Numerical Reasoning Practice Test

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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.

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Question 1
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
26, 208, 676
10, 80, 100
23, 184, 529
19, 152, 361
24, 192, ?
A: 36864 B: 36874 C: 584 D: 576 E: 586

Question 2
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The sixth,
seventh and eighth numbers are -16, -14 and -12. What is the tenth term?
A: −8 B: −10 C: −16 D: −2 E: 2

Question 3
A bucket contains 24 eagles and 17 hawks. 13 of the birds are female. What is
the minimum number of female eagles?
A: 28 B: 17 C: 24 D: 0 E: 13

Question 4
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
10, 100
11, 121
19, 361
27, 729
24, ?
A: 574 B: 575 C: 576 D: 586 E: 566

Question 5
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 44 and the total number of legs

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is 144. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 37 B: 22 C: 38 D: 28 E: 18

Question 6
Consider a positive whole number x.When x is divided by 2 the remainder is
1. When x is divided by 4 the remainder is 3. When x is divided by 9 the
remainder is 2. Which of the following is a possible value for x?
A: 47 B: 51 C: 43 D: 45 E: 56

Question 7
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 30 and the total number of
legs is 168. How many cows are there in the farm?
A: 26 B: 27 C: 17 D: 23 E: 31

Question 8
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
48
30, 11,
34
42
24, 22,
45
34
16, 13,
36
31
13, 23,
46
20, 10, ?
45 43 38 38 33
A: 26 B: 33 C: 28 D: 33 E: 33

Question 9
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
13, 20, 569
14, 15, 421
16, 26, 932

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 30, 17, 1189
12, 27, ?
A: 873 B: 883 C: 903 D: 863 E: 893

Question 10
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
18 27 45
13 14 27
19 26 ?
A: 54 B: 45 C: 43 D: 50 E: 46

Question 11
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The sixth,
seventh and eighth numbers are -17, -15 and -13. What is the sum of the first
10 terms?
A: −178 B: −175 C: −188 D: −185 E: −180

Question 12
Two numbers are each multiplied by themselves to give two new numbers. The
difference between the two new numbers is 91. The difference between the two
original numbers is 7. What is the sum of the two original numbers?
A: 22 B: 9 C: 11 D: 23 E: 13

Question 13
Find the next number in the following sequence

27, 48, 69, 90, 111

A: 153 B: 132 C: 135 D: 127 E: 137

Question 14
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?

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 4 121 400
16 169 484
36 225 ?
A: 579 B: 577 C: 576 D: 570 E: 580

Question 15
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
22, 15, 179
14, 22, 226
12, 18, 186
16, 10, 122
23, 14, ?
A: 162 B: 177 C: 167 D: 182 E: 172

Question 16
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
24, 600
12, 156
25, 650
19, 380
28, ?
A: 782 B: 784 C: 756 D: 822 E: 812

Question 17
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 22 and the total number of legs is
114. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 6 B: 12 C: 4 D: 13 E: 7

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Question 18
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
10, 45
28, 378
27, 351
16, 120
20, ?
A: 185 B: 380 C: 200 D: 190 E: 180

Question 19
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
11 23 253
18 10 180
19 13 ?
A: 249 B: 239 C: 247 D: 240 E: 251

Question 20
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

7, T, 23, D, 24, ?, 4, W, 14, M, ?, Z

A: C, 3 B: D, 5 C: D, 3 D: D, −2 E: C, 1

Question 21
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
11, 110
28, 756
19, 342
20, 380
26, ?
A: 650 B: 702 C: 712 D: 676 E: 674

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Question 22
Consider all the whole numbers between 195 and 376 including 195 and 376.
How many are the same when their digits are reversed? (e.g 121)
A: 9 B: 23 C: 12 D: 15 E: 18

Question 23
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
3, 6, 163
8, 10, 659
4, 9, 307
10, 8, 659
9, 11, ?
A: 811 B: 801 C: 821 D: 841 E: 796

Question 24
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
31
11, 14,
31
38
24, 21,
44
47
12, 30,
32
44
13, 27,
33
15, 10, ?
22 20 27 27 27
A: 35 B: 42 C: 30 D: 35 E: 40

Question 25
Find the next number in the following sequence

28, 196, 1372, 9604, 67228

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A: 470616 B: 470586 C: 470626 D: 470596 E: 470606

Question 26
Find the next number in the following sequence

24, 46, 68, 114, 182, 296

A: 456 B: 592 C: 342 D: 454 E: 478

Question 27
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
27, 378
29, 435
20, 210
10, 55
28, ?
A: 406 B: 812 C: 401 D: 396 E: 416

Question 28
A sequence of numbers is changing by the same amount each time. The sixth,
seventh and eighth numbers are 15, 20 and 25. What is the first term?
A: −13 B: −19 C: −14 D: −10 E: −16

Question 29
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
21 22 19
25 11 24
46 33 ?
A: 43 B: 38 C: 49 D: 50 E: 33

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Question 30
The following groups of three numbers go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
29, 203, 116
22, 154, 88
11, 77, 44
15, 105, 60
28, 196, ?
A: 132 B: 112 C: 206 D: 122 E: 196

Question 31
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
11 25 30
36 66 55
102 157 ?
A: 121 B: 126 C: 130 D: 119 E: 123

Question 32
A stationery shop pays $301 for 43 pencils. It sells 7 pencils for the same price it
paid for 9 pencils What was the profit the stationery shop made on 43 pencils?
A: 76 B: 86 C: 387 D: 397 E: 407

Question 33
Each house contains 4 rooms. Each room contains 2 doors. How many houses
are there given there are 32 doors?
A: 14 B: 4 C: 1 D: 11 E: −3

Question 34
Consider all the whole numbers between 144 and 308 including 144 and 308.
How many have digits that sum to 11?
A: 24 B: 17 C: 8 D: 16 E: 27

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Question 35
A house, shop and park lie on a straight line. The shop lies between the house
and the park. The distance between the house and the shop is 240 and the
distance between the house and the park is 410. A man goes from the house to
the shop to the house to the park. What is the total distance travelled by the
man?
A: 840 B: 900 C: 930 D: 870 E: 890

Question 36
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence
36, D, 51, F, ?, H, 81, J, 96, ?, 111, N
A: M, 63 B: K, 61 C: K, 68 D: L, 66 E: M, 66

Question 37
Each house contains 8 rooms. Each room contains 4 doors. How many doors
are there in 3 houses?
A: 100 B: 96 C: 101 D: 102 E: 91

Question 38
Consider all the whole numbers between 146 and 324 including 146 and 324.
How many leave a remainder of 1 when divided by 2?
A: 91 B: 96 C: 89 D: 84 E: 93

Question 39
A cave, tree and lake lie on a straight line. The tree lies between the cave and
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the lake. The distance between the cave and the tree is 33 of the distance be-
tween the cave and the lake. The distance between the cave and the lake is 330.
A bear goes from the cave to the lake to the cave to the lake. What is the total
distance travelled by the bear?
A: 980 B: 1040 C: 940 D: 960 E: 990

Question 40
Consider all the whole numbers between 114 and 334 including 114 and 334.

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How many end in 5?
A: 27 B: 24 C: 31 D: 22 E: 21

Question 41
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
25 36 47
55 66 77
85 96 ?
A: 115 B: 105 C: 98 D: 107 E: 111

Question 42
A house, shop and park lie on a straight line. The shop lies between the house
and the park. The distance between the shop and the park is 160. A man goes
from the house to the park to the house to the shop. The total distance travelled
by the man is 890. What is the distance between the house and the shop?
A: 190 B: 150 C: 220 D: 210 E: 140

Question 43
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
15 22 24
21 30 19
315 660 ?
A: 451 B: 448 C: 457 D: 456 E: 446

Question 44
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

441, ?, 289, Q, 4, B, ?, M, 576, X, 81, I

A: T, 171 B: U, 169 C: U, 174 D: V, 168 E: V, 165

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Question 45
One bucket contains 16 kilograms of sand and another bucket contains 38 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: 22 B: 11 C: 6 D: 32 E: 27

Question 46
The following number pairs go together in a certain way.
Find the missing number.
22, 141
12, 81
20, 129
28, 177
17, ?
A: 121 B: 111 C: 102 D: 131 E: 289

Question 47
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 58 and the total number of legs
is 172. How many chickens are there in the farm?
A: 30 B: 32 C: 24 D: 40 E: 36

Question 48
Find the next number in the following sequence

29, 28, 50, 49, 71, 70

A: 86 B: 97 C: 91 D: 92 E: 78

Question 49
Find the missing number and letter in the following sequence

16, P, 10, ?, 14, N, ?, D, 7, G, 2, B

A: I, 1 B: J, 1 C: I, 0 D: K, 2 E: J, 4

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Question 50
The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way.
What is the missing number?
23 45 67
207 405 603
1863 3645 ?
A: 5426 B: 5428 C: 5422 D: 5430 E: 5427

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