SAPOL Numerical Reasoning 2

Question 1

A patrol car uses 9 litres of fuel per 100 km. How much fuel is used on a 350 km patrol?

Accepted Answer

31.5 litres

Answer

(350 ÷ 100) × 9 = 3.5 × 9 = 31.5 litres of fuel used.

Question 2

A police district has 8 officers per shift and runs 3 shifts per day. How many officer-shifts occur in a standard 7-day week?

Accepted Answer

168

Answer

8 officers × 3 shifts × 7 days = 168 officer-shifts per week.

Question 3

Of 500 surveyed community members, 320 rated police response as 'satisfactory or better'. What percentage is this?

Accepted Answer

64%

Answer

(320 ÷ 500) × 100 = 64% of respondents rated the response satisfactorily.

Question 4

An incident report must be completed within 48 hours. If it was logged at 09:00 on Monday, by what time on what day must it be submitted?

Accepted Answer

09:00 Wednesday

Answer

48 hours after 09:00 Monday is 09:00 Wednesday.

Question 5

A speeding vehicle is detected travelling at 112 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. By how many km/h is it exceeding the limit?

Accepted Answer

32 km/h

Answer

112 − 80 = 32 km/h over the speed limit.

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