Numerical Reasoning and Number Patterns Flashcards
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A snail climbs 3 metres during the day and slides back 1 metre at night. How many days does it take to reach 10 metres?
Answer: 5 days
Net gain is 2 m/day; after 4 days it is at 8 m, then on day 5 it climbs 3 m to reach 11 m ≥ 10 m — 5 days.
Which set of numbers has a mean of 12?
Answer: 8, 10, 14, 16
(8 + 10 + 14 + 16) ÷ 4 = 48 ÷ 4 = 12.
What is the median of: 3, 7, 9, 15, 21?
Answer: 9
The median is the middle value of an ordered list; here it is 9.
A number is multiplied by itself and the result is 196. What is the number?
Answer: 14
14 × 14 = 196, so the number is 14.
What is the HCF (highest common factor) of 36 and 48?
Answer: 12
Factors of 36: 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,36; factors of 48: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48; HCF = 12.
If you arrange the digits 3, 7, 1, and 5 to make the largest possible 4-digit number, what do you get?
Answer: 7531
Arrange digits from largest to smallest: 7, 5, 3, 1 → 7531.
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