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BMAT Section 1, 473 questions from 14 papers. Open one to answer it.

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For centuries the Netherlands has battled with the dangers of water as most of the country lies below sea level. In 1953, nearly two thousand people were killed by flooding, a disaster on such a scale that it changed everything. Since then Dutch governments have consistently made flood prevention infrastructure a…BMAT 2022 · Question 1 · Main Conclusion · Save
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
Yana only works in the restaurant in the evening if Saffiya is ill. Saffiya is not ill today, so Yana will not be working in the restaurant this evening.BMAT 2022 · Question 3 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
Government legislation has proved very effective in reducing emissions from car exhausts. But exhausts are not the only source of air pollution linked to traffic. A recent study showed that particles from brakes, tyres and road surfaces actually made up about two thirds of all dangerous particulate matter from road…BMAT 2022 · Question 4 · Assumption · Save
In many places, it is becoming increasingly popular to keep a hive of honey bees at home. This growth in hobby beekeeping is due in large part to public awareness of the environmental threats facing honey bees. The equally serious threats facing other species of bees and other insect pollinators are less widely…BMAT 2022 · Question 5 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
A café owner allows customers to create smoothies, by mixing various combinations of the three flavours: raspberry, blueberry and mango. The most popular smoothies consist of the following combinations:BMAT 2022 · Question 7 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
These days, it is hard to escape the message that getting enough sleep is critical for the maintenance of mental and physical health. Too much of a good thing can be bad, however. When one examines the medical histories of people with chronic health conditions, a striking trend emerges. Those patients who sleep the…BMAT 2022 · Question 9 · Identify Flaws · Save
Of all the changes shaping healthcare, the public information revolution is perhaps the most promising. The rise of the internet means that never before has so much health information been available to so many people. Social attitudes have changed so that more people are taking greater responsibility for their health…BMAT 2022 · Question 10 · Weakening Arguments · Save
Despite a decades-old law requiring equal pay for equal work, pay discrimination against women remains widespread in the UK. The disparity is especially pronounced at senior levels, where male executives in sectors from business to academia to the media often earn significantly more than their female colleagues…BMAT 2022 · Question 11 · Principle · 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
The charts below show the number of customers served at a till in each hour while a store was open yesterday and the average amount spent by each of those customers during that hour.BMAT 2022 · Question 14 · Rates · Save
The field of ‘brain training’ – and the excitement surrounding it – is growing rapidly. There is much promise in the idea that training people via memory games and similar exercises can improve overall cognitive function. But this promise has yet to be truly substantiated by research conducted so far. The most…BMAT 2022 · Question 15 · Main Conclusion · Save
Everyone knows that the UK National Health Service (NHS) is severely overstretched. The problem is made worse by inappropriate use of Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments. Data from a new study shows young adults are bypassing their family doctor and heading straight to busy A&E departments, not because their…BMAT 2022 · Question 16 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The UK Meteorological Office is set to spend £1.2 billion on a world-leading supercomputer to improve their weather predictions. The installation will need a massive supply of electricity, so a European country with low-cost geothermal or hydropower sources of energy may be chosen as its location. The project will be…BMAT 2022 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
A concert venue holds 14 000 people. There are three types of ticket: standing, seated, and VIP. 60% are standing tickets, 30% are seated tickets, and the remainder are VIP tickets. The charges are normally £20 for standing tickets, £30 for seated tickets and £50 for VIP tickets. At present, the seated area is…BMAT 2022 · Question 18 · Rates · 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
The case for veganism as a solution to the world’s environmental concerns is problematic. The synergy between livestock and crop production farming fosters biologically rich, fertile soils through grazing and application of farmyard manure, and reduces the need for agrichemicals to be used on croplands. Globally,…BMAT 2022 · Question 21 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
Social scientists are interested in the factors that influence human behaviour. As such, they look at things like criminal or violent or antisocial actions and try to explain what the factors were that led the person to behave that way. Such analysis is invariably enlightening. Yet a danger soon arises, in that the…BMAT 2022 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
The benefits that they bring in reducing emissions have made them symbols of environmental friendliness, but electric cars are making environments increasingly unfriendly to pedestrians. The fact that they make considerably less noise increases the chance that pedestrians will step out into the road in front of them.…BMAT 2022 · Question 23 · Assumption · Save
Exactly 27 identical little cubes can be put together to make one larger solid cube with a volume of 216 cubic centimetres.BMAT 2022 · Question 24 · Spatial · Save
A village hall runs a small lending library which opens only on Saturdays. There are 80 members, each of whom may borrow up to four books at a time, which they may keep for three weeks. Members never overrun the three week time limit. After the annual stock-take, for which all books were returned, the library has 2000…BMAT 2022 · Question 25 · Optimisation · Save
A cube with painted triangles on some of the corners of its faces is shown below in two different positions.BMAT 2022 · Question 26 · Spatial · Save
Are you a young person thinking of starting your own business, inspired by stories of youthful yet highly successful entrepreneurs? If so, you might want to consider waiting until you are older. A recent study found the mean age of the entrepreneurs behind the 1000 fastest growing new ventures to be 45 years. This is…BMAT 2022 · Question 27 · Weakening Arguments · 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
It’s often said you shouldn’t treat people simply as statistics, but instead as individuals, each with their own complex feelings and concerns. But perhaps treating people purely statistically is – on a large scale – the most moral way to treat them. In treating people as statistics, you automatically give everyone’s…BMAT 2022 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · Save
Rainbows School has 18 classrooms. Each room will be painted in one of the seven colours of the rainbow. For each of the seven colours, there will be at least two rooms painted in that colour. Painting each room will require 1 tin of paint. The cost of a tin of paint varies according to the colour, as shown in the…BMAT 2022 · Question 30 · Optimisation · Save
The vehicle must pass all of the tests in order to receive its annual safety certificate. There is one test left and all of the tests so far have been passed, so if the final test is passed then a safety certificate will be issued.BMAT 2022 · Question 31 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
The drawing below shows five blocks. Some of the blocks can be fitted together.BMAT 2022 · Question 32 · Spatial · Save
Luxury cruises on very large ships have become an increasingly fashionable leisure activity, especially among retired people. However, people should not put themselves in danger unnecessarily. Some of the most popular cruises go through parts of the oceans where modern pirates are active. Passengers face a serious…BMAT 2021 · Question 1 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
In the Ahmed family, each child has at least one brother and at least two sisters.BMAT 2021 · Question 2 · Logic · Save
No matter what you say, someone, somewhere will be offended by it. It is completely outside the control of a speaker to prevent this, so there is no point in trying. If you assert your views honestly and forcefully, people who disagree will object that you are putting them down. But then if you tone it down out of…BMAT 2021 · Question 3 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
‘End-to-end encryption’ of online messaging services is here to stay, and should be welcomed with enthusiasm, not resisted. Its adoption by services such as WhatsApp has admittedly caused some alarm in government circles because of the protection it gives to criminals and terrorist groups, and the restrictions it…BMAT 2021 · Question 4 · Principle · Save
The Royal Society, Britain’s leading science organisation, has millions of pounds invested in fossil fuel companies. At the same time, it has published many doom-laden reports on the impact of human activity on the environment, and many of its members are devoted to researching climate change. It is hypocritical for…BMAT 2021 · Question 5 · Main Conclusion · Save
I have a flower bed that measures 12 metres by 8 metres. I wish to create a half metre wide path around the edge of the bed (as shown below), using square paving slabs measuring 50 cm by 50 cm.BMAT 2021 · Question 6 · Spatial · 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
Myopia (short-sightedness) has long been thought of as a genetic condition. However, recent research suggests that environmental factors are as important. In particular, the idea that unusually large amounts of reading contribute to the development of myopia is supported by a recent academic study of 4568 people aged…BMAT 2021 · Question 9 · Assumption · Save
Health experts have long since urged people to do cardiovascular exercise to keep the heart functioning well. The general recommendation is to exercise at an elevated heart rate for at least 150 minutes a week in periods of at least 10 minutes. Recently, experts have also started emphasising the role of non-exercise…BMAT 2021 · Question 10 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The ‘gig’ economy is now widespread, replacing many full-time jobs with hour-by-hour contracts without guaranteed paychecks or the benefits often associated with permanent employment (e.g. sickness pay). Interestingly, when unions lobby governments about this downgrading of conditions, some ‘gig’ workers protest.…BMAT 2021 · Question 11 · Principle · Save
Jane and Tom make wedding cakes. Jane was paid £240 by a customer. Tom bought the ingredients for the cake, which came to £40. They will split the costs of all ingredients equally, but Jane will keep 60% of the customer’s fee, compared to Tom’s 40%.BMAT 2021 · Question 12 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
Any hospital which is serious about reducing its deficit and bringing its budget under control will examine carefully the land and buildings it owns, in order to see if any of them can be sold to raise money. Wildflower General Hospital is evidently determined to keep its finances under control, because it has…BMAT 2021 · Question 15 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
Sports stars should not be dropped from their teams because of their behaviour off the pitch. The task of selectors is to select the best players, based solely on their potential for helping their team to win matches. The most talented sportspeople are rewarded very generously for their ability and achievements at a…BMAT 2021 · Question 16 · Weakening Arguments · Save
The definition of a faith school is a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief. According to information obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the National Secular Society, which campaigns for the separation of religion and the state, 21% of parents in…BMAT 2021 · Question 17 · Assumption · 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 following table shows statistics about road traffic deaths in selected countries in 2000 and in 2015.BMAT 2021 · Question 19 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Shown below are some of the blocks from an assembly toy.BMAT 2021 · Question 20 · Spatial · Save
Smoking just one cigarette is all it takes to develop a daily habit. Researchers for a recent study searched global databases for studies on smoking habits worldwide, and found that two-thirds of people who had tried a cigarette had gone on to become daily smokers, even if just temporarily. The study, carried out at…BMAT 2021 · Question 21 · Identify Flaws · Save
We all know that publicly funded services in the UK such as health care and education are overstretched. A growing population, and growing expectations of such services, help to explain the crisis some of them are facing. At the present time, we all have the legal right to choose to use a publicly funded service or to…BMAT 2021 · Question 22 · Principle · Save
Doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with demand from patients. In order to help them manage, a number of health centres have encouraged patients to have a consultation with their doctor over the phone rather than face-to-face. A recent study, however, found that this did not actually save the doctor…BMAT 2021 · Question 23 · Weakening Arguments · Save
A clock is losing time at a steady rate. At 10:30 GMT on Monday this clock shows the time as 09:53. At 08:30 GMT the following day it shows 07:42.BMAT 2021 · Question 24 · Rates · Save
My daughter buys a 250 g jar of coffee from a discount store for £2.55 and it usually lasts her for 30 days. I buy a 200 g jar which lasts me for 40 days but costs me 45p more than hers.BMAT 2021 · Question 25 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Nathan makes candles in three different sizes: small, medium and large. He sells each size of candle at $2,$ 5 and $10 respectively. Last month he sold 3 times as many medium candles as small candles, and 5 times as many small candles as large candles.BMAT 2021 · Question 26 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
What is the point of science? It can be seen as purely a quest for knowledge: to satisfy our simple human desire to know, to discover the truth, because the truth is valuable in itself. Or it can be seen as a way of improving things, of making life and the world better for human beings, and perhaps also for animals or…BMAT 2021 · Question 27 · Identify Flaws · Save
A flag is shown below. The top half contains a grey isosceles triangle. The bottom half is divided into three equal rectangles and the central one is coloured grey.BMAT 2021 · Question 28 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Universities must maintain a good reputation, because sponsors quickly withdraw funding from a university that is the object of bad publicity and the most talented applicants for studentships look elsewhere. University departments should therefore reject any research proposal that might cause offence. Like other…BMAT 2021 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · Save
The students in year 8 at a school can choose between sports. They are divided into two equal groups. The first group chose between cricket and rounders in the first week, and between basketball and hockey in the second week. The second group chose between basketball and hockey in the first week, and between cricket…BMAT 2021 · Question 30 · Optimisation · Save
The core of democracy is informed consent: only if citizens freely vote for a party or a decision on the basis of factual evidence is the result legitimate. However, recent elections and referendums have been based on emotion rather than factual evidence. Therefore their results are not legitimate.BMAT 2021 · Question 31 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
Three identical Roman dice are shown below.BMAT 2021 · Question 32 · Spatial · Save
You can only take the practical driving test after passing the theory test. You have failed the theory test, so you cannot take your practical test.BMAT 2020 · Question 1 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
We have just installed a new boiler in our house. It has cost £4700 to install, but it will last for 9 years before it needs replacing. Nevertheless, the supplier assures us that it will cut our heating costs by 30%. This is good news as we currently pay, on average, £500 every quarter year. The supplier insists that…BMAT 2020 · Question 2 · Rates · Save
Analysis from the Office for National Statistics tells us that income is far less significant for life satisfaction than things like marital status, having children and a job. Far from being unencumbered, young, free and single, it is in fact the binding of ourselves to others through covenants, contracts and caring…BMAT 2020 · Question 3 · Assumption · Save
Everyone with a good idea wants it to have impact, but why do some social innovations go global whilst others remain small-scale? Whether their idea is a pioneering schooling model or a new form of volunteering, social innovators must become campaigners and embrace change in order to have widespread influence.…BMAT 2020 · Question 4 · Main Conclusion · Save
Many people knowingly buy fake brands because they are substantially cheaper than the genuine article would be. They may try to justify their behaviour, on the grounds that the manufacturers and retail outlets are already rich enough from ripping off the public with their exorbitant prices and paying rock-bottom wages…BMAT 2020 · Question 5 · Principle · Save
In a café, Delicious Tropical drink is one-half orange juice and one-half strawberry juice. Vibrant Sunset drink is two-thirds orange juice and one-third apple juice. Stacey makes a mixture called Tasty Delight which is one-quarter Delicious Tropical and three-quarters Vibrant Sunset.BMAT 2020 · Question 6 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
A high unemployment level is an indicator of a weak economy. Unemployment levels in Malaysia are low, so the economy must be strong.BMAT 2020 · Question 9 · Parallel Reasoning · Save
Indian mongooses were introduced to Japan’s Amami island in 1979 to control the rat and pit viper populations. They also preyed on the tip-nosed frog, dramatically reducing their numbers. Once the mongooses were removed, the population of the frogs rebounded. A recent project found that, when approached by…BMAT 2020 · Question 10 · Identify Flaws · Save
The arrival of the digital age and the communication platforms and software advances underpinning it are significant for a much older pursuit: the study of human behaviour. Revolutionary ‘big data’ now exists in the form of the internet traffic created by users of various websites and social networking services and…BMAT 2020 · Question 11 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
People who give money to charity tend to choose the large, well-known ones, but there are many reasons why that is a mistake. Small charities are usually the vision of one dedicated individual and have a specific focus. Because administrative costs are low, nearly all of the money donated is used for the object of the…BMAT 2020 · Question 15 · Assumption · Save
Newspapers and magazines preach endlessly about a need for everyone else to take urgent action on climate, whilst simultaneously promoting, and profiting from, flying. Travel promotion takes up vast space in the media, whilst the income from flight advertising pays a significant portion of many journalists’ salaries.…BMAT 2020 · Question 16 · Weakening Arguments · Save
Recent research suggests that antiretroviral drugs designed to prevent HIV-positive individuals developing AIDS also have an effect on multiple sclerosis (MS). A study of 21 000 HIV-positive individuals treated at English hospitals between 1999 and 2011 found that they were 62% less likely to develop MS compared to…BMAT 2020 · Question 17 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
James needs to buy some new batteries and has compiled the table below showing the prices of the different packs available. James needs six AAA batteries and three D batteries.BMAT 2020 · Question 19 · Rates · Save
The following structure is a triangular-based pyramid made from black and grey rods and white, grey and black spheres connecting the rods together. The black and grey rods are all the same length.BMAT 2020 · Question 20 · Spatial · Save
Positive discrimination, known as affirmative action in the US, is the process of increasing the number of employees from under-represented groups in workplaces from which they have been excluded, by preferentially selecting recruits from those categories. Although many countries, including the US, allow the practice…BMAT 2020 · Question 21 · Main Conclusion · Save
A belief is a thought about how things are – about what really is or is not the case. For instance, someone who believes in God believes that a being such as God actually exists. Assuming that people would prefer to have true beliefs rather than false ones, then they need to find a way to determine which is which.…BMAT 2020 · Question 22 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
If we want to reduce our carbon footprint by travelling by train instead of air, we must be prepared for journeys taking longer and being more expensive. I would be willing to pay a higher cost but cannot make my trips to Europe by train as I do not have time available, so I have to make the journeys by plane. It…BMAT 2020 · Question 23 · Parallel Reasoning · 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
The diagrams below relate to a recent referendum in Bolandia about whether the country should remain a member of, or leave, the Continental Union. Two-thirds of those eligible to vote did so.BMAT 2020 · Question 26 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
US health authorities have linked at least 18 deaths and more than 1000 cases of a mysterious lung illness with vaping (an alternative to smoking in which users inhale an aerosol, or vapour). The symptoms include chest pain, fatigue and shortness of breath, and while doctors have not been able to establish what is…BMAT 2020 · Question 27 · Principle · Save
Two identical rectangular pieces of paper are arranged to overlap each other by 5 cm. One of the rectangles has been folded to make the structure below (not to scale). The length of the whole arrangement is 75 cm.BMAT 2020 · Question 28 · Spatial · Save
Silk gets stronger when supercooled whilst other materials get weak and brittle. The discovery was made by a group of scientists shooting bullets at various supercooled items and filming them shatter. When they tried it on a spider web it didn’t work: the web just caught the bullet. At the time it was just an…BMAT 2020 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · 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
Obesity has increased greatly in recent years in the UK. Some commentators have attributed this to people becoming greedier in a consumer society; however, obese people should not be blamed for their condition when it is the food environment in Europe that has changed. Obesity results from a combination of genetic…BMAT 2020 · Question 31 · Weakening Arguments · Save
A puzzle consists of 4 tiles, all of which have the shape shown below. On each tile one of the squares is coloured black and the other three are coloured white. No two tiles look the same. The back of each tile is grey.BMAT 2020 · Question 32 · Spatial · Save
The total cost of a flight between two cities is made up of three parts: a basic cost, taxes and a booking fee. Last year, for any flight, the basic cost and the taxes were in the ratio 3 : 2 and the booking fee was fixed at…BMAT 2019 · Question 1 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
The rise of the internet-connected smartphone and similar devices poses a risk to the ties that bind us together within society. It is true that for many people, these devices provide ready access to a wealth of information and help them to maintain existing interpersonal relationships and to develop new ones. Yet the…BMAT 2019 · Question 2 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
The table shows details of six hire cars. I will need to hire a car for my holiday and I have a number of requirements. I want to pick up the car at the hotel at the beginning of the holiday, but drop it off at the airport at the end of the holiday. The car must have a sun roof and air con. However, I do not want a…BMAT 2019 · Question 3 · Optimisation · Save
It never fails. The only time both political parties are willing to work together in the US Congress is when they’re cooking up really bad ideas. If they’ve found a new way to cause trouble, reduce freedom, or generally damage the health of the nation, they work together just fine. This time, the brilliant idea is a…BMAT 2019 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
The transparent box shown below has identical arrows painted on one pair of opposite faces.BMAT 2019 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
How much value does a particular new product or service bring to our lives? This is hard to quantify, and yet traditional economics has provided us with a neat means for doing so: look at how much it costs. In a free market economy, how much something costs tells us how much people are prepared to pay for it. And how…BMAT 2019 · Question 6 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
A medical consultant devises a test to diagnose the presence or absence of a particular disease in children. After many years the test proves itself to be 90% accurate. In other words, on 10% of tests done on children who do actually have the disease, the test will erroneously indicate that they do not have it. These…BMAT 2019 · Question 7 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 8 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
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 11 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A ferry company operates a route between port X and port Y with the following daily timetable:BMAT 2019 · Question 12 · Optimisation · Save
The standard price for a cup of coffee in Italy is €1 (about £1), but in the UK you can be charged as much as £4. But why? The biggest part of the cost of serving a cup of coffee certainly isn’t the coffee. The most significant cost is staff wages, though in fact that’s not the key difference. It’s the difference in…BMAT 2019 · Question 13 · Main Conclusion · 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
People seem to love words that give a sense of size, terms like ‘umpteen’ and ‘zillion’. These terms are referred to as ‘indefinite hyperbolic numbers’ – ‘indefinite’ because they do not represent actual numbers, and ‘hyperbolic’ because they are used to imply a larger size than the reality. What’s interesting is that…BMAT 2019 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The table below shows the results of an eye test carried out on the population of a small village. The bottom row of the table shows the percentage of each gender group that were able to read the bottom line of the eye-test chart:BMAT 2019 · Question 16 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
During World War I (1914–1918), three hundred British soldiers were executed by firing squad for the offences of desertion and disobeying an order. To later generations, these sentences seemed so severe that a movement was set up to exonerate the executed men. Prolonged debate took place within the UK government about…BMAT 2019 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
Jasper’s school bag can carry up to 5 books. He stores the rest of his school books in his locker. He can visit his locker before school, at break time, and at lunch time to change the books he carries in his bag. The tables below show his timetable and the number of books needed for each of his lessons. Each subject…BMAT 2019 · Question 18 · Optimisation · 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 19 · Optimisation · 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
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 21 · Weakening Arguments · 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 22 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
The chore of raising young chicks is one some birds manage to avoid. By laying their eggs in the nests of others, they dupe those others into feeding the babies once hatched. Such ‘brood parasitism’ has been noted in at least three groups, namely cuckoos, cowbirds and honeyguides. It provides a good example of…BMAT 2019 · Question 24 · Main Conclusion · 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
People often comment on the fact that the sport of swimming has had a relatively high number of new world records set over the past few decades. Many other developments have occurred in the sport during that time, including the manufacture of swimsuits that create less resistance as swimmers move through the water,…BMAT 2019 · Question 26 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
George enjoys reading newspapers and is considering whether he should take out any subscriptions. Details of the daily cost and subscription tariffs for each of the five newspapers he reads are as follows:BMAT 2019 · Question 27 · Optimisation · Save
Many countries are experimenting with legalising previously illegal substances, including marijuana and heroin. The rationale for the legalisation movement includes concerns about the financial and social burden of the so-called ‘war on drugs’, which is widely considered to be a failure, anyway. But what drug…BMAT 2019 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
A survey at a leisure centre has found that 70% of members use the swimming pool regularly and only 40% use the climbing wall. The following statements have been made: 1 At least 10% of members swim and climb. 2 All members either swim or climb or do both. 3 At least half of those who climb never swim.BMAT 2019 · Question 29 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
A recent study found an association between the number of self-help books new mothers read about caring for their baby and the well-being of those mothers – and it goes in the wrong direction. The more books women had read claiming to show how to put babies into feeding and sleeping schedules, the worse they reported…BMAT 2019 · Question 30 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
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 33 · Assumption · 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 34 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 35 · Weakening Arguments · Save
Riverside Walk is a popular walking path, 3.2 kilometres long, beside the River Bee. There is a seat situated at each end of the path and also every 400 metres in between. There are two litter bins just next to every seat and one litter bin every 100 metres between each seat and the next.BMAT 2018 · Question 1 · Optimisation · Save
In the UK in the 1990s, there was an outbreak of the brain disease vCJD, which was caused by eating beef from cattle infected with the disease BSE. The type of meat thought to be infected was taken out of the food chain in 1989, and cases of vCJD have been declining since 2000. Susceptibility to vCJD is associated…BMAT 2018 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
The UK government has recently announced its plan to cut funding to state nurseries. This would be a terrible mistake as high-quality nursery education is crucial. My child blossomed at a state nursery – we cannot let these places lower their standards, or even close. I was more than happy to move my child to the…BMAT 2018 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
The table shows the average usage, in minutes per day, of five different mobile phone functions, for each of five friends.BMAT 2018 · Question 5 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
When the development of the internet enabled ordinary people to have free, easy access to information, it seemed as though a great breakthrough had been made in empowering people. The subsequent development of social media made it possible for people to share opinions and quickly organise protests against ruling…BMAT 2018 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · Save
The lift in the hotel I am staying in takes 3 seconds to move between consecutive floors and when it stops at a floor it remains stationary for a minimum of 9 seconds to let people in and out. A screen inside the lift shows a list of the floors that it has been requested to stop at. When the lift moves off after…BMAT 2018 · Question 7 · Optimisation · 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 9 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 10 · Explanations · 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
While well-intentioned, the campaign to ban tackling in school rugby constitutes an overreaction. Such a ban could lead to unintended negative consequences for the young people involved in the sport, and it must not be implemented. Many parents and others are very concerned about the potential for rugby tackling to…BMAT 2018 · Question 13 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
The BBC’s codes and guidelines have maintained its reputation for broadcasting news that is representative of different political opinions. These include the political Right’s promotion of the freedom and prosperity of business, in contrast to the Left’s view that businesses should be regulated to serve everybody’s…BMAT 2018 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
It is not unusual for a member of the British Royal Family to serve as an officer in the armed forces, and even, on occasion, to see active service. It happened quite recently when Prince Harry was posted to a war zone, raising questions about the heightened risk that such a high profile target would face, and…BMAT 2018 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · 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
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 20 · Rates · 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 21 · Exception · 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 22 · Assumption · 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
Domestic cats are popular pets worldwide, and have the potential to significantly affect prey species in both rural and urban areas. Several studies have shown that cats living on the outskirts of urban areas and those living in rural areas bring home more prey, and a greater variety of prey, than cats living in more…BMAT 2018 · Question 24 · Identify Flaws · Save
Simone has won $200 ina co m p e t i t i o nan d s h e d ec i d es t os ha re t h e m o n ey b e tw ee n f i v e d i ff ere n t c ha r i t i es t ha t s h es u pp or t s . N oc ha r i t y w i ll rece i v e m ore t han$ 100 and each charity will receive a whole number of dollars. Each one of the charities will receive a different amount and at least…BMAT 2018 · Question 25 · Optimisation · Save
It is known that one of the factors that can promote better health in infants is the good health of the mother. What is less well-known is that there are real dangers presented by bottle-feeding, a practice that has become very popular in developing countries. Firstly, formula milk lacks the protective properties…BMAT 2018 · Question 26 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
A study of routine health screening programmes found no consistent evidence that they improved health or reduced death rates and concluded that ‘while we cannot be certain that general health checks lead to benefit, we know that all medical interventions can lead to harm’. Possible harms include overtreatment due to…BMAT 2018 · Question 28 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Most board games that require two dice are supplied with two identical dice, both having 1 to 6 spots on their faces, with the spots on opposite faces adding up to 7. The two dice supplied with one of my board games are different. One has 0 to 5 spots on its faces, with the spots on opposite faces adding up to 5,…BMAT 2018 · Question 29 · Spatial · Save
Biofuels are an energy source derived mainly from plants and widely thought to offer a better alternative to petroleum and other fossil fuels. In particular, when biofuels are burned to generate electricity or power a car, they produce lower emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas largely responsible for human-caused…BMAT 2018 · Question 30 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Bruno was awarded 48 marks out of 80 for his coursework project. The maximum mark available for each of the four sections: research, design, construction and evaluation, was 20. The marks for all sections were expressed in whole numbers. The smallest difference between the marks awarded to any two of Bruno’s sections…BMAT 2018 · Question 31 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
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 34 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 35 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Hugh painted a room 60% pink and 40% orange. Before he began he had three full 1.5 litre pots of paint: one red, one yellow and one white. He mixed equal amounts of red and yellow to create the orange paint and he mixed red and white in the ratio 1 : 3 to create the pink paint. He made exactly the amounts of orange…BMAT 2017 · Question 1 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
There were 61 million prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in the UK in 2015. This was double the number of prescriptions in 2005. In 2014, there were 1.1 million mental health disability claimants. This was double the number in 1995.BMAT 2017 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Mr and Mrs Joelson and their twin sons intend to move house. They have a budget of…BMAT 2017 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
Nuclear power is often suggested as a ‘cleaner’ or ‘greener’ alternative to power production using fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Nuclear power may be less air-polluting than fossil fuels, but it still poses an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The expansion of all nuclear power production…BMAT 2017 · Question 4 · Weakening Arguments · Save
A piece of a puzzle is shown below.BMAT 2017 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
Researchers have found that middle-aged men with bigger waist measurements have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. They found that, for every extra ten centimetres a man had on his waist, his risk of developing the most aggressive form of prostate cancer was raised by 13 per cent. Early results suggest…BMAT 2017 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · 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 8 · Rates · 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 9 · Supporting arguments · 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
In the history of the Earth there have been three extinctions of marine animals, which as yet we cannot explain. Earlier this year, researchers discovered that periods when the oceans had high levels of trace elements, such as zinc, copper, manganese and selenium, seemed to overlap with periods when most groups of…BMAT 2017 · Question 13 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
There are three political parties in Xanthia: the Citron Party, the Jonquil Party and the Saffron Party. Before last month’s General Election the Jonquils held 126 of the 240 seats in the Xanthian Parliament, the Citrons held 80 and the Saffrons held 34. In last month’s General Election: • the Citrons gained 47 seats…BMAT 2017 · Question 14 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
How did Earth get its water? It seems it had it all along. There are two possible sources for our water: either bombardment by meteorites soon after Earth’s formation, or it was present in the dust from which our planet formed. So a team from the University of Glasgow looked at the ratio of heavy hydrogen – an isotope…BMAT 2017 · Question 15 · Reasoning · 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
We often hear about childhood stars having breakdowns in later life. Celebrity gossip magazines regularly feature stories revelling in the decline of a once innocent and adored child actor into a troubled twenty-something going through painful relationship break-ups and battles with drug addictions. Their fate is…BMAT 2017 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · 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
A fifth of genomics papers between 2005 and 2015 contained errors in spreadsheets A recent study in the journal Genome Biology looked at papers published in 18 genomics journals between 2005 and 2015, and found spreadsheet-related errors in 20% of articles that provided supplementary data alongside their text.…BMAT 2017 · Question 19 · Supporting arguments · Save
A fifth of genomics papers between 2005 and 2015 contained errors in spreadsheets A recent study in the journal Genome Biology looked at papers published in 18 genomics journals between 2005 and 2015, and found spreadsheet-related errors in 20% of articles that provided supplementary data alongside their text.…BMAT 2017 · Question 20 · Supporting arguments · Save
A fifth of genomics papers between 2005 and 2015 contained errors in spreadsheets A recent study in the journal Genome Biology looked at papers published in 18 genomics journals between 2005 and 2015, and found spreadsheet-related errors in 20% of articles that provided supplementary data alongside their text.…BMAT 2017 · Question 21 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A fifth of genomics papers between 2005 and 2015 contained errors in spreadsheets A recent study in the journal Genome Biology looked at papers published in 18 genomics journals between 2005 and 2015, and found spreadsheet-related errors in 20% of articles that provided supplementary data alongside their text.…BMAT 2017 · Question 22 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
The following diagram shows how the pieces fit together in a child’s 15-piece jigsaw puzzle:BMAT 2017 · Question 23 · Spatial · Save
Two hundred years ago the average woman in a rich nation could expect to give birth to 8.5 children and to die around her fifty-fifth birthday. By 1920 the birth rate had halved to 4.2 children and women’s life expectancy had risen to almost seventy years. We can conclude, therefore, that the heavy biological toll of…BMAT 2017 · Question 24 · Identify Flaws · Save
A bus service runs between the towns of Restler and Soper. The average speed for one journey, including stops, is 30 kilometres per hour. Residents are beginning to move into a new housing development and the Restler–Soper bus service will be re-routed with extra stops. The buses will travel 4 kilometres further per…BMAT 2017 · Question 25 · Rates · Save
Research about a ‘health check’ programme operated by the National Health Service (NHS) is receiving a lot of attention amongst UK health policymakers. The study found that the ‘health checks’, dedicated screening appointments offered to everyone in middle age, have uncovered thousands of cases of high blood pressure…BMAT 2017 · Question 26 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
Police departments across the world should require the use of body-worn video cameras for their officers. Research has shown that filming police public interactions can lower levels of violence within these encounters because the known presence of the camera encourages police officers to better regulate their own…BMAT 2017 · Question 28 · Assumption · Save
The total number of spots on any two opposite faces of conventional dice should always be seven. Below are two views of a dice that has lost one spot from each of three of its faces.BMAT 2017 · Question 29 · Spatial · Save
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a neuroimaging procedure that maps brain activity by detecting blood flow changes. One recent finding of fMRI research relates to variation amongst individuals with respect to patterns of connectivity across regions of the brain. People with strong brain region…BMAT 2017 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · 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
The London Assembly is investigating how to prevent clogged roads from suffocating the capital As the London Assembly transport committee investigates what the mayor and Transport for London (the local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London) can do to reduce rising levels of road…BMAT 2017 · Question 32 · Reasoning · Save
The London Assembly is investigating how to prevent clogged roads from suffocating the capital As the London Assembly transport committee investigates what the mayor and Transport for London (the local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London) can do to reduce rising levels of road…BMAT 2017 · Question 33 · Rates · Save
The London Assembly is investigating how to prevent clogged roads from suffocating the capital As the London Assembly transport committee investigates what the mayor and Transport for London (the local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London) can do to reduce rising levels of road…BMAT 2017 · Question 34 · Inference · Save
The London Assembly is investigating how to prevent clogged roads from suffocating the capital As the London Assembly transport committee investigates what the mayor and Transport for London (the local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London) can do to reduce rising levels of road…BMAT 2017 · Question 35 · Reasoning · Save
A school has 120 pupils, in five year groups. The following table gives some details about the numbers of boys and girls in each year group:BMAT 2016 · Question 1 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Forest fires in Indonesia this year have emitted 1.6 gigatonnes of CO2. To put that in perspective, it has been estimated that the entire world must emit less than 1000 gigatonnes of CO2 every year from now on if we are to avoid dangerous global warming. When forest vegetation burns, the amount of CO2 released into…BMAT 2016 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
When we listen to music, electrical waves in our brains tend to synchronise to the tempo. In a recent study scientists recorded the brain waves of musicians and non-musicians as they listened to music. Although the brain waves of both groups synchronised to many rhythms, those of non-musicians did not synchronise to…BMAT 2016 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · 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
Wide-ranging increases in the cost of bringing a civil court case recently announced by the UK government are an assault on citizens’ access to the law. It is tantamount to treating justice like a commodity. The latest proposals will increase fees by more than 1000% for claims of £200 000 or more. They will deter…BMAT 2016 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · Save
Citizens of Beematia pay tax on their incomes each calendar year, as follows:BMAT 2016 · Question 7 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 9 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
Time is represented in an unusual way in Bolandia. The format is mm:hh, where mm represents the number of minutes to the next hour (hh). For example, 17:03 represents 17 minutes before 3am. However, there are still 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day. Helen is staying in a hotel in Bolandia, and the clocks in…BMAT 2016 · Question 12 · Rates · Save
Research has shown that parents with high incomes tend to have children who score highly in IQ tests. It is very unlikely that this is because having rich parents improves one’s IQ. Much more likely is that being intelligent tends to result in having a high income, since a high level of intelligence is required for…BMAT 2016 · Question 13 · Assumption · 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
A group of UK scientists have a rare opportunity to study human brains thanks to the promise of donations of brains after death by some members of a study group. The dissection of these brains and the counting of the numbers of synapses in them may add evidence to the idea of ‘cognitive reserve’: when a person gets…BMAT 2016 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
Over-prescription of antibiotics by doctors who respond to patients’ demands has raised the drug resistance of harmful bacteria. Drug-resistant bacteria can make routine surgery and minor cuts fatal if infections take hold. We could introduce penalties for doctors who over-prescribe, but this would not be enough.…BMAT 2016 · Question 17 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
I have a deposit of £25 000 that I want to use to help to buy a house. The purchase price of the house is £150 000, and the remainder of the cost of the house is to be financed using a mortgage. My building society offers 5 mortgages, the details of which are published on its website as follows:BMAT 2016 · Question 18 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 19 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
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 21 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 22 · Explanations · Save
The drawing below shows the outlines of three pieces of card (one square and two right angled triangles) which all fit exactly around the same size circle.BMAT 2016 · Question 23 · Spatial · Save
A brisk 30-minute walk five days a week is more effective than any other form of exercise for keeping weight down regardless of age, a major study has concluded. The effectiveness of ‘high impact’ walking in keeping weight down is greater than that from keep-fit activities including running, swimming and working out…BMAT 2016 · Question 24 · Weakening Arguments · Save
To mark ‘Back to the Future’ day on October 21st 2015, the Galaxy Cinema screened all three of the Back to the Future films, in order, twice. The running times of the films were as follows: Back to the Future - 117 minutes Back to the Future Part II - 109 minutes Back to the Future Part III - 119 minutes The…BMAT 2016 · Question 25 · Rates · Save
The sale of self-help books that claim to reveal the secret of happiness generated…BMAT 2016 · Question 26 · Identify Flaws · Save
The table below shows a record of my blood pressure and pulse readings over nine days.BMAT 2016 · Question 27 · Rates · Save
Recent theories about the causes of cancer have held that most cancers are caused by internal factors, the result of inevitable mistakes in the human body rather than anything environmental. This would seem to imply that whether or not a person develops cancer is entirely out of his or her control; what that person…BMAT 2016 · Question 28 · Assumption · Save
I have a piece of string which I stretch out in a straight line. I then take a thin red felt-tip pen and make a small mark in the middle of the string. Then I fold the string in half and again stretch it out, holding onto the fold and to the two ends. This time I make a small mark in the middle of both strands of the…BMAT 2016 · Question 29 · Spatial · Save
People wonder whether or not machines could ever become conscious, but it’s obvious that one day they will. After all, if consciousness is just the result of the working of the brain, and if the brain is just a complicated machine, then what’s to stop machines becoming complex enough to be conscious? Every year…BMAT 2016 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · 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
Vegetable oils in the modern diet Vegetable oils other than olive oil were not introduced in significant amounts into the human diet until the early part of the 20th century. Some people believe that, as we are the genetic product of a hunter–gatherer culture, these are not natural to us as they do not match certain…BMAT 2016 · Question 32 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Vegetable oils in the modern diet Vegetable oils other than olive oil were not introduced in significant amounts into the human diet until the early part of the 20th century. Some people believe that, as we are the genetic product of a hunter–gatherer culture, these are not natural to us as they do not match certain…BMAT 2016 · Question 33 · Assumption · Save
Vegetable oils in the modern diet Vegetable oils other than olive oil were not introduced in significant amounts into the human diet until the early part of the 20th century. Some people believe that, as we are the genetic product of a hunter–gatherer culture, these are not natural to us as they do not match certain…BMAT 2016 · Question 34 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Vegetable oils in the modern diet Vegetable oils other than olive oil were not introduced in significant amounts into the human diet until the early part of the 20th century. Some people believe that, as we are the genetic product of a hunter–gatherer culture, these are not natural to us as they do not match certain…BMAT 2016 · Question 35 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
The number of people in the UK with tuberculosis (TB) has nearly doubled over the past 25 years, but for most of us the chances of catching the infection are still relatively small. Three quarters of all infections recorded last year were in people from deprived areas; half were not in employment, and one in ten had…BMAT 2015 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
Recent research has found a surprising correlation between how women rate the physical attractiveness of male competitive cyclists and their overall performance in an endurance race, with those competitors rated most attractive finishing ahead of those rated less attractive. It seems that women are sensitive to those…BMAT 2015 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
There were 15 competitors in the Long Jump event at a recent athletics meeting. In the preliminary competition all the competitors were allowed two attempts, with the better of the two to count in each case. The top three and anyone else within 50 cm of third place qualified to take part in the final later in the day.…BMAT 2015 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
Agriculture faces its biggest challenge since Neolithic days in the way it adapts – or fails to adapt – to climate change. Africa and southeast Asia will be worst affected. In 20 years' time, their climate will be quite different from their climate today: crop varieties used now will yield dramatically less in the…BMAT 2015 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · 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
According to figures published recently, 44% of criminals leaving prison will reoffend within one year of being released. So if the aim of prison (custodial) sentences is to stop people committing crimes, it really is not working. Short sentences are even worse, with 55% of offenders on short sentences reoffending…BMAT 2015 · Question 8 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
According to figures published recently, 44% of criminals leaving prison will reoffend within one year of being released. So if the aim of prison (custodial) sentences is to stop people committing crimes, it really is not working. Short sentences are even worse, with 55% of offenders on short sentences reoffending…BMAT 2015 · Question 9 · Rates · Save
According to figures published recently, 44% of criminals leaving prison will reoffend within one year of being released. So if the aim of prison (custodial) sentences is to stop people committing crimes, it really is not working. Short sentences are even worse, with 55% of offenders on short sentences reoffending…BMAT 2015 · Question 10 · Explanations · Save
According to figures published recently, 44% of criminals leaving prison will reoffend within one year of being released. So if the aim of prison (custodial) sentences is to stop people committing crimes, it really is not working. Short sentences are even worse, with 55% of offenders on short sentences reoffending…BMAT 2015 · Question 11 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
A youth club ran a “complete the puzzle against the clock” competition last Saturday. Teams had to complete a variety of puzzles and were awarded points determined by how long it took them to complete each puzzle:BMAT 2015 · Question 12 · Rates · Save
Should people who have been convicted of serious crimes be able to return to their career after serving a prison sentence? At first sight it seems only fair and just that they should, so that offenders can be rehabilitated into society. But what if that person has a career in a high profile job, such as a professional…BMAT 2015 · Question 13 · Assumption · Save
An artist has three 100ml tubes of paint: one red, one yellow and one blue. Mixing equal quantities of red and yellow gives orange, mixing equal quantities of red and blue gives purple, mixing equal quantities of yellow and blue gives green, and mixing equal quantities of red, yellow and blue gives brown. The design…BMAT 2015 · Question 14 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Despite advances in computer modelling and research on humans, we still understand very little about the human brain and we are unable to treat many neurological conditions and injuries effectively because of this. Human brains work in very similar ways to most primates and it is possible to create lesions in primate…BMAT 2015 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
The rate of recorded heart attacks among women in the UK could soon start to fall because a new blood test has been developed which provides a more accurate diagnosis of the incidence of heart attacks in women. Researchers believe that heart attacks in women may previously have been under-diagnosed because the 'old'…BMAT 2015 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
In the sport of Wingball there are three types of goal, as follows: a span, which scores 8 points a beat, which scores 5 points a tip, which scores 2 points The Eagles scored a total of 720 points last season in the National Wingball League, setting a new record for the number of points scored in a season. Their 42…BMAT 2015 · Question 18 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 19 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
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 21 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 22 · Weakening Arguments · Save
The street map below shows the locations of a hotel and six visitor attractions, together with walking distances shown in metres (m). A tourist stayed in the hotel and had time to visit only five of the attractions by taking the shortest route.BMAT 2015 · Question 23 · Spatial · Save
Although many schools have banned the sale of energy drinks filled with sugar and caffeine on the school site, this policy may backfire on those schools and on the results their students achieve in public examinations. Caffeine has been shown to improve focus, which could benefit students both in their studies before…BMAT 2015 · Question 24 · Weakening Arguments · 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
Despite years of butter and saturated fats being given a bad press, it has recently emerged that studies in the 1980s that highlighted the dangers of eating too much of these fats were based on a misleading data set. Consequently, the guidance based on these studies to reduce the intake of saturated fats cannot be…BMAT 2015 · Question 26 · Assumption · Save
A survey of primary school children showed that between 55% and 65% owned a laptop computer, between 70% and 80% owned a mobile phone and fewer than 5% owned neither of these items.BMAT 2015 · Question 27 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
It has been shown that most people are either ‘Night Owls’, who describe themselves as naturally more active and alert in the evening, or ‘Morning Larks’, who wake early and become less alert once daylight decreases. These patterns are linked to changes in the levels of the hormone melatonin (which is associated with…BMAT 2015 · Question 28 · Weakening Arguments · Save
I want to decorate one of the rooms in my house by painting the four walls. The room is rectangular, measuring 5m by 4m, and is 2.5m high. There is a door in one of the narrower walls, measuring 1m wide by 2m high. There is also a window in the opposite wall to the door, measuring 2m wide by 1.5m high. I do not intend…BMAT 2015 · Question 29 · Optimisation · Save
Accident and Emergency (A&E) units have too many patients and not enough permanent staff to treat them. Working in A&E is not attractive to doctors: the environment is frenzied and the working hours are unsociable. For these reasons, newly qualified doctors tend to choose other specialisms. With too few permanent…BMAT 2015 · Question 30 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
There are a total of 7 spots on each pair of opposite faces on a conventional die. I have two unconventional dice. They both have faces with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 spots, but none of the opposite pairs on either die have a total of 7 spots and all six pairs have a different total. These are two views of one of my dice:BMAT 2015 · Question 31 · Spatial · Save
Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence in the UK. Investigations by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) lead to many offenders coming before the courts under the Animal Welfare Act, 2006. The success rate for prosecutions is high. Punishments include fines, community service,…BMAT 2015 · Question 32 · Supporting arguments · Save
Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence in the UK. Investigations by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) lead to many offenders coming before the courts under the Animal Welfare Act, 2006. The success rate for prosecutions is high. Punishments include fines, community service,…BMAT 2015 · Question 33 · Rates · Save
Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence in the UK. Investigations by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) lead to many offenders coming before the courts under the Animal Welfare Act, 2006. The success rate for prosecutions is high. Punishments include fines, community service,…BMAT 2015 · Question 34 · Inference · Save
Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence in the UK. Investigations by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) lead to many offenders coming before the courts under the Animal Welfare Act, 2006. The success rate for prosecutions is high. Punishments include fines, community service,…BMAT 2015 · Question 35 · Weakening Arguments · 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
There is a tendency to think that carnivores, given their precarious place at the top of the food chain, are the most at risk from extinction. Yet over the course of history it is likely that the opposite has been the case. Herbivores are often more specialist – evolved to suit a particular environment, to eat a…BMAT 2014 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
Since the late 1990s wolves have been seen in the Haute-France region of the Alps. This places them once again in conflict with the shepherds who farm this region. Due to the protected status of the European wolf, French farmers are awarded a compensation payment for the loss of any of their sheep to a wolf. This…BMAT 2014 · Question 4 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
This is part of a tiled floor in my house, surrounding a space where I have removed a broken tile. Each tile has a pattern of sixteen smaller squares, three of which are black. On each tile, one of the black squares is a corner square, one is an edge square and one is an inner square. No two black squares touch,…BMAT 2014 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
Perfect pitch – the ability to identify any note of music without inferring it from a reference note – is usually found to be a characteristic only of people who were taught music before the age of 6. So teaching music to children under the age of 6 should become a priority in primary schools. This could mean that in…BMAT 2014 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · Save
When I buy my favourite brand of coffee from the supermarket I normally have a choice of three jar sizes, as follows: small - 100 g medium - 200 g large - 400 g At present, all three jars contain 25% extra for the normal price and, in addition, customers who buy a large jar get a small jar free.BMAT 2014 · Question 7 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A new research study shows that general anaesthesia increases the risk of developing dementia in later life by 35%, regardless of lifestyle. Research from France being presented at a conference of anaesthetists identifies postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a common delirium-like complication of major surgery…BMAT 2014 · Question 8 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A new research study shows that general anaesthesia increases the risk of developing dementia in later life by 35%, regardless of lifestyle. Research from France being presented at a conference of anaesthetists identifies postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a common delirium-like complication of major surgery…BMAT 2014 · Question 9 · Explanations · Save
A new research study shows that general anaesthesia increases the risk of developing dementia in later life by 35%, regardless of lifestyle. Research from France being presented at a conference of anaesthetists identifies postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a common delirium-like complication of major surgery…BMAT 2014 · Question 10 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
A new research study shows that general anaesthesia increases the risk of developing dementia in later life by 35%, regardless of lifestyle. Research from France being presented at a conference of anaesthetists identifies postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a common delirium-like complication of major surgery…BMAT 2014 · Question 11 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
Recorded crime figures – the figures which police authorities produce – have always been a poor way to identify crime trends. They are really a measure of police activity and priorities. A big operation to tackle knife crime, for instance, may uncover and record many more offences involving knives: it does not mean…BMAT 2014 · Question 13 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The drawing below shows a pictorial view of a model for a house.BMAT 2014 · Question 14 · Spatial · Save
Plans to share the medical records held by doctors, on a national database, have had to be shelved as a result of public pressure. Yet the public’s hostility to this proposal is misguided. Of course people’s medical records are personal matters, which they might not want divulged. And yet, while it is in everyone’s…BMAT 2014 · Question 15 · Assumption · Save
Ben designs booklets for companies to use for their marketing. The price that he charges is based on the number of pages in the booklet and whether the booklets are black and white or colour. His prices are summarised in the following table:BMAT 2014 · Question 16 · Rates · Save
We are all becoming used to warnings of a shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) recruits. In a world increasingly dominated by careers that involve these fields, organisations and politicians repeatedly state that we really must train more of these people to secure our prosperity. But…BMAT 2014 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · 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
The information below relates to offences dealt with by courts in England and Wales during 2010.BMAT 2014 · Question 19 · Inference · Save
The information below relates to offences dealt with by courts in England and Wales during 2010.BMAT 2014 · Question 20 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
The information below relates to offences dealt with by courts in England and Wales during 2010.BMAT 2014 · Question 21 · Assumption · Save
There have been various proposals over the years for a system of decimal time. Under one system the day would remain the same length of time as it is at present, but would be the basic unit of time, divided into 10 decidays each made up of 100 millidays. Clocks would show the time in decidays and millidays instead of…BMAT 2014 · Question 22 · Rates · Save
Memory loss and growing mental incapacity used to be seen as inevitable consequences of ageing. Now we talk of dementia as an illness that could possibly be cured or prevented. The incidence of new cases of dementia is falling. A survey in the UK in 1994 revealed roughly 650 000 cases of dementia. With a subsequent…BMAT 2014 · Question 23 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Four friends need to stay in a hotel for one night after a concert. They are working out what it is going to cost them. The prices per room are as follows: Single: £40, Double: £65, Family: £90 (This is up to a max of 3 adults) Special offers: 10% discount for four rooms in a single booking 5% discount for three rooms…BMAT 2014 · Question 24 · Rates · Save
Next time you feel the flu coming on, you should think twice before reaching for painkillers because they could do more harm than good by increasing the transmission of flu. Obviously painkillers can make you feel better by reducing muscle pains and headaches, but they also lower fever. Fever is thought to be an…BMAT 2014 · Question 25 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
Drivers of motor vehicles are not the only threat to the safety of pedestrians. Official road casualty statistics for 2012 show that, per billion kilometres travelled, cyclists seriously injured 21 pedestrians, compared with 24 pedestrians seriously injured by vehicle drivers. Cyclists who ride on the pavement are…BMAT 2014 · Question 27 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The drawing below shows the outer surface of the net of a hexagonal package with geometric shaped windows in each side. The inner surface is painted black.BMAT 2014 · Question 28 · Spatial · Save
Half a million pregnant women are troubled by morning sickness each year in the UK, but this phenomenon is still not fully understood. One theory is that changing levels of hormones act on the brain to heighten an evolutionary adaptive response that helps prevent women from consuming substances that may be harmful.…BMAT 2014 · Question 29 · Strengthening Arguments · Save
There are three stations on a single-track railway. The middle station of Laydon has two platforms and two separate tracks, each capable of taking any size train using the track.BMAT 2014 · Question 30 · Spatial · 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 31 · Spatial · 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 32 · Rates · 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 33 · Optimisation · 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
Six islands make up the Republic of Bondia.BMAT 2012 · Question 1 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
People with pale skin may be lacking in vitamin D, which is important for healthy bones and teeth. Most people get enough vitamin D with short exposures to the sun (10 to 15 minutes a day). A small amount also comes from the diet, in foods like oily fish and dairy products. But people with pale skin do not seem to be…BMAT 2012 · Question 2 · Main Conclusion · Save
I wish to tile part of my wall with a mixture of five patterned, cross-shaped tiles. I want to use the same number of each tile, but end up with the same area of each pattern.BMAT 2012 · Question 3 · Spatial · Save
Electric engines are more efficient than petrol engines in converting fuel into mechanical power, thus they are more economical in fuel use. But their electricity has to come from somewhere. The UK electricity grid is powered by a mix of sources: coal, gas and nuclear with a few renewables thrown in. If you make extra…BMAT 2012 · Question 4 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
My brother and I have commissioned a landscape gardener to redesign the back garden of the house into which our parents have recently moved. The diagram below shows the new layout:BMAT 2012 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released data from a study of 15 year olds in the principal industrialised countries. It shows unequivocally that teenage students whose parents discuss political or social issues with them, either weekly or daily, score 28 points higher at reading…BMAT 2012 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · Save
The pattern below is to be used to tile a very large floor. It consists of hexagonal, square and triangular shaped tiles.BMAT 2012 · Question 7 · Spatial · Save
The codes for the different types of hospital are L (large), S (small), DC (diagnosis centre) and TC (treatment centre). The number of patient days is calculated from the number of days that patients were in hospital. For example, a day case (a patient who was not in hospital overnight) would count as 1 patient day…BMAT 2012 · Question 8 · Rates · Save
The codes for the different types of hospital are L (large), S (small), DC (diagnosis centre) and TC (treatment centre). The number of patient days is calculated from the number of days that patients were in hospital. For example, a day case (a patient who was not in hospital overnight) would count as 1 patient day…BMAT 2012 · Question 9 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
The codes for the different types of hospital are L (large), S (small), DC (diagnosis centre) and TC (treatment centre). The number of patient days is calculated from the number of days that patients were in hospital. For example, a day case (a patient who was not in hospital overnight) would count as 1 patient day…BMAT 2012 · Question 10 · Rates · Save
The codes for the different types of hospital are L (large), S (small), DC (diagnosis centre) and TC (treatment centre). The number of patient days is calculated from the number of days that patients were in hospital. For example, a day case (a patient who was not in hospital overnight) would count as 1 patient day…BMAT 2012 · Question 11 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
The unusual weather the UK has experienced over the past few years - very dry warm springs and very cold winters - is what one would expect if the melting of Arctic ice were influencing our weather. And indeed, over the same period the Arctic has undergone its most dramatic shrinkage of sea ice. This means that the…BMAT 2012 · Question 13 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The net shown below was cut out and folded to make a cube.BMAT 2012 · Question 14 · Spatial · Save
Oxytocin, known as the 'love hormone', is a hormone that is released in mothers' bodies during childbirth. Research has shown that when people are exposed to it by means of a nasal spray they can become better at recognising the emotions of others, and are more likely to perceive others as trustworthy and…BMAT 2012 · Question 15 · Weakening Arguments · Save
This is the floor of my conservatory: It contains the following four individual tile patterns:BMAT 2012 · Question 16 · Spatial · Save
Patients admitted to hospital as an emergency at the weekend have a higher chance of dying than those who are brought in during the week, according to a study which showed that the death rate among emergency admissions increased by 7% at the weekend. Staffing levels are often lower at weekends, with fewer senior…BMAT 2012 · Question 17 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
A survey of households in a town showed that (allowing for sampling errors) between 75% and 85% owned a dishwasher, between 35% and 40% owned a tumble dryer and less than 5% owned neither.BMAT 2012 · Question 18 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 19 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
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 22 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A student has been carrying out tests to see how well young children can follow instructions. A group of children have been colouring in squares on a 4x4 grid. They had been given details of which ones to colour. The student forgot to mark the grids to show the top and bottom and so when the grids were collected for…BMAT 2012 · Question 23 · Spatial · Save
Police should be given clear permission to use water cannons against rioters and rules about when it is appropriate. Police see water cannons as an effective means of dispersal in some scenarios, incurring fewer injuries to the public than either uncontrolled rioting or other methods of control. In dealing with street…BMAT 2012 · Question 24 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
Is forgery 'art'? Received opinion says not, despite it unquestionably being a craft. This has nothing to do with it being illegal or immoral, though it may be both. The standard objection is that it is copying, and therefore not creative. But how is that an objection when all art is ultimately a copy of something? Is…BMAT 2012 · Question 26 · Reasoning · 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
The ski holiday industry has been accused of damaging the environment. But this is nonsense. If you say that we should stop people skiing, you would have to conclude that we should stop everyone going on holiday. What causes the glaciers to melt is not skiing, it's everyone wasting energy by travelling when they don't…BMAT 2012 · Question 28 · Weakening Arguments · 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
Authors of articles on health and medical treatments may be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, by receiving a fee or financial support for their research. The public need to know what weight they should put on these articles when they are assessing evidence from various sources. In the USA, newspapers and…BMAT 2012 · Question 30 · Assumption · Save
In each round of a competition the competitor who performed best in that round is awarded 6 points. The next best competitor gets 3 points and the third gets 1 point. There are four competitors, so the last player does not score any points. After 10 rounds the scores are totalled. After nine rounds had been completed,…BMAT 2012 · Question 31 · Optimisation · 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 32 · Rates · 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 33 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
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 35 · Explanations · Save
The weather forecast for a five day period is summarised in the table below:BMAT 2011 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
The seas around the UK have become so noisy that whales are having to sing louder to make themselves heard above the din created by ships, wind farms and oil exploration. With whale numbers severely depleted, the ability to communicate over long distances could be key to their finding a mate. According to a study by…BMAT 2011 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
When children are young they often play games. These games are useful as they teach children how to interact with each other. In recent years the growth of computer games has meant that now many children play most of their games on computers and across the internet. Thus the way in which children interact with each…BMAT 2011 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
The diagram below shows two perpendicular mirrors with a reflected tile on the faces of both mirrors.BMAT 2011 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
Becoming a London taxi driver isn’t as easy as you may think. Unlike other London folk who choose to take the tube or bus, taxi drivers have to spend hours learning the city’s road network for a face-to-face exam at the Public Carriage Office to get a licence to start their careers. Recent brain scans on a group of…BMAT 2011 · Question 6 · Assumption · Save
An airline has decided to introduce a flight from London, England to St. John’s, Antigua. The airline owns a range of aeroplanes as shown in the table below. It needs to decide which one would be best suited to do this flight. The distance travelled between London and St John's is a maximum of 5600 miles; variability…BMAT 2011 · Question 7 · Optimisation · 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 8 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 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 10 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 11 · Supporting arguments · Save
This is the floor of a room in my house, which is tiled with 81 tiles of the same size.BMAT 2011 · Question 12 · Spatial · Save
The ability to use language (to communicate using symbols and words to represent objects, feelings and thoughts) separates humans from all other animals on earth. By the age of 18, humans know more than 60,000 words, which is a surprising figure when you consider the monosyllabic vocabulary used by most teenagers.…BMAT 2011 · Question 13 · Supporting arguments · 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
The UK should not comply with the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that prisoners should be allowed to vote in general and local elections. European member states are bound to respect human rights, and the ECHR is the organisation that defines those rights. However, although freedom and democracy…BMAT 2011 · Question 15 · Weakening Arguments · Save
Data for the world’s largest 10 lakes are shown below:BMAT 2011 · Question 16 · Spatial · Save
The brain disease vCJD was caused by eating beef from cattle infected with BSE. Susceptibility to this type of disease amongst humans is associated with a particular gene. There are two variants of this gene – M and V, so there are three possible combinations that we can inherit – M-M, M-V and V-V. All infections so…BMAT 2011 · Question 17 · Assumption · 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 19 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 20 · Inference · 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 21 · Drawing Conclusions · 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
There are ten houses on Horseshoe Road, situated as shown above. They are numbered from 1 to 10, but not conventionally, and the numbers are missing on five of them. However, it is known that wherever four houses lie along a straight line, the four house numbers add up to 21.BMAT 2011 · Question 23 · Spatial · 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
Raymond has made up two vinaigrettes for his restaurant. One has half oil and half vinegar, the other has 2/3 oil and 1/3 vinegar. He has 180ml of each. He wants to use them to make 2 x 180ml, each containing the same proportions, so he removes 90ml from the one with equal proportions and adds it to the other. He…BMAT 2011 · Question 25 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
A rocky planet, whose mass is three times that of Earth's, could be the first ever to be found outside our solar system with the potential to support human life. Lying in the 'Goldilocks Zone' of the Milky Way, twenty light years away, the planet is said to have gravity similar to Earth and could well be capable of…BMAT 2011 · Question 26 · Main Conclusion · Save
I want to create a simple jigsaw puzzle. I have five pieces as shown below. Each piece is made from four identical squares. I want to choose three of the pieces to make up either a 4x3 rectangle or a 6x2 rectangle.BMAT 2011 · Question 27 · Spatial · Save
It has been celebrated recently that hydrogen fuelled buses are being introduced into London. This is because the use of hydrogen as a fuel is better for the environment as there are no emissions of carbon dioxide. The new buses carry the same number of passengers and will be travelling exactly the same routes as the…BMAT 2011 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
Claire walks to work at 6km/hr and Charles cycles along the same route. Normally Charles overtakes Claire outside the public library. One day Claire leaves 20 minutes late and Charles overtakes her outside the swimming pool, 3km before she gets to the library.BMAT 2011 · Question 29 · Rates · Save
A neutrino is an elementary particle that is able to pass through ordinary matter, but is difficult to detect. Physicists have hypothesised that there is a particular type of neutrino – a sterile neutrino – that cannot be detected at all by their instruments. Relevant evidence comes from supernovae, i.e. exploding…BMAT 2011 · Question 30 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
An exhibition of the work of a modern artist is currently on display at an art gallery for a period of 30 days. One of the exhibits, entitled “Countdown”, started off as 30 individual identical cylinders arranged in 10 stacks of 3, with the following appearance when viewed from above. Each day since the exhibition…BMAT 2011 · Question 31 · Spatial · 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 32 · Rates · 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 33 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 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 35 · Explanations · 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
Societies with a flourishing arts sector (including visual art, theatre, music and dance) tend to be more democratic, more egalitarian, economically more robust and to have more fulfilled, healthier citizens. So, if we want to live in the most democratic, egalitarian and economically robust society, we should demand…BMAT 2010 · Question 2 · Identify Flaws · 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
62 trillion spam emails are sent every year, amounting to emissions of more than 17 million tons of carbon dioxide, one of the main contributors to global warming. More effective spam filtering could reduce the amount by 75%, which would be the equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars off the road. This would not deal…BMAT 2010 · Question 4 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
I need to make 72 cakes for when my guests visit tomorrow. I make the cakes in batches of 12. It takes me 40 minutes to prepare each batch and then they need to be in the oven for 25 minutes (during which time I can be working on the next batch). Once they have finished baking, I need to spend 5 minutes putting the…BMAT 2010 · Question 5 · Rates · Save
Scientists have created a model to show how the climate would be affected if, in fifty years' time, the world suddenly stopped the burning of fossil fuels which produces CO2 emissions. The model assumed that by then CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would be double pre- industrial levels. The scientists calculated…BMAT 2010 · Question 6 · Weakening Arguments · Save
On a darts scoreboard, each number is made up by some of the lights in a 5 x 3 grid being lit. The correct appearance of each number is shown below: Darts scores consist of three digits and the score can be anything between 002 and 501. One night, for one player's score, the first of the three digits was faulty and…BMAT 2010 · Question 7 · Spatial · Save
Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialised and encouraged to play with different types of…BMAT 2010 · Question 8 · Challenging Conclusions · Save
Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialised and encouraged to play with different types of…BMAT 2010 · Question 9 · Challenging Conclusions · Save
Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialised and encouraged to play with different types of…BMAT 2010 · Question 10 · Assumption · Save
Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialised and encouraged to play with different types of…BMAT 2010 · Question 11 · Inference · Save
I am planning to tile my floor. Each tile is square and has a design which is a 3x3 grid of squares. I want to use a combination of 4 different types of tile and when I have finished I want to have used the same number of each tile. I also want the proportion of squares of each colour to be equal.BMAT 2010 · Question 12 · Spatial · Save
As examination results come out again there will undoubtedly be concerns about the state of the education system. If the results are good then we will hear that the examinations are becoming too easy. On the other hand, if the results are poor, then we will hear about the poor state of funding for the education…BMAT 2010 · Question 13 · Identify Flaws · Save
These are the most common versions of the digits that appear on digital displays, and are to be assumed in this question.BMAT 2010 · Question 14 · Spatial · Save
Although child road deaths and serious injuries have fallen by 52% in the past ten years, we should not assume that lessons in road safety are no longer vital for school pupils. A Government study reports that in 2006 almost 1,300 boy pedestrians and 700 girl pedestrians were killed or seriously injured in road…BMAT 2010 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The image below shows a view of a conventional six sided die with opposite sides adding up to 7 (so the 1 is opposite the 6 etc).BMAT 2010 · Question 16 · Spatial · Save
When defending the British Museum’s stance on holding on to important historical artefacts that were taken from other countries, the tale of the Standard of Ur offers a huge case in support of the policy. Had Britain returned it to Iraq, it would have been lost along with so much of the country’s history when the…BMAT 2010 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
The Rimmer Club is named after the character from the cult TV series "Red Dwarf" who has the letter H on his forehead. Tonight is the Rimmer Club's annual dinner. Rory has been given the task of making place cards. He has decided to make the cards in the form of a letter H, with dimensions as shown below:BMAT 2010 · Question 18 · Spatial · Save
In 2005, the total number of passengers at UK airports rose to 228 million, compared to 5 million in 1955. The numbers of passengers fell in the recession year of 1974, and in 1991, the year of the Gulf War, before continuing upward. There was also a marked flattening of the upward trend in 2001, the result of the…BMAT 2010 · Question 20 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
In 2005, the total number of passengers at UK airports rose to 228 million, compared to 5 million in 1955. The numbers of passengers fell in the recession year of 1974, and in 1991, the year of the Gulf War, before continuing upward. There was also a marked flattening of the upward trend in 2001, the result of the…BMAT 2010 · Question 21 · Inference · Save
In 2005, the total number of passengers at UK airports rose to 228 million, compared to 5 million in 1955. The numbers of passengers fell in the recession year of 1974, and in 1991, the year of the Gulf War, before continuing upward. There was also a marked flattening of the upward trend in 2001, the result of the…BMAT 2010 · Question 22 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
One fund-raising activity of a particular sports club is a weekly draw. Participants choose two different numbers between 1 and 15 inclusive. When the draw is made, two numbers between 1 and 15 inclusive are selected at random. The prize money is shared by anyone who has chosen these two numbers. If there are no…BMAT 2010 · Question 23 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Scientists have argued over whether the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a space impact or by super-volcanic activity which lasted for 1.5 million years. The space impact would have caused sudden large-scale fires and earthquakes. Volcanic activity would have caused a cooling of the atmosphere and acid rain…BMAT 2010 · Question 24 · Assumption · Save
21 I am playing a card game with three friends. Each of us has two cards which are placed face up on the table. The score for a hand is calculated by adding up the value of the two cards and then doubling the total if the cards are the same suit (denoted by the symbols ♥, ♦, ♣ or ♠). The highest score wins. My two…BMAT 2010 · Question 25 · Optimisation · Save
The behaviour of the general public has contributed to the reluctance of doctors to do out-of- hours work. When doctors only ever had to deal with genuine medical emergencies out-of- hours then the workload was manageable. Unfortunately, the Government has helped stoke public expectations so that now people think they…BMAT 2010 · Question 26 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
A target at a fair has twelve sections, marked as shown above. Participants throw four darts at the target. They win a prize if all four darts land in different sections of the target and the total score is at least 30. Phil has thrown two of his four darts, scoring 12 and 8. He is confident that whenever he throws he…BMAT 2010 · Question 27 · Spatial · Save
During the trial of a 10 year old accused of frequent violent crimes, privacy laws meant that he could only be referred to in the media as ‘Child B’. One newspaper, however, continually referred to the boy as the ‘Devil Child’. Despite many media sources reporting the difficult and violent upbringing the boy himself…BMAT 2010 · Question 28 · Strengthening Arguments · 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
Reducing class sizes in UK primary schools to 20 pupils would be very expensive and would produce little improvement in children’s education. This is confirmed by evidence from the USA. In the 1990s class sizes were reduced in California because the state had been ranked 49th out of 50 states in the reading ability of…BMAT 2010 · Question 30 · Assumption · Save
The net shown can be folded up to make a cube.BMAT 2010 · Question 31 · Spatial · Save
Vitelo Pareto observed that in Italy in 1906 that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the people. The 'Pareto Principle' has since been applied to a wide range of other areas. For example in the USA it has been found that 20% of the population use 80% of the health care resources. Although most developed countries…BMAT 2010 · Question 32 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Vitelo Pareto observed that in Italy in 1906 that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the people. The 'Pareto Principle' has since been applied to a wide range of other areas. For example in the USA it has been found that 20% of the population use 80% of the health care resources. Although most developed countries…BMAT 2010 · Question 33 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Vitelo Pareto observed that in Italy in 1906 that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the people. The 'Pareto Principle' has since been applied to a wide range of other areas. For example in the USA it has been found that 20% of the population use 80% of the health care resources. Although most developed countries…BMAT 2010 · Question 34 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Vitelo Pareto observed that in Italy in 1906 that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the people. The 'Pareto Principle' has since been applied to a wide range of other areas. For example in the USA it has been found that 20% of the population use 80% of the health care resources. Although most developed countries…BMAT 2010 · Question 35 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
The above issue, presented as it is, implies which one of the following?BMAT 2009 · Question 2 · Inference · 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
Last winter, heavy snowfalls prompted criticism of the Government for failing to ensure that the country is prepared for severe weather. Billions of pounds were lost to businesses through workers being unable to make their journey to work during a week of heavy snowfall. Others felt that these costs should be accepted…BMAT 2009 · Question 4 · Main Conclusion · 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
There has been far too much fuss about the dangers of young people using the drug ecstasy. We need to get things in proportion. The use of ecstasy causes only 30 deaths per year in Britain, whereas horse riding causes 100 deaths per year. Thus campaigns over recent years to discourage young people from using ecstasy…BMAT 2009 · Question 6 · Weakening Arguments · Save
I have three choices for my membership of the local sports club. The details of the memberships are as follows:BMAT 2009 · Question 7 · Rates · Save
UNREPORTED CRIME A survey by Lynne Featherstone On the basis of both anecdotal and documented evidence that many crimes are not reported to the police, I undertook a survey to provide a snapshot of the level of the non-reporting of crime. In doing so I was particularly interested in why people did not report crimes to…BMAT 2009 · Question 8 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
UNREPORTED CRIME A survey by Lynne Featherstone On the basis of both anecdotal and documented evidence that many crimes are not reported to the police, I undertook a survey to provide a snapshot of the level of the non-reporting of crime. In doing so I was particularly interested in why people did not report crimes to…BMAT 2009 · Question 9 · Inference · Save
UNREPORTED CRIME A survey by Lynne Featherstone On the basis of both anecdotal and documented evidence that many crimes are not reported to the police, I undertook a survey to provide a snapshot of the level of the non-reporting of crime. In doing so I was particularly interested in why people did not report crimes to…BMAT 2009 · Question 10 · Explanations · Save
The Penguin Theatre Group is designing a brochure to publicise their new production. The brochure will be made from a single sheet of paper which will be folded exactly in half twice, the final shape being a right angled triangle as shown below:BMAT 2009 · Question 11 · Spatial · Save
A magic pill that makes you slim with no side effects would be the 21st centuryís 'goose that laid the golden egg'. With 13 million people forecast to be obese by 2010, the market for a miracle cure is huge. Consumer groups are concerned, however, that ìslimming pillsî are at best expensive and useless, as they will…BMAT 2009 · Question 12 · Weakening Arguments · 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
A Welsh police station has incorporated 'colour psychology' into the design of its cells with the intention of improving the success of interrogation. As well as glass doors thought to reduce claustrophobia, a particular shade of yellow has been used which is said by psychologists to have a positive, calming, mood…BMAT 2009 · Question 14 · Assumption · Save
Today is our villageís fundñraising Fun Day. This is the current state of the ìTreasure Huntî, in which entrants put their initials in their chosen square(s).BMAT 2009 · Question 15 · Spatial · 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
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 20 · Inference · Save
Praise is an expression of recognition and a conferment of status. Recognition and status are important factors in our self esteem and well being. No matter how well paid someone is, if their efforts are never acknowledged the cash will not quite compensate. By the same token, someone who feels recognised and…BMAT 2009 · Question 22 · Assumption · 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
A campaign poster on public transport vehicles recently announced that 40% of teenage girls below the age of 16 who become pregnant were found to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time they had sexual intercourse.BMAT 2009 · Question 24 · Inference · 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
Although it has been known for some time that ants are able to make alarm calls using sound, advances in technology have enabled scientists to discover that ants routinely ìtalkî to each other in their nests. Using miniaturised microphones and speakers that can be inserted unobtrusively into nests, researchers…BMAT 2009 · Question 26 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Tim works each day from Monday to Friday. At 5pm each day at work Tim receives 7 tokens. At 1pm on any day at work Tim can exchange a certain number of these tokens for a free meal (which always costs the same number of tokens). On the morning of Monday 1st Tim had 20 tokens. He will take a free lunch on any day that…BMAT 2009 · Question 27 · Rates · Save
For there to be life elsewhere in the universe, there would have to be planets similar to Earth, i.e. small, rocky planets orbiting at the right distance from their star to ensure that they are not so hot that water boils and not so cold that it remains frozen. Until now techniques have not been sensitive enough to…BMAT 2009 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
A particular company manufactures square floor tiles whose patterns consist of 16 smaller squares of equal size. Two of the smaller square on each tile are black, whilst the rest are white. When I opened a packet of 12 of these tiles this morning and laid them out as shown below, I thought that they were all different.BMAT 2009 · Question 29 · Spatial · Save
It is human nature to try to explain what we observe occurring around us, a process that people engaged in long before physical, biological or social sciences were established as disciplines. The difference between ëcommon senseí explanations and scientific ones lies in the way the two originate. Everyday observations…BMAT 2009 · Question 30 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 32 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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
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 34 · Drawing Conclusions · 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 35 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Some Malgons are Zanders and all Zanders are TvintsBMAT 2008 · Question 1 · Logic · Save
Simplistic interpretations of traditional evolutionary theory suggest that animals are never altruistic (selfless). In other words their only compelling drive is for personal survival. There are, however, examples in the animal kingdom of "reciprocal altruism", when an altruistic act is carried out, which may be…BMAT 2008 · Question 2 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Jim has all his screws jumbled up in a big jar. The number of screws it contains is as follows:BMAT 2008 · Question 3 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
It is often claimed that the use of animals in medical research is justified by the fact that such use has been involved in the major discoveries of drugs to treat serious and fatal illnesses. But the law requires that new drugs are tested on animals for effectiveness and safety, so, of course, every new wonder-drug…BMAT 2008 · Question 4 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
I played a game at a friend’s house yesterday that involved throwing a pair of dice. When I threw them for my first turn they landed as follows:BMAT 2008 · Question 5 · Spatial · Save
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My rectangular patio is 5 m long and 4 m wide. It is covered with white tiles, and some black tiles, of three different sizes (60 cm x 60 cm, 60 cm x 40 cm and 40 cm x 40 cm), giving it the following appearance:BMAT 2008 · Question 7 · Spatial · Save
12,178 women were questioned about their reproductive history, demography, lifestyle and innate hand preference, and their answers were recorded to provide a "baseline". The same women were interviewed 16 years later, and the data was used to calculate total person-years lived in the sample. The sample comprised 11.6…BMAT 2008 · Question 9 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
12,178 women were questioned about their reproductive history, demography, lifestyle and innate hand preference, and their answers were recorded to provide a "baseline". The same women were interviewed 16 years later, and the data was used to calculate total person-years lived in the sample. The sample comprised 11.6…BMAT 2008 · Question 10 · Rates · Save
12,178 women were questioned about their reproductive history, demography, lifestyle and innate hand preference, and their answers were recorded to provide a "baseline". The same women were interviewed 16 years later, and the data was used to calculate total person-years lived in the sample. The sample comprised 11.6…BMAT 2008 · Question 11 · Reasoning · 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
Figures show that, during the course of a year, cars in the UK emit 69.9 million tonnes of CO2, whereas domestic and international flights from the UK emit 37.5 million tonnes. Even though emissions of CO2 at high altitude can be more environmentally damaging than at ground level, cars still make a greater…BMAT 2008 · Question 13 · Inference · 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
Radiation from mobile phones is not strong enough to heat biological tissue or break chemical bonds in cells. However, it may affect cell behaviour. Researchers exposed ten female volunteers to radiation at 900 MHz from mobile phones to simulate an hour long phone call. They screened 580 different proteins in their…BMAT 2008 · Question 15 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
A farmer has a tank for storing diesel of the form shown below, buried in his farmyard. He calculates the volume remaining in the tank using a dipstick which measures the depth of diesel and then referring to a chart. Unfortunately he has calibration charts for several different tanks and is not sure which is his.BMAT 2008 · Question 16 · Spatial · Save
“As one of the millions around the world watching the much anticipated Live Earth concerts, I found myself increasingly irritated by the artists chosen to make us all more aware of the damage we are doing to the environment. Fly less, drive less, waste less, recycle more. Yet these pop stars rack up thousands of miles…BMAT 2008 · Question 17 · Challenging Conclusions · Save
It is known that droplets of a certain chemical have a volume of 0.02 cm3 (rounded to the nearest 0.01 cm3).BMAT 2008 · Question 18 · Optimisation · Save
Even moderate exercise boosts longevity, study says Sorry, couch potatoes - the verdict is in: people who exercise regularly really do live longer. In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can add nearly four years to their lives, according to the first study to quantify the impact of physical activity this…BMAT 2008 · Question 20 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · Save
Even moderate exercise boosts longevity, study says Sorry, couch potatoes - the verdict is in: people who exercise regularly really do live longer. In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can add nearly four years to their lives, according to the first study to quantify the impact of physical activity this…BMAT 2008 · Question 21 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Even moderate exercise boosts longevity, study says Sorry, couch potatoes - the verdict is in: people who exercise regularly really do live longer. In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can add nearly four years to their lives, according to the first study to quantify the impact of physical activity this…BMAT 2008 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
A code for transmitting binary signals at night is devised which assigns an ordered combination of red and blue flashes to each letter of the alphabet. In order to keep transmissions short, the shortest possible ‘strings’ of red and blue flashes are assigned first: One red flash for A One blue flash for B Two red…BMAT 2008 · Question 23 · Rates · Save
"Young British competitors today are too friendly, and this is affecting their chances of winning major championships. They are all too close, all the current generation are having lunch together and then going off to play for a million dollars. In the past competitors had to win over and over again to become well…BMAT 2008 · Question 24 · Drawing Conclusions · Save
Suggestions that there should be a national database storing DNA samples from all citizens should be resisted. At present the police take DNA samples from everyone who has been arrested, and they store the samples regardless of whether the suspect is subsequently convicted. This database has provided evidence for the…BMAT 2008 · Question 26 · Weakening Arguments · Save
An army convoy is 1 km long. The General at the front wants to send a message to the rearmost vehicle, so he tells a motorcycle courier to go to the back, hand over the message and return. The courier hands over the message while the rearmost vehicle is moving, and returns immediately. It takes him half a minute to…BMAT 2008 · Question 27 · Rates · Save
Many areas of Britain have been subject to serious flooding in recent years. People who own homes in flooded areas already find it very difficult to sell their houses. With the pace of climate change set to increase, more areas will be at risk of flooding. We are, therefore, facing a future of limited geographic…BMAT 2008 · Question 28 · Assumption · 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
The implementation this year of more random speed traps to prevent accidents is absurd. Figures published earlier this year showed that only 6 % of accidents are caused by speeding. But half the deaths on the roads are caused by drivers under 25. The road safety campaigners should turn their attention to finding ways…BMAT 2008 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · Save
The picture below shows the pieces of a puzzle called the Soma Cube which may be assembled to make a 3 x 3 x 3 cube.BMAT 2008 · Question 31 · Spatial · 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 32 · Ratio/Proportion/Percentage · 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 33 · Inference · 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 34 · Drawing Conclusions · 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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