CCAT preparation: Practice 1

10 original teaching questions with answers and explanations.

Instructions for this set

Try mental calculation without a calculator. This is a ten-question introductory drill, not the official 50-question assessment. Our timer and marking do not reproduce CCAT rules.

Feedback mode has no time limit or negative marking. The optional timed challenge allows 15 minutes and uses the scoring shown on its rules screen. Those settings are not official assessment rules.

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  1. 1. A team completes 7 tasks every 12 minutes. At that constant rate, how many tasks does it complete in one hour?
    1. 28
    2. 35
    3. 42
    4. 49

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    Answer: B. 35

    An hour contains five 12-minute intervals. Five times seven is 35.
  2. 2. Which word is closest in meaning to meticulous?
    1. Careful
    2. Rapid
    3. Uncertain
    4. Friendly

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    Answer: A. Careful

    Meticulous means showing great care and attention to detail. Speed and friendliness are unrelated.
  3. 3. A price of $80 is reduced by 25%. What is the new price?
    1. $55
    2. $60
    3. $65
    4. $75

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    Answer: B. $60

    A quarter of 80 is 20. Subtract it from 80 to get $60.
  4. 4. All amber files are archived. No archived file is editable. Which conclusion must follow?
    1. All editable files are amber
    2. No amber file is editable
    3. Some amber files are editable
    4. All archived files are amber

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    Answer: B. No amber file is editable

    Amber implies archived, and archived excludes editable. Therefore amber and editable cannot overlap.
  5. 5. The average of four scores is 18. Three scores are 14, 19 and 21. What is the fourth?
    1. 16
    2. 17
    3. 18
    4. 20

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    Answer: C. 18

    The total is 4 times 18 = 72. The known scores sum to 54, leaving 18.
  6. 6. Which word is the opposite of scarce?
    1. Rare
    2. Limited
    3. Plentiful
    4. Costly

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    Answer: C. Plentiful

    Scarce means in short supply; plentiful means available in abundance.
  7. 7. A box contains red and blue tokens in the ratio 2:5. There are 42 tokens. How many are red?
    1. 10
    2. 12
    3. 14
    4. 30

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    Answer: B. 12

    Seven ratio parts represent 42, so each part is six. Two red parts give 12.
  8. 8. A symbol at the top of a square moves one side clockwise each step: top, right, bottom. Where is it next?
    1. Top
    2. Right
    3. Bottom
    4. Left

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    Answer: D. Left

    One side clockwise from the bottom is the left side.
  9. 9. If a booking is confirmed, a reference number is issued. No reference number was issued for booking Z. What follows?
    1. Z was confirmed
    2. Z was not confirmed
    3. Every booking was cancelled
    4. Nothing follows

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    Answer: B. Z was not confirmed

    If confirmed then numbered. The absence of a number rules out confirmation under the stated rule. It does not establish cancellation.
  10. 10. Five notebooks cost $17.50 at a fixed unit price. What do eight cost?
    1. $24.50
    2. $26.00
    3. $28.00
    4. $30.00

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    Answer: C. $28.00

    The unit price is 17.50 / 5 = $3.50. Eight cost 8 times 3.50 = $28.

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