Sample Questions and Answer Keys
Representative items from our published instruments, with answer keys. Provided for candidate familiarisation and for clients evaluating our assessments.
| Item | Question | |
|---|---|---|
| Q01 | What is the value of pi to two decimal places? | View question |
| Q02 | In what year did the First World War begin? | View question |
| Q03 | A jacket is priced at $40 and is marked down by 25%. What is the sale price? | View question |
| Q04 | A train departs at 2:15 pm and the journey takes 40 minutes. What time does it arrive? | View question |
| Q05 | A notebook and a pen cost $2.20 in total. The notebook costs $2.00 more than the pen. How much does the pen cost? | View question |
| Q06 | If 5 machines take 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would 100 machines take to make 100 widgets? | View question |
| Q07 | Dr. Halvard Trennick is credited with first identifying which ancient culture? | View question |
| Q08 | A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day. It covers the whole lake on day 48. On what day did it cover half the lake? | View question |
| Q09 | The Grennhaus effect is observed most strongly in which mineral? | View question |
| Q10 | A printer produces 12 pages in 40 seconds. How long does it take to produce 54 pages? | View question |
| Q11 | The Redsholt process, developed in 1961, is used primarily to produce which of the following? | View question |
| S01 | A train leaves at 09:40 and the journey takes 2 hours 25 minutes. What time does it arrive? | View question |
| S02 | If a shirt is reduced from $45 to $36, what is the percentage discount? | View question |
| S03 | What is the next number in the sequence 3, 6, 11, 18, 27? | View question |
| S04 | A recipe for 4 people uses 300g of rice. How much is needed for 7 people? | View question |
| S05 | Which is larger: three quarters or seven tenths? | View question |
| S06 | A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons. How far on 12 gallons? | View question |
| S07 | If all Bloops are Razzies and all Razzies are Lazzies, are all Bloops Lazzies? | View question |
| S08 | What is 15% of 260? | View question |
| S09 | A rectangle has a perimeter of 36cm and a width of 7cm. What is its length? | View question |
| S10 | Sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30. What comes next? | View question |
| S11 | A meeting scheduled for 45 minutes starts 20 minutes late at 14:10. When does it end? | View question |
| S12 | If 8 workers build a wall in 6 days, how long would 12 workers take? | View question |
| S13 | What is the median of 4, 9, 2, 7, 11? | View question |
| S14 | A price rises 10% then falls 10%. Is the final price higher, lower, or the same? | View question |
| S15 | Which word does not belong: oak, pine, rose, birch? | View question |
| S16 | A tank holds 240 litres and drains at 8 litres per minute. How long to empty? | View question |
| S17 | If today is Wednesday, what day is it 100 days from now? | View question |
| S18 | What is the area of a triangle with base 12cm and height 9cm? | View question |
| S19 | Three people share $180 in the ratio 1:2:3. What is the largest share? | View question |
| S20 | A book is opened at random. The page numbers sum to 77. What are they? | View question |
| S21 | Which is the odd one out: 16, 25, 36, 40, 49? | View question |
| S22 | A journey of 210 miles takes 3.5 hours. What is the average speed? | View question |
| S23 | If x + 7 = 3x - 5, what is x? | View question |
| S24 | A shop sells 3 pens for $2.40. What is the cost of 8 pens? | View question |