School of Health Sciences
School of Health Sciences Assessment Session
NUMERACY ASSESSMENT
PRACTICE PAPER 1
1. 12 litres of a drink is made by mixing water with 3 litres of orange juice. What fraction of the drink is water?
A. 7/10
B. 3/4
C. 2/5
D. 1/2
2. A car park charges 85p per hour. Ken pays £2.55 to park. How many hours does he pay for?
A. 2 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours
3. Below is the price menu for a burger van.
Beef Burger £1.99Chicken Burger £2.49
Hot dog £2.99
Crisps 55p
Tea 95p
Coffee £1.20
Lemonade £1.70
Chocolate Bar 75p
Tom buys a beef burger, lemonade and crisps. He pays with a £5 note. How much change does he get?
A. £1.23
B. £1.05
C. 89p
D. 76p
4. Anna is making bread. The scale shows how much flour she uses.
How much flour does Anna use?
A. 450g
B. 425g
C. 420g
D. 500g
5. Theatre tickets cost £24.50 per adult and £16.45 per child. Two adults go to the concert with four children. How much do their tickets cost altogether?
A. £80.80
B. £99.50
C. £107.20
D. £114.80
6. A driver loads her van with packages. Each package weighs 7kg. The maximum weight her van will hold is 1050kg. What is the maximum number of packages she can load?
A. 150 packages
B. 175 packages
C. 190 packages
D. 160 packages
7. There are 250 people at a concert. 30% of people buy a t-shirt. How many people buy a t-shirt?
A. 50 people
B. 75 people
C. 100 people
D. 125 people
8. Jane earns £2000 each month. She saves 6% of her wage each month. How many months will it take Jane to save £480?
A. 3 months
B. 4 months
C. 6 months
D. 7 months
9. A teacher investigated how his students travelled to school. The table below shows the results.
Number of studentsCar / 8
Bus / 12
Bike / 15
Walk / 5
What percentage of students travelled to school by car?
A. 15%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 40%
10. The bar chart below shows items sold during one month in an electrical shop.
What was the total number of items sold?
A. 75
B. 90
C. 100
D. 110
11. A film starts at 17.50 and ends at 19.30. How long does the film last?
A. 1hr 30mins
B. 1hr 40mins
C. 1hr 50mins
D. 2hrs
12. The price of a handbag is £65. In a sale the price is reduced by 15%. What is the sale price of the handbag?
A. £55.25
B. £57.50
C. £58.75
D. £60.00
13. The blue car costs £3,500, the red car costs £6,700 and the green car costs £7,800. What is the average price of these cars?
A. £18,000
B. £12,500
C. £9,000
D. £6,000
14. A lift travels up 8 floors of a building. This is equivalent to 20% of the building. How many floors does the building have in total?
A. 36
B. 40
C. 24
D. 18
15. Below is a TV programme list.
10:00 – 11:45 Gymnastics11:45 – 13:15 Basketball
13:15 – 14:30 Swimming
14:30 – 18:30 Cricket
18:30 – 19:15 Highlights
John watches the entire Swimming programme and half of the Cricket programme. How long does he spend watching TV?
A. 2hrs 30mins
B. 3hrs 15mins
C. 4hrs
D. 4hrs 15mins
END OF TEST