Numeracy Assessment Second Chance Welcome to your screening interview numeracy assessment - Please note that you will only have one chance to answer the questions within the 10-minute time limit, please take care when answering - as one wrong question is the difference between passing or failing. The timer will start as soon as you click next. Good Luck! Name & Surname Email 1. What is three point zero two five multiplied by two hundred? 605 625 645 None 2. The cost of a t-shirt without vat is R200 - calculate the amount of vat that with need to be added to the t-shirt presuming the vat rate is 16% R28 R24 R32 None 3. Now that you have calculated the vat amount of the t-shirt above, what is the vat inclusive selling price? R228 R226 R232 None 4. Susan's average monthly electricity bill is R230, vat is included in this amount. Please calculate the amount without vat presuming the vat is rated at 14%. R205.75 R201.75 R197.75 None 5. What is the vat amount of Susan's electricity bill, presuming that the vat is rated at 14%. R28.25 R30.25 R32.25 None 6. There are 80 pupils in Year 5 in a local primary school. Thirty-two of these pupils have at least one sibling in the same school. What proportion of the year group has at least one sibling in the school? Give your answer as a decimal to one decimal place. 0.4 0.6 0.8 None 7. In a class of 28 pupils, seven attend the maths club after school. What percentage of the class do not attend the maths club after school? 65% 75% 85% None 8. In a maths challenge for charity, pupils were solving arithmetic problems. In one hour, all the pupils correctly answered 3700 questions. The university that was sponsoring the challenge said that they would pay 70c for each correctly answered question. How much money did the charity receive in Rands? R2590 R2950 R2650 None 9. Your client has R18340 to invest in forex - the USD to be specific, please work out how many USD your client will have given that the exchange rate at the time of investing is R7.57 to $1 USD. $2422,72 $2642.84 $2062.92 None 10. Andrew invested R6000 in a savings account that pays interest at a rate of 12% p.a compounded quarterly. How much will Andrew have after 9 months? R6365.40 R6180 R6556.36 None 11. The normal deposit to open a trading account is $500, your manager authorizes a 5% discount in order to sweeten the deal. How would you work out the discount? $500 x 5% = Discount $500 x 0.05 = Discount $500 x 5 / 100 = Discount None of the above None 12. In the previous question you worked out a 5% discount on a $500 deposit, what is the value of the discount calculated? $15 $25 $35 None 13. Your client wants to withdraw £563 Pound Sterling from his trading account and have it converted into South African Rands (ZAR), how much South African Rands will the client get given that the exchange rate at the time of withdrawal and conversion is R12.10 to £1 Pound Sterling. R6812.84 R6632.72 R8024.23 None 1 out of 5
