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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

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