Based on NR 2014 Diamond [28-02-2015]

[1]

Lewis collects All Directions coupons from his favorite chocolate bars. Fifteen coupons enable
him to swap them for a card. Ten cards allow him to purchase a poster. Twenty cards enable
him to buy a wall-hanging. Thirty-five cards can be used to buy a statue of All Directions. Lewis
has finally collected 300 coupons. Which one of the following collectibles can he now acquire?

A.
B.
C.
D.
[2]

a statue
a wall-hanging and a poster
a wall hanging
Three posters

The numbers in the grid have several patterns in the rows and columns. Find the values of what
the following symbols

A.
B.
C.
D.
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24
18
20
8

represent.

8
6
4
24

4
2
4
4

Julia has been saving to buy an iPod. Her grandfather will add to her savings if she can guess
how much he has in his wallet. He says that one-fifth of the amount is $3 more than one-eighth
of the amount.
The amount is:
A.
B.
C.
D.

[4]

$20
$40
$60
$80

If x minus fifteen is multiplied by negative three and then you add 42 divided by three and this
then equals 23, what is x ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

14
15
16
12

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[5]

What is the missing number in this series?

A.
B.
C.
D.
[6]

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2.00
2.05
1.75
1.50

Farmer Bradley has 20L of milk. 60% is flavoured, and 25% of that is strawberry. How many litres
of strawberry milk does he have?
A.
8L
B.
2L
C.
6L
D.
3L
The latest Thor movie runs for 156 minutes and starts at 9:17am. If there are ads that go for 15
minutes, what time will the movie end?
A.
B.
C.
D.

10:53am
11:53am
12:08pm
1:08pm

A.
B.
C.
D.

31
12
18
22

[8]

[9]

Find the missing number in the following series

A.

44

36

32

30

29

B.

27

C.

25

D.

23

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Two dice each numbered one to six are rolled. The numbers on the top faces are added. Which
one of these is true?
A.
B.
C.
D.

A sum of 7 is more likely than a sum of 5.

There is the small chance of getting a sum of 5 or 7.
A sum of 5 is more likely than a sum of 7.
It is impossible to get a sum of 7.

Use the following information to answer questions 11 - 13

Ben is fencing four separate enclosures for four vegetables as shown on the diagram below.
Each enclosure measures 12m by 9m and Ben places vertical posts at three metres apart to
support the fence.

Tomatoes
Peas

[11]

posts
posts
posts
posts

84m B.
252m D.

168m
126m

How many posts does Ben use altogether to put up the fencing?
A.
C.

[14]

15
16
14
12

If two strands of wire are used around each fence, how much wire is used?
A.
C.

[13]

Potatoes

How many posts are around the tomatoes?

A.
B.
C.
D.

[12]

Beans

36
28

B.
D.

56
39

Josh the farmer owns 42 cows and has them spread over two fields, A and B. He has sixteen
cows in field A and the remainder in field B. How many cows need to be moved to field A to get
double the amount of cows in field A to those in B?
A.
B.
C.
D.

12
21
10
14

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[15]

A container has ten red discs, ten white discs, and ten blue discs, all of the same size. I am
blindfolded when I pick discs from the container. What is the least number of discs I must pick in
order to be absolutely certain that there are three discs of the same colour among those I have
picked?
A.
B.
C.
D.

[16]

[19]

9:25am
11:30am
10:10am
12:15pm

The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Find what ? represents.

A.
B.
C.
D.
[18]

3
6
4
7

Louis would be umpiring basketball matches on Saturday. Each match is for forty minutes. As it
is a Round Robin day there will be no extra time allowed. If he is booked to umpire at 8:40am,
9:25am, 10:10am; 10:55am, 11:30am and 12:15pm, for which time is he double booked?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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36
9
42
27

Harry bought a computer for $100 and sold it for $120. What was the percentage of his profit?
A.
30%
B.
5%
C.
20%
D.
120%
Find the missing number in the following series.
4
12
6
18
?
27
A.
B.
C.
D.

3
6
9
12

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[20]

In a sequence of eight numbers the fifth, sixth and eighth numbers were -4, -2 and 2. What
would be the sum of all eight numbers?
A.
B.
C.
D.

[21]

-40
42
0
-2

The local hardware store was having a 50% off sale. Paul bought an electric saw for $200 at the
sale. What was the full price for the electric saw?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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$400
$350
$300
$250

Four friends shared a pizza cut into eight slices. Amanda took of the pizza and
Tommy took 3/8 of the pizza. Sarah and Sam shared what was left equally.
How many pieces of pizza were left for Sarah?
A.
B.
C.
D.

[23]

What number did I start with if I found its square root, then multiplied the result by six, then
halved that, then divided that number by three and ended with seven?
A.
C.

[24]

36
7

B.
D.

64
49

The following pairs of numbers go together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by
the question mark.
225,15
64,8
144,?
49,7
A.
C.

[25]

2
3
1-5
1

12
13

B.
D.

14
9

Peter is 36 years older than his son, David. In five years time David will be ^ of Peters age. What
are their ages now?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Peter = 43;
Peter = 45;
Peter = 49;
Peter = 55;

David - 7
David =12
David =13
David =19