UCAT QR-Subset 1.1

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Cory has an annual taxable income equivalent to $2,500 per month. She wants to save enough money each month to pay her tax for the year. The minimum amount, to the nearest $, that Cory has to save each month is:

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How many whole hectares of prime farmland cloud be bought for the total cost of buying a one hectare derelict factory site and cleaning it for residential use?

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A brownfield site is rectangular, 0.7 km by 1.6 km. it was previously the site of a steelworks. Work out the total cost of buying the land and cleaning it up for residential use.

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Building developers buy an old sewage works site with an area of 4 acres. They intend to clean the site for residential use. They know can use an area of 1/10^th of an acre for a house. Work out the total cost, to the nearest $, of buying and cleaning the land per house.

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In the second year at the university, Linda scored 99 points in P5. What is the difference between her P5 score in the second year and her average project score in the first year?

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Mineral water is classified on the basis of the amount of dissolved solid minerals it contains. The chart shows the codes for different levels of total dissolved solids (TDS) and the number of mineral water bottles each code sold at a store.

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If both the coins are made of only nickel and copper, what is the difference between the weight of copper present in Coin B and the weight of copper in Coin A?

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A group of people were asked to taste some paper soaked in a weak solution of the chemical PTC. The table gives some information about the results.

3/5 of the woman who can taste PTC and 7/12 of the men who can taste PTC do not drink coffee.

What percentage, correct to 1 decimal place, of the adults who can taste PTC do drink coffee?

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A group of people were asked to taste some paper soaked in a weak solution of the chemical PTC. The table gives some information about the results.

If 10%of the men who said they cannot taste PTC could in fact taste PTC at higher concentrations, what would be the ratio of men who can taste PTC to men who cannot taste PTC, at higher concentrations?

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A group of people were asked to taste some paper soaked in a weak solution of the chemical PTC. The table gives some information about the results.

A population of 100,000 people is equally divided between men, women, boys and girls. Use the data in the table to estimate the number, correct to 4 significant figures, of people in the population who can taste PTC.

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A group of people were asked to taste some paper soaked in a weak solution of the chemical PTC. The table gives some information about the results.

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Two parcels weighing 600g each were lost during transit. Each parcel was priced at $1,500. The compensation limit was $50 to $1,000 for one parcel and $1,000 to $2,500 for the other. What was the difference between the compensations that the courier company pad for the lost parcels?

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An artefact weighing 900 g and valued at $300 was damaged during transit. It had a compensation limit of $50 to $1,000. If the repairing cost for the artefact is 20% of its value. What is the compensation for the damaged artefact?

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Lucas couriered a cardigan of price $30 and weight 250 g with compensation limit of $0 to $50. If the cardigan is lost during transit, how much compensation should Lucas receive from the company?

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Davis couriered an article weighing 120 g with a compensation limit of $1,000 to $2,500.if the article was lost during transit and the company paid $1,121.38 as compensation, what was the actual price of the article?

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Approximately 24.8% of the audience tuned in through the Syndies services for Programme 2 were women. What number of the audience tuned the Syndies services for Programme 2 men?

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If about 33.33% of audience who tuned in to Programme 1 through the Syndies services switches to Programme 4 through the Syndies, what will be the number of audience tuned in to Programme 4 through the Syndies? Assume the base audience population remains unchanged.

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The government of Ruritania holds a prize draw each month for the buyers of Ruritanian Prize Bonds. Each bond costs $1.

The size of the prize Fund is calculated by multiplying the total number of Prize Bonds by the interest rate. Not all the prize fund was used. The interest rate in April 2009 was 0.7%.

The number of prizes is calculated by dividing the total number of Prize Bonds by the odds. The odds in April 2009 were 30,000 (30,000 to 1)

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The government of Ruritania holds a prize draw each month for the buyers of Ruritanian Prize Bonds. Each bond costs $1.

The size of the prize Fund is calculated by multiplying the total number of Prize Bonds by the interest rate. Not all the prize fund was used. The interest rate in April 2009 was 0.7%.

The number of prizes is calculated by dividing the total number of Prize Bonds by the odds. The odds in April 2009 were 30,000 (30,000 to 1)

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The government of Ruritania holds a prize draw each month for the buyers of Ruritanian Prize Bonds. Each bond costs $1.

The size of the prize Fund is calculated by multiplying the total number of Prize Bonds by the interest rate. Not all the prize fund was used. The interest rate in April 2009 was 0.7%.

The number of prizes is calculated by dividing the total number of Prize Bonds by the odds. The odds in April 2009 were 30,000 (30,000 to 1)

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The government of Ruritania holds a prize draw each month for the buyers of Ruritanian Prize Bonds. Each bond costs $1.

The size of the prize Fund is calculated by multiplying the total number of Prize Bonds by the interest rate. Not all the prize fund was used. The interest rate in April 2009 was 0.7%.

The number of prizes is calculated by dividing the total number of Prize Bonds by the odds. The odds in April 2009 were 30,000 (30,000 to 1)

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The winner of a council election in April resigns in July and a new election is held in September. There are no changes in the number of people entitled to vote between April and September.

By reading across, you can see the number of voters supporting a party in April and how the same people voted in September. No one died or left the district.

To learn how people who voted for a particular party in September had voted in April, read down the column-the total September vote o given at the bottom of each column, including any votes gained in September from people who had not voted in April.

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The winner of a council election in April resigns in July and a new election is held in September. There are no changes in the number of people entitled to vote between April and September.

By reading across, you can see the number of voters supporting a party in April and how the same people voted in September. No one died or left the district.

To learn how people who voted for a particular party in September had voted in April, read down the column-the total September vote o given at the bottom of each column, including any votes gained in September from people who had not voted in April.

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The winner of a council election in April resigns in July and a new election is held in September. There are no changes in the number of people entitled to vote between April and September.

By reading across, you can see the number of voters supporting a party in April and how the same people voted in September. No one died or left the district.

To learn how people who voted for a particular party in September had voted in April, read down the column-the total September vote o given at the bottom of each column, including any votes gained in September from people who had not voted in April.

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The winner of a council election in April resigns in July and a new election is held in September. There are no changes in the number of people entitled to vote between April and September.

By reading across, you can see the number of voters supporting a party in April and how the same people voted in September. No one died or left the district.

To learn how people who voted for a particular party in September had voted in April, read down the column-the total September vote o given at the bottom of each column, including any votes gained in September from people who had not voted in April.