Numerical Reasoning Flashcards
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An employee earns $18.50 per hour and works 37.5 hours per week. What is the weekly gross pay?
Answer: $693.75
Weekly pay = $18.50 × 37.5 = $693.75.
What value of x satisfies: 4x − 9 = 23?
Answer: x = 8
4x = 23 + 9 = 32; x = 32 ÷ 4 = 8.
A pie chart represents a budget of $2,400. If 25% is spent on rent, how much is that in dollars?
Answer: $600
25% of $2,400 = 0.25 × 2,400 = $600.
The average of five test scores is 82. Four of the scores are 78, 85, 90, and 76. What is the fifth score?
Answer: 81
Total needed = 82 × 5 = 410; fifth score = 410 − (78+85+90+76) = 410 − 329 = 81.
A car depreciates by 15% per year. If its current value is $20,000, what will it be worth after 1 year?
Answer: $17,000
Value after 1 year = $20,000 × 0.85 = $17,000.
If a box contains 24 red and 16 blue marbles, what fraction of the marbles are blue?
Answer: 2/5
Total = 40; blue fraction = 16/40 = 2/5.
A project budget of $150,000 was overspent by 12%. What was the actual expenditure?
Answer: $168,000
Actual = $150,000 × 1.12 = $168,000.