PowerSchool Aptitude Test: Numerical Reasoning Flashcards
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A school year has 180 days. If a student is absent 9 days, what percentage of days did they attend?
Answer: 95%
Attendance = (180 − 9) / 180 × 100 = 171 / 180 × 100 = 95%.
A number is 40% of 250. What is the number?
Answer: 100
0.40 × 250 = 100.
What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ___?
Answer: 36
The sequence is perfect squares (1², 2², 3², 4², 5²), so the next is 6² = 36.
A school district spends $3,500 per student annually and has 1,200 students. What is the total annual spending?
Answer: $4,200,000
$3,500 × 1,200 = $4,200,000.
A student scored 85, 90, and 78 on three tests. What score is needed on a fourth test to achieve an average of 85?
Answer: 87
(85 + 90 + 78 + x) / 4 = 85 → 253 + x = 340 → x = 87.
In a class of 40 students, 3/8 passed an exam. How many students failed?
Answer: 25
Passed = 3/8 × 40 = 15; failed = 40 − 15 = 25.
A test has 50 questions. Each correct answer scores 2 points and each wrong answer deducts 0.5 points. A student answers 40 correctly and 10 incorrectly. What is their score?
Answer: 75
Score = (40 × 2) − (10 × 0.5) = 80 − 5 = 75.