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Practice only. Not linked to any airline. No guarantee of selection.Independent practice, not an official test. Not linked to any airline or test provider, and no guarantee of selection.
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Practice / Aptitude and multitasking
Fast arithmetic, sequences, percentages, conversions and speed–distance–time.
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A numerical reasoning test checks how quickly and accurately you work with numbers without a calculator. Pilots use mental arithmetic every day for fuel, time, distance and heading checks, so cadet aptitude tests commonly include it. Both speed and accuracy count.
What this section trains
Learn your times tables up to 20 and common squares by heart. Remembering an answer is faster than working it out.
Practise the conversions pilots use most, such as nautical miles to kilometres and feet to metres, until they feel automatic.
For speed, distance and time, write distance = speed × time once and rearrange it. Change minutes into hours before you divide.
Estimate first. If the four options are far apart, a rough answer is often enough to choose the right one.
For a reciprocal heading, add 180 to headings below 180 and subtract 180 from headings above it.
More help: how to prepare for a pilot aptitude test.
Candidates commonly report mental arithmetic, percentages, fractions, unit conversions and speed, distance and time problems. Some tests also include number sequences. The exact content varies between assessments, so practise a broad mix.
This practice section does not allow one, because mental arithmetic is the skill being trained. Rough working on paper is fine. Read the instructions of your real assessment for its own rules.
Foundation gives you 20 questions in 15 minutes, and Advanced gives you 25 questions in 14 minutes. Questions are generated fresh for each session. Click an answer or press 1 to 4; your first answer stands, and you cannot go back, so skip any question you are stuck on.
Aim to answer simple sums in a few seconds, so you have more time for problems with several steps. Track your score over several sessions. Steady improvement matters more than any single result.