Q.1
Rick is driving his sports car at 70 mph (miles per hour), and he is travelling from London to Lincoln on the M1: a distance of about 140 miles. If he maintains this speed, how long will it take him to get to Lincoln?
  • 2 hr
  • ½ hr
  • 20 hr
  • 0.2 hr
Q.2
1 mile = 1.61 km. What would a distance of 30 miles be in kilometres?
  • 19 km
  • 84 km
  • 48 km
  • 20 km
Q.3
In order for the machine to operate, the knob has to be turned clockwise through a quarter of a turn. How many degrees are there in a quarter of a turn?
  • 45°
  • 180°
  • 90°
  • 270°
Q.4
A crane can lift a maximum load of 15,000 kg. How many boxes each weighing 250 kg can be loaded into a container for the crane to lift?
  • 6
  • 600
  • 60
  • 150
Q.5
If it takes 1 man 2 days to paint a fence, how long will it take 4 men, working at the same speed, to paint the same fence?
  • ½ day
  • 8 days
  • ¼ day
  • ⅛ day
Q.6
A number of 100 m long pieces of material are hung up separately to dry in a large open area. If it takes 4 hours for a single piece of material to dry, how long will it take for 250 pieces to dry?
  • 1,000 hr
  • 4 hr
  • 10 hr
  • 62.5 hr
Q.7
A fathom is used for measuring the depth of water: 1 fathom = 6 feet or 1.83 m. How many fathoms is 1,830 m?
  • 10,000
  • 10
  • 1,000
  • 100
Q.8
Henry's house is four times bigger than Charlie's house. If Henry's house is 1,000 m , what is the size of Charlie's house?
  • 250 m2
  • 4,000 m2
  • 2,500 m2
  • 25 m2
Q.9
Helen's car does 45 miles to the gallon. How many gallons (gal) of petrol will she need for a 315 mile journey?
  • 70 gal
  • 7 gal
  • 0.7 gal
  • 6 gal
Q.10
In how many ways can the letters ABC be arranged if you can only arrange two letters at a time, e.g. AB?
  • 4
  • 8
  • 3
  • 6
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