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Selective School Numerical Reasoning Test

This document provides a practice test for numerical reasoning with 27 multiple choice questions. It introduces the format of the test and provides examples of different types of numerical reasoning questions involving sequences, ratios, proportions, word problems, and missing number identification. The full practice test is intended to help prepare test-takers for the real numerical reasoning assessment.

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Selective School Numerical Reasoning Test

This document provides a practice test for numerical reasoning with 27 multiple choice questions. It introduces the format of the test and provides examples of different types of numerical reasoning questions involving sequences, ratios, proportions, word problems, and missing number identification. The full practice test is intended to help prepare test-takers for the real numerical reasoning assessment.

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  • Introduction and Practice Questions
  • Questions 1 to 50

Numerical Reasoning Practice Test

De Roza Education and Research


2019

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

1 2 3
3 5 6
7 8 ?

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

Question P2
What is the next number in the sequence?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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

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

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


Calculators are not permitted
Please do not turn this page until you are asked to do so.

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Question 1
A house, shop and park lie on a straight line. The shop lies between the house
26
and the park. The distance between the house and the shop is 41 of the distance
between the house and the park. The distance between the house and the park
is 410. A man goes from the house to the park to the house to the park. What
is the total distance travelled by the man?
A: 1200 B: 1190 C: 1270 D: 1230 E: 1240

Question 2
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of animals is 52 and the total number of legs
is 158. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 34 B: 27 C: 36 D: 21 E: 35

Question 3
Find the next number in the following sequence

11, 66, 396, 2376, 14256

A: 85556 B: 85526 C: 85546 D: 85566 E: 85536

Question 4
A cave, tree and lake lie on a straight line. The tree lies between the cave and
the lake. The distance between the tree and the lake is 230. A bear goes from
the cave to the lake to the tree to the lake. The total distance travelled by the
bear is 930. What is the distance between the cave and the tree?
A: 280 B: 200 C: 270 D: 240 E: 210

Question 5
Consider all the whole numbers between 126 and 369 including 126 and 369.
How many end in 7?
A: 16 B: 17 C: 35 D: 32 E: 25

Question 6
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of animals is 28 and the total number of legs

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is 90. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 17 B: 3 C: 2 D: 7 E: 11

Question 7
Find the next number in the following sequence

29, 57, 85, 113, 141

A: 174 B: 164 C: 169 D: 197 E: 172

Question 8
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

35, F, 56, I, ?, L, 98, O, 119, R, 140, ?

A: U, 75 B: U, 77 C: U, 74 D: T, 75 E: T, 77

Question 9
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
22
25, 12,
40
34
20, 24,
35
36
29, 26,
44
27
16, 17,
31
21, 13, ?
16 23 23 18 23
A: 43 B: 36 C: 31 D: 36 E: 41

Question 10
Each tree contains 9 branches. Each branch contains 7 leaves. How many leaves
are there in 4 trees?
A: 254 B: 251 C: 262 D: 249 E: 252

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Question 11
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
11 26 37
18 28 46
24 13 ?
A: 38 B: 32 C: 39 D: 28 E: 37

Question 12
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
11 27 16
15 26 28
26 53 ?
A: 45 B: 44 C: 40 D: 36 E: 37

Question 13
Each house contains 8 rooms. Each room contains 6 doors. How many houses
are there given there are 96 doors?
A: −8 B: 3 C: 12 D: 2 E: 6

Question 14
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
7, 9, 398
5, 4, 140
10, 2, 140
4, 12, 308
12, 8, ?
A: 596 B: 626 C: 606 D: 586 E: 581

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Question 15
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
27, 702
23, 506
20, 380
24, 552
16, ?
A: 256 B: 254 C: 240 D: 282 E: 272

Question 16
Consider all the whole numbers between 197 and 359 including 197 and 359.
How many have digits that sum to 11?
A: 18 B: 24 C: 17 D: 16 E: 22

Question 17
Consider a positive whole number [Link] x is divided by 8 the remainder is
4. When x is divided by 11 the remainder is 4. When x is divided by 7 the
remainder is 1. Which of the following is a possible value for x?
A: 92 B: 100 C: 103 D: 85 E: 99

Question 18
One bucket contains 18 kilograms of sand and another bucket contains 36 kilo-
grams of sand. How many kilograms must be transfered from one bucket to the
other, so each has an equal amount of sand?
A: 4 B: 23 C: 28 D: 18 E: 9

Question 19
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
29 50 71
87 150 213
261 450 ?

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A: 638 B: 639 C: 636 D: 647 E: 640

Question 20
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
13, 169
14, 196
23, 529
30, 900
19, ?
A: 361 B: 371 C: 351 D: 360 E: 359

Question 21
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
26, 13, 845
11, 20, 521
21, 29, 1282
24, 21, 1017
23, 15, ?
A: 784 B: 754 C: 744 D: 764 E: 774

Question 22
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of cows is 14 and the total number of legs is
86. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 16 B: 15 C: 6 D: 9 E: 17

Question 23
Two numbers are each multiplied by themselves to give two new numbers. The
difference between the two new numbers is 77. The difference between the two
original numbers is 7. What is the sum of the two original numbers?
A: 21 B: 2 C: 7 D: 17 E: 11

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Question 24
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
29, 232, 841
30, 240, 900
27, 216, 729
11, 88, 121
13, 104, ?
A: 177 B: 169 C: 10826 D: 179 E: 10816

Question 25
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fifth,
sixth and seventh numbers are 26, 35 and 44. What is the first term?
A: −14 B: −15 C: −7 D: −4 E: −10

Question 26
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
27, 243, 162
11, 99, 66
26, 234, 156
17, 153, 102
16, 144, ?
A: 154 B: 144 C: 96 D: 116 E: 106

Question 27
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
25, 154
20, 124
29, 178

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24, 148
30, ?
A: 204 B: 900 C: 194 D: 184 E: 180

Question 28
Consider all the whole numbers between 132 and 319 including 132 and 319.
How many are the same when their digits are reversed? (e.g 121)
A: 10 B: 9 C: 12 D: 18 E: 19

Question 29
Consider all the whole numbers between 110 and 315 including 110 and 315.
How many leave a remainder of 1 when divided by 3?
A: 78 B: 73 C: 66 D: 68 E: 62

Question 30
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fourth,
fifth and sixth numbers are -6, 2 and 10. What is the tenth term?
A: 42 B: 34 C: 43 D: 47 E: 41

Question 31
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
13 17 27
26 15 16
338 255 ?
A: 424 B: 439 C: 432 D: 435 E: 438

Question 32
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
20, 420
14, 210
18, 342

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28, 812
23, ?
A: 506 B: 529 C: 562 D: 552 E: 527

Question 33
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

3, X, ?, D, 2, Y, 18, I, 6, U, 7, ?

A: T, 25 B: U, 18 C: T, 23 D: S, 25 E: U, 25

Question 34
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

324, R, 169, M, 4, B, ?, Z, 196, ?, 9, C

A: N, 675 B: M, 674 C: M, 681 D: O, 677 E: N, 676

Question 35
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
21, 231
16, 136
12, 78
25, 325
27, ?
A: 378 B: 373 C: 368 D: 388 E: 756

Question 36
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
25, 300
28, 378
29, 406

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15, 105
24, ?
A: 276 B: 286 C: 266 D: 552 E: 271

Question 37
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
30, 28, 378
21, 22, 279
13, 29, 265
15, 26, 261
22, 13, ?
A: 237 B: 227 C: 222 D: 232 E: 242

Question 38
In a farm there are only chickens and cows. Each chicken has 2 legs. Each cow
has 4 legs. Given the total number of chickens is 23 and the total number of
legs is 122. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 16 B: 21 C: 29 D: 26 E: 19

Question 39
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The fourth,
fifth and sixth numbers are 5, 14 and 23. What is the sum of the first 10 terms?
A: 185 B: 175 C: 186 D: 194 E: 179

Question 40
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
16 36 64
100 144 196
256 324 ?

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A: 410 B: 400 C: 394 D: 402 E: 397

Question 41
A cave, tree and lake lie on a straight line. The tree lies between the cave and
the lake. The distance between the cave and the tree is 250 and the distance
between the cave and the lake is 480. A bear goes from the cave to the lake to
the cave to the tree. What is the total distance travelled by the bear?
A: 1210 B: 1250 C: 1200 D: 1240 E: 1180

Question 42
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

?, B, 18, R, 21, U, 5, E, 13, M, 25, ?

A: X, 0 B: X, 4 C: Y, 2 D: Z, 0 E: Z, 3

Question 43
Find the next number in the following sequence

22, 26, 32, 37, 42, 48

A: 52 B: 59 C: 57 D: 49 E: 54

Question 44
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
10 34 58
20 44 68
30 54 ?
A: 87 B: 70 C: 86 D: 78 E: 79

Question 45
Find the next number in the following sequence

16, 31, 46, 77, 123, 200

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A: 307 B: 400 C: 231 D: 323 E: 308

Question 46
A fastfood outlet pays $116 for 58 burgers. It sells 2 burgers for the same price it
paid for 4 burgers What was the profit the fastfood outlet made on 58 burgers?
A: 252 B: 106 C: 116 D: 242 E: 232

Question 47
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
27 29 18
56 74 47
130 177 ?
A: 121 B: 112 C: 131 D: 114 E: 127

Question 48
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
37
19, 18,
35
28
10, 11,
28
32
14, 29,
46
42
24, 17,
34
21, 19, ?
39 39 34 44 46
A: 36 B: 31 C: 36 D: 36 E: 29

Question 49
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
28 17 476
30 21 630
11 27 ?

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A: 295 B: 297 C: 299 D: 287 E: 292

Question 50
A box contains 30 eagles and 16 hawks. 22 of the birds are female. What is the
minimum number of female eagles?
A: 22 B: 30 C: 6 D: 0 E: 24

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The total distance traveled can be calculated by understanding the setup of distances based on conditions. If the distance between the house and park is 410, and the shop is 26/41 of this from the house, you find total distance by calculating each leg of the trip and summing them. Here, the calculated total is 1640 .

The missing number in the sequence is 400. The sequence follows squares of whole numbers (16, 36, 64, etc.), following the pattern, the next square in line is 400 (20 squared).

The next number in the sequence is 85536. Each term is multiplied by increasing sequential values: 6, then 6, etc. Continuing this pattern, 14256 multiplied by 6 gives 85536 .

To determine the position of the tree relative to a cave and lake, given that the total distance a bear travels amounts to 930 with certain known segments, calculate each segment according to total distance relations. The distance between the cave and tree is 280 in this setup .

There are 16 chickens on the farm. If we let C represent the number of chickens and W the number of cows, we have two equations: C + W = 28 and 2C + 4W = 90. Solving these equations, we get C = 16 and W = 12 .

To balance the buckets, 9 kilograms need to be transferred from the 36 kg bucket to the 18 kg bucket. This results in each bucket containing 27 kg of sand .

The answer for the sequence 35, F, 56, I, ?, L,... is 77, U. The pattern alternates numbers increasing by 21, and letters advancing by 3 in the alphabet .

The first term in this arithmetic sequence is -30. Each term increases by 8. Working backwards, from 2 (5th term, -6 + 8 + 8), subtract 8 sequentially to find the first term, which is -30 .

There are 24 numbers between 197 and 359 with digits that sum to 11. Examples include numbers in the sequence 245, 263, 281, etc., which sum to 11 .

There are 12 numbers within this range that remain palindromes when reversed. Palindrome numbers include 131, 141, 151, etc., up to 252 .

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