UCAT Quantitative Reasoning practice questions

QR gives you 36 questions in 26 minutes: about 43 seconds each. Most are a chart or table and one or two steps of arithmetic. Try two real ones below against that clock.

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Quantitative Reasoning · Question 1 of 20:00 / 0:43

Alder couriers

The bar chart shows parcels delivered for each site.

Delivery charge per parcel (£): 2.4. New contract increase (%): 15.

What percentage of all parcels were delivered in B? Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

Where the seconds go

  • Find the two numbers you need first. Most of the table is not.
  • Write the sum before you touch the calculator.
  • Estimate, then pick. The options are often far apart.

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