United Kingdom · Admissions testA percentage-change question, step by step
Our own example: a train ticket cost £48 last year and £54 this year. By what percentage has the price gone up?
- Find the change: £54 minus £48 is £6.
- Divide by the starting price, not the new one: 6 ÷ 48 = 0.125.
- Multiply by 100: a 12.5% increase.
Dividing by £54 instead gives about 11.1%, which is why that figure sits among the wrong options. The UCAT website's four Quantitative Reasoning question banks give you plenty more data to work from.
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How is Quantitative Reasoning scored in the UCAT?
That average was the highest of the three scored subtests in both versions of the test.
| UK | UCAT ANZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Marks per question | 1 | 1 |
| Scale | 300 to 900 | 300 to 900 |
| 2026 average | 675 | 691 |
Sources: UCAT Consortium · UCAT ANZ and 3 more. Checked October 2026.
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- UCAT ANZ: Summary statistics 2026 (PDF) ↗
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