Scientific Reasoning MCQs

Question 1

A rectangular strip of card is folded to make the following shape.Which one of the following cards, if folded along the lines indicated, could result in this shape?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 2

Mrs Jones has recently sought quotes to build a fence from five companies. The companies charge similar prices for each item. Unfortunately, her young son cut four of the quotes in half while playing with scissors. She has one complete quote, shown below.The 8 halves of quotes have been labelled P, Q, R, S and 1, 2, 3, 4.Which of the following solutions matches the correct halves of the quote?

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P4 Q1 R2 S4

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P2 Q4 R8 S1

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P4 Q11 R2 S6

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P1 Q2 R1 S3

Question 3

I want to cut 10 identical rectangles, each 6cm x 10cm, from rectangular plastic boards that are 15cm x 20cm. Each of the 10 rectangles must be cut out as one piece - joins are not allowed.What is the smallest number of plastic boards that I can use?

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4

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2

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3

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5

Question 4

In a restaurant recently, I received the following bill:What percentage of the cost of the food and drink had been added to the bill as the service charge?

Accepted Answer

12.5%

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11.1%

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14.0%

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15.0%

Question 5

Ed wants to represent his favourite superheroes using graphs. The data for his favorite superheroes is listed below along with three of the four graphs.Which superhero's graph has yet to be drawn?

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Powfist

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Camoror

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Sgirk

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Fiesta

Question 6

Many people were worried when they found that their photocopiers had been sometimes changing numbers on one photocopy; sometimes, although not always, changed 6 into 8.A list of prices was copied on this photocopier. The first five prices on the copy are shown below.$54.80$60.00$65.40$70.80$78.20In the original list, the prices had increased by the same amount each time.What was the next price on the original list?

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$81.60

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$81.80

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$83.60

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$85.60

Question 7

A tramway links the towns of Peafort and Yubridge. The daily timetable is shown below.Which is the only station from which two trams depart in opposite directions at the same time as each other?

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Teedon

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Kewham

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Arcaster

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Essley

Question 8

A die and its net is shown below.The die is rotated a half turn about each of the three axes in succession. Which face is on the top of the die as a result?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 9

William buys a bus ticket every day, Monday to Friday, for $2.50. The bus company has just introduced a card which can be bought to get a discount on all bus fuels.Each carals valid for 4 weeks. William has worked out that he will pay exactly the same amount for the card as he will if he continues to buy tickets at the normal price. Which of the following could be the price and discount for the card?

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$5 for the card and a discount of 10% on ticket prices

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$5 for the card and a discount of 50% on ticket prices

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$10 for the card and a discount of 50% on ticket prices

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$10 for the card and a discount of 80% on ticket prices

Question 10

Mr and Mrs Porter drove down to see Sweeney. Mr Porter drove the first 20km on the way there, and Mrs Porter drove the rest of the way. On the return journey, she drove the first 30km and he drove the rest. How much farther did Mrs Porter drive than Mr Porter?

Accepted Answer

20km

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No farther

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10km

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There is not enough information to work it out

Question 11

Gemma is on a coach trip. After a short sleep, she has woken up just in time to see this sign on the side of the motorway:The last thing she remembers seeing before she fell asleep is this sign:How far has the coach travelled while Gemma has been asleep?

Accepted Answer

56 km

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4 km

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17 km

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39 km

Question 12

Monthly Sales of New Cars in Illyria are always highest in March and September.At the each of month the sales figure from the 1st january up to the enf of that month are recorded.These figures are then presented on a chart.Which of the four charts below could represent the car sales in Illyria?

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 13

This morning I took my three children to an internet cafe. Jay used the internet for 37 minutes and was charged $17.40, whilst Kay's 56 minutes cost $20.25 and Harry had to pay $19.05 for the 48 minutes that he spent online.Which of the following formulae does this cafe use to charge for its internet facilities?

Accepted Answer

$8.15 + $0.25 per minute

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$8.65 + $0.30 per minute

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$9.05 + $0.20 per minute

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$11.85 + $0.15 per minute

Question 14

Andy wants a challenge and he has decided to cycle from Jamestown to Country End, a distance of 1600km. He never cycles more than 150km each day, but in order to conserve his energies, he has decided on the following restrictions:- After he has cycled 150km for each of two consecutive days he will cycle only 75km the next day.- On Saturdays he will cycle only 75km and on Sundays he will have a rest day.- On each day he will cycle the maximum permitted within these restrictions.Andy will leave Jamestown early on a Wednesday morning.If he completes the ride without any unexpected delays, on what day of the week will Andy arrive in Country End?

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Wednesday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Thursday

Question 15

The solid block below is shaped so that it will interlock with another block to form a cube.Which of the solid blocks below, together with the block above, will form a solid cube?

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D

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A

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B

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C

Question 16

A child's toy consists of four interlocking wooden wheels with fixed centres and 10, 15, 20 and 40 identical teeth. The wheel on the left has a handle as shown and the wheel on the right has a star marked at A.Fred uses the handle to turn the wheel on the left through 3 complete turns clockwise. In which position does the star finish?

Accepted Answer

Position C

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Position A

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Position B

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Position D

Question 17

I want to attend one football match this month. Since I want to see a good match, I have decided to see a team who finished within four places of my team last year. My team finished 8th last year. I also want to watch an away game, but would like to travel the shortest distance possible to reach the game. I have summarised the information about this month's matches for my team in the table shown below.Week Wednesday game Saturday game.Which match will I go to see?

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Week 2 Saturday

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Week 1 Saturday

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Week 2 Wednesday

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Week 3 Wednesday

Question 18

Cabbi Taxis used to charge $1.50 for a journey, plus 40¢ per ¼ kilometre or part of ¼ kilometre. Recently the company has changed its fare structure and now charges $10 for all journeys of 5 kilometres or less, plus an extra $1 for every further kilometre or part of a kilometre. Whenever I have by train i hire cabbi Taxis to take me to the station, a journey of 11.2 kilometres. How much more or less than previously does my journey to the station now cost?

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20¢ less

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70¢ more

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30¢ more

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10¢ less

Question 19

Jack has decided that he would like to improve his Japanese and is considering a number of options that are available to him. The options are summarised in the table below.Jack needs an Intermediate course starting immediately and can only pay up to $50 in total in any month. As he works between 09:00 and 17:00 each day Monday to Friday he needs a course that is not within these times.What is the cheapest total cost that Jack could pay for his course?

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$270

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$200

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$230

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$110

Question 20

Anita is tiling her bathroom walls. She is using hexagonal tiles which are all either plain black, black and white striped, or chequered. She is making sure that no two adjacent tiles have the same pattern,What patterns will tiles X and Y be?

Accepted Answer

Tile X will be striped and tile Y will be chequered

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Tile X will be striped and tile Y will be plain black

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Tile X will be chequered and tile Y will be striped

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Tile X will be plain black and tile Y will be striped

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