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Sarah drives to work each morning. On the way she passes through a busy junction with a set of traffic lights. One morning she stops behind a line of traffic just as the lights go red. She can see 14 cars between her and the red light. The red (stop) light will remain on for 42 seconds. The green (go) light will come…BMAT 2022 · Question 2 · Logic · Save
Julia has a job interview next week. To get there she will walk to the train station, take a train to Newtown and then get a taxi to her destination. Trains leave the station every half hour, starting at 07:00 and take 60 minutes to reach Newtown. It will take Julia 15 minutes to walk from her home to the train…BMAT 2022 · Question 6 · Logic · Save
I play a game by rolling two dice. Both of my dice are quite old, and some of the dots have rubbed off. But when they were new, they were both conventional six-sided dice i.e. opposite faces add up to 7. The result of my roll is as follows:BMAT 2022 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
In preparation for a shopping trip with her mother, Maisy is counting the coins from her money box. She sorts the coins into piles of £1 coins, 50p coins, 10p coins, 5p coins and 2p coins. She has two or more coins in each of the five piles, and finds that the total value of all of these coins is £5.75.BMAT 2022 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
The table shows the prices of different packs of toy animals. Alice wants to buy some toy animals for her zoo.BMAT 2022 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
There were 60 episodes of my favourite TV show. After it finished, 20 DVDs were released, each containing 3 episodes. DVD 1 contained episodes 1, 2 and 3, DVD 2 contained episodes 4, 5 and 6, etc. I bought all 20 DVDs, but I have since lost DVDs 7, 16 and 19. The collection has recently been reissued, this time as 12…BMAT 2022 · Question 19 · Logic · Save
The numbers of sales made by each of the employees of a company for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are shown in the bar chart below.BMAT 2022 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
Karl is racing against Frank. The race is run over a distance of 800 m. In the first race, Karl allows Frank to start 5 seconds before him, but still completes the race 3 seconds before Frank. In the second race, they start to run at the same time, but Karl allows Frank to start 100 m ahead of him on the track, so…BMAT 2022 · Question 28 · Logic · Save
In the Ahmed family, each child has at least one brother and at least two sisters.BMAT 2021 · Question 2 · Logic · Save
Mike is on a special diet which puts a limit on his intake of fats, protein and salt per day. He has worked out his totals so far for today and must now choose a dessert which has the following specifications: • no more than 0.60 g of salt • no more than 50 g of fat • at least 5 g of protein The table gives…BMAT 2021 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
I have a chocolate shop and I analysed the sales figures of one of my products, a chocolate bar with winter spices, before and after Christmas Day (25 December). The number of bars sold on seven days is summarised in the following table. The price of the bar varied as I offered substantial discounts around Christmas…BMAT 2021 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
A family of 2 adults and 2 children are going on holiday for 14 days. They have been advised to take malaria tablets for their holiday to prevent them developing the disease. The daily dose for adults is one 100 mg tablet. For children, 25 mg tablets are given based on body weight so that if a child weighs 5–20 kg…BMAT 2021 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
Ten students take tests in Economics and Statistics and their marks are given in the following table. The same information is plotted on a graph, as shown below, but one of the points has been plotted incorrectly.BMAT 2021 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
On my kitchen shelf, I have two jars of white flour, two jars of wholemeal flour and one jar of rye flour. I have mixed up the labels on the jars, but I remember that the total weight of the jars containing white flour is double the weight of the jar containing rye flour. The jars weigh 475 g, 575 g, 750 g, 900 g and…BMAT 2021 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
The prices for customised birthday cards are shown in the tables below. James wishes to buy 8 small cards and 20 medium cards. He has decided to use one of the standard images on the small cards, but has his own image that he will upload to go on the medium cards. He will have personalised greetings on 5 of the cards.BMAT 2020 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
The following graph shows the changes in Ali’s bank balance each month over a period of 9 months. The change in balance in a given month is the difference between the balance at the end of the month and the balance at the end of the previous month.BMAT 2020 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
Meg is making costumes for the 30 members of the Rainbow Dancers, for their annual show. The costumes can be made in a variety of colour combinations, as shown in the following table. The table also shows the number of dancers who will have each variety of costume. Each costume can be made from exactly 2 m of…BMAT 2020 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
Tom is organising a 7-night tour holiday for his parents and himself. The table below shows details of the five tour companies that Tom is considering. Tom has a maximum budget of €3600. All three travellers will qualify for the quoted cost per person, but Tom will also have to pay the additional single supplement.…BMAT 2020 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
An early form of electronic communication is Morse code, which is used with a series of dots and dashes to send a message. The code is shown below, with dots and dashes indicating each letter of the alphabet. To make it easier to learn Morse code a different display was configured and part of this display is shown…BMAT 2020 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
A banana costs 20p, a nectarine 30p and a mango 45p. I spend exactly £1.50 on some or all of these fruits.BMAT 2020 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
A small factory produces four types of cycle: bicycles (two-wheeled), tricycles (three-wheeled), tandems (two-wheeled for two riders) and unicycles (one-wheeled without handlebars). The number of essential components required for each product is shown in the table below. We know that yesterday 10 saddles, 14 wheels…BMAT 2020 · Question 24 · Logic · Save
I want to buy a brochure which costs 49p. I have a pocket full of small change and so want to use as many coins as possible. I have 8 x 1p coins, 5 x 2p coins, 5 x 5p coins, 3 x 10p coins and 1 x 50p coin.BMAT 2020 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
A paint company uses two different coding systems to define the colours used in its paints. One code is the ‘YMC’ code, in which numbers between 0 and 63 are used to represent the proportions of yellow, magenta and cyan in the colour. The other is the ‘OCT’ code, which contains 6 numerical digits. The table shows the…BMAT 2020 · Question 30 · Logic · Save
The gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between the average hourly earnings of men and the average hourly earnings of women, expressed as a proportion of the average hourly earnings of men. In 2017, average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £550, up 2.2% from £539 in 2016. Men were paid…BMAT 2019 · Question 9 · Logic · Save
The gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between the average hourly earnings of men and the average hourly earnings of women, expressed as a proportion of the average hourly earnings of men. In 2017, average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £550, up 2.2% from £539 in 2016. Men were paid…BMAT 2019 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
Terence drew the bar chart below to represent the sales from his shop on each day from Monday to Friday last week. He also drew the following pie chart, but forgot to include one of the days.BMAT 2019 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
National daily newspapers The sales of national daily papers in the UK reached a peak in the mid-1950s. Since then there has been a gradual decline in sales. The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated this decline in the 21st century, and by the close of 2014, no UK newspaper had daily sales…BMAT 2019 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
As a cricket fan, one of the perks of my job is that my office overlooks Old Bridge cricket ground. I have a good view of the playing area, but an ill-placed advertising hoarding means that I can only see the very top of the electronically operated scoreboard. So for a score of 167 I see: There is a match currently in…BMAT 2019 · Question 23 · Logic · Save
Venus bars cost 30p each, Whizz bars cost 40p each and Flaky bars cost 50p each. Nicola spends exactly £2.40 on chocolate bars.BMAT 2019 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
The share price of a company varies each day. The graph shows the share price over a period of 10 days:BMAT 2019 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
Not drinking in middle age increases the risk of dementia as much as drinking too much, according to a new report. Published in the British Medical Journal, the data showed that abstinence (drinking no alcohol) in midlife was associated with a 45% higher risk of dementia compared with people who consumed between 1 and…BMAT 2019 · Question 32 · Logic · Save
Five employees swipe a card every time they enter or leave the office. The times for Thursday are shown in the table below. As part of a performance review, the manager observed the activity in the office between 10:00 and 12:00.BMAT 2018 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
Total unpaid work in the UK in 2015 had a value of £1000 billion, equivalent to approximately 55% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and women carried out an overall average of 60% more unpaid work than men. The only area where men put in more unpaid work hours than women was in the category of ‘non-leisure travel’.…BMAT 2018 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
Total unpaid work in the UK in 2015 had a value of £1000 billion, equivalent to approximately 55% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and women carried out an overall average of 60% more unpaid work than men. The only area where men put in more unpaid work hours than women was in the category of ‘non-leisure travel’.…BMAT 2018 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
Any railway customer who has to wait for a train that is delayed by more than 20 minutes is entitled to a refund of $6. A n yo n e w h o ha s t o w ai t f or a t r ain t ha t i s d e l a ye d b y m ore t han 10 min u t es b u tl ess t han 20 min u t es i se n t i tl e d t o a re f u n d o f$ 4. The table below shows the scheduled arrival time and the actual…BMAT 2018 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
Among a group of 6 children, 2 belong to a football team. Philip says it is Roger and Qayla. Qayla says it is Philip and Roger. Roger says it is Qayla and Sam. Sam says it is Trista and Roger. Trista says it is Ursula and Sam. Ursula refuses to say anything. Four of the children correctly named one person and lied…BMAT 2018 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
In a paint factory, large and small containers must be filled with paint. Two pumps are available. The fast pump can deliver paint at 12 litres per minute, and the slow pump can deliver paint at 6 litres per minute. Kadu begins to use one of the pumps to fill a large container and the other pump to fill a small…BMAT 2018 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
Three-year old Arthur has a junior skittles set. It contains four red skittles, four yellow skittles, three balls and a felt mat. The mat is shown below. Six of the eight skittles are placed on the spots (there are two extra in the set in case of loss or damage). The balls must then be bowled from behind the line at…BMAT 2018 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
Between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 2015, there were 1104 fatal passenger aircraft crashes for which a definitive cause was known (see Table 1). The crashes included are those which had ten or more passengers on board and which resulted in at least one fatality. Military and private aircraft and helicopters were…BMAT 2018 · Question 19 · Logic · Save
I use a 4-digit PIN with my bank cards. Each digit can be any digit between 1 and 9. I have set the code so that: • the first and second digits are consecutive (subtracting the first from the second digit gives 1). • the third and fourth digits are consecutive (subtracting the third from the fourth digit gives 1). •…BMAT 2018 · Question 23 · Logic · Save
The prices of pizzas at Paul’s are shown in the following table. Paul decided to have a promotion with two special discounts available on the total cost of pizzas, including any toppings: • buy one pizza, get any other one for half price • buy any four pizzas, get another one free Paul had intended that the discount…BMAT 2018 · Question 27 · Logic · Save
All proteins are composed entirely of amino acids. Determining the amino acid mixture that is most desirable in a protein food is an issue of debate. Part of the difficulty in determining our need for individual amino acids involves the interconversion of amino acids that is constantly taking place in our body.…BMAT 2018 · Question 32 · Logic · Save
All proteins are composed entirely of amino acids. Determining the amino acid mixture that is most desirable in a protein food is an issue of debate. Part of the difficulty in determining our need for individual amino acids involves the interconversion of amino acids that is constantly taking place in our body.…BMAT 2018 · Question 33 · Logic · Save
Mr and Mrs Joelson and their twin sons intend to move house. They have a budget of…BMAT 2017 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
The chart below shows the results of a survey of the favourite sport of each child in a school. An equal number of girls and boys took part in the survey. No girls chose swimming and no boys chose rounders. Equal numbers of girls and boys chose running.BMAT 2017 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
The following set of data is from a nine-year study of reoffending and reconviction rates in the UK. The study followed a cohort of 42,721 offenders who were released from prison in 2000 or given a non-custodial sentence in 2000. All figures are cumulative and relate only to offences that resulted in a conviction. No…BMAT 2017 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
The following set of data is from a nine-year study of reoffending and reconviction rates in the UK. The study followed a cohort of 42,721 offenders who were released from prison in 2000 or given a non-custodial sentence in 2000. All figures are cumulative and relate only to offences that resulted in a conviction. No…BMAT 2017 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
The theatre show called Gracie’s World needs 8 characters to be performed. Gracie, Sarah and Rose are characters who must be played by female performers and Teddy, Graham and Carl must be played by male performers. There are two guards in the show who can be played by either a male or female performer. Each performer…BMAT 2017 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
I have two credit cards, each of which has a four-digit PIN. Together the two PINs consist of eight different non-zero digits, whilst the four digits of each of them individually add up to 19.BMAT 2017 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
I need to do some baking for my son’s birthday party. I am going to bake a chocolate cake and some chocolate biscuits, and then after that I would like to make some pancakes. The ingredients required for each of these are as follows:BMAT 2017 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
Charlie is preparing plates of seafood salad for the lunchtime menu. She will put 50 grams of each of prawns, cockles, whelks, squid, and smoked salmon on each plate. The prawns are available in 400 gram packs, the cockles, the whelks and the smoked salmon are available in 200 gram packs, and the squid is available in…BMAT 2017 · Question 27 · Logic · Save
Six friends are sitting around in a circle discussing which two sports each of them most likes to play. The table gives the preferences of the friends sitting either side of, and opposite to, each member of the group:BMAT 2017 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
Charges for Bed and Breakfast at the Donclair Hotel are as follows: However, guests who stay for seven or more consecutive nights pay $40 p er ni g h t f or t h e w h o l eo f t h e i rs t a y . A dd i t i o na ll y, t h e bi ll f or t h e h o t e lw i ll in c l u d e an yc ha r g es in c u rre df or t h e u seo f t h ec a r p a r k . T h ec ha r g e f or t h ec a r p a r ki s$ 5 per…BMAT 2016 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
The students in a physics class took a practical test and a written test. Their results are shown in the following table.BMAT 2016 · Question 5 · Logic · Save
A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
At the beginning of last year, Sam had $1000 in her bank account. The following graph shows the changes, in hundreds of dollars, in the balance of money in her account over that year.BMAT 2016 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
Five friends are sitting at a round table playing the ‘LRC’ dice game. There are five dice. Each face of each die has one letter, ‘L’, ‘R’ or ‘C’, written on it. Going clockwise around the table the friends are seated in the following order: Alun, Carmen, Ian, Prem and Ruthie. Each friend has five coins for the game.…BMAT 2016 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
Fracking in the US 2005–2012 The oil and gas industry has increasingly turned to hydraulic fracturing – known as ‘fracking’ – in a highly polluting effort to unlock oil and gas in underground shale beds across the United States. Fracking is already underway in 17 states, with more than 100,000 wells drilled since…BMAT 2016 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
There are two types of goal that can be scored in the sport of Chargeball: a fess, worth 7 points, and a pale, worth 2 points. In a match played last night, the Argents beat the Sables by just 1 point. The Argents scored one fess fewer than the Sables. The Sables scored the same number of fesses and pales. The Argents…BMAT 2016 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
Five children have had their height measured as part of a pre-school health check. Stuart is taller than Ruth who is taller than Margaret. Tim is shorter than Ruth and taller than Adrian.BMAT 2015 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
Rainbow Parcels is a parcel delivery company. It has seven delivery vans, each one a different colour. Each van is equipped with a meter which records the total distance travelled by the van since new. At the end of the last day of each month, the transport manager records the readings on the vans’ meters. The…BMAT 2015 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
The price of a particular share varies from day to day. On Monday the price of the share was £1. Tuesday’s price was 20% higher than Monday’s, and Thursday’s price was 25% up on Wednesday’s price. By the Friday of that week the price had returned to £1. Helen bought £1000 worth of this share on Monday and then sold…BMAT 2015 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
Maisy attends a small rural school with 15 other girls and 10 boys. Of the girls in the school, three older ones have younger sisters in the school, and two other girls have brothers in the school. Of the boys in the school, two older ones have younger brothers in the school, and two other boys have sisters in the…BMAT 2015 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
Sugary drink consumption is linked to weight gain and a host of obesity-related diseases including type II diabetes, coronary heart disease and some cancers. Sugary drinks contain ‘empty calories’ – 330ml of sugary drink typically provides 35g, or nine lumps, of sugar but no other nutritional value. Because liquid…BMAT 2015 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
My 6-digit passcode for internet banking consists of six different digits. The second digit is 8. When the passcode is written as three 2-digit numbers, the three numbers add up to 80. When it is written as two 3-digit numbers, the two numbers add up to 800.BMAT 2015 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
The table below shows ‘audience numbers’ and ‘time per visit’ for a number of popular social networking sites. A comparison of figures for the month of February is shown for two consecutive years.BMAT 2014 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
A password to open the safe in a hotel room uses an array of five names in a particular order selected from the names of the members of the owner’s family. They are: Rick, Betty, Oscar, Gavin, Yasmin, Graham and Bertha. In any password a name can only be used once and no two names with the same starting letter are…BMAT 2014 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
One of the games at a charity fund raising event was ‘Guess How Many Jelly Beans are in the Jar’. Prizes were awarded according to how close the guesses were to the exact number. The results of the game are shown below in the table.BMAT 2014 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Staveland Cup took place last night. Eight balls, numbered from 1 to 8, were drawn, one by one, from a bag. The numbers represented the teams involved, as follows: 1 Clefs 2 Crotchets 3 Flats 4 Keys 5 Minims 6 Quavers 7 Semibreves 8 Sharps The first two teams drawn out of the bag…BMAT 2014 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
Most people remember a PIN because it has only four digits and it is used regularly, but few know their bank account number. I have no trouble remembering my eight-digit account number, however, because squaring each of the four digits of my debit card PIN in turn produces it.BMAT 2014 · Question 26 · Logic · Save
The diagram below represents all the ferry routes between the islands in the Kuusi group.Each ferry runs a shuttle service between two islands. The journeys between the main central island (Nolla) and each of the outer islands take 30 minutes in either direction and all journeys between two of the outer islands take…BMAT 2014 · Question 34 · Logic · Save
The diagram below represents all the ferry routes between the islands in the Kuusi group.Each ferry runs a shuttle service between two islands. The journeys between the main central island (Nolla) and each of the outer islands take 30 minutes in either direction and all journeys between two of the outer islands take…BMAT 2014 · Question 35 · Logic · Save
A bus service runs between Pafaka Airport and the centre of Pafaka. The journey in either direction takes 50 minutes. The timetable for the service is compiled in conjunction with flight timetables, and at present is as follows:BMAT 2012 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
NHS Information Centre Report on Ambulance services in England 2011: Executive summary • The total number of emergency calls was 8.08 million, a 209,608 (2.7%) increase over 2010 when there were 7.87 million. • Of these, 6.61 million calls (81.8%) resulted in an emergency response arriving at the scene of the…BMAT 2012 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
NHS Information Centre Report on Ambulance services in England 2011: Executive summary • The total number of emergency calls was 8.08 million, a 209,608 (2.7%) increase over 2010 when there were 7.87 million. • Of these, 6.61 million calls (81.8%) resulted in an emergency response arriving at the scene of the…BMAT 2012 · Question 21 · Logic · Save
In a variation of the game of darts, players throw their darts at a board which has three non- overlapping circles on it. The circular regions have values of 2 points, 4 points and 6 points, as shown in the diagram below:BMAT 2012 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
When customers buy any furniture from Ben's shop they pay half the price of the furniture immediately, one quarter of the price in the next month and the remainder in the month after that. The table shows the money that Ben has been paid for the first half of this year.BMAT 2012 · Question 27 · Logic · Save
Tickets for a "Sounds of the Seventies" concert held last week cost £20 and had to be purchased in advance. However, on the night, anyone who arrived in 1970s costume was given a £5 refund at the door. Exactly 40% of those who bought a ticket wore 1970s clothes, and the income from ticket sales after refunds was…BMAT 2012 · Question 29 · Logic · Save
Are Britain's roads getting safer? By Lucy Wilkins, BBC News The first recorded road death in a motor accident in Britain was in London over 100 years ago. More than a century on, roads may be busier than ever - but are they any safer? On 17 August, 1896, a South London housewife entered the history books by being run…BMAT 2012 · Question 34 · Logic · Save
The weather forecast for a five day period is summarised in the table below:BMAT 2011 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
I am planning to visit a resort for my holiday this summer. There are three options for my accommodation: a single room which costs $70 p er ni g h t, a d e l ux eroo m w hi c h cos t s$ 80 per night or a suite which costs $95 p er ni g h t . T h e p r i ces in c l u d e m e a l s, b u t i t i s p oss ib l e t oo pt o u t f ro m t h e m e a l s b y p a y in g$ 15 less per…BMAT 2011 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
The difference between men's and women's pay is still at unacceptable levels, according to recent TUC research. It found that from the age of 18 - and throughout the rest of their working lives - women earn less than men. In their 20s, the pay gap for full-timers is a modest 3.3%, but in their 30s women take home…BMAT 2011 · Question 9 · Logic · Save
The final league table for the inter-regional cribbage competition is shown below (in alphabetical order). Five teams took part and all played each other once. The points system is 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Unfortunately, the points for the Eastern Region team have been obliterated.BMAT 2011 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
Employees at Grindstone Ltd are paid a weekly wage according to the following formula: £240 + £5 for every year of their age above 21 (where appropriate) + £20 for every full year of service with the company. Jasper is 43 years old and has worked for Grindstone for 6 years. Although Ruby is 8 years younger, she earns…BMAT 2011 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
Tree diagrams are used in decision making by predicting the various possible outcomes and their likelihood. The diagram below represents the choices facing an oil company - call it 'X-Oil' - who have discovered a possible oil deposit and are deciding whether or not to drill at the site. They will make the decision on…BMAT 2011 · Question 22 · Logic · Save
Asked at a press conference whether the new signing, Petermass, would be playing in the big match on Saturday, the Manager replied: “Only if Fredericks isn’t fit.” Three of the journalists present noted the announcement as follows: Jed wrote: “If Fredericks is fit Petermass won’t be playing.” Ned wrote: “If Fredericks…BMAT 2011 · Question 24 · Logic · Save
The graph below shows the results of surveys of local medical practices on number of patient consultations in 1995 and 2006. Consultations include face-to-face meetings with both doctors and nurses, telephone consultations and home visits. The overall mean consultation rate (per patient per year) was 3.90 in 1995 and…BMAT 2011 · Question 34 · Logic · Save
The height and weight of three children were measured and the table below used to determine their BMI. Unfortunately some of the data have been lost. We know that Alex is 162cm tall, Jay is 150cm tall and has a BMI of 22, and Charlie is 156cm tall and has a BMI of 24. The combined weight of the children is 172kg.BMAT 2010 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
The pupils in a class took two tests. The results and the teacher's scatter graph are shown below:BMAT 2010 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
Paul, who works in the fruit and vegetable section of a supermarket was given the job of making up packs of three apples from the contents of a large box of loose apples. Each pack had to weigh 600g, with an allowance of no more than 3g heavier or lighter. When there were just seven apples left in the box he feared…BMAT 2010 · Question 29 · Logic · Save
I recently asked four members of my class to draw bar charts of some data that we collected. Every student managed to produce a bar chart, but they all drew exactly two bars at the wrong height on their graph. I drew the correct bar chart from the data. Unfortunately, I didnít label any of the charts so I now donít…BMAT 2009 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
On a recent train journey I was drawn into a conversation by an elderly couple who were keen to tell me all about their grandchildren. Although proud of them all, their one complaint was the constant expense of buying birthday presents. There is at least one birthday amongst the grandchildren every calendar month, and…BMAT 2009 · Question 5 · Logic · Save
I have two bags of marbles. I know that at least one of the bags contains marbles of only one colour. I take one marble from the left hand bag, and put it into the right hand bag. I then take a marble from the right hand bag and put it into the left. I then tip the marbles out of the right hand bag and see that half…BMAT 2009 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
In the Beijing Olympics, in 2008, China claimed to have come out top of the medal rankings on the basis that it won the most gold medals. The USA contested this on the grounds that it won the most medals, gold, silver and bronze counting one each. But arguably neither of the above methods of counting gives an accurate…BMAT 2009 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
In the Beijing Olympics, in 2008, China claimed to have come out top of the medal rankings on the basis that it won the most gold medals. The USA contested this on the grounds that it won the most medals, gold, silver and bronze counting one each. But arguably neither of the above methods of counting gives an accurate…BMAT 2009 · Question 19 · Logic · Save
Each blood sample taken at a particular private clinic is given an 8-digit reference number. Example: 12404360 This was the reference number of the 36th sample taken on 4th September 1993 (124 means the 124th month of operation of the clinic, since opening in June 1983 month 001). The final digit is a security check…BMAT 2009 · Question 23 · Logic · Save
The table below summarises GCSE results for five schools in a town. A graph has been drawn which summarises this data but the graph has not yet been scaled or labelled.BMAT 2009 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
One algorithm for controlling the order in which floors are visited for a lift is called SST or "shortest seek time first". It keeps a list of all the floors it is currently requested to visit and, after a stop, it will next visit the closest on its list. If two requests are the same distance away, it goes in the…BMAT 2009 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
Commentary on 1998 figures Largely as a result of the strength of the pound at the time, lower prices were experienced due to farmers having to drop their prices for commodities being exported from the UK. Although prices dropped for some inputs, such as fertiliser and animal feed (again as a consequence of the…BMAT 2009 · Question 33 · Logic · Save
Some Malgons are Zanders and all Zanders are TvintsBMAT 2008 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
Adults all pay the same admission price to watch a football match. There is no charge for children under 16. Following record low takings of £1560 at the last match it was decided to reduce the admission price by 25 % this week in an attempt to increase the attendance figures. As a result, exactly 40 % more adults…BMAT 2008 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
The table below shows the all-time top 14 ranked men at 1500m running on the track as at February 2008. When Steve Cram set his time in July 1985, he broke the World Record.BMAT 2008 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
In the main draw of the National Lottery six different numbers between 1 and 49 inclusive are selected at random live on television. My sister and I both buy a ticket every week. Whenever one of us is not able to watch the draw the other texts the numbers the instant the sixth one is revealed. e.g. 15, 46, 20, 31, 5,…BMAT 2008 · Question 29 · Logic · Save
Section 1: Cycling level - facts According to the 2005 National Travel Survey (NTS) cycling is a relatively rare means of travel in the UK, and is declining. • Cycling accounts for 1% of all trips, and 2% of trips of less than 2 miles, including those that are made on foot. • The average person makes 14 cycle trips…BMAT 2008 · Question 35 · Logic · Save

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