Mock - Numeracy Test
Calculators are permitted. Please answer all questions.
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1.
65 x 45
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112 ÷ 14
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3.
723 - 124
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47 – (8 x 4)
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5.
12 ÷ 6 x 38
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6.
Write ¾ as a decimal
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7.
Write 0.82 as a percentage
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8.
Write 0.125 as its simplest fraction
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9.
a
Beth receives £64 and wants to share it between herself
and her friends Jenny and Kerry in the ratio 4:3:1
respectively. How much money will Jenny receive?
£20
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b
£24
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c
£46
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d
£64
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10.
A patient has to be given 2 litres of fluid via a drip over 24
hours. How many ml per hour should the pump be set at?
(answer to be rounded up to the nearest ml)
a
0.83ml
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b
48ml
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c
83ml
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d
84ml
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11.
a
To clean a blood spillage from the floor you are required to
mix a bleach solution with water. The instructions say mix
one part bleach with four parts water. How many ml of
water should be added to 150ml of bleach cleaner?
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150ml
b
450ml
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c
600ml
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d
750ml
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12.
Add together 3kg, 350g, 160g and 5g. Give your answer in
grams.
g
13.
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You are shopping and see a coat in the sale that you like. If
it costs £175 and the ticket says 60% off the original price,
how much will the coat cost?
13.a How much will the coat cost?
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13.b How much change will you have from £120?
£
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14.
a
b
c
d
Ondansetron comes in a 2 ml ampoule and a 4ml ampoule.
The 2ml ampoule contains 1.5mg of Ondansetron. The 4ml
ampoule contains 3mg of Ondansetron.
A patient is prescribed 3mgs. How many mls
do you give?
A patient is prescribed 4.5mgs. How many mls
do you give?
A patient is prescribed 6mgs. How many mls
do you give?
A patient is prescribed 10.5mgs. How many mls
do you give?
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15.
A Day Surgery Unit receives 156 new referrals
over 12 working days. Work out the average
(mean) number of referrals per day.
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Mean :
16.
Ms H is being treated for pneumonia with Co-trimoxazole
injection 1920mg four times a day. How many ampoules of
Co-trimoxazole 480mg/5ml are needed for each dose?
a
4
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b
5
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c
9
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d
20
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17.
Travel from home to University takes 40 minutes.
Travel from University to home takes 40 minutes.
Travel from home to placement takes 45 minutes.
Travel from placement to home takes 45 minutes.
Travel from placement to University takes 30 minutes.
Calculate the following in hours and minutes.
a
b
c
d
18.
Home to University and back home: for 8
days
Home to Placement and back home: for 5
days
Home to Placement then to University and
then home: for 2 days
Total of above answers.
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If you use 750ml of a 1 Litre solution, what, to the
lowest possible fraction, have you got left?
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19.
You are on the general surgical ward and one of the patients is
prescribed Gentamicin 120mg intravenously. Gentamicin is
available as 80mg/2ml ampoules, what volume in mls is required
for administration of the dose?
a
1.5mls
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b
3mls
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c
20mls
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d
40mls
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20.
A patient requires liquid feed to be given. They need 2000 calories.
The patient must be fed via a tube and has to have 8 hours without
feed overnight to rest the stomach. If half a litre bottle of feed
contains 500 calories, what rate in ml per hour must the feed be
given at to ensure they have 2000 calories in one day (24 hours).
a
31.25ml/hour
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b
62.5ml/hour
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c
125ml/hour
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d
150m/hour
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21.
What is 45 x 2/9?
22.
25 ÷ 1000 =
23.
Write nine thousand and one hundred in figures.