Advice on Numerical Reasoning?

[Asteriskkk]

Im having difficulty at finding the equation and putting out all the irrelevant info

Any tips?

[Hannibal]

Practice makes perfect, try scavenging for a few practice tests, there's even free exercises available on the web .

http://www.numericalreasoningtest.org/ (3 over here - A little challenging though)

[Asteriskkk]

Practice makes perfect, try scavenging for a few practice tests, there's even free exercises available on the web .

http://www.numericalreasoningtest.org/ (3 over here - A little challenging though)

Oh man I have no idea how to do that

[Hannibal]

Oh man I have no idea how to do that

Don't worry haha, these are meant to mentally-stimulate and challenge adults applying for a job, so even if you take 5-10 minutes to answer the question it's fine. Maybe try and purchase a numerical reasoning book? They are more aimed Year 9 level, and would look a lot more like questions in the test . And of course if you have the money, EduTest have practise tests available on the web.

[SKGUN11]

Im having difficulty at finding the equation and putting out all the irrelevant info

Any tips?

Hey, if this is for the Melb high, Macrob,Nossal,Cory,JMSS or EBSS exam, it is apparently most patterns and number sequences. So try this!

http://www.fibonicci.com/math/number-sequences-test/

[Asteriskkk]

Can anyone give me steps to solve any of the following questions?

Six pairs of shoes cost as much as 1 coat, 2 pairs of jeans cost as much as 3 pairs of shoes, and 4
pairs of socks cost as much as one pair of jeans. How many coats could I exchange for 64 pairs of
socks?
 
 A: 4 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: None of these

A container of soft drink was shared between four work teams of employees. The first team took 1/3
of the soft drink, the second team took ˝ of what was left, and the remaining two teams shared the
remaining soft drink equally between them. If there were originally 240 litres of soft drink, how many
litres of soft drink did the third team get?
 A: 20 B: 40 C: 80 D: 160 E: None of these

Working mothers who earn $30,000 or less per year receive a rebate on before and after school care
of 75%, plus a school bonus of $6,000 that only applies to this category of earnings. Each dollar
earned above this amount and up to $40,000 reduces the rebate to 55%, and for any amount above
this, the rebate drops to 30%. There are three mothers – Jade earns $40,001, Emily earns $38,000
and Lucy earns $29,550. If the cost of before and after school care is $10,000 per year, what amount
of money does the person have who has the least amount of money left after paying for before and
after school care?
 A: $33,000 B: $30,000 C: $40,001 D: $40,000 E: None of these

Grandma’s Anzac cookie mixture has eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If Grandma needs to make
28 kilograms of the Anzac cookie mixture for a party, how many kilograms of flour will she need?
 A: 16 B: 10 C:12 D: 7 E: None of these

[Shinkaze]

1) Use simultaneous equation
2) Substitution to the equation and then you do it? Don't exactly know how to explain
3) Count it one by one I guess? Not very sure with this one
4) Equivalent ratio

This is a guide to the questions and you should be able to solve with these guides unless you haven't learn any of the topics I mentioned above in school. If you need any more help, PM or just tell me!

[Hannibal]

Can anyone give me steps to solve any of the following questions?

Six pairs of shoes cost as much as 1 coat, 2 pairs of jeans cost as much as 3 pairs of shoes, and 4
pairs of socks cost as much as one pair of jeans. How many coats could I exchange for 64 pairs of
socks?
 
 A: 4 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: None of these

A container of soft drink was shared between four work teams of employees. The first team took 1/3
of the soft drink, the second team took ˝ of what was left, and the remaining two teams shared the
remaining soft drink equally between them. If there were originally 240 litres of soft drink, how many
litres of soft drink did the third team get?
 A: 20 B: 40 C: 80 D: 160 E: None of these

Working mothers who earn $30,000 or less per year receive a rebate on before and after school care
of 75%, plus a school bonus of $6,000 that only applies to this category of earnings. Each dollar
earned above this amount and up to $40,000 reduces the rebate to 55%, and for any amount above
this, the rebate drops to 30%. There are three mothers – Jade earns $40,001, Emily earns $38,000
and Lucy earns $29,550. If the cost of before and after school care is $10,000 per year, what amount
of money does the person have who has the least amount of money left after paying for before and
after school care?
 A: $33,000 B: $30,000 C: $40,001 D: $40,000 E: None of these

Grandma’s Anzac cookie mixture has eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If Grandma needs to make
28 kilograms of the Anzac cookie mixture for a party, how many kilograms of flour will she need?
 A: 16 B: 10 C:12 D: 7 E: None of these

1. A
Alright so the first question. I like to write about mini equations for this, and then use ratios to convert, and ultimately figure out the answer. So this is my working out
6 shoes = 1 coat (Equation 1)
2 jeans = 3 shoes (Equation 2)
4 socks = 1 jean (Equation 3)
Now because 4 socks make 1 jean, 8 socks make 2 jeans. And 2 jeans makes 3 shoes, so 8 socks makes 3 shoes.
8 socks = 3 shoes (Equation 4)
Now because 3 shoes make 8 socks, 6 shoes make 16 socks. Because of this, 16 socks make a cost.
16 socks = 1 coat (Equation 5)
The question is asking you for ?coats = 64 socks
Multiply the socks and coats by 4 from equation 5, and you end up with 4 coats = 64 socks.

2. B
For this question, simply work backwards. This is my working out:
240 x 2/3 = 160 (Group 1 Amount Left Over)
160 x 1/2 = 80 (Group 2 Done Amount Left Over)
80/2 = 40 (Group 3 Amount)

I'll work on the remaining two tomorrow if I find some time

[SKGUN11]

Can anyone give me steps to solve any of the following questions?

Six pairs of shoes cost as much as 1 coat, 2 pairs of jeans cost as much as 3 pairs of shoes, and 4
pairs of socks cost as much as one pair of jeans. How many coats could I exchange for 64 pairs of
socks?
 
 A: 4 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: None of these

A container of soft drink was shared between four work teams of employees. The first team took 1/3
of the soft drink, the second team took ˝ of what was left, and the remaining two teams shared the
remaining soft drink equally between them. If there were originally 240 litres of soft drink, how many
litres of soft drink did the third team get?
 A: 20 B: 40 C: 80 D: 160 E: None of these

Working mothers who earn $30,000 or less per year receive a rebate on before and after school care
of 75%, plus a school bonus of $6,000 that only applies to this category of earnings. Each dollar
earned above this amount and up to $40,000 reduces the rebate to 55%, and for any amount above
this, the rebate drops to 30%. There are three mothers – Jade earns $40,001, Emily earns $38,000
and Lucy earns $29,550. If the cost of before and after school care is $10,000 per year, what amount
of money does the person have who has the least amount of money left after paying for before and
after school care?
 A: $33,000 B: $30,000 C: $40,001 D: $40,000 E: None of these

Grandma’s Anzac cookie mixture has eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If Grandma needs to make
28 kilograms of the Anzac cookie mixture for a party, how many kilograms of flour will she need?
 A: 16 B: 10 C:12 D: 7 E: None of these

I'll help Hannibal 

Q4. Grandma’s Anzac cookie mixture has eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If Grandma needs to make
28 kilograms of the Anzac cookie mixture for a party, how many kilograms of flour will she need?
 A: 16 B: 10 C:12 D: 7 E: None of these

Grandmas anzac cookie mixture: F : S
                                                    8 : 6

Grandma needs 28 grams of cookie mixture: So 8+6=14. 14 divided by 28 is 2.

How many kilograms of flour will she need?  Flour: 8 x 2 = 16 and Sugar: 6 x 2 = 12

Kilograms of Flour: 16kg
Kilograms of Sugar: 12kg

Therefore the answer is A: 16

Hope I helped. Cant be fkd doing the Q3. On the actual exam, I would have skipped that because there is not much time to waste on questions like that. However IF I got time at the end, I would defineatly go back to it! 

[Asteriskkk]

Ah so skipping is an option :O

[SKGUN11]

Ah so skipping is an option :O

Of course 
But mark in an answer (guess) for the question and remember the question number.

[Asteriskkk]

Can someone give me an example word problem and ill try to solve it?

[Hannibal]

Sure :

4 9 19 39 __

Which number is next in the series?

a) 20
b) 4
c) 79
d) 84

If 3 fligs are a flog. And 1 flog is  a clog. And 2 nogs are 8 jogs. And 8 jogs are 16 clogs. How many clogs in 3 fligs?

a) 2 clogs
b) 8 clogs
c) 4 clogs
d) 1 clog

In three more years, Miguels's grandfather will be six times as old as Miguel was last year. When Miguel's present age is added to his grandfather's present age, the total is 68. How old is each Miguel's grandfather?

a) 11 years old
b) 57 years old
c) 62 years old
d) 68 years old

[SKGUN11]

Can someone give me an example word problem and ill try to solve it?

Some more....

1. Choose the number that best fits in this group...

225, 169, 144, 4, 64

a) 81
b) 69
c) 3
d) 494
e) None of these.

2. Complete the pattern...

2,5,11,23,47,95, __

a)93
b)163
c)444
d)191
e) None of these.

3. What number replaces the "?" mark?

    A B C 4 5 6 G
    B C 4 5 6 G H
    C 4 5 6 G H I
    4 ? 6 G H  I 10 

a)4
b)H
c) G
d)5
e) None of these.

[Asteriskkk]

4 9 19 39 __

Which number is next in the series?

a) 20
b) 4
c) 79
d) 84

4 -> 9 = 5
9-19 = 10
19-29 = 20
Pattern = doubling therefore answer is 84

If 3 fligs are a flog. And 1 flog is  a clog. And 2 nogs are 8 jogs. And 8 jogs are 16 clogs. How many clogs in 3 fligs?

a) 2 clogs
b) 8 clogs
c) 4 clogs
d) 1 clog

3 fligs = 1 flog
1 flog = 1 clog
2 nogs=8 jogs
8 jogs=16 clogs

Subject = Clogs
3 fligs are a flog and a flog is also a clog, therefore answer is one clog

In three more years, Miguels's grandfather will be six times as old as Miguel was last year. When Miguel's present age is added to his grandfather's present age, the total is 68. How old is each Miguel's grandfather?

a) 11 years old
b) 57 years old
c) 62 years old
d) 68 years old

x=miguel
y=grandfather

y=6x-1 since the grandfather is 6 times older and -1 since it was last year
x+y = 68
Sub 6x-1 into the y of equation x+y=68
x+(6x-1)=68
Remove brackets
x+6x-1=7x -> 7x-1=68
Plus one on both sides -> 7x=69
69/7=9.8
x=10 (rounded off)
Sub x=10 into the y=6x-1
therefore y=6(10)-1
y=60-1
y=59

But thats not the answer hmm... did I do something wrong?