Numeracy test
Numeracy test
This the numeracy test I'll use for my research project - see if you can get all nine questions right. Tip - some are dead simple, but some are harder than they look!
This the numeracy test I'll use for my research project - see if you can get all nine questions right. Tip - some are dead simple, but some are harder than they look!
In the ACME PUBLISHING SWEEPSTAKES, the chance of winning a car is 1 in 1000. What percent of tickets of ACME PUBLISHING SWEEPSTAKES win a car?
If it takes five machines 5 minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
If Person A's chance of getting a disease is 1 in 100 in 10 years, and person B's risk is double that of A, what is B's risk out of a hundred in ten years?
In the BIG BUCKS LOTTERY, the chances of winning a $10.00 prize are 1%. What is your best guess about how many people would win a $10.00 prize if 1000 people each buy a single ticket from BIG BUCKS?
Imagine that we roll a fair, six-sided die 1000 times. Out of 1000 rolls, how many times do you think the die would come up as an even number?
In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how many days would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
Which of these two options represents the biggest risk of getting a disease?
If Person A's risk of getting a disease is 1% in 10 years, and Person B's risk is double that of A's, what is B's risk in ten years?