Numerical reasoning

Given an annual salary, tax allowance, tax rate and pension deduction, work out a person's take-home pay per month.

Given the stakes of three people in a lottery syndicate, and the amount the syndicate won, work out each person's share of the winnings.

Based on question 4 from section 3.2 of the Maths-Aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Questions about percentage and ratio, applied to finance.

Based on section 3.2 of the Maths-Aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Based on section 3 of the maths-aid/mathcentre workbook on numerical reasoning.

Three items of work done on a car. Given total price, and a couple of ratios of prices between pairs of items, work out the cost of one of the items.

Based on question 4 from section 3 of the Maths-Aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Given ratio of ingredients in a preparation, and amounts of each ingredient, work out how much of the preparation you can make.

Based on question 5 from section 3 of the maths-aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Compute the weighted average salary in a department, given four salary levels and the percentages of staff earning them.

Scale a page to some percentage of its original size, then increase/decrease by another percentage. Find the size of the final copy as a percentage of the original.

Based on question 2 from section 3 of the Maths-Aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Given the selling price of an item both as a cash amount and as a percentage of the cost of production, find the cost of production and the profit.

Based on question 1 from section 3 of the Maths-Aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Given cost of production and price of sale of a product; a percentage increase in cost of production; and unit sales before and after; work out the extra profit.

Based on question 6 from section 3 of the maths-aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Given percentages of males and females working on a project, and the percentage of the total staff who are male (or female), find the percentage of all staff working on the project.

Based on question 3 from section 3 of the maths-aid workbook on numerical reasoning.

Given the cost to produce an item and a desired markup, calculate the appropriate sale price.