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- Sarah drives to work each morning. On the way she passes through a busy junction with a set of traffic lights. One morning she stops behind a line of traffic just as the lights go red. She can see 14 cars between her and the red light. The red (stop) light will remain on for 42 seconds. The green (go) light will come…BMAT 2022 · Question 2 · Logic · Save
- Julia has a job interview next week. To get there she will walk to the train station, take a train to Newtown and then get a taxi to her destination. Trains leave the station every half hour, starting at 07:00 and take 60 minutes to reach Newtown. It will take Julia 15 minutes to walk from her home to the train…BMAT 2022 · Question 6 · Logic · Save
- I play a game by rolling two dice. Both of my dice are quite old, and some of the dots have rubbed off. But when they were new, they were both conventional six-sided dice i.e. opposite faces add up to 7. The result of my roll is as follows:BMAT 2022 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
- In preparation for a shopping trip with her mother, Maisy is counting the coins from her money box. She sorts the coins into piles of £1 coins, 50p coins, 10p coins, 5p coins and 2p coins. She has two or more coins in each of the five piles, and finds that the total value of all of these coins is £5.75.BMAT 2022 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
- The table shows the prices of different packs of toy animals. Alice wants to buy some toy animals for her zoo.BMAT 2022 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
- There were 60 episodes of my favourite TV show. After it finished, 20 DVDs were released, each containing 3 episodes. DVD 1 contained episodes 1, 2 and 3, DVD 2 contained episodes 4, 5 and 6, etc. I bought all 20 DVDs, but I have since lost DVDs 7, 16 and 19. The collection has recently been reissued, this time as 12…BMAT 2022 · Question 19 · Logic · Save
- The numbers of sales made by each of the employees of a company for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are shown in the bar chart below.BMAT 2022 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
- Karl is racing against Frank. The race is run over a distance of 800 m. In the first race, Karl allows Frank to start 5 seconds before him, but still completes the race 3 seconds before Frank. In the second race, they start to run at the same time, but Karl allows Frank to start 100 m ahead of him on the track, so…BMAT 2022 · Question 28 · Logic · Save
- In the Ahmed family, each child has at least one brother and at least two sisters.BMAT 2021 · Question 2 · Logic · Save
- Mike is on a special diet which puts a limit on his intake of fats, protein and salt per day. He has worked out his totals so far for today and must now choose a dessert which has the following specifications: • no more than 0.60 g of salt • no more than 50 g of fat • at least 5 g of protein The table gives…BMAT 2021 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
- I have a chocolate shop and I analysed the sales figures of one of my products, a chocolate bar with winter spices, before and after Christmas Day (25 December). The number of bars sold on seven days is summarised in the following table. The price of the bar varied as I offered substantial discounts around Christmas…BMAT 2021 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
- A family of 2 adults and 2 children are going on holiday for 14 days. They have been advised to take malaria tablets for their holiday to prevent them developing the disease. The daily dose for adults is one 100 mg tablet. For children, 25 mg tablets are given based on body weight so that if a child weighs 5–20 kg…BMAT 2021 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
- Ten students take tests in Economics and Statistics and their marks are given in the following table. The same information is plotted on a graph, as shown below, but one of the points has been plotted incorrectly.BMAT 2021 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
- On my kitchen shelf, I have two jars of white flour, two jars of wholemeal flour and one jar of rye flour. I have mixed up the labels on the jars, but I remember that the total weight of the jars containing white flour is double the weight of the jar containing rye flour. The jars weigh 475 g, 575 g, 750 g, 900 g and…BMAT 2021 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
- The prices for customised birthday cards are shown in the tables below. James wishes to buy 8 small cards and 20 medium cards. He has decided to use one of the standard images on the small cards, but has his own image that he will upload to go on the medium cards. He will have personalised greetings on 5 of the cards.BMAT 2020 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
- The following graph shows the changes in Ali’s bank balance each month over a period of 9 months. The change in balance in a given month is the difference between the balance at the end of the month and the balance at the end of the previous month.BMAT 2020 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
- Meg is making costumes for the 30 members of the Rainbow Dancers, for their annual show. The costumes can be made in a variety of colour combinations, as shown in the following table. The table also shows the number of dancers who will have each variety of costume. Each costume can be made from exactly 2 m of…BMAT 2020 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
- Tom is organising a 7-night tour holiday for his parents and himself. The table below shows details of the five tour companies that Tom is considering. Tom has a maximum budget of €3600. All three travellers will qualify for the quoted cost per person, but Tom will also have to pay the additional single supplement.…BMAT 2020 · Question 13 · Logic · Save
- An early form of electronic communication is Morse code, which is used with a series of dots and dashes to send a message. The code is shown below, with dots and dashes indicating each letter of the alphabet. To make it easier to learn Morse code a different display was configured and part of this display is shown…BMAT 2020 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
- A banana costs 20p, a nectarine 30p and a mango 45p. I spend exactly £1.50 on some or all of these fruits.BMAT 2020 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
- A small factory produces four types of cycle: bicycles (two-wheeled), tricycles (three-wheeled), tandems (two-wheeled for two riders) and unicycles (one-wheeled without handlebars). The number of essential components required for each product is shown in the table below. We know that yesterday 10 saddles, 14 wheels…BMAT 2020 · Question 24 · Logic · Save
- I want to buy a brochure which costs 49p. I have a pocket full of small change and so want to use as many coins as possible. I have 8 x 1p coins, 5 x 2p coins, 5 x 5p coins, 3 x 10p coins and 1 x 50p coin.BMAT 2020 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
- A paint company uses two different coding systems to define the colours used in its paints. One code is the ‘YMC’ code, in which numbers between 0 and 63 are used to represent the proportions of yellow, magenta and cyan in the colour. The other is the ‘OCT’ code, which contains 6 numerical digits. The table shows the…BMAT 2020 · Question 30 · Logic · Save
- The gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between the average hourly earnings of men and the average hourly earnings of women, expressed as a proportion of the average hourly earnings of men. In 2017, average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £550, up 2.2% from £539 in 2016. Men were paid…BMAT 2019 · Question 9 · Logic · Save
- The gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between the average hourly earnings of men and the average hourly earnings of women, expressed as a proportion of the average hourly earnings of men. In 2017, average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £550, up 2.2% from £539 in 2016. Men were paid…BMAT 2019 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
- Terence drew the bar chart below to represent the sales from his shop on each day from Monday to Friday last week. He also drew the following pie chart, but forgot to include one of the days.BMAT 2019 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
- National daily newspapers The sales of national daily papers in the UK reached a peak in the mid-1950s. Since then there has been a gradual decline in sales. The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated this decline in the 21st century, and by the close of 2014, no UK newspaper had daily sales…BMAT 2019 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
- As a cricket fan, one of the perks of my job is that my office overlooks Old Bridge cricket ground. I have a good view of the playing area, but an ill-placed advertising hoarding means that I can only see the very top of the electronically operated scoreboard. So for a score of 167 I see: There is a match currently in…BMAT 2019 · Question 23 · Logic · Save
- Venus bars cost 30p each, Whizz bars cost 40p each and Flaky bars cost 50p each. Nicola spends exactly £2.40 on chocolate bars.BMAT 2019 · Question 25 · Logic · Save
- The share price of a company varies each day. The graph shows the share price over a period of 10 days:BMAT 2019 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
- Not drinking in middle age increases the risk of dementia as much as drinking too much, according to a new report. Published in the British Medical Journal, the data showed that abstinence (drinking no alcohol) in midlife was associated with a 45% higher risk of dementia compared with people who consumed between 1 and…BMAT 2019 · Question 32 · Logic · Save
- Five employees swipe a card every time they enter or leave the office. The times for Thursday are shown in the table below. As part of a performance review, the manager observed the activity in the office between 10:00 and 12:00.BMAT 2018 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
- Total unpaid work in the UK in 2015 had a value of £1000 billion, equivalent to approximately 55% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and women carried out an overall average of 60% more unpaid work than men. The only area where men put in more unpaid work hours than women was in the category of ‘non-leisure travel’.…BMAT 2018 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
- Total unpaid work in the UK in 2015 had a value of £1000 billion, equivalent to approximately 55% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and women carried out an overall average of 60% more unpaid work than men. The only area where men put in more unpaid work hours than women was in the category of ‘non-leisure travel’.…BMAT 2018 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
- Any railway customer who has to wait for a train that is delayed by more than 20 minutes is entitled to a refund of 4. The table below shows the scheduled arrival time and the actual…BMAT 2018 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
- Among a group of 6 children, 2 belong to a football team. Philip says it is Roger and Qayla. Qayla says it is Philip and Roger. Roger says it is Qayla and Sam. Sam says it is Trista and Roger. Trista says it is Ursula and Sam. Ursula refuses to say anything. Four of the children correctly named one person and lied…BMAT 2018 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
- In a paint factory, large and small containers must be filled with paint. Two pumps are available. The fast pump can deliver paint at 12 litres per minute, and the slow pump can deliver paint at 6 litres per minute. Kadu begins to use one of the pumps to fill a large container and the other pump to fill a small…BMAT 2018 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
- Three-year old Arthur has a junior skittles set. It contains four red skittles, four yellow skittles, three balls and a felt mat. The mat is shown below. Six of the eight skittles are placed on the spots (there are two extra in the set in case of loss or damage). The balls must then be bowled from behind the line at…BMAT 2018 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
- Between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 2015, there were 1104 fatal passenger aircraft crashes for which a definitive cause was known (see Table 1). The crashes included are those which had ten or more passengers on board and which resulted in at least one fatality. Military and private aircraft and helicopters were…BMAT 2018 · Question 19 · Logic · Save
- I use a 4-digit PIN with my bank cards. Each digit can be any digit between 1 and 9. I have set the code so that: • the first and second digits are consecutive (subtracting the first from the second digit gives 1). • the third and fourth digits are consecutive (subtracting the third from the fourth digit gives 1). •…BMAT 2018 · Question 23 · Logic · Save
- The prices of pizzas at Paul’s are shown in the following table. Paul decided to have a promotion with two special discounts available on the total cost of pizzas, including any toppings: • buy one pizza, get any other one for half price • buy any four pizzas, get another one free Paul had intended that the discount…BMAT 2018 · Question 27 · Logic · Save
- All proteins are composed entirely of amino acids. Determining the amino acid mixture that is most desirable in a protein food is an issue of debate. Part of the difficulty in determining our need for individual amino acids involves the interconversion of amino acids that is constantly taking place in our body.…BMAT 2018 · Question 32 · Logic · Save
- All proteins are composed entirely of amino acids. Determining the amino acid mixture that is most desirable in a protein food is an issue of debate. Part of the difficulty in determining our need for individual amino acids involves the interconversion of amino acids that is constantly taking place in our body.…BMAT 2018 · Question 33 · Logic · Save
- Mr and Mrs Joelson and their twin sons intend to move house. They have a budget of…BMAT 2017 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
- The chart below shows the results of a survey of the favourite sport of each child in a school. An equal number of girls and boys took part in the survey. No girls chose swimming and no boys chose rounders. Equal numbers of girls and boys chose running.BMAT 2017 · Question 7 · Logic · Save
- The following set of data is from a nine-year study of reoffending and reconviction rates in the UK. The study followed a cohort of 42,721 offenders who were released from prison in 2000 or given a non-custodial sentence in 2000. All figures are cumulative and relate only to offences that resulted in a conviction. No…BMAT 2017 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
- The following set of data is from a nine-year study of reoffending and reconviction rates in the UK. The study followed a cohort of 42,721 offenders who were released from prison in 2000 or given a non-custodial sentence in 2000. All figures are cumulative and relate only to offences that resulted in a conviction. No…BMAT 2017 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
- The theatre show called Gracie’s World needs 8 characters to be performed. Gracie, Sarah and Rose are characters who must be played by female performers and Teddy, Graham and Carl must be played by male performers. There are two guards in the show who can be played by either a male or female performer. Each performer…BMAT 2017 · Question 12 · Logic · Save
- I have two credit cards, each of which has a four-digit PIN. Together the two PINs consist of eight different non-zero digits, whilst the four digits of each of them individually add up to 19.BMAT 2017 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
- I need to do some baking for my son’s birthday party. I am going to bake a chocolate cake and some chocolate biscuits, and then after that I would like to make some pancakes. The ingredients required for each of these are as follows:BMAT 2017 · Question 18 · Logic · Save
- Charlie is preparing plates of seafood salad for the lunchtime menu. She will put 50 grams of each of prawns, cockles, whelks, squid, and smoked salmon on each plate. The prawns are available in 400 gram packs, the cockles, the whelks and the smoked salmon are available in 200 gram packs, and the squid is available in…BMAT 2017 · Question 27 · Logic · Save
- Six friends are sitting around in a circle discussing which two sports each of them most likes to play. The table gives the preferences of the friends sitting either side of, and opposite to, each member of the group:BMAT 2017 · Question 31 · Logic · Save
- Charges for Bed and Breakfast at the Donclair Hotel are as follows: However, guests who stay for seven or more consecutive nights pay 5 per…BMAT 2016 · Question 3 · Logic · Save
- The students in a physics class took a practical test and a written test. Their results are shown in the following table.BMAT 2016 · Question 5 · Logic · Save
- A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 8 · Logic · Save
- A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 10 · Logic · Save
- A new electronics company has released six new products this year, Product 1 at the start of January, Product 2 at the start of March, Product 3 at the start of May, Product 4 at the start of July, Product 5 at the start of September and Product 6 at the start of November. Sales from the factory are always in…BMAT 2016 · Question 11 · Logic · Save
- At the beginning of last year, Sam had $1000 in her bank account. The following graph shows the changes, in hundreds of dollars, in the balance of money in her account over that year.BMAT 2016 · Question 14 · Logic · Save
- Five friends are sitting at a round table playing the ‘LRC’ dice game. There are five dice. Each face of each die has one letter, ‘L’, ‘R’ or ‘C’, written on it. Going clockwise around the table the friends are seated in the following order: Alun, Carmen, Ian, Prem and Ruthie. Each friend has five coins for the game.…BMAT 2016 · Question 16 · Logic · Save
- Fracking in the US 2005–2012 The oil and gas industry has increasingly turned to hydraulic fracturing – known as ‘fracking’ – in a highly polluting effort to unlock oil and gas in underground shale beds across the United States. Fracking is already underway in 17 states, with more than 100,000 wells drilled since…BMAT 2016 · Question 20 · Logic · Save
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