Analytical Reasoning Practice Questions

1. A recipe calls for 3 eggs to make a cake that serves 6 people. How many eggs are needed to make a cake that serves 10 people?

4 eggs

5 eggs

6 eggs

7 eggs

2. A recipe requires 2.5 cups of flour to make 20 cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make 32 cookies?

3.5 cups

4 cups

4.5 cups

5 cups

3. A box contains 5 red balls, 3 blue balls, and 2 green balls. If three balls are drawn at random without replacement, what is the probability that at least one is blue?

3/5

2/3

3/4

4/5

4. If X is three times Y, and Y is half of Z, what is X in terms of Z?

X = Z

X = 1.5Z

X = 2Z

X = 2.5Z

5. In a coded language, if APPLE is coded as 1-16-16-12-5, how would ORANGE be coded?

15-18-1-14-7-5

14-17-0-13-6-4

15-17-1-13-7-5

14-18-0-14-6-4

6. A car travels 360 miles in 6 hours. If it maintains the same speed, how long will it take to travel 480 miles?

7 hours

8 hours

9 hours

10 hours

7. If all X are Y, and some Y are not Z, which of the following must be true?

All X are Z

No X are Z

Some X are not Z

Some Z are not X

8. If all squares are rectangles, and all rectangles are parallelograms, which of the following must be false?

All squares are parallelograms

All parallelograms are rectangles

Some parallelograms are squares

Some rectangles are squares

9. If no A is B, and all C are B, which of the following must be true?

No A is C

All C are A

Some A are C

Some C are not A

10. If no A is B, and all C are B, which of the following must be true?

All A are C

No A is C

Some A are C

Some C are not A

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