Verbal reasoning: 2016

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Maths Revision 10/08/16

1. 60 children were asked what their favourite flavour of ice-cream was. 30 said vanilla, 10 said chocolate and mint, 5 said chocolate and 15 said toffee ice-cream. If you show the results in a pie-chart, what angle would represent number of children who liked a) vanilla, b) chocolate and mint, c) chocolate and d) toffee ice-cream?

2. There were 300 children in a school. 150 children walked, 45 children came by car, 90 children came by bicycle and 15 came by bus. If you show the above data in a pie-chart, what angle would represent the number of children who a) walked, b) came by bicycle, c) came by car and d)came by bus?

3. 20% would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

4. 50% would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

5. 75% would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

6. 1/6 would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

7. 4/5 would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

8. 2/3 would be represented by what angle in a pie-chart?

9. 1/3 would be represented by what angle in a pie chart?

10. 1/4 would be represented by what angle in a pie chart?

11. Sam drew a plan of his house and garden. Scale was

1 cm = 6 m. The garden was 6 cm long and 3 cm wide. What is the perimeter of the garden in the plan? What is the actual perimeter of the garden? The house was 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is the perimeter and area of the house in the plan? What is the actual perimeter and area of the house?

12. Map shows the distance between Town A and Town B as 3.7 cm. The map was drawn to the scale 1cm = 5 km. What is the actual distance between Town A and Town B?

13. Map shows the distance between Town A and Town B as 4.5 cm. The map was drawn to the scale 1 cm = 6.5 km. What is the actual distance between Town A and Town B?

14. A map is drawn to a scale 1:50000. Distance between Town A and Town B in the map is 3 cm. What is the actual distance between Town A and Town B? Give your answer in km.

15. A map is drawn to a scale of 1:25000. Distance between Town A and Town B in the map is 4 cm. What is the actual distance between Town A and Town B? Give your answer in km

Monday, 8 August 2016

Maths Revision

Time: 7 minutes

1. What is the cost of half kg flour if 5 kg costs £4.50?

2. What is the cost of 250 g butter if 2 kg costs £4.80?

3. What is the distance covered by a car in 15 minutes if it travels a speed of 60 km/hour?

4. What is the cost of 100 g of sugar if 1 kg costs £1.50?

5. What is the cost of 750 g of flour if 3 kg costs £7.20?

6. What is the cost of 250 g of flour if 5 kg costs £15?

7. What is the area of a square with perimeter 24 cm?

8. What is the perimeter of a square with area 81 cm^2?

^{9. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length 20 cm and width 17 cm?}

^{10. What is the area of a rectangle with perimeter 30 cm and length 10 cm?}

^{11. 4 + 5 x 2 - 6 =}

^{12. 8 x 3 + 4 - 6 =}

^{13. 5 + 3 x 5 - 7 =}

^{14. 7 + 8 x 6 - 4 =}

^{15. 20 + 3 x 15 - 7 =}

Synonyms - Fill in the blanks

1. worry           p - n - -
                        f - - t
2. destroy        r - - n
                        - r - - k
                        d - m - - i - -
3. honest          f - - n k
                        g - - u i - -
                        t - - t h - - l
4. calamity      c - t - s t - - p - -
                        - - s h - -

5. distress        a n - - i - -
                        a - - n -
                        t - - m - - t
6. sly               c r - - t -
                        - - t f - -
                        c - - n - - g
                        d - - i - - s
7. humble        s - - p - -
                        m - - e - -
8. proud           b - - s - f - l
                        v - - n
                        c - - c - - t - -
9. boast            g l - - t
                         b - - g
10. shy              t - - i d
                          m - - k
                          c - -
                          b - - h f - -
11. complain     w h - - e
                          w h - - g -
                          m - - n
                          l - - e - -
12. attract          l - - e
                          e n - - c -
                          w - -
                          d - - w
                          e n - - a - -
13. challenge    q - - s t - - n
                         c - - f r - - t
                         d - - p - - e
14. understand p - - c e - - e
                         c - - p - - h - - d
15. throw          h - - l
                          f - - n g
16. push            t h - - s t
                          n - d g -
17. pull             d - - w
                         h - - l
                         t - g

Synonyms 08/08/16

Synonyms to learn and revise:

1. Destroy ruin, wreck, demolish, eliminate, eradicate

2. Disaster calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, accident, mishap

casualty

3. Worry(verb) fret, brood, panic

4. Distress anguish, agony, torment, torture

5. Afraid petrified, nervous, scared, frightened

6. Sly crafty, cunning, artful, clever, devious

7. Honest truthful, sincere, frank, genuine, straightforward,

moral, upright

8. Humble modest, simple

9. Arrogant proud, conceited, vain, boastful

10. Boast gloat, brag

11. Shy timid, meek, coy, bashful, reticent

12. Complain moan, whinge, lament, whine, grumble

13. Throw hurl, cast, toss, fling

14. Push thrust, shove, nudge, jostle

15. Pull haul, tug, trail, tow, drag

16. Attract lure, entice, tempt, woo, draw, pull, enchant

17. Understand comprehend, perceive, interpret, discern

18. Strong powerful, fierce

19. Pity sympathy, compassion

20. challenge(verb) question, confront, dispute

Sunday, 7 August 2016

Cloze 07/08/16

haywire forecast tiresome varying depends foretell positive

litter predict beauty

Life is very short. At times, life can appear to be very long. It all
-------- on how you look at it. Sometimes, when everything goes
---------, life seems long and ---------. However, on the other hand, when ---------- things happen, we feel life to be short. These ------- moments ---------- themselves throughout life and it's impossible to ----------- them. But that's the ---------- of life. There is no -------- to --------- the events of life.

Maths Revision 07/08/16

Time: 15 to 20 minutes

Calculate:

1) 1.21 x 100 =            6) 45 ÷ 10 =
2) 3.06 x 10   =            7) 3.5 ÷ 10 =
3) 4.5 x 100   =            8) 5.06 ÷ 10 =
4) 0.03 x 100 =            9) 70 ÷ 100 =
5) 4.12 x 10   =           10) 17 ÷ 10 =

Fill in the blanks:

1) 34 x ------- = 3400
2) 3.56 x -------- = 35.6
3) 6.04 x --------- = 604
4) 7.85 x --------- = 7850
5) 34 ÷ ---------- = 3.4
6) 756 ÷ --------- = 0.756
7) 83 ÷ ---------- = 0.83
8) 7.2 ÷ 100 = -------
9) 0.83 ÷ -------- = 0.083
10) 8.02 x ------- = 80.2

9 x 7 = 63

1) 0.9 x 7 = ---------

2) 9 x 0.7 = ---------

3) 0.9 x 0.7 = --------

4) 90 x 7 = ---------

5) 90 x 70 = ----------

6) 6.3 ÷ 7 = ----------

7) 63 ÷ 90 = ----------

8) 6.3 ÷ 0.7 = ----------

9) 630 ÷ 70 = -----------

10) 6.3 ÷ 7 = ----------

48 x 15 = 720

1) 4.8 x 15 = --------

2) 4.8 x1.5 = --------

3) 24 x 15 = ---------

4) 48 x 30 = ---------

5) 0.48 x 15 = -------

6) 4.8 x 0.15 = -------

Word Problems:

1) 12 eggs can be packed in 1 box. How many boxes are needed to pack 150 eggs?

2) 350 people are going on a trip. A bus has 38 seats. How many buses are needed for the trip?

3) A pencil costs 38p. How many pencils can be bought for £5?

4) 910 chairs are arranged in 13 rows. How many chairs were there in 1 row?

5) How many 25 cm long pieces of wood can be cut from a 5 m wooden plank?

Solve:

1) 1/2 of 34 = --------

2) 3/4 of 96 = --------

3) 4/5 of 100 = -------

4) 5/6 of 120 = -------

5) 3/8 of 64 = --------

Solve:

1) 1/2 of --------- = 125

2) 1/4 of --------- = 125

3) 3/4 of --------- = 120

4) 4/5 of --------- = 64

5) 3/8 of --------- = 72

Word Problems:

1) Sam had some stickers. He gave 3/4 of his stickers to his friend. He had 15 stickers left. How many stickers did he have in the beginning?

2) Price List

Shirt £6.00

Trousers £12.00

Tie £ 4.50

Hat £ 3.50

Socks £1.50

Shoes £ 15.00

Skirt £ 11.50

Blouse £ 7.50

a) What is the cost of a shirt, a pair of trousers, a pair of socks and a pair of shoes?

b) What is the cost of a tie, 2 hats and a skirt?

c) What is the cost of a shirt, a blouse and a pair of shoes?

d) What is the price of the clothes if they are on a 10% off sale? Find the price of each of the clothing item.

3) 300 tiles are used to cover a kitchen floor. 75 of them are black, 60 are red and 45 are blue and the rest are white.

a) What fraction of the tiles are black?

b) What fraction of the tiles are red?

c) What fraction of the tiles are white?

d) What fraction of the tiles are blue?

4) A restaurant uses 5 kg of flour on Monday, 4 kg of flour on Tuesday, 6 kg of flour on Wednesday, 3 kg of flour on Thursday, 7 kg of flour on Friday and 20 kg each on Saturday and Sunday. 1 kg of flour costs £2.50. How much money is spent to buy flour for the whole week?

5) 2 cakes and a drink cost £7.50. If the drink costs £1.50, how much does 1 cake cost?

Saturday, 6 August 2016

Maths Revision 6/8/16

1. Round the following numbers to the nearest 10:
a) 299 b) 321 c) 435 d) 5604 e)7606

2. Round the following numbers to the nearest 100:
a) 3453 b)4536 c)2010 d)3999 e)3004

3. Round the following numbers to the nearest 1000:
a) 45564 b)76684 c) 84563 d) 12999 e) 31000

4. Round the following numbers to the nearest whole number, 10, 100 and 1000:
a) 35647.12
b) 45123.04
c) 56778.94
d) 45643.86

5. Round the following numbers to one decimal place(otherwise called nearest tenth):

a) 346.732
b) 456.122
c) 134.715
d) 746.089
e) 384.345

6. Round the following numbers to 2 decimal places(otherwise called nearest hundredth):

a) 346.732
b) 456.122
c) 134.715
d) 746.089
e) 384.365

7. Which of the following numbers is 456 when rounded to the nearest whole number?

a) 456.34
b) 455.34
c) 456.89

8. What is the smallest number which is equal to 560 when rounded to the nearest 10?

9. What is the smallest number which is equal to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100?

10. What is the biggest number which is equal to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100?

11. What is the smallest number which is equal to 5 when rounded to the nearest whole number?

12. What is the biggest number which is equal to 5 when rounded to the nearest whole number?

13.Measurements:
a) 3565 ml = ------------ litres
b) 4005 ml = ------------ litres
c) 3120 cm = ------------ m
d) 4500 cm = ------------ m
e)     56 cm = ------------ m
f) 4510 m = ------------ km

14. Find 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50% and 75% of the following amounts:
a) £240
b) £4.80
c) £500
d) £6.40
e) £96

15. What fraction of £1 is 15p?

16. What fraction of £3 is 60p?

17. What fraction of £10 is £2.50?

18. What fraction of 1 km is 250m?

19. What fraction of 1 kg is 600g?

20. What fraction of 1 kg is 800g?

21. Change the following fractions into percentages:
a) 3/5             f) 4/16

b) 7/10           g) 12/16

c) 8/20            h) 12/15

d) 4/5

e) 3/25

22. Arrange the following fractions from smallest to biggest:

a) 3/4, 1/2, 3/8, 5/16, 5/8, 1/4

b) 2/3, 3/5, 1/3, 7/15, 4/15

c) 1/3, 1/2, 5/6, 7/12, 5/12

d) 1/3, 5/8, 11/24, 7/8, 2/3

e) 7/20, 4/5, 3/4, 11/20, 1/5

23. Change the following percentages into decimals:

a) 34% b) 50% c) 10% d) 25% e) 30% f) 35% g) 40%

24. Match the following:

a) 45%                 0.7

b) 70%                   3/5

c) 60%                  3/10

d) 30%                  1/5

e)   20%                  0.45

25.    Menu

Chips                                     49p

Fish fingers                             99p

Juice                                        39p

Ice-cream                                79p

Salad                                       69p

a) How much does it cost to buy 4 orders of chips, 3 orders of fish fingers and 1 ice-cream?

b) How much does it cost to buy a salad, 4 orders of fish fingers and an ice-cream?

c) How much does it cost to buy 2 salads, 3 ice-creams and 3 juices?

d) Sam ordered fish fingers, 2 orders of chips, salad and ice cream. What change does he get if he pays with a £5 note?

e) A family of four ordered fish fingers, chips, salad and ice-cream each. How much change do they get if they paid with a £20?

Synonyms - fill in the blanks 06/08/16

idea           s - g - - s t - - n
blame        c - n - - m -
blunder      e - - o -
                  - - s - - k -
walk          - - a - p - -
                  - - u n - e r
                  - - b - -
run             s - - i - -
                  d - - h
                  - - s -
ask            - - e s - i - n
                 - - q u - - e
want         w - - h
                 d - s - - e
say            u - - e r
                 m - n - - o -
                 s - - t -
                 r - m - - k
                 a - - o - n - e
think         - - n - - r
                 r - - i - n - t e
                 c - - s - d - r
hinder       h a - - e r
                 o - s t - - c t
announce d e - - a - e
lazy           - d - -
                  i - - o - - n t
plan           p - o p - s - -
hate           a b - - r
                  d - t e - -
                  d - - l - - e
confused    b - - f - e -
                   p - - p - - x - -
horrible      h - - e - - s
                   a - - o r r - - t
concern      w - - r y
                   a - - i - t -
conquer      b - - t
                   - - e r - - m e
                   v - - q - - s -
horrid         o b - - x - - u s
belief          c - n v - - t - -n
                   f - - t h
                   o p - - i - n
                   p - i n - - p - -
abandon     d - s - - t
                   s - - a -
                   d - - c - - d
terrible       - - r -
abrupt        - - d d - n
able            - - m - - t - - t
                   - - l - - t - -
                   s - - l f - -
                   p - - f i c - - - t
confess       - - m i -
avoid          s - i - k
                   e - - d e
brief           s u - - i - - t
                   s - - r t
                   c - - c - - e
build           c - - s t - - c t
                   c r - - t -
                   a - - e - b - -
cruel           s - v - - e
                   b - - b - - i c
                   a - - o c - - s
                   s - - i s - - c
dull             - - r - - g
                   d r - - r y
                   t - - i - - s
                   t - r - s - - e
biased         p - - t - - a -
                   p r - - u - i c - -
wild            - - w - y
                   - - r - - y
                   b - - s t - - o - -

Synonyms 06/08/15

Synonyms

Abandon desert, forsake, scrap, drop, discard, cancel

Able allowed, permitted, free, willing

Able competent, skilful, capable, proficient

Abolish eliminate

Abrupt sudden, hurried, unexpected

Awful terrible, horrible, dreadful, bad, dire, appalling, horrid,

Detestable, unkind

Avoid elude, evade, shirk

Belief opinion, view, notion, theory, faith, conviction, principle

Biased partial, unfair, partisan, prejudiced

Boisterous noisy, rowdy, unruly, wild, disorderly

Boring tiresome, tedious, dull, dreary, monotonous, dry, insipid

Brave valiant, gallant, intrepid, daring

Brief short, concise, succinct, compact

Build construct, create, assemble

Build frame, physique, figure, form

Atrocious vicious, callous, sadistic, brutal, savage, cruel, diabolical,

Abominable, evil, fiendish

Adequate enough, sufficient, ample

Adopt accept, follow, embrace

Alarm(noun) signal, alert, warning, siren

Alarm(verb) frighten, startle, panic, scare, shock, surprise

Aim(noun) ambition, desire, goal, desire, target

Ban prohibit, forbid, exclude

Banish expel, deport, exile

Beckon call, signal, gesture

Bliss joy, delight, pleasure

Blame condemn, criticize, accuse, scold, reproach

Blunder error, mistake, fault

Blunt rude, abrupt, plain

Bolt fasten, lock, secure, run

Buy purchase, acquire

Calm tranquil, serene, still

Casual deliberate, accidental, unintentional

Central crucial, main, chief, vital, important, essential

Cautious wary, vigilant, careful, watchful, attentive

Certain sure, definite, absolute, convincing, confident

Ceremony ritual, rite, formalities

Charge(noun) fee, rate

Charge(verb) assault, attack

Charming delightful, attractive, appealing

Choice alternative, option, preference, selection

Claim declare, allege, insist

Climb ascend, clamber

Clever intelligent, able, intelligent, knowledgeable, skilful, talented

Collect gather, assemble, converge

Comfort console, soothe, reassure

Compose create, devise, produce, write, draft

Conceal hide, cover, bury

Comprise

Confess admit, reveal

Confused mystified, baffled, perplexed, puzzled, bewildered

Connect join, attach, link, couple, fasten

Conquer beat, overcome, overwhelm, vanquish

Concern worry, anxiety, fear

Hate loathe, dislike, detest, abhor, abominate

Horrible horrendous, detestable, loathsome, abhorrent, obnoxious, horrid, hideous

Delay hinder, hamper, obstruct, impede

Walk trudge, plod, traipse, saunter, amble

Think believe, guess, reckon, consider, estimate, expect, suppose

Imagine, ponder, ruminate, contemplate

Say state, remark, utter, comment, mention

Announce, declare, articulate

Reply answer, retort, respond, counter

Ask query, question, enquire

Run dart, bolt, dash, sprint, rush, hurry, scurry

Want wish, desire

Idea plan, design, suggestion, proposal

Lazy idle, indolent, slack, inactive

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Anotnyms-11th June

Antonyms

1. Closed a - - r

2. pleasant a - - o - i - g

3. amiable - o s - i - e

4. concerned i n - - f f - r - n t

5. soothe i - - i - a - e

6. intentional i n - - v - r - - n t

7. success f - - l - r e

8. patient - - x - o - s

9. generous - i - e - l y

10. attack - - f - n d

11. forbid - - l - w

12. cheerful d - - e - t - d

13. cautious - - s h

14. blaring - - i - t

15. bend - - r a - g - t - n

16. optional - b - - g - t - r y

17. flatter - - s - l t

18. scanty - - u - - a t

19. copius - - u - - a t

20. deny a - - e - t

21. defy - - e y

22. modest - o - s t - u l

23. famous - n - - o - n

24. many - e -

25. gather d - s - e r - e

26. contract - x - - n d

27. heavy - - g - t

28. dead - l - v e

29. keen u - - - t h - s - a - t - c

30.consent d - s - g - e -
r - f - s -

31. honest i - s - n - e - e

32. humble - r - u -

33.meticulous c - r - l - s s

34. rigid - l - x - p - e

35. mean f - i - - d - y

36. spiteful - - n d

37. refuse a - r - -

38. seldom o - t - n

39. wealthy - - o r

40 brilliant - u - -

41. careless v - - i l - n t

42. safety d - - g - r

43. vicious m - r - - f u l

synonyms - Test 11th June

Synonyms

1. Satisfy - l - - s e

2. same - d - n - - c - l

3. boisterous - - r - l -

4. ignore - - e - l - - k
n - g - - c t

5. essential n - c - - s - r -

6. noise d - -

7. propose s - - g - s t

8. positive c - n - i - - n t

9. oppose o - - e - t

10. idea c - - c - - t
      s u - - e - t - - n
         n - - i - n
                              p - - p - - a l

11. picture - o - t - a y

12. lazy i - - e
i - d - - e - t

13. say u - - e r

14. scatter s - - l -

15. separate - s - - a - e

16. praise    c - m m - n d
            a - - l - u -
               c - - g - a - u - - t -

17.meet e - - o - n - e r

18. squander w - - t -

19. gaunt h - - g - r d

20. stare g - z -

21. gallant v a - - - n t

22. dainty e - - g - n t
e x q - i - i - e

23. curt a b - - p -
b - - n t

24. diligence a - - - n - i - n

25. daunting - n - - m - d - - i - g

26. sorrow w - -
m - - e - y
d - - t - e - -

27. desparate d - - p - - d - n t

28. brittle f - - g - l -
d - - i - - t -
b - - a - a - l -

29. rugged b - - p -
.          u - - v - n
           j - - g - d
        i - - e - u - a -

30. nurture r - - s -
r - a -

31. type s - r t
k - - d
v a - i - t -

32. realm k - - g - o m
d - m - i -

33. reluctant u n - - l - i - g

34. malicious s - i - - u -
h - - t - l -
e - - l
m - l - v - - - n -
35. clever. s h - e - d
c - - n -

Synonyms - Simple 11th June Part 1

Synonyms

1. sad g - - m

2. rush - u - r -

3. rubbish - e - - s -

4. rule - o - t - - l
m - - a - e

5. plan s - - a - e - -

6. say m - - t - - n

7. meet e - - o - n - - r

8. mature - e - s - - l -

9. mighty f - - o - i - u -

10. cause r - - s - n

11. cheap - - f - rd - b l e

12. claim c - - l - - t

13. build f - - m

14. calculate c - u - t

15. busy e n - a - e d

16. bury h - - e
c o n - e - l

17. behaviour c - - d - - t
a c - i - n s

18. biased p - - t - s - n
p r - j - - i - e d

19. motive p - - p - s e

22. efficient c - - p - t - n t
a - l e

23.edgy a - - i - - s

24. enquire i - - e s - i - a - e

25. enemy r - - a l

Simple Synonyms 11th June-Part 2

Synonyms

1. Walk s - r - l l

2. adore l - v -

3. run s - r - - t

4. Try a - - e - p t

5. thrilled e - c - t - d

6. active b - s -

7. aid h - - p
s - - p - - t
a s s - - t

8. barrel k - g

9. bargain h - g - - e
a - - u -
n - g - - t - - t e

10. bear t - - r - - t -
e - - - r -

11. begin s - - r -
c - m - e - c-

12. big e - - r - o - s
m - s s - v e
g - g - n - i -

13. show r - v - - l

14. joy h - p p - n - s s
d - l - - h -
p - - a - u - e

15. buy p - r - - a - e

16. nice p - - a - a - t

17. ugly h - - e - u -

18. sour t - - g -

19. happy j - - f - -

20 lazy i - - e

21. brisk a - t - v e

22. say u t - - r

23. leave a b - - - o n

24. jump - - a p

25. near c - - s -

26. teacher t - t - r

Synonyms- 11th June

Synonyms

1. change                             m - - i f -

2. ceremony                        - i t - a -

3. chaos                              - a - h - m

4. prospect                          c - a n - e

5. charming                         a - p - - l - n g

6. cheeky                             i m - u - e n t

7. choke                               s - f f - - a - e

8. hygiene                             c - - a - l - n - s

9. comment                           r - m - - k

10. compliment                    a p - r - - - a - e

11. collapse                          t - - b - e

12. objection                         - r - - e - t

13. chaotic                             d i - o - d - - l y

14. colourful                          v - b - r - n t

15. complicated                     - l - b - r - - e

16. conquer                            - v - r - - m r

17. conceited                           a - - o g - n t

18. commit                              - e - f - r m

19. consequence                      o - t - - m e

20. convince                            a - - u r -

21. contempt                            h - - r - d
                                                 s - o - n
                                                 d - - g - s t
                                                 d - - l - k e

22. cruel                                   b - u - a l
                                                 s - v - g -
                                                 b - r b - r - c

23. prominent                          n - t - b - e

24. obvious                              a - - a - e - t

25. uncanny                             s - r - n g e
                                                m y s - e - i - - s

26. precarious                         d - n - e r - - s

27. derelict                              d - l - p - d - - e d

28. desolate                             l - - e - y

29. defy                                   r e - - s t
                                                d i - o b - y

30. contradict                          d - - p - t e
                                                d - s a - r - -

31. deceitful                            d - - h - e s t

32. defiant                               o - - t - n - t e
                                                 s - - b b - r n

33. deliever                             s - p p - y
                                                d - s t r i - u t e
                                                c - n - - y

34. detest                                 h - - e
                                                 l - - t - e

35. devoted                               d - - i - a - e d
                                                  c o - - i a - e d


36. ardous                                   - - f f - c - - t

37. dignified                               n - - - e
                                                   d - s - - n g - - s h - d

38. dingy                                    d - - m - l
                                                   g - o o - y
                                                   d - l - - y

39.tragedy                                  - - s h - p

40. sceptical                               d - - b t - - l
                                                   u n - - r - - i n