The Numerical Aptitude Test: Quiz

A train travels 240 miles at a speed of 80 miles/hour. On the way back the train slows down to 40 miles/hour.  What is the overall time the train traveled?

Nick returned from the market with a bag full of fruits and vegetables: 4 tomatoes, 10 onions, and 16 blueberries. Approximately,  what is the percentage of tomatoes out of all the fruits and vegetables?

Six lawyers are summoned to individual meetings at the firm's Chief Executive Office. Due to a rough financial quarter, 3 lawyers are to be laid off. David has just recently signed a long term contract that ensures his place for the next three years, and James was already notified yesterday that he is about to be promoted. How many dismissal combinations are currently possible?

Hannah and her parents are walking in the street. Her parents walk at a rate of 80 steps per minute. The father precedes the mother by 12 steps. Hannah walks behind her parents at a rate of 90 steps per minute. The average length of a step is equal among all family members.  How many seconds would pass since the moment she passes her mother until the moment she passes her father?

A mobile company offers insurance that covers cases of theft and accidental water damage. According to their policy, the insurance pays 60% and 50%, respectively, and with a £30 deductible. This means the client pays the first £30, after which the insurance pays 60% in the case of theft and 50% in the case of accidental water damage.  How much will a client pay if her cell phone worth £1,080 was stolen?

In the horse market, five Arabian horses can be bought for the price of two Mongolian horses and one Australian horse. How many Mongolian horses can be bought for the value of three Australian horses? A. Mongolian horse costs 60,000 pounds.  B. Two Mongolian horses can be bought for the price of three Arabian horses. Which combinations of the statements can answer the above question? 

Each container includes 6 electrical appliances. Each shipment contains the same number of microwave containers.  A. The number of appliances in a shipment containing 3 more than twice as many TV-set containers than microwave containers. B. The number of appliances in a shipment containing 2 fewer than 3 times as many TV-set containers than microwave containers.

A sphere-shaped moon completes a rotation around its axis every 80 hours. Within 20% of that time, it also completes a rotation around a sphere-shaped planet.  Between December 4th, 6 AM, and December 7th, 10 PM, how many degrees of rotation around the planet did any point on the moon complete?