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Numerical Reasoning

Posted 17 February 2016 by John Grundy (Edutest Selective School Exams)

The Melbourne High exam at year 8 (including MacRob, Cory & Nossal) and the John Monash Science School have challenging questions, including certain types of numerical reasoning. They can take some time to work through. Here is an example.

To answer this question, consider that there are 8 apples per bag. Fred needs 38 bags, he needs 1 small truck and 2 vans to deliver 38 bags, because he is not allowed left over apples. That is 3 deliveries in total.

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  1. Ann said on 15:59 Thursday 14 Sep, 2017

    [ +10 ] My answer would have been: 1 delivery. It will be cheaper and faster to send 1 x half-empty Semi-Trailer Truck ($185) than 1 x full small truck ($100) & 2 x Vans ($120). $185 is cheaper than $220... :))) ?????No because the condition is that the semi-trailer carries 50 bags????

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  2. Anastasia Kruglova said on 11:29 Friday 16 Dec, 2016

    [ 0 ] This is amazing it is challenging but lots of fun!

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