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Reading Passages, Tables and Data

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  1. A pupil scored 14, 18, 12 and 20 on four tests. What was the mean score?
  2. Pencils cost 12 kr each and notebooks cost 35 kr each. What is the cost of 3 pencils and 2 notebooks?
  3. The population of a village rose from 800 to 920. By what percentage did it grow?
  4. Juice and water are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3. How much juice is in 20 litres of the mixture?
  5. 'Few members of the committee had read the report before the meeting, yet nearly all of them voted on it.' Which statement can be inferred?
  6. A cyclist covers 36 km in 2.5 hours at a steady pace. What is the average speed?
  7. The exchange rate is 1 euro = 11.5 kronor. How many euros do 460 kronor buy?
  8. A household has a monthly budget of 24,000 kr. Rent is 30% of it and food is one quarter of it. How much is left after rent and food?
  9. Read the text: 'Although the museum was crowded, visitors moved calmly from room to room, and the staff rarely needed to give instructions.' Which sentence best summarises it?
  10. In the sentence 'The scientist's findings were hardly conclusive, so more tests were planned,' what does 'conclusive' mean?
  11. Monthly rainfall was 40 mm in January, 30 mm in February and 50 mm in March. What was the total for the first quarter?
  12. A bus leaves a station at 07:10 and every 20 minutes after that. What is the first departure after 08:05?
  13. 'Since the museum introduced free entry, visitor numbers have doubled. Therefore free entry caused the increase.' Which statement would most weaken this argument?
  14. 'The school will improve its results if it extends the school day, because pupils will then spend more time on their lessons.' Which assumption does the argument depend on?
  15. In a school, 45 of 90 pupils in grade 8 and 60 of 80 pupils in grade 7 take part in sport. How many of the pupils in grade 7 and 8 do NOT take part?
  16. Grade 8 has 90 pupils and 45 of them take part in a sport club; grade 9 has 80 pupils and 48 take part. How many more grade 8 pupils must join for its rate to equal grade 9's rate?
  17. What is the main point of the passage?
  18. According to the passage, why might wild bees suffer from more hives?
  19. What does the passage suggest about farmland near a city?
  20. Which finding would most weaken the critics' position?
  21. How many books were borrowed from both branches together in May?
  22. In which month were the loans at the two branches closest to each other?
  23. What was the average number of books borrowed per month from the North branch?
  24. In which month did the North branch account for the largest share of the combined loans?
  25. What conclusion does the author reach?
  26. Which of the following is NOT given as a reason for caution?
  27. What is the function of the sentence 'Employees knew they were being observed and may have worked harder to make the trial succeed'?
  28. Which additional evidence would most strengthen the managers' conclusion that the shorter week suits the whole industry?
  29. What was the total amount of fuel used in 2020?
  30. Which fuel's use fell between 2015 and 2020?
  31. In 2015, which fraction of all fuel used was oil?
  32. Which fuel had the largest relative increase in use between 2015 and 2020?
  33. What is the main purpose of the vault?
  34. Why was the location chosen, according to the passage?
  35. What does the passage imply about a sample that has no record of its origin?
  36. Which of the following would be MOST at odds with the passage?

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