Maths Reasoning 2022
Maths Reasoning 2022
Maths Reasoning 2022
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1 Two parcels are each weighed on different scales.
0 0 1
100
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1000 200 1
g 2 kg 2
900 300
134 3
800 400 4
700 500 112 1
600 114
What is the difference between the masses of the two parcels in the diagram?
A 50 g
B 60 g
C 150 g
D 460 g
E 725 g
If the factory runs all day and all night, Monday to Sunday, how many cars does it
make in a whole week?
A 24
B 56
C 63
D 168
E 504
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3 Here is a large triangle with equal sides. It is made of 16 identical smaller triangles.
Miriam wants to shade only one more small triangle, so that the dotted line is a line of
symmetry.
B
A C
E
D
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
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4 Three years ago, the total of Sunil’s and Helen’s ages was 27.
In five years from now, what will be the total of their ages?
A 31
B 35
C 38
D 40
E 43
Here are three more rectangular prisms. The cubes in these prisms are the same size
as the cubes in Miro’s prism.
A prism 1 only
B prism 3 only
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6 A birthday party lasted 4 hours 25 minutes.
C ten to eleven
3m
3m
A 9m
B 12 m
C 15 m
D 24 m
E 30 m
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8 In the diagram below, each is equal to 3.
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A 24
B 42
C 48
D 50
E 100
A object 1 only
B object 3 only
E objects 1, 2 and 3
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10 Lucy has three counters.
2 9 3
What is the difference between the smallest odd 3-digit number she can make and the
smallest even 3-digit number she can make?
A 63
B 77
C 99
D 153
E 167
A 21 cm
B 40 cm
C 52 cm
D 65 cm
E 75 cm
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12 A hardware store sells the following items:
A nail only
B screw only
13 Sam is looking at a map. He sees that a path runs from his house to a mountain.
Sam thinks the path goes north (N), then north-east (NE), then west (W).
In which directions does the path actually go, from Sam’s house to the mountain?
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14 This diagram is made up of five squares:
5 cm
3 cm
? cm
A 8 cm
B 9 cm
C 10 cm
D 11 cm
E 12 cm
15 In a shop selling kitchen items, the cost of 10 plates is the same as the cost of 4 plates
and 4 bowls.
A 6
B 7
C 8
D 9
E 10
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16 Karl draws 5 squares on dotted paper. Each square looks like this:
drawing D drawing E
1
Which of the drawings has exactly shaded?
4
A drawing A
B drawing B
C drawing C
D drawing D
E drawing E
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17 Jannali spins a spinner like this.
The spinner has different colours and numbers on each face. Each of the six sections
has an equal chance of being landed on.
Which of these statements are correct whenever Jannali spins the spinner?
4 If the spinner lands on white, then it is impossible for the number to be odd.
E statements 1, 2, 3 and 4
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18 There are four cardboard boxes: P, Q, R and S.
What is the difference in weight between the heaviest box and the lightest box?
A 5 kg
B 7 kg
C 8 kg
D 9 kg
E 12 kg
19 Jake decides to call a number ‘thriving’ if it has the same remainder when it is divided
by 3 as when it is divided by 5.
8 11 17
A none of them
B 8 only
C 11 only
D 17 only
E 8, 11 and 17
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20 Lakshmi has twenty-nine 5 cent coins.
She wants to exchange as many of her 5 cent coins as she can, so that she has the
same amount of money but as few coins as possible.
She can only exchange them for 10 cent, 20 cent or 50 cent coins, or a mixture of
these.
After she has made the exchange, how many coins will she have in total?
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7
E 8
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21 The Williams family invite their neighbours to a barbecue.
6
5
number 4
of children 3
2
1
0
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
age
What is the age of the child standing in the middle of the line?
A 7
B 8
C 9
D 10
E 11
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22 Six different numbers are written in order, from smallest to largest.
Find the total of the digit under and the digit under .
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
E 6
For every 2 cherries she put in the first pile, she put 5 cherries in the second pile and 3
cherries in the third pile, until there were no cherries left over.
When Sylvie had finished, there were 24 cherries in the third pile.
A 40
B 72
C 80
D 120
E 240
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24 The numbers
A 0.2
B 0.12
C 0.09
D 0.1
E 0.17
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25 Three jugs, X, Y and Z, contain some liquid.
600 mL 1000 mL
800 mL
400 mL 600 mL
200 mL 400 mL
200 mL
Kim pours liquid from jugs X and Y into jug Z, until jug Z is full.
A 100 mL
B 150 mL
C 200 mL
D 300 mL
E 650 mL
26 Julian has square tiles that each have sides of length 50 cm.
1
His tiles cover a total area of 2 square metres.
2
1
A 2
2
B 5
C 9
D 10
E 25
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27 The time now is 3:30.
11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5
The angle from the hour hand to the minute hand, measured clockwise, is shown in
red.
A acute angle
B obtuse angle
C reflex angle
D right angle
E straight angle
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28 A newspaper is made from a pile of 8 large sheets.
A 5, 25, 26
B 5, 27, 28
C 7, 25, 26
D 7, 27, 28
E 8, 23, 24
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29 Leo has 100 cards numbered from 1 to 100.
1 2 3 ... 99 100
To make a chain, Leo chooses a first number. Each number after that is made by
multiplying the previous number by a single-digit number greater than 1.
×5 ×7
1 5 35
×7 ×2 ×2
1 7 14 28
How many possible chains, of any length, start with 1 and end with 12?
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7
E 8
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30 How many of the numbers from 1 to 99 have exactly one digit that is a 1?
A 9
B 10
C 18
D 19
E 20
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31 Marlene was preparing for a race. She ran the same distance every day for five days.
The graph shows the time taken, in minutes, to complete her run each day.
30
25
20
time
(minutes) 15
10
0
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3 Marlene’s total time running on Tuesday and Wednesday was the same as
her total time running on Monday and Thursday.
A none of them
B statement 1 only
C statement 2 only
D statement 3 only
E statements 1, 2 and 3
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32 Laura has 3 identical pairs of pink gloves and 2 identical pairs of yellow gloves mixed
together in a drawer.
She takes gloves out of the drawer one at a time, without looking, and puts them on a
shelf.
What is the smallest number of gloves she must take out to be certain they include a
left-hand glove and a right-hand glove of the same colour?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
E 6
33 Peter has six identical paper triangles, shown here. All the sides of every triangle are
the same length.
He can put some of these together to make different shapes (turning them if needed).
For example, he can put four triangles together like this to make a larger triangle:
Which of the following shapes can Peter make by combining two or more of his
triangles (with no gaps between triangles, and no overlapping triangles)?
A hexagon only
B parallelogram only
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34 A white piece of paper has a grid and some wet paint on it as shown:
some squares
painted yellow
some squares
painted blue
The paper is folded along the dotted line and pressed together. If a blue square and a
yellow square are pressed together, both squares will be green when the paper is
unfolded.
After the paper is unfolded, how many green squares will there be?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 6
1 2 1
2 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 3
3 3 3
1
The first number in the sequence is 2. After that, add every time to get the next
3
number.
A 11
1
B 11
3
C 12
D 13
1
E 13
3
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