from the ballot papers of the eliminated candidates
are added to their first-choice votes, and the candidate with the greatertotal is elected President.
The table below shows a summary of the votes cast for the five candidates in last week’s Bugarian
Presidential Election. For example, 37 862 voters cast their first vote for Sam andtheir second vote for
Val.
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first-choice votes
second-choice votes Sam Val Kim Pat Jo
Sam – 37 304 34 493 38 206 22 871
Val 37 862 – 25 517 27 818 20 143
Kim 23 148 31 690 – 30 247 42 620
Pat 26 493 24 485 29 681 – 31 354
Jo 28 506 27 530 25 308 24 763 –
no second choice 822 1027 1263 952 848
Who has been elected President of Bugaria?
A Sam
B Val
C Kim
D Pat
E Jo

57. Below is a table showing the value of Lucy’s shares. They started at £3.00 in 2011 and in 2016they were worth
£22.68.
year share value
2011 £3.00
2012 £4.20
2013 £6.30
2014 £9.45
2015 £15.12
2016 £22.68
When did Lucy’s shares have the biggest percentage increase?
A 2011–2012
B 2012–2013
C 2013–2014
D 2014–2015
E 2015–2016

58. I am redecorating my house and need to buy wallpaper for one of the rooms. I need to buy 54 m of wallpaper in
total and want to pay the lowest price. The table below shows the detailsof the five types of wallpaper I want to
choose between.
wallpaper type roll length cost per roll special offers
woodchip 2m £25 every fifth roll is free
vymura 3m £35 10% discount for orders over £500
anaglypta 3m £40 20% discount for orders over £500
embossed 4m £50 25% discount on all orders
fabric effect 5m £100 buy one, get one free
Which type of wallpaper should I choose?
A woodchip
B vymura
C anaglypta
D embossed
E fabric effect
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59. Each region in the country of Bolandia sets its own tax rate which applies to the whole of anindividual’s
annual income.
Below is a table showing tax information relating to six different people.

name region annual income tax rate

Tim North $10 000 30%
Neil Central $20 000 25%
Veronica West $150 000 3%
David North West $50 000 6%
Amy East $80 000 5%
Roz Frontier $12 000 30%
Who pays the same amount of tax in a year as Tim?
A Neil
B Veronica
C David
D Amy
E Roz

60. The table below shows the breakdown of marks awarded to students taking an exam.
first second final
student first examiner second examiner
mark mark mark
Arnold Jones Ms Rosenberg 80 Mr Robson 70 75
Betty Markham Mr Kettering 90 Mrs De Vere 60 75
Clara Bird Ms Nolan 60 Mr Robson 50 55
Cora Smith Mr Kettering 80 Ms Rosenberg 80 80
Dave Howard Mrs De Vere 90 Ms Rosenberg 90 90
Dennis Garton Mr Kettering 80 Ms Nolan 70 75
Hillary Gordon Mr Robson 50 Mrs De Vere 90 70
Janine Turner Ms Rosenberg 80 Ms Nolan 90 85
Laurence Rothman Ms Nolan 60 Mrs De Vere 50 55
The mark scheme is as follows: 90 = excellent; 80 = good; 70 = satisfactory; 60 = acceptable;50 = fail.
The final mark is the average between the marks given by the first and second examiners.
Which pair of examiners disagreed the most on the marks they awarded a student?
A Mr Kettering and Mrs De Vere
B Mr Robson and Ms Nolan
C Ms Rosenberg and Ms Nolan
D Mr Kettering and Ms Rosenberg
E Mrs De Vere and Mr Robson
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61. The following table compares five selected commuting routes in different European countrieswith respect to
the length of the journey and the monthly cost of a season ticket as a percentage of average monthly wages.

comparison of selected commuting routes

cost as a percentage
journey country length (km)
of average monthly wages
Luton–London UK 56 14
Brandenburg–Berlin Germany 69 8
Karis–Helsinki Finland 75 6
Uppsala–Stockholm Sweden 72 6
Drogheda–Dublin Ireland 46 5

On average, the commuters of which route spend the lowest proportion of their wages per
kilometre of the route?

A Luton–London
B Brandenburg–Berlin
C Karis–Helsinki
D Uppsala–Stockholm
E Drogheda–Dublin

62. The table below shows the amount of waste recycled each year, in thousands of tonnes, over athree-year period
in 20 countries.
recycling recycling recycling
country
year 1 year 2 year 3
Ambrosia 52 64 65
Buranda 60 72 80
Carbonda 20 27 40
Elbonia 32 34 40
Friponia 36 39 45
Grandia 20 35 60
Hoollasia 50 56 60
Ishlapia 33 41 44
Jackaran 36 44 48
Killumpa 40 55 70
Lateralia 50 57 60
Moodle 80 98 90
Nalpha 32 44 48
Oritan 72 81 90
Phillim 66 69 70
Quaratus 80 90 100
Rutalia 75 76 90
Samalam 88 96 99
Tuddle 50 56 60
Ukliam 50 56 60
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What is the biggest percentage increase in recycling in the table from year 1 to year 3?
A 50%
D 75%
C 100%
D 150%
E 200%

63. Sandi is planning a trip to the old city of Pordson. She wants to stay for four nights in order to visit all of the
attractions, and one of the nights must be the Saturday so that she can attend aspecial music concert.
The table below shows the prices per night and details of the deals for the five main hotels in
Pordson.
Hotel Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Deal
Grand €60 €70 €70 €70 €50 €60 €60 3F2
Majestic €40 €90 €70 €70 €40 €90 €40 SFSHP
Palace €60 €90 €90 €70 €50 €90 €80 50%
Palms €60 €80 €80 €50 €40 €60 €50 4FP3
Plaza €70 €90 €90 €60 €50 €70 €50 CBK
Deals: 3F2 Stay 2 nights and get the 3rd night free
SFSHP Stay Friday and get the Saturday night half price.50% 50%
discount on all stays of 3 or more nights.
4FP3 Stay 4 nights and get the cheapest night
free.CBK €50 discount on stays of 3 or more nights.
What is the minimum that Sandi will need to spend on a hotel bill for her stay in Pordson?
A €110
B €120
C €140
D €145
E €160

64. Nathan is making a pair of trousers for his young son. The diagram shows the pattern for onepiece. Four such
pieces are needed.
15 cm

38 cm

[diagram not to scale]

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For simplicity he assumes that he will need a 15 cm × 38 cm rectangle for each piece. Thematerial
comes in three widths with prices as shown:
width price / metre
100 cm £2.00
120 cm £2.20
160 cm £2.80
Material may be bought in lengths which are exact multiples of 10 cm.What is the lowest price he can pay?

A 42p
B 56p
C 60p
D 66p
E 80p

65. A 250 g bag of mixed nuts lists the contents on the packet as follows:
nut content
almonds 20-30%
brazil nuts 10-20%
hazelnuts 5-15%
peanuts 30-40%
pecans 10-20%
As they are my favourite, I eat all the almonds in the packet and then re-weigh it. I find that the
almond content was the minimum it could have been whilst being consistent with the labelling.
What is the largest possible peanut content of the nuts remaining in the bag after I have eatenthe
almonds?
A 40%
B 48%
C 50%
D 57%
E 60%
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ANSWER KE

1 D 31 D
2 B 32 C
3 C 33 C
4 D 34 A
5 B 35 C
6 B 36 D
7 D 37 E
8 B 38 B
9 D 39 D
10 B 40 E
11 D 41 D
12 E 42 B
13 B 43 D
14 B 44 C
15 B 45 C
16 C 46 D
17 B 47 A
18 A 48 E
19 A 49 A
20 B 50 D
21 D 51 C
22 C 52 D
23 B 53 D
24 D 54 D
25 E 55 B
26 E 56 D 61 C
27 B 57 E 62 E
28 C 58 D 63 C
29 B 59 C 64 B
30 A 60 E 65 C
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Section 5. Spatial Reasoning.

1. The drawing shows a sculpture as seen from above.

Which of these could not be a view from one of the sides?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

2. The cut out below was folded together to make a cube.

Which of the following cubes was formed from this cut-out?

A. B. C. D. E.
3. The design of a tile for a bathroom wall is shown below:

Which of the following patterns may NOT be made using only a number of identical tiles as shown?
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A. B. C. D.

E.

4. Jess buys two lengths of carpet in the sales. The carpet is 4m wide and one of the lengths purchased is
4m long while the other is 6m. There is a very pronounced pattern which means that the pieces can only
be joined so that the pattern runs the same way. Jess will only accept one join. In which of Jess's rooms
could the carpet be fitted?

A. B. C. D.

E.

5. Vinod and Sarah are about to move some cube-shaped boxes that have been left in the middle of a
store room. The appearance of the boxes from above and the positions of Vinod and Sarah are shown
below.

Which of the following cannot be the view that Sarah sees?

A. B. C. D. E.
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6. A manufacturer wishes to make an open-topped box out of the piece of cardboard shown below by
folding up its sides.

What is the volume of this box in cubic centimetres?

A. 1 600
B. 2 400
C. 8 000
D. 10 125
E. 12 500

7. The diagram below shows a rather unusual conference table which may take up a range of
configurations. The three pieces are hinged together at the points shown by the circles:

Which of the following shapes could NOT be made from this table?

A B.

C. D.
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E.

8. Boland City has just installed a new tram system. Several artists have been asked to come up
with a map of the system which, whilst it may not show the exact relative positions of the stations, shows
the connections between them correctly. The five maps are shown below (the names of the stations are
not marked). Four of the artists drew possible maps, but the fifth got the connections wrong. Which map
below is based on incorrect connections?

A. B.

C. D.

E.
9. The pattern below shows part of the tiling of a large floor in a community centre. It is made up
of two types of tile: a hexagon and a triangle.
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For a sufficiently large expanse of flooring, approximately what proportion of the two types of tile will be
required?
A. 1 hexagon to 6 triangles
B. 1 hexagon to 9 triangles
C. 1 hexagon to 12 triangles
D. 1 hexagon to 15 triangles
E. 1 hexagon to 18 triangles
10. Four triangles of card coloured on one side are joined as shown.

The joined triangles are then folded and joined to make a pyramid. Which of the following could not be a
view from above?

A B C

D. E
11. The diagram shows the outline of a window which is intended to be composed of a number of
panes of glass, all of the same size and shape.
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Which one of the shapes below could be used to fill this window?

A. B. c.

D. E.

12. Three views of the same die with unusual symbols are shown below:

Which one of the following dice is not identical to the die above?

A. B. C.

D. E.

13. On a normal die, opposing faces add up to 7. Four views of the same die on which the numbers
are arranged differently from a normal die are shown below. The unseen face has the number two on it.
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How many spots are on the face opposite the two on this die?
A1
B3
C4
D5
E6
14. The piece of card shown below is folded to make a box with a triangular cross-section.

Which one of the views below can not be of this box?

A. B. C.

D. E.
15. There are seven books on my shelf, which are of various sizes. When I look at them straight
on I see the following picture:

I now look at them from the left-hand end (in the direction of the arrow). Which one of the following
diagrams is not a possible view when seen from the left-hand end?
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A. B. C.

D. E.

16. This is the view from above of the large three-dimensional logo situated in the forecourt of
the head office of Justin Thyme Enterprises:

Which of the following is not a possible side view of the logo?

A. B. C.

D. E.

17. Various shapes may be made by overlapping two transparent squares, for example the dark
shaded hexagon shown below:
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Which one of the following shapes cannot be made as the overlap of two transparent squares?

A. B. C.

D. E.
18. In a modified form of a popular game, each of two players at any turn may put either 'O' or 'X'
as she chooses in any blank square of a 3 by 3 grid. She wins if she thereby completes a line of three
identical symbols. A player is faced with this situation:

A. B. C.

D. E.
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19. The diagram below shows Morden Hall and the network of paths within the grounds.

When the owner takes his dog for a walk he always starts and finishes at the intersection outside the front
door and (keeping to the paths) walks one complete triangular route. How many different routes does he
have to choose from? (Clockwise and anticlockwise around the same triangle counts as one route only.)
A5
B7
C 10
D 11
E 12

20. The diagram below shows a view of a church from above:

There are three windows facing south, two windows facing north and a stained glass window
facing east. The only doors are one in the westernmost end and one in a north-facing wall.
Which one of the following gives a possible view of the church?

A B C

D E
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21. Below is Thomas Leslie Fuller's brass paperweight, which shows his initials.

Which one of the following is not a side view of Thomas' paperweight when it is placed flat on atable
(either side up)?
A

22. We need to find solutions to the problem of high levels of carbon dioxide emissions. A numberof
solutions are being proposed but one of the most promising is that of using willow trees as afuel for
generating electricity. There are many environmental advantages in using willow. Burning wood has
the environmental advantage that in doing so one releases into the atmosphere only as much carbon
dioxide as the trees themselves absorbed. In addition, plantations of willows will not only support the
insects on which songbirds feed, but also, being trees that thrive in wet areas, they will help to conserve
our threatened wetlands. Other countries, such as Sweden, have already recognised the advantages of
using willow for fuel. We should follow their example.

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument above?
A We need to solve the problem of the high rate of carbon dioxide emissions.
B We should use willow trees as a means of generating electricity.
C Using willow as a fuel will reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions.
D Planting willows on a large scale will help conserve our wildlife.
E There are many environmental advantages in using willow trees for fuel.
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23. A regular octahedron is a solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, as shown in the image below:

Which one of the following paper shapes will fold into an octahedron?

A B

C D

E
24. Allan wishes to visit a client on floor 8 of a building with 10 floors (including the ground floor). He
enters the lift on the ground floor. His client has explained by email that the floors are indicatedby an
illuminated matrix but there is a notice stating that two of the lights are not working.
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Allan enters the lift and pushes the button. Just then he starts to sneeze, distracting his attentionfrom the
display. The lift leaves the ground floor, travels, then stops. He glances at the display and concludes he
could be on floor 8 so he gets out. In fact he is on the wrong floor.
On how many of the floors could Allan have got out by mistake?
A 5
B 6
C 7
D 8
E 9

25. My TV remote control is shown below. All the buttons stick out from the body of the remote
control.

When viewed from the direction of the arrow, which one of the diagrams below is not a possibleview of
the remote control?
A B

C D

26. The die shown below is a conventional die, i.e. the total number of spots on any two oppositefaces is
always seven.

Which one of the following could not be the appearance of the die shown above after asubsequent throw?
A B C
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D E

27. Four trees stand at the corners of square field X. They are photographed from field Y, from every
possible direction, close up and from a distance, but never so that one tree stands in frontof another.

In how many different orders, left to right, can the trees appear in the photographs?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 5

28. A cube is labelled with six letters and, when viewed in two positions, looks like this:

Which one of the following nets could be folded to make the above cube?

A B C

D E
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29. One of the exhibits in the Interactive Art Exhibition at the Hanson Gallery consists of 16 identical
free-standing cubes. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to handle these cubes andrearrange them to
create their own work of art.
This is the arrangement that I have made:

What is the side view of my arrangement from the direction indicated by the arrow?
A B

C D

30. After having some carpets fitted recently I was left with these five remnants.

V W X Y Z
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I have stitched four of these pieces together to create a rectangular ‘patchwork’ mat whose lengthis twice
its width.
Which one of the pieces is not part of my mat?
A V

B W

C X
D Y
E Z

31. A tiler has encountered a problem when tiling a kitchen floor. He is one tile short of completing the
job. This is indicated by the greyed-out area in the diagram below which shows part of the kitchen
floor:

There are some odd pieces of tile left over that could be used to complete the job. Three ofthese, if
combined, would fit the area exactly.

Which three pieces of tile could be pieced together to fit into the remaining corner area? (Thetiles are
shown face up and cannot be laid face down.)
A 1, 2 and 5
B 1, 3 and 5
C 1, 4 and 5
D 2, 3 and 4
E 2, 4 and 5
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32. The following net is folded up to make a cube.

At how many corners of the cube do exactly two of the diagonal lines on the faces meet?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
E 6

33. When a mixed doubles tournament is held at my tennis club, partners are chosen by the
following method.
The appropriate number of tokens, all with a different shape, are placed into a box, and the male
participants all pick one out. Each token has an identical 'twin' in a second box, from which the female
participants all select one. Each pair of identical tokens fit together to make acomplete disc. Couples with
identical tokens partner each other in the tournament.
Which one of the following can not be a token used by my tennis club?

A B

C D

E
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34. When either freedom of speech or freedom of assembly is present in society, democratic government
inevitably results. If you live under a dictatorship, you must therefore lack both ofthese key liberties.
Which one of the following most closely parallels the kind of reasoning used in the aboveargument?
A If a house lacks both window locks and a burglar alarm, the insurance application will inevitably be
turned down. Since your claim has been rejected, your house must haveneither window locks nor burglar
alarm.
B If heat or light is emitted by a body, then its energy decreases. It follows that, if a body’s
energy remains constant, it has emitted neither heat nor light.
C Anybody over 21 who holds a university degree or equivalent is eligible for selection. SinceGreg is 19
and still an undergraduate, he cannot be eligible.
D Either the fans are very loyal or they don’t mind the team losing week after week. No fans
like to watch their team being beaten, so they must be very loyal.
E With water and sunlight this plant will thrive, since both water and sunlight are necessaryfor a plant's
survival.

35. The diagram below shows the net of a cube.

A N

D R E

The following diagrams show five suggested views of the cube once it has been assembled.

Z Z
W

1 2 3 4 5

Which two of the above are possible views of the cube?

A 1 and 2
B 2 and 3
C 3 and 4
D 1 and 4
E 4 and 5
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36. A number of identical boxes are piled up, waiting to be loaded into a delivery van. Amy andBen are
about to load them into the van.
The appearance of the pile of boxes and the positions of Amy and Ben at present are shownbelow:

Amy’s view of the pile is:

Which one of the following could not be Ben’s view of the pile?
A B C

D E
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37. Connem Ltd. has recently adopted a new company logo.

A large plastic version of the logo has just been delivered to the office, to be attached to theoutside of the
building. Unfortunately, in transit, the plastic has broken into two pieces, as shown below:

Which one of the following could not be Connem’s new logo?

A B

C D

E
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38. The see-through glass block below can be viewed from six sides, including from above andbelow.

Which one of the following is not a possible view?

A B C

D E
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39. Consider the following net, which forms a hexagonal prism:

T
4 5 6 1 2 3

Which one of the following nets will form an identical prism?

A B
4
3

3 4 6 1 2 5
T
6
2
1

C D
4 5 3 6 1 2
T

6 1 2 5 4 3

4
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40. A solid cube has 6 different shapes drawn on each of its 6 faces. A plan view showing all the shapes
is given below. It is placed on the path drawn below with the triangular shape facing up.The cube is
rolled, one face at a time, forward along the route shown, from start position until it reaches the end
position.

Which one of the following shapes is facing up when it reaches the end position?

A B C

D E
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41. The net below can be folded to make a Roman numerical dice.

Which one of the following dice could have been made as a result of folding the net?
A B C

D E
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ANSWER KEY
1 A
2 E
3 B
4 E
5 D
6 C
7 D
8 C
9 C
10 E
11 A
12 E
13 A
14 E
15 C
16 B
17 B
18 C
19 D
20 E
21 B
22 B
23 A
24 D
25 D
26 E
27 D
28 E
29 A
30 A
31 C
32 C
33 B
34 B
35 E
36 E
37 E
38 C
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39 D
40 D