UCAT Practice Test Quantitative

Question 1

What fraction of the grid is not blacked out?

Accepted Answer

2/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Question 2

A university has studied all 12 species of birds that are indigenous to a Pacific Ocean island group. The experiment needed a 72-hour monitoring of the birds' resting heart rate, which was measured via trackers. This graph depicts the relationship between a bird's resting heart rate and its wingspan in metres. What is the average length of a bird's wingspan?

Accepted Answer

0.55 m

Answer

0.60 m

Answer

0.50 m

Answer

None of the above

Question 3

The number of English counties pupils in two classes at a primary school who visited is listed above. Each class had a total of 30 students. What was the most number of counties visited by a Class 1 student?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

28

Answer

36

Answer

5

Question 4

A listed company's stock price is calculated over a single day.
The price is expressed as a number of pence per share.
A broker will pay a 'offer' price of 2p per share more than the price shown to buy shares, plus an additional £5 for stock transactions of 5000 or less shares.
There is a 0.5 percent charge above this level.
A broker will be paid a 'bid' price of 2p less than the price quoted to sell shares.
A broker will be paid a 'bid' price of 2p less than the price quoted to sell shares.
Any profit made from buying and selling stocks is subject to a 2.5 percent deduction.
The price at which all of a company's shares could be sold is termed its value.
The corporation has a total of 500,000 shares.
A dividend is a payment made to shareholders every quarter based on how many equities they own.

What is the largest change in the company's value over the course of one hour?

Accepted Answer

£10,000

Answer

£15,200

Answer

£13,500

Answer

£8,300

Question 5

This is Mark's weekly schedule, which he has followed for the past six weeks while working from home. He has always skipped work on Saturdays and Sundays. He gets up at 7 a.m. and leaves the house at 8 a.m. What was his average speed during his 10-kilometer run, to the nearest 0.1 m/s?

Accepted Answer

2.8 m/s

Answer

6 m/s

Answer

2.4 m/s

Answer

2.6 m/s

Question 6

The table's figures are all in kilos.
1 ml water = 1g

What percentage of the total mass of coffee beans consumed in the country was consumed in cafés in 2013-14?

Accepted Answer

67.80%

Answer

69.80%

Answer

65.80%

Answer

66.80%

Question 7

The average rent per calendar month (PCM) in a popular South London neighborhood is depicted in this graph. There are 12 calendar months in a year.
In 2015, Simon rents a one-bedroom flat in this neighborhood for 75% of the average cost. Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, the price of the typical property increased twice as fast as the price of the average property. What is the difference between his new rent and the market average for 2016-17?

Accepted Answer

He pays £125 less

Answer

He pays £125 more

Answer

He pays £375 less

Answer

He pays the market average

Question 8

What is the most common store-to-distribution-center distance?

Accepted Answer

21 to 30 miles

Answer

11 to 20 miles

Answer

41 to 50 miles

Answer

10 miles or less

Question 9

This is the revenue of an Australian medium-to-large business. All figures are in AUD$.

The corporation wants to figure out how much money it makes on a monthly basis, taking into account all three revenue streams. What is the average monthly total revenue for the three months listed in the table, rounded up to the closest $250?

Accepted Answer

$239,250

Answer

$80,000

Answer

$239,000

Answer

$239,500

Question 10

The percentage of nickel in two coins is shown in the table.

What is the difference between the weight of copper present in Coin B and the weight of copper present in Coin A if both coins are made entirely of nickel and copper?

Accepted Answer

0.675 g

Answer

0.560 g

Answer

0.225 g

Answer

0.435 g