BKSB Numeracy Skills 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A recipe calls for 2¾ cups of flour. If you want to make 1.5 times the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need?
- 3¾ cups
- 4 cups
- 4⅛ cups (Correct answer)
- 4½ cups
Correct answer: 4⅛ cups
2¾ = 2.75; 2.75 × 1.5 = 4.125, which equals 4⅛ cups.
Question 2: What is 15% of 240?
- 30
- 34
- 36 (Correct answer)
- 40
Correct answer: 36
15% of 240 = 0.15 × 240 = 36.
Question 3: A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. At the same speed, how far will it travel in 5 hours?
- 270 miles
- 290 miles
- 300 miles (Correct answer)
- 320 miles
Correct answer: 300 miles
Speed = 180 ÷ 3 = 60 mph; distance in 5 hours = 60 × 5 = 300 miles.
Question 4: Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 0.625?
- ½
- ⅝ (Correct answer)
- ⅔
- ¾
Correct answer: ⅝
0.625 = 625/1000 = 5/8.
Question 5: A store marks up an item by 40% and then offers a 20% discount. What is the net percentage change from the original price?
- 12% increase (Correct answer)
- 20% increase
- 8% increase
- 20% decrease
Correct answer: 12% increase
1.40 × 0.80 = 1.12, so the final price is 12% above the original.
Question 6: Round 4.7653 to the nearest hundredth.
- 4.76
- 4.77 (Correct answer)
- 4.8
- 4.765
Correct answer: 4.77
The digit in the thousandths place is 5, so round up the hundredths digit from 6 to 7, giving 4.77.
Question 7: If 3 workers can complete a job in 12 days, how many days will it take 4 workers to complete the same job (assuming constant work rate)?
- 8 days
- 9 days (Correct answer)
- 10 days
- 16 days
Correct answer: 9 days
Total work = 3 × 12 = 36 worker-days; 36 ÷ 4 = 9 days.
BKSB Numeracy Skills 2
A recipe calls for 2¾ cups of flour.
If you want to make 1.5 times the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need?