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OASC Numerical Reasoning Examples

Hi guys and girls.

Thought I'd share the information I had come across. Enjoy. :wink:

If anyone finds anything wrong with any of the questions, just give me a shout and I'll see if I've typed it up wrong!

Let the answer arguing begin! :biggrin:

QM :smile:

p.s. - better all say thank you for this, too me bl**dy ages! lol :wink:

OASC Numerical Reasoning

You burn 25kgs of fuel per minute. How much fuel do you burn per hour?

You burn 30kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you use in 45 minutes?

You burn 30kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you use in 15 minutes?

You burn 400kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 20 minutes?

You burn 380kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 1 hour 20 minutes?

You burn 20kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you burn in 1 hour 50 minutes?

You burn 5kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you use in 2 hours 15 minutes?

You burn 150kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 10 minutes?

You have used 280kgs of fuel in the past 80 minutes. How much do you burn per hour?

You travel 330 miles. How much have you used if you burn 160kgs an hour, if you are travelling at 220mph?

You travel an average speed of 280kts. How much fuel do you need for a 70 mile trip, if you burn 140kgs per hour?

You travel 120 miles in 45 minutes. How much fuel have you used if you burn 200kgs per hour?

You are burning 4kgs of fuel per minute. How much fuel will you need for a 220 mile trip if you average 150mph?

You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, then 180 to your right and 270 to your left again. Which way are you facing?

You are facing south. You turn 270 degrees to your right, then 90 degrees to your left and 180 degrees to your left. Which way are you facing?

You are facing west. You turn 180 degrees to your left and 270 degrees to your right, 90 to your left, 180 to your right. And then another 270 degrees to your right. Which way are you facing?

You are facing east. You turn 360 degrees to your right, 90 degrees to your right again, 270 degrees to your left and 190 to your right. Which way are you facing?

You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, 180 to your right and 90 back to your left and finally 270 degrees back to your right. Which way are you facing?

You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, 180 to your right and 90 back to your left and finally 270 degrees back to your right. Which way are your facing?

You are facing north. You turn 270 degrees to your left and then another 180 degrees to your left and then 270 back to your right. Which way are you facing?

You are called to an airbase 210 miles away. How long will it take you to get there if you travel at 175mph?

You are called to an airbase at19:27. The base is 45 miles away and you are travelling in the opposite direction assuming you are travelling at 180mph and it will take 5 minutes to turn, how long will it take to get to the base?

You arrive at 18:30 after leaving at 16:45. How far have you come if you averaged 300mph?

You leave at 08:15 and arrive at 09:30. What speed have you been travelling if the journey was 250 miles away?

You leave at 17:00 and arrive at 19:30. What speed have you been doing if the journey was 120 miles away?

You travel 30 miles in 4 minutes. How fast are you going?

You are travelling at 90mph. How far do you go in 6 minutes?

You are travelling at 280mph. How far will you go in 45 minutes?

You reach your destination in 50 minutes, You travelled an average speed of 360mph. How far is it?

You travel 600 miles in 1.5 hours. How fast are you going?

You travel 480 miles in 20 minutes. How fast are you going?

It takes 45 minutes to travel 90 minutes. How far will you go in 1.5 hours and how fast are your going?

You leave your base at 09:42 and travel 135 miles north to your destination. You average 180mph, what time do you arrive?

You arrive at your designation at 00:13. You travelled 450 miles at an average speed of 300mph. What time did you leave?

You average 300mph, how far did you go in 50 minutes?

At 280mph how far did you go in 2 hours 6 minutes?

You leave your base at 14:52 and arrive at your destination at 17:07. You averaged 320mph. How far is it?

You arrive at your destination at 19:22. You have been travelling for 3 hours 40 minutes and have been travelling at 90mph. What did you leave and how far have you come?

You leave at 01:57 and arrive at 03:39. How long have you been travelling?

You leave at 15:53 and arrive at 05:48. How long have you been travelling?

You arrive at 15:13 and you left at 11:20. How long have you been travelling?

You arrive at 17:00 and you left at 14:39. How long have you been travelling?

You travel for 77 minutes. What time will you arrive if you leave at 13:59?

You travel for 1 hour 51 minutes. What time will you arrive if you are leaving at 18:40?

You leave at 06:00 and arrive at 09:57. How long have you been travelling?

You leave at 10:49 and arrive at 00:18 How long have you been travelling?

You arrive at 19:36 and you left at 14:19. How long have you been travelling?

You arrive at 16:40 and you left at 13:20. How long have you been travelling?

If you travel for 90 minutes after leaving at 17:38, what time will you arrive?

You travel for 2 hours 8 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrive at 09:17?

You travel for 11 minutes. What time will you arrive if you left at 05:30?

You arrive at 12:50, what time did you leave if you travelled for 49 minutes?

You left at 08:00 and arrived at 09:33. How long have you travelled?

You arrive at 22:18 and you left at 13:09. How long have you been travelling?

You leave 01:03 and arrive at 04:40. How long have you travelled?

You travel for 2 hours and 58 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrived at 19:40?

You have two legs to your journey. One takes 73 minutes, the other 48 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrived at 05:30?

You have three legs to your journey. The first takes 1 hour and 27 minutes, the next takes 13 minutes, and the last leg takes 2 hours and 11 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrive at 16:05?

You have had four legs to your journey. One takes 14 minutes, the next takes 44 minutes, the next takes 2 hours 53 minutes and the final leg takes 17 minutes. What time will you arrive if you leave at 07:55 hours assuming you have a 5 minute break between each leg?

You leave at 03:42 and arrive at 07:55. How long have you been travelling?

It takes 20 minutes for you to prep your aircraft and get it airborne. At 14:40 you are told to leave immediately for a refuelling sortie. You must reach location A in 40 minutes to refuel two jets. Location A is 180 miles away. The two jets will need 400Ibs of fuel each and your aircraft burns 800Ibs of fuel an hour. Each aircraft will take 10 minutes to refuel.

A) What speed must you travel to arrive on time,

B) How much fuel will you need

C) What time will you land back at base?

Peter gives you a call and asks to be dropped off at RAF Valley. You must pick him up from RAF Oddiham, which is 95 miles away and drop him off at his destination, which is a further 395 miles away. You receive the call at 17:39 and you are airborne 36 minutes later. What speed must you average if you are to get him to RAF Valley on time for the party at 20:00.

You are due to pick up Si Peter Squire from his favourite bowling green in the Arabian dessert at 09:50. Your base is 480 miles away and it will take exactly 20 minute to get airborne. Assuming it takes 13 minutes to load Peter Squires balls into the aircraft, what time should you arrive back at base and what average speed much you maintain if you get the call at 07:30?

You burn 1200IBs of fuel an hour travelling at 360kts. How much fuel will you need to travel 780 miles?

You travel 70 miles on your first leg, 240 miles on your next leg and 80 miles on your last leg. What speed are you doing if it takes you 1 hour and 20 minutes?

How fast are you going if you ravel 40 miles in 5 minutes?

How fast are you going if you travel 2 miles in 30 seconds?

How long will it take to cover 690 miles if you are travelling at 115mph?

How long will it take to travel 70 miles if you are travelling at 210mph?

How far will you travel at 330mph for 40 minutes?

How far will you travel at 4mph for 15 minutes?

How fast are you going if you travel at 180 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes?

How long will it take to cover 90 miles if you travel at 320mph?

How far will you travel if you are doing 70mph for 15 minutes?




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Reply 1

Tell the AFCO that the answers would be really handy :p: :biggrin:

Reply 2

BlackHawk
Tell the AFCO that the answers would be really handy :p: :biggrin:


God its just not good enough for some people! :wink:

Reply 3

Very good post, I wish I'd read this before I went for mine. These sort of questions are exactly like those in the aptitude test.

Reply 4

Thanks Q_M. Good Stuff.

Reply 5

Thanks QM! Owe you a drink. Be sure to wear your QM badge so we can all recognise you in the mess!

(Is it sad how much I enjoy doing these?)

Reply 6

Three cheers for that man! (QM). Just what I'm after.

MC.

Reply 7

Theo1977
Thanks QM! Owe you a drink. Be sure to wear your QM badge so we can all recognise you in the mess!

(Is it sad how much I enjoy doing these?)

If it is, then I'm a saddo too :p:

Reply 8

Excellent, glad I could give something useful back to everyone, this forums certinaly helped me a massive amount.

QM :smile:

Reply 9

QM, you've always contributed a grear deal.

Reply 10

Theo1977
QM, you've always contributed a grear deal.


awww bless you! :biggrin:

Reply 11

Three cheers for Quiet Mason! Hip Hip..

Reply 12

...Hurrah.

Although, are these the ones you get in the OASC booklet...?

Thanks.

Reply 13

george75
Three cheers for Quiet Mason! Hip Hip..


lol

and yet my rep remains the same...:rolleyes: ...nah kidding, don't you have to pay for that?!

Reply 14

Raf_Sam
...Hurrah.

Although, are these the ones you get in the OASC booklet...?

Thanks.


nope. I've not got an OASC date yet :frown:

Really want it to come soon!

QM :smile:

Reply 15

nice to see someone's found the examples. but do each question in 60 seconds without a calculator. As thats what the aptitude tests do and you get marked down for the ones you don't answer.

Reply 16

Dagowly
nice to see someone's found the examples. but do each question in 60 seconds without a calculator. As thats what the aptitude tests do and you get marked down for the ones you don't answer.


I only gave myself thirty secs per question. Which explains why I only got half way through before the clock beat me :mad:

If I'm not beaten to it, I'll post an edit of QM's post with the correct answers later. :smile:

Reply 17

Quiet_Mason
Hi guys and girls.

Thought I'd share the information I had come across. Enjoy. :wink:

If anyone finds anything wrong with any of the questions, just give me a shout and I'll see if I've typed it up wrong!

Let the answer arguing begin! :biggrin:

QM :smile:

p.s. - better all say thank you for this, too me bl**dy ages! lol :wink:

OASC Numerical Reasoning

1. You burn 25kgs of fuel per minute. How much fuel do you burn per hour?

2. You burn 30kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you use in 45 minutes?

3. You burn 30kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you use in 15 minutes?

4. You burn 400kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 20 minutes?

5. You burn 380kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 1 hour 20 minutes?

6. You burn 20kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you burn in 1 hour 50 minutes?

7. You burn 5kgs of fuel per minute. How much do you use in 2 hours 15 minutes?

8. You burn 150kgs of fuel per hour. How much do you burn in 10 minutes?

9. You have used 280kgs of fuel in the past 80 minutes. How much do you burn per hour?

10. You travel 330 miles. How much have you used if you burn 160kgs an hour, if you are travelling at 220mph?

11. You travel an average speed of 280kts. How much fuel do you need for a 70 mile trip, if you burn 140kgs per hour?

12. You travel 120 miles in 45 minutes. How much fuel have you used if you burn 200kgs per hour?

13. You are burning 4kgs of fuel per minute. How much fuel will you need for a 220 mile trip if you average 150mph?

14. You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, then 180 to your right and 270 to your left again. Which way are you facing?

15. You are facing south. You turn 270 degrees to your right, then 90 degrees to your left and 180 degrees to your left. Which way are you facing?

16. You are facing west. You turn 180 degrees to your left and 270 degrees to your right, 90 to your left, 180 to your right. And then another 270 degrees to your right. Which way are you facing?

17. You are facing east. You turn 360 degrees to your right, 90 degrees to your right again, 270 degrees to your left and 180 to your right. Which way are you facing?

18. You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, 180 to your right and 90 back to your left and finally 270 degrees back to your right. Which way are you facing?

19. You are facing north. You turn 90 degrees to your left, 180 to your right and 90 back to your left and finally 270 degrees back to your right. Which way are your facing?

20. You are facing north. You turn 270 degrees to your left and then another 180 degrees to your left and then 270 back to your right. Which way are you facing?

21. You are called to an airbase 210 miles away. How long will it take you to get there if you travel at 175mph?

22. You are called to an airbase at19:27. The base is 45 miles away and you are travelling in the opposite direction assuming you are travelling at 180mph and it will take 5 minutes to turn, how long will it take to get to the base?

23. You arrive at 18:30 after leaving at 16:45. How far have you come if you averaged 300mph?

24. You leave at 08:15 and arrive at 09:30. What speed have you been travelling if the journey was 250 miles away?

25. You leave at 17:00 and arrive at 19:30. What speed have you been doing if the journey was 120 miles away?

26. You travel 30 miles in 4 minutes. How fast are you going?

27. You are travelling at 90mph. How far do you go in 6 minutes?

28. You are travelling at 280mph. How far will you go in 45 minutes?

29. You reach your destination in 50 minutes, You travelled an average speed of 360mph. How far is it?

30. You travel 600 miles in 1.5 hours. How fast are you going?

31. You travel 480 miles in 20 minutes. How fast are you going?

32. It takes 45 minutes to travel 90 miles. How far will you go in 1.5 hours and how fast are your going?

33. You leave your base at 09:42 and travel 135 miles north to your destination. You average 180mph, what time do you arrive?

34. You arrive at your designation at 00:13. You travelled 450 miles at an average speed of 300mph. What time did you leave?

35. You average 300mph, how far did you go in 50 minutes?

36. At 280mph how far did you go in 2 hours 6 minutes?

37. You leave your base at 14:52 and arrive at your destination at 17:07. You averaged 320mph. How far is it?

38. You arrive at your destination at 19:22. You have been travelling for 3 hours 40 minutes and have been travelling at 90mph. What did you leave and how far have you come?

39. You leave at 01:57 and arrive at 03:39. How long have you been travelling?

40. You leave at 15:53 and arrive at 05:48. How long have you been travelling?

41. You arrive at 15:13 and you left at 11:20. How long have you been travelling?

42. You arrive at 17:00 and you left at 14:39. How long have you been travelling?

43. You travel for 77 minutes. What time will you arrive if you leave at 13:59?

44. You travel for 1 hour 51 minutes. What time will you arrive if you are leaving at 18:40?

45. You leave at 06:00 and arrive at 09:57. How long have you been travelling?

46. You leave at 10:49 and arrive at 00:18 How long have you been travelling?

47. You arrive at 19:36 and you left at 14:19. How long have you been travelling?

48. You arrive at 16:40 and you left at 13:20. How long have you been travelling?

49. If you travel for 90 minutes after leaving at 17:38, what time will you arrive?

50. You travel for 2 hours 8 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrive at 09:17?

51. You travel for 11 minutes. What time will you arrive if you left at 05:30?

52. You arrive at 12:50, what time did you leave if you travelled for 49 minutes?

53. You left at 08:00 and arrived at 09:33. How long have you travelled?

54. You arrive at 22:18 and you left at 13:09. How long have you been travelling?

55. You leave 01:03 and arrive at 04:40. How long have you travelled?

56. You travel for 2 hours and 58 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrived at 19:40?

57. You have two legs to your journey. One takes 73 minutes, the other 48 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrived at 05:30?

58. You have three legs to your journey. The first takes 1 hour and 27 minutes, the next takes 13 minutes, and the last leg takes 2 hours and 11 minutes. What time did you leave if you arrive at 16:05?

59. You have had four legs to your journey. One takes 14 minutes, the next takes 44 minutes, the next takes 2 hours 53 minutes and the final leg takes 17 minutes. What time will you arrive if you leave at 07:55 hours assuming you have a 5 minute break between each leg?

60. You leave at 03:42 and arrive at 07:55. How long have you been travelling?

61. It takes 20 minutes for you to prep your aircraft and get it airborne. At 14:40 you are told to leave immediately for a refuelling sortie. You must reach location A in 40 minutes to refuel two jets. Location A is 180 miles away. The two jets will need 400Ibs of fuel each and your aircraft burns 800Ibs of fuel an hour. Each aircraft will take 10 minutes to refuel.

A) What speed must you travel to arrive on time,

B) How much fuel will you need

C) What time will you land back at base?

62. Peter gives you a call and asks to be dropped off at RAF Valley. You must pick him up from RAF Oddiham, which is 95 miles away and drop him off at his destination, which is a further 395 miles away. You receive the call at 17:39 and you are airborne 36 minutes later. What speed must you average if you are to get him to RAF Valley on time for the party at 20:00.

63. You are due to pick up Si Peter Squire from his favourite bowling green in the Arabian dessert at 09:50. Your base is 480 miles away and it will take exactly 20 minute to get airborne. Assuming it takes 13 minutes to load Peter Squires balls into the aircraft, what time should you arrive back at base and what average speed much you maintain if you get the call at 07:30?

64. You burn 1200IBs of fuel an hour travelling at 360kts. How much fuel will you need to travel 780 miles?

65. You travel 70 miles on your first leg, 240 miles on your next leg and 80 miles on your last leg. What speed are you doing if it takes you 1 hour and 20 minutes?

66. How fast are you going if you ravel 40 miles in 5 minutes?

67. How fast are you going if you travel 2 miles in 30 seconds?

68. How long will it take to cover 690 miles if you are travelling at 115mph?

69. How long will it take to travel 70 miles if you are travelling at 210mph?

70. How far will you travel at 330mph for 40 minutes?

71. How far will you travel at 4mph for 15 minutes?

72. How fast are you going if you travel at 180 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes?

73. How long will it take to cover 90 miles if you travel at 320mph?

74. How far will you travel if you are doing 70mph for 15 minutes?




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OK, thats QM's questions with added numbers to tie them in with my answers. Went through these with my brain, pen and paper, and it took one hour fifteen. Went through them with a calculator and checked everything, so these answers should be pretty accurate. If I've missed any, or messed them up let me know and I will edit the answer sheet. Enjoy!

ANSWERS TO QM'S QUESTIONS:
1. 1500 KGS

2. 1350 KGS

3. 7.5 KGS

4. 133.33r KGS

5. 506.66 KGS

6. 2200 KGS

7. 675 KGS

8. 25 KGS

9. 210 KGS

10. 240 KGS

11. 35 KGS

12. 150 KGS

13. 340 KGS (Based on 1 hr 25min FLT TIME)

14. SOUTH

15. SOUTH

16. NORTH

17. EAST

18. WEST

19. WEST

20. SOUTH

21. 1HR 12M

22. 20 MINS

23. 525 MILES

24. 200 MPH

25. 48 MPH

26. 450 MPH

27. 9 MILES

28. 210 MILES

29. 300 MILES

30. 400 MPH

31. 1440 MPH

32.180 MILES @ 120 MPH

33. 10:27 (45 MINS)

34. 22:43

35. 250 MILES

36. 588 MILES

37. 720 MILES

38. 15:42 / 330 MILES

39. 1 H 42 M

40. 13 H 55 M

41. 3 H 53 M

42. 2 H 21 M

43. 15:16

44. 20:31

45. 3 H 57 M

46. 13 H 29 M

47. 5 H 17 M

48. 3 H 20 M

49. 19:08

50. 07:09

51. 05:41

52. 12:01

53. 1 H 33 M

54. 9 H 9M

55. 3 H 37 M

56. 16:42

57. 03:29 (Edited 18/10/07 Thanks)

58. 12:14

59. 12:18 (Edited after DJB pointed out there are only three 5 mins breaks between the legs, not four. Many thanks.)

60. 4 H 13 M

61. a) 270 b) 2133.33r lbs c) 16:40

62. 280 MPH

63. 240 MPH 12:03

64. 2600 LBS

65. 292.5 MPH

66. 480 MPH

67. 240 MPH

68. 6 HOURS

69. 20 MINS

70. 220 MILES

71. 1 MILE

72. 135 MPH

73. 17 MINS APPROX

74. 17.5 MILES

Hope this comes in handy. MC.:eek:

Edited the answer to Q.58 Was 12:13 now 12:14. MC.

Reply 18

Nice work. :smile:

Reply 19

Quiet_Mason
Nice work. :smile:


Just standing on the shoulders of giants...:cool: