2023 - Year 8 VSSE

Quantitative Reasoning

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 Trial Test 8 VSSE – Quantitative Reasoning
Time Allowed: 30 min

1. One of the squares is missing in the following series. Which one is the right one for the missing
square in the sequence?

A. B. C. D. E.

2. There is a certain pattern for the numbers in the grid given below. If the numbers in the last column
are changed to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 from top to bottom, following the same pattern, what would
be the number in the first column?

A. 200
B. 288
C. 144
D. 136
E. 120

3. If a, b, and c are different numbers and each is one of prime numbers less than 10. What is the
LEAST possible value of the following expression?
𝑎
𝑏
𝑐

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.
4. The series in the boxes below are numbers that have been used to form patterns. Find the missing
numbers marked by ? and # respectively.

A. 60 and 576
B. 48 and 352
C. 48 and 1250 #
D. 46 and 1820
E. 60 and 495

5. Find the missing shape in the sequence.

A. B. C. D. E.

6. A certain pattern has been used for the numbers in the sequence below, and some numbers are
missing. What would be the sum of all seven numbers including the missing numbers?
?, -10, -5, ?, ?, 10, 15
A. 5
B. 20
C. -20
D. 0
E. 25

7. James earned $65,000 in 2022 and had $6,000 deductible expenses during the year.
Using below table, how much income tax should James pay for 2022?

A. $4,350 Income Range Tax Percentage

B. $8,850 $0 - $30,000 No Tax payable
C. $16,250 $30,001 ~$59,999 15% for each $1 above $30,000
D. $7,250 $60,000 ~ $99,999 25% for each $1 above $59,999
E. $13,500 $10,000 and above 45% for each $1 above $99,999

8. What is the missing item in below series?

15X, ???, 45R, 60O
A. 25U
B. 40X
C. 25Y
D. 35Z
E. 30U
 9. The following figures are like each other in a certain way.

Which of the following figures is most like the above figures?

A. B. C. D. E.

10. Last year Jacob received $160,000 in dividends on his shares of Company stock, all of which he
had held for the entire year. If he had had 120 more shares of the stock last year, he would have
received $15,000 more in total annual dividends. How many shares of the stock did he have last
year?

A. 1200
B. 1230
C. 1250
D. 1280
E. 1300

11. The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by ?.

A. 1000
B. 40 8 40 200
C. 8
40 200 ?
D. 500
E. 800 200 1000 5000

12. Tim is jogging towards to his friend’s house which is 40 minutes away from Tim’s house. At half
way, Tim realised he forgot his phone so he went back to his house. On the way he had to wait for
traffic lights 7 times for 3 minutes. If Tim left his house 4:00pm, what time would he arrive at his
friend’s house?

A. 5:55 pm
B. 6:11 pm
C. 5:35 pm
D. 5:41 pm
E. 6:05 pm
13. Number in each bracket go together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by the
question mark.
[13 44], [24 77], [32 101], [45 ?], [52 161]

A. 90
B. 119
C. 125
D. 135
E. 140

14. If Z = 52, Y = 50, X = 48, … , A = 2, which of the following has the lowest value?

A. EACH
B. CAFE
C. GAME
D. KEEP
E. SALT

15. Find the missing value in below table.

A. 25
B. 24
C. 20
D. 18
E. 19

16. Find the missing number in below diagram.

A. 6
B. 7
C. 2
D. 1
E. 0
17. The following table shows the average (arithmetic mean) price per dozen of the free range eggs
sold at Epping Coles during three consecutive months. If as many dozen were sold in June as in
July, and twice as many were sold in August as in June, what was the average price per dozen of
the eggs sold over the three-month period?

Month Average Price per Dozen

June $12.50
July $12.00
August $11.40

A. $11.90
B. $11.95
C. $12.00
D. $12.10
E. $12.20

18. The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by the
questions mark..

20 60 140
A. 130
B. 100
30 80 180
C. 120
D. 110
50 ? 260
E. 90

19. The price of a Y8 Science student book is $85 and the price of a Y8 Science activity book is $35.
When the student book and the activity book are purchased together, the price is $102. The
amount saved by purchasing the student book and the activity book together is approximately what
percent of the total price of the student book and the activity book when purchased separately?

A. 12%
B. 13%
C. 14%
D. 15%
E. 16%

20. Which of the following figures is most unlike the others?

A. B. C.

D. E.
 21. What is the missing number (#) in below subtraction?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

22. There is a certain pattern used for the numbers in the diagram below. Find the missing number
marked by ? in the diagram.

A. 20
B. 24
C. 30
D. 32
E. 40

23. Peter collects 5 cent coins in a cup. Each coin weighs 0.3 grams. Yesterday, he collected 150th
coins and put 10 more in the cup today. The total weight of the cup and coins is 98grams. Find
the weight of the cup.

A. 66 grams
B. 29 grams
C. 30 grams
D. 48 grams
E. 50 grams

24. Out of 200 students in Class A, 100 students like apple, 100 students like melon and 70 students
like orange. 30 students don’t like either of apple, melon and orange. 20 students like both apple
and orange but not melon and 30 students both apple and melon but not orange. 15 students said
they don’t like apple but like orange and melon. If 40 students only like apple, how many students
like all three fruits?

A. 20
B. 15
C. 10
D. 35
E. 5
25. Find missing numbers in below diagram.

A. 99, 15
B. 199, 7
C. 100, 2
D. 1000, 5
E. 79, 4

Please refer to below for Question 26 and 27.

Year 7 and 8 students completed a survey on their preferences between soccer and cricket for sports
day. It was found that the ratio of the students who prefer soccer to the students who prefer cricket is
2:3. Due to an system error, however, some of the survey results are missing.

Soccer Cricket Total

Year 7 40 ? ?
Year 8 ? 65 ?
Total ? 120 ?

26. What is the ratio of Y7 students to Y8 students?

A. 5:6
B. 9:10
C. 18:21
D. 19:20
E. 19:21

27. With the same ratio given in the above information, if there were 500 students in Year 7 and 8,
how many students would prefer soccer?

A. 80
B. 100
C. 150
D. 200
E. 250

28. There are two number sequences A and B. Sequence A has 5 consecutive odd numbers, and
sequence B consists of 5 consecutive even numbers. If the least number in Sequence A is 11 less
than the largest number in Sequence B, then what is the difference between the averages of the
two sequences?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
29. There are 360 students enrolled at Craigieburn Secondary College. Out of these, 75% are
participating in one of the school's sports programs, 40% are doing one of the music programs,
and 15% are not participating in either of these programs. What is the number of students doing
only one of sports programs?

A. 54
B. 108
C. 120
D. 142
E. 162

30. Find the number to replace the question mark in below blocks.

A. 9
B. 12
C. 19
D. 4
E. 7

31. Of the Maths books at Epping community library, 50 are on Algebra, 65 are on Analysis, 85 are
on Complex Numbers. 50 are on Calculus, and 95 are on Graphs. If Maths books are removed
randomly from the library, how many must be removed to ensure that 70 of the books removed
are on the same Maths?

A. 50
B. 65
C. 95
D. 234
E. 304

32. A bus travels 6 stops using the route below, where each stop is 3 kilometres apart. If the bus
starts at the School’s stop and travels anti-clockwise 54 kilometres, which stop will the bus end
at?

A. Station
B. School
C. Market
D. Aquatic centre
E. Post office
33. In below grid, each row and colum are filled with number 0 to 8.
Find the missing block in the below grid.

A. B. C.

D. E.

34. Year 8 students are going into a draw to select 3 students to receive AFL grandfinal match tickets.
There are 48 students and Tom is hoping he can win the prize. Each student has a number from 1
to 48 and Tom’s ticket number is 25. What is the probability of his number being drawn out?

A. 1 in 26
B. 1 in 16
C. 25 in 48
D. 1 in 13
E. 1 in 24

35. Find the missing number.

A. 27
B. 29
C. 19
D. 21
E. 35
36. There is a certain pattern used for the figures in the grid and one figure is missing. Find the
missing figure.

A. B. C. D. E.

37. Each row and columns are filled with numbers 11 to 19. With this rule, find the value of #.

A. 13
B. 15
C. 11
D. 18
E. 19

38. The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Find the missing numbers marked by ? and #
respectively.

A. ? = 17, # = 999

B. ? = 15, # = 1001

C. ? = 14, # = 999

D. ? = 13, # = 1001

E. None of these
39. Find the missing number in the below series.

18, 95, ?, 2405, 12030

A. 555
B. 380
C. 500
D. 480
E. 435

40. John is selling 150 cookies everyday at $0.75 each. It costs him $0.25 to make each
cookie.Typically, he sells all cookies before the end of the day. However, today he has an
important appointment in the evening, so he needs to sell all the cookies before 4PM today. At 3
PM, he realises that he still has 60 cookies left. Consequently, he decides to sell the remaining
cookies to a supermarket at a 40% discounted. Find how much profit he lost by selling the
remaining cookies at the discounted price?

A. $18.00
B. $25.00
C. $16.50
D. $12.00
E. $15.50

41. The numbers in the rectangles go together in a certain way. Find the missing number marked by
the question mark:

0, 1 -3, -26 4, 65 11, ?

A. -121
B. 1131
C. 1332
D. -1131
E. None of these

42. Which of the following is a top-down two dimensional view of the three dimensional figure given
below?

A. B. C. D. E. None of these
43. Brandon and Lakshan are working at a furniture factory. Brandon made three times as many desks
as Lakshan last week. Brandon has sold 50 of the desks he made and Laskshan sold 10. If
Brandon now has twice as many desks as Lakshan. How many desks do they have altogether
now?

A. 60
B. 55
C. 50
D. 48
E. 45

44. The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way, and two numbers in the grid have been
erased. Which number should be the one marked by the question mark?

21 14 7
A. 44 28 ? 56
B. 36
C. 48 # 42 49
D. 63
E. None of these

45. JB Hi-fi Glen Waverley has 400 mobile phones in stock, 30% of which are Apple products. If the
shop receives a new shipment of 800 mobile phones, 40% of which are not Apple products, then
what percent of the total number of mobile phones at the shop are Apple products?

A. 30%
B. 35%
C. 40%
D. 45%
E. 50%

46. When Jane is 13 years old, her brother is 7 years old and her father is 44 years old. How old will
Jane's brother be when Jane is half her father's age?

A. 22
B. 23
C. 24
D. 25
E. 26
47. Which of the following is the cube made from the given net below?

A. B. C. D. E. None of these

48. Jeff has completed four Maths tests and has an average of 88.5%. What will his next score have to
be if he wants to raise his average to 90%?

A. 91
B. 93
C. 94
D. 96
E. 98

49. There are six consecutive odd numbers. If the sum of all six numbers is 132, what is the largest
number?

A. 21
B. 23
C. 25
D. 27
E. 31

50. Find the missing number in the following series:

3, 5, 15, 17, ?, 53, 159

A. 18
B. 19
C. 21
D. 49
E. 51

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