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.
B.
C.
D.
7/10
3/4
2/5
1/2
2. A car park charges 85p per hour. Ken pays £2.55 to park. How many hours does he pay
for?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2 hours
3 hours
4 hours
5 hours
3. Below is the price menu for a burger van.
Beef Burger £1.99
Chicken 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.
B.
C.
D.
£1.23
£1.05
89p
76p
4. Anna is making bread. The scale shows how much flour she uses.
How much flour does Anna use?
A.
B.
C.
D.
450g
425g
420g
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.
B.
C.
D.
£80.80
£99.50
£107.20
£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.
B.
C.
D.
150 packages
175 packages
190 packages
160 packages
7. There are 250 people at a concert. 30% of people buy a t-shirt. How many people buy a tshirt?
A.
B.
C.
D.
50 people
75 people
100 people
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.
B.
C.
D.
3 months
4 months
6 months
7 months
9. A teacher investigated how his students travelled to school. The table below shows the
results.
Car
Bus
Bike
Walk
Number of students
8
12
15
5
What percentage of students travelled to school by car?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15%
20%
25%
40%
10. The bar chart below shows items sold during one month in an electrical shop.
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Dishwasher
Washing Machine
Freezer
Fridge
Cooker
What was the total number of items sold?
A.
B.
C.
D.
75
90
100
110
11. A film starts at 17.50 and ends at 19.30. How long does the film last?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1hr 30mins
1hr 40mins
1hr 50mins
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.
B.
C.
D.
£18,000
£12,500
£9,000
£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 Gymnastics
11:45 – 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.
B.
C.
D.
2hrs 30mins
3hrs 15mins
4hrs
4hrs 15mins
END OF TEST