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British Army Aptitude Test Arithmetic — practice questions

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A candidate writes a quantity as 3.75 rather than as a fraction. Writing numbers this way is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A tutor explains why decimals convert so neatly into fractions. Decimals are fractions whose denominators are powers of:Read the answer and worked solution →A candidate must convert 0.37 into a fraction. The first step is to identify the place value of the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the number 0.42, the digit 2 sits in which place, fixing the denominator of the equivalent fraction?Read the answer and worked solution →A petrol price works out at 3.899 per gallon, but the till charges only to the nearest cent. The final price must therefore be:Read the answer and worked solution →A driver covers 180 miles in 3 hours. Dividing to get miles in a single hour produces a:Read the answer and worked solution →A shop sells 12 tins for 9 and 6 tins for 5. To compare fairly, a buyer should work out the:Read the answer and worked solution →Working that out, 12 tins for 9 gives a price per tin of:Read the answer and worked solution →A candidate adds five test scores and divides by five. The result is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A textbook describes the average as one number that is, for the whole set:Read the answer and worked solution →Five singers line up by height and one stands in the middle. Her height is the set's:Read the answer and worked solution →In the set 4, 7, 7, 9, 12, the value that turns up most often is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Squaring a number gives 49. Working backwards from the square to the number is finding the:Read the answer and worked solution →A candidate faces 6 + 2 times 5 and must not simply work left to right. The rule to apply is the order of:Read the answer and worked solution →Applying that rule, the value of 6 + 2 times 5 is:Read the answer and worked solution →To place 0.4 on a number line, a candidate divides the gap between 0 and 1 into how many equal parts?Read the answer and worked solution →One penny is written as a decimal part of a dollar because a dollar contains:Read the answer and worked solution →The suffix on names such as tenths and hundredths signals that the number is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A recruit averages 12, 15 and 18 press-ups over three days. The average number per day is:Read the answer and worked solution →A candidate buys 4 pens for 2.40. Dividing to find the cost of one pen gives:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the averagesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the place valuesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numeracy gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the numeracy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rate or averageRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numeracy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Numeracy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A candidate writes a quantity as 3.75 rather than as a fraction. Writing numbers this way is called:

  1. Decimal notation
  2. Diagonal notation
  3. Doubling notation
  4. Dividing notation
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Correct answer: A. Decimal notation

1. The digits after the point stand for tenths, hundredths and so on. 2. That is a different way of writing the same value as a fraction. 3. Writing a number with a decimal point is decimal notation. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 5, Decimals._

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A tutor explains why decimals convert so neatly into fractions. Decimals are fractions whose denominators are powers of:

  1. Seven itself
  2. Ten itself
  3. Two itself
  4. Three itself
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Correct answer: B. Ten itself

1. The first place after the point is tenths, the next hundredths. 2. Each place is ten times smaller than the one before it. 3. So the denominators are powers of ten itself. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 5, Decimals._

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A candidate must convert 0.37 into a fraction. The first step is to identify the place value of the:

  1. Farthest right one
  2. Farthest left one
  3. Largest digit here
  4. Smallest digit here
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Correct answer: A. Farthest right one

1. The last digit fixes how small the fraction's parts are. 2. Here the 7 sits in the hundredths place, giving a denominator of 100. 3. So identify the place of the farthest right one, giving 37 hundredths. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 5, Decimals._

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