FREE NBT Quantitative Literacy Questions and Answers

Question 1

A primary school has 40 teachers and 160 learners in the school. What is the ratio of teachers to learners?

Accepted Answer

1:4

Answer

1:3

Answer

2:4

Answer

3:4

Question 2

A school band consists of 40 learners. Five of the learners play the drums, 10 learners play the guitar, 3 learners play the flute, 2 learners play the saxophone and the rest of the learners play the trumpet. If a learner in the school band is picked at random, what is the probability that this learner plays the guitar?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

0.25

Answer

0.5

Answer

30%

Question 3

What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 5, 8, 11, ___?

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

12

Answer

15

Answer

17

Question 4

If a shirt costs $20 and is on sale for 25% off, what is the sale price?

Accepted Answer

$15

Answer

$5

Answer

$10

Answer

$18

Question 5

What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length of 6 units and a width of 4 units?

Accepted Answer

24 units

Answer

10 units

Answer

16 units

Answer

20 units

Question 6

If a car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour for 3 hours, how far does it travel?

Accepted Answer

180 miles

Answer

120 miles

Answer

200 miles

Answer

240 miles

Question 7

What is the square root of 144?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

10

Answer

14

Answer

16

Question 8

A triangle has angles measuring 30°, 60°, and 90°. What is the measure of the largest angle?

Accepted Answer

90°

Answer

30°

Answer

60°

Answer

120°

Question 9

What is the volume of a cube with a side length of 3 units?

Accepted Answer

27 cubic units

Answer

3 cubic units

Answer

9 cubic units

Answer

18 cubic units

Question 10

If a circle has a radius of 5 centimeters, what is its circumference?

Accepted Answer

10π cm

Answer

15π cm

Answer

20π cm

Answer

25π cm