Time allowed: 40 Minutes
Selective High School Placement Test
Mathematical Reasoning Question Paper 2
There are 35 questions in this paper. For each question there are five possible
answers, A, B, C, D, and E. Choose the one correct answer and record your
choice on the separate answer sheet. If you make a mistake, erase thoroughly
and try again.
You will not lose marks for incorrect answers, so you should attempt all 35
questions.
You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit. There will not be any
extra time at the end of the exam to record your answers on the answer sheet.
You can use the question paper for working out, but no extra paper is allowed.
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1. The length of a rectangle is double its width. If the area of the rectangle is 72
cm², what is the length of the rectangle?
A) 20cm²
B) 6cm²
C) 12cm²
D) 18cm²
E) 4cm²
2. Sarah’s car travelled 450 km in 5 hours. She had a 20-minute rest in between.
What was the average speed of her car in m/min? (metres/minute)
A) 1500 m/min
B) 1600 m/min
C) 1700 m/min
D) 1800 m/min
E) 1900 m/min
3. 1/3 of my trail mix recipe is raisins and the rest is nuts. 2/7 of the nuts are
peanuts and the rest are almonds. What fraction of my trail mix are almonds?
A) 4/21
B) 5/21
C) 9/21
D) 10/21
E) 8/21
4. How many cups of water should be added to 60 cups of orange juice to get a
diluted mixture in the ratio of water to juice 5:1 respectively?
A) 290 cups
B) 255 cups
C) 350 cups
D) 250 cups
E) 300 cups
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5. 35% of the 5200 visitors to the Spring Fair 2023 were children. 30% of these
were first-time visitors. What percentage of the children visitors were visiting the
Spring Fair for the first time?
A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 35%
D) 40%
E) 45%
6. The following diagrams show the weight displayed on a digital scale when
different objects are placed on the scale.
What is the weight of the triangle?
A) 875kg
B) 975kg
C) 800kg
D) 750kg
E) 775kg
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Questions 7-8 refer to the following information.
The table below shows the sports timetable at Castle Hill RSL Club.
7. What sporting event takes up the most time?
A) Tennis
B) Water Polo
C) Gymnastics
D) Athletics
E) Football
8. What is the difference in time between the sports with the most and the least
sports
time?
A) 18 hours
B) 10 hours
C) 17 hours
D) 16 hours
E) 12 hours
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9. Find the area of the following figure
A) 110 cm²
B) 96 cm²
C) 120 cm²
D) 118 cm²
E) 116 cm²
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[Link] diagram shows a triangle inside a rectangle.
The area shaded grey is 103 cm2 .
What is the area of the white triangle?
A) 10 cm²
B) 29 cm²
C) 22 cm²
D) 28 cm²
E) 32 cm²
[Link] number would replace ‘P’ to make the number sentence below true?
55 × 12 + 24 × 50 = 12 × (100 + P)
A) 80
B) 70
C) 55
D) 60
E) 65
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[Link] a bag of toy cars, there are only three colors: red, blue, and white. If a car is
selected at random, the chance of it being red is 0.4, and the chance of it being
white is 0.3. What is the chance of selecting a red or blue car?
A) 0.6
B) 0.7
C) 0.8
D) 0.9
E) 1.0
13.A flight from Tokyo departs at 3:00 AM Tokyo time and arrives in New York at
4:00 AM New York time. Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of New York. How long is the
flight from Tokyo to New York?
A) 10 hours
B) 15 hours
C) 12 hours
D) 13 hours
E) 14 hours
14.A bakery sells only donuts and buns. One morning, they baked a total of 500
donuts and buns. If 30% of them were donuts, how many buns did they bake?
A) 300
B) 325
C) 350
D) 375
E) 400
[Link] the ratio of 3 hours to 6 days.
A) 1:48
B) 1:24
C) 1:12
D) 1:6
E) 1:3
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16.A plane leaves Canberra at 10:00 AM, Canberra time. After an 8-hour
journey, the plane lands in Malaysia at 5:00 PM, Malaysia time. What is the time
difference between Canberra and Malaysia?
A) 1 hour
B) 2 hours
C) 3 hours
D) 4 hours
E) 5 hours
17. I have an equal number of $1 and $2 coins. The total value of my coins is
$72. $1 coins weigh 8 grams and $2 coins weigh 6 grams. What is the total
weight of all my coins?
A) 336 grams
B) 324 grams
C) 390 grams
D) 420 grams
E) 300 grams
[Link]’s parents bought him a pack of crayons for him to bring to school. There
were 8 brown crayons, 5 black crayons, 3 red crayons, 7 blue crayons, and 2
yellow crayons. What percentage of his crayons were either red or yellow?
A) 15%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 30%
E) 35%
19.A burger and a drink cost $7.00 in total. Chips and a drink cost $4.25 in total.
A burger, chips and a drink cost $9.50 in total. How much does a burger and
chips cost in total?
A) $6.25
B) $7.00
C) $6.75
D) $7.50
E) $7.75
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[Link] had 80 cookies. She gave 35% of them to her mentor and 25% of the
remaining cookies to her family. How many cookies did she have left?
A) 36
B) 39
C) 42
D) 45
E) 48
[Link] enters a chess tournament, and his chance of winning is 4/39. The
chance that the chess Grandmaster for Norway will show up to congratulate the
winner is 4/44. What is the chance that Jim wins the tournament and is then
congratulated by the Grandmaster?
A) 4/429
B) 4/430
C) 4/431
D) 4/432
E) 4/433
22. Divide $6,600 into the ratio [Link]. How much is the largest part of the
ratio?
A) $3000
B) $3300
C) $3400
D) $2900
E) $3900
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[Link] different numbers are chosen from the numbers 4, 7, 9, and 12. They
are then added together. Which of these statements is/are correct?
1. The total cannot be a multiple of 5.
2. The total can be a multiple of 3.
3. The total is always even.
A) Only statement 1 is correct.
B) Only statement 2 is correct.
C) Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
D) Statements 2 and 3 are correct.
E) All statements are incorrect.
24. The table shows the exact times taken by five racing drivers to complete one
lap of a motor racing circuit.
NAME Time (Seconds)
Charlie 58.292
Dixie 58.092
Dimitri 58.766
Devon 58.888
David 58.555
Who were the slowest three drivers, in order, starting with the slowest?
A) Devon, Dimitri, David
B) Dimitri, Devon, David
C) Devon, Dimitri, Charlie
D) Dimitri, Devon, Charlie
E) Devon, Dimitri, Dixie
25. A bag contains three colours of discs: red, blue, and yellow.
• There are three times as many red discs as blue discs.
• There are half as many yellow discs as blue discs.
One disc is selected without looking. What is the probability of selecting a blue
disc?
A) 1/9
B) 2/9
C) 3/9
D) 4/9
E) 1/5
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26. Jayden deposits $500 into a bank account earning 3% interest per year,
calculated based on the amount in the account at the time. How much money will
he have in the account after two years?
A) $525.00
B) $530.45
C) $530.20
D) $525.50
E) $525.20
[Link] rounds the number 9,854 to the nearest hundred. Albert rounds the
same number to the nearest ten. What is the difference between their rounded
numbers?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
E) 50
[Link] a group of 3 boys and 4 girls, one child is randomly selected. What is
the probability that the child selected is NOT a boy?
A) 3/7
B) 4/7
C) 5/7
D) 6/7
E) 1
29.A jar contains 45 red, 25 blue, 50 black, and 15 white jelly beans. One jelly
bean is selected randomly. What is the probability that it is white?
A) 1/9
B) 2/9
C) 1/3
D) 4/9
E) 5/9
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30. Stella shades some square blocks in a grid.
Stella wants the dashed line to be a line of symmetry. However, three more
squares need to be shaded to have symmetry between the sides of the grid.
What are grid references for the squares that Stella needs to fill in?
A) E7, A1, G2
B) E7, A1, G3
C) E6, A3, G2
D) E6, A1, G2
E) E6, A1, H3
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31.A plane leaves Montreal on Monday at 12 PM, Montreal time. After a 17-hour
journey, it lands in Seoul. If Seoul is 13 hours ahead of Montreal, on what day
and at what time does the plane land, Seoul time?
A) Tuesday, 5:00 PM
B) Tuesday, 6:00 PM
C) Tuesday, 7:00 PM
D) Tuesday, 8:00 PM
E) Tuesday, 9:00 PM
32. A robot is facing north-west.
• It makes 72 quarter-turns clockwise,
• Then 45 quarter-turns anti-clockwise.
What direction is the robot now facing?
A) North
B) North-East
C) East
D) South-East
E) South-West
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33. The 3D shape below is made out of identical, smaller cubes.
The 3D shape is dipped into white paint and then broken apart into individual
cubes. How many individual cubes have 2 faces painted?
A) 24
B) 16
C) 20
D) 22
E) 18
34. Three bags contain different amounts of rice:
Bag 1 contains 5 kilograms 400 grams of rice.
Bag 2 contains 3 kilograms 250 grams of rice.
Bag 3 contains 1750 grams of rice.
If the rice from all three bags is combined, what will the total weight be, in
kilograms (kg) and grams (g)?
A) 9 kg 400 g
B) 10 kg 0 g
C) 10 kg 400 g
D) 11 kg 0 g
E) 11 kg 400 g
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[Link] statues are 12 kilometres 45 metres apart. A map-maker incorrectly
labels the distance between the statues on a map as 45 km 12 m. What is the
difference between the correct and incorrect distances?
A) 32 km 967 m
B) 33 km 967 m
C) 34 km 967 m
D) 35 km 967 m
E) 36 km 967 m
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Answer Key
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. E
7. D
8. C
9. E
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. E
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. E
24. A
25. B
26. B
27. E
28. B
29. A
30. D
31. B
32. B
33. C
34. C
35. A
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